FrameThrower · Actors · Robert Stephens
Robert Stephens
3 films · 152 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1977–1978
Born 14 July 1931 · Bristol, England, UK · died 12 November 1995
Sir Robert Stephens was a leading English actor in the early years of England's 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.
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Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 152 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1977–1978
- Knight Bachelor1995
- Laurence Olivier Awards
How their films are shot
Measured across 152 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Robert takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 60% of their frames are day, 54% natural — the look of the work Robert takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 152 frames from Robert Stephens's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.