---
name: "Robert Ayres"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-ayres"
fi1m_id: "robert-ayres"
imdb_id: "nm0044010"
tmdb_id: 67677
wikidata_id: "Q7341673"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 December 1914"
died: "5 November 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T20:21:10.184956+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Robert Ayres

## Identity

Robert Ayres

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-ayres
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-ayres
- **IMDb ID:** nm0044010
- **TMDB ID:** 67677
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7341673
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ayres_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7341673, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0044010/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/67677

Actor. Born 11 December 1914 in Michigan, USA. Died 5 November 1968.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 December 1914, Michigan, USA
- **Died:** 5 November 1968
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ayres_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7341673, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0044010/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/67677

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*A Night to Remember*](https://film.one/film/a-night-to-remember.md) (85)

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## Biography

Robert Ayres (1914–1968) was an American actor who worked mainly in Britain. Born in Michigan, he appeared in films and on television from the 1950s until his death.

He played Major Arthur Peuchen in the 1958 film *A Night to Remember*. Other film roles include General Courts in *The Heroes of Telemark* (1965) and Captain Ben Richards in *First Man into Space* (1959). He also appeared in episodes of *The Saint* (1962–1966). His stage credits include Edward Albee plays at the Royal Court Theatre in London in 1961.

Ayres died of a heart attack in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, on 5 November 1968.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *A Night to Remember* (1958), Fi1m 85, as Maj. Arthur Peuchen — [page](https://film.one/film/a-night-to-remember.md)

## Complete filmography (51)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Isadora* (1968), as (uncredited)
- *Battle Beneath the Earth* (1967), as Adm. Felix Hillebrand
- *The 25th Hour* (1967), as (uncredited)
- *Lee Oswald: Assassin* (1966), as Chairman
- *The Heroes of Telemark* (1965), as General Courts
- *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, as Chairman
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, as Daddy
- *The Wednesday Play* (1964), series, as Judge Webster Thayer
- *Detective* (1964), series, as Mr. Norris
- *The Sicilians* (1963), as Angelo Di Marco
- *The Saint* (1962), series, as John Allardyce, Clinton
- *Two and Two Make Six* (1962), as Col. Robert Thompson
- *The Road to Hong Kong* (1962), as American Official
- *Drama 61-67* (1961), series, as Charley Fry
- *The Cheaters* (1960), series, as Walter Allen
- *Danger Man* (1960), series, as Hamilton
- *Date at Midnight* (1960), as Gordon Baines
- *A Woman's Temptation* (1959), as Mike
- *The Four Just Men* (1959), series, as Chairman
- *No Hiding Place* (1959), series, Actor
- *John Paul Jones* (1959), as John Adams
- *First Man into Space* (1959), as Capt. Ben Richards
- *One Step Beyond* (1959), series, as Richards
- *I Can Destroy the Sun* (1958), as Boardman
- *Behind Closed Doors* (1958), series, Actor
- *A Night to Remember* (1958), as Maj. Arthur Peuchen — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/a-night-to-remember.md)
- *The Depraved* (1957), as Colonel-in-chief
- *Cat Girl* (1957), as Dr. Brian Marlowe
- *Time Lock* (1957), as Insp. Andrews
- *Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!* (1957), series, as Colonel
- *Operation Murder* (1957), as Larry Winton
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Boardman
- *The Baby and the Battleship* (1956), as American Captain
- *It's Never Too Late* (1956), as Leroy Crane
- *Colonel March of Scotland Yard* (1956), series, as Wyatt
- *A Prize of Gold* (1955), as Tex
- *Contraband Spain* (1955), as Sr. Dean, superior de la Embajada de los Estados Unidos
- *Delayed Action* (1954), as Ned Ellison
- *River Beat* (1954), as Ship's Captain Watford
- *The Wedding of Lilli Marlene* (1953), as Andrew J. Jackson
- *The Mask* (1953), as James Glasson / David Trevelyan
- *Dollars for Sale* (1953), as Ray Blanchard
- *Cosh Boy* (1953), as Bob Stevens
- *24 Hours of a Woman's Life* (1952), as Frank Brown
- *13 East Street* (1952), as Larry Conn
- *Black Widow* (1951), as Mark Sherwin (The Amnesiac)
- *Night Without Stars* (1951), as Walter
- *To Have and to Hold* (1951), as Max
- *A Dinner Date with Death* (1950), as The American
- *State Secret* (1950), as Arthur J. Buckman
- *They Were Not Divided* (1950), as American Brigadier

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