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name: "Robert Fuest"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "30 September 1927"
died: "21 March 2012"
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average_as: "director"
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updated: "2026-09-17T20:15:26.345076+00:00"
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# Robert Fuest

Director. Born 30 September 1927 in London, England, UK. Died 21 March 2012.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 30 September 1927, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 21 March 2012
- **Also known as:** 罗伯特·富斯特
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q486895, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0297523/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20937

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*The Avengers*](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md) (83)

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## Biography

Robert Fuest was an English film and television director, screenwriter and production designer. He was born in Croydon, London, on 30 September 1927 and studied at Wimbledon and Hornsey Schools of Art. After teaching illustration and lithography at Southampton School of Art, he entered television as a production designer.

Fuest worked on the first series of *The Avengers* (1961) as production designer and later directed seven episodes of the series. He also directed two episodes of the revived *The New Avengers* (1976). His feature films as director include *Just Like a Woman* (1967), *And Soon the Darkness* (1970), *Wuthering Heights* (1970), *The Abominable Dr. Phibes* (1971) and *Dr. Phibes Rises Again* (1972).

Fuest died in London on 21 March 2012.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Avengers* (1961), Fi1m 83, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md)

## Also known for

- *The Abominable Dr. Phibes* (1971), Director
- *Dr. Phibes Rises Again* (1972), Director, Screenplay
- *And Soon the Darkness* (1970), Director
- *The Devil’s Rain* (1975), Director
- *The New Avengers* (1976), Director
- *Wuthering Heights* (1970), Director

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