Sir Robert Helpmann CBE (9 April 1909 – 28 September 1986) was an Australian dancer, film actor, theatre director and choreographer. A protege of Pavlova and Fonteyn’s first partner. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Helpmann, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 1989The Margot Fonteyn Story — Robert Helpmann
• 1987Don Quixote of La Mancha — Don Quixote (voice)
• 1985That's Dancing! — From 'The Red Shoes' (archive footage)
• 1984Second Time Lucky — The Devil
• 1978Patrick — Dr. Roget
• 1978Puzzle — Shepherd
• 1977The Mango Tree — Professor
• 1973Don Quixote — Don Quixote, Director, Choreographer
• 1972Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — The Mad Hatter
• 1970Cinderella — Ugly Stepsister
• 1968Chitty Chitty Bang Bang — Child Catcher
• 1966The Quiller Memorandum — Weng
• The Wednesday Play — Fouche
• 196355 Days at Peking — Prince Tuan
• 1963Swan Lake — Producer
• 1958The Big Money — The Reverend
• Theatre Night — Georges de Valera
• 1956The Iron Petticoat — Ivan Kropotkin
• 1951The Tales of Hoffmann — Lindorf / Coppelius / Dapertutto / Dr. Miracle
• 1948Steps of the Ballet
• 1948The Red Shoes — Ivan Boleslawsky, Choreographer
• 1946Caravan — Wycroft
• 1944Henry V — Bishop of Ely
• 1942One of Our Aircraft Is Missing — De Jong
• 1937Television Demonstration Film

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 1990The Tales of Helpmann — Himself
• Parkinson In Australia — Self
• Omnibus — Self