Sir Robert Stephens 14 July 1931 12 November 1995 was a leading English actor in the early years of Englands Royal National Theatre He was one of the most respected actors of his generation and was at one time regarded as the natural successor to Laurence Olivier While very acting on stage his whole life he also participated in more than 100 theatrical films and TV series episodes He was married to actress Maggie Smith between 1967 and 1974 They had two children together who both have become actors Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin Following years of ill health he died on 12 November 1995 at the age of 64 due to complications during surgery eleven months after having been knighted Description above partly from the Wikipedia article Robert Stephens licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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