# Robert Rendel

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{{Short description|British actor (1884–1944)}}
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|name=Robert Rendel
|image=The-Circle-1921-1-cropped.jpg
|caption=Robert Rendel (left) with [John Drew](/source/John_Drew_Jr.), [Estelle Winwood](/source/Estelle_Winwood), [Mrs. Leslie Carter](/source/Mrs._Leslie_Carter), Maxine MacDonald and [John Halliday](/source/John_Halliday_(actor)) in the Broadway production of [W. Somerset Maugham](/source/William_Somerset_Maugham)'s ''The Circle'' (1921)
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|birth_date={{Birth date |1884|12|2|df=y}}
|birth_place=[St Mary Abbots Kensington](/source/St_Mary_Abbots_Kensington), [London](/source/London), [England](/source/England)
|death_date={{Death date and age|1944|5|9|1884|12|2|df=y}}
|death_place=Marylebone, London, England
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'''Robert Rendel''' (2 December 1884 in [St Mary Abbots Kensington](/source/St_Mary_Abbots_Kensington), London – 9 May 1944 in Marylebone, London) was a British actor of stage, screen, television and radio.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/21021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115035105/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/21021|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-01-15|title=Robert Rendel|work=BFI}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/robert-rendel-p59601|title=Robert Rendel - Movies and Filmography|work=AllMovie|accessdate=16 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/feh/robert-rendell|title=Robert Rendell - Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/71901eb1bd6646aca734845e49719be2|title=The Young in Heart'|journal=The Radio Times|date=25 December 1942|issue=1004|pages=8|via=BBC Genome}}</ref>

==Career==
His stage work included roles in the original [Broadway](/source/Broadway_theatre) productions of [Somerset Maugham](/source/W._Somerset_Maugham)'s ''[The Circle](/source/The_Circle_(play))'' in 1921, and   [Arnold Ridley](/source/Arnold_Ridley)'s ''[The Ghost Train](/source/The_Ghost_Train_(play))'' in 1926.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/robert-rendel-15967|title=Robert Rendel – Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB|first=The Broadway|last=League|website=www.ibdb.com}}</ref> In 1935 he played the [Duke of Marlborough](/source/Duke_of_Marlborough) in [Norman Ginsbury](/source/Norman_Ginsbury)'s ''[Viceroy Sarah](/source/Viceroy_Sarah)''. On film, he played [Sherlock Holmes](/source/Sherlock_Holmes) in the original [sound](/source/sound_film) version of ''[The Hound of the Baskervilles](/source/The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles_(1932_film))'' in 1932.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b72930e5f|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714185703/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b72930e5f|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 July 2017|title=The Hound of the Baskervilles (1932)}}</ref>

==Filmography==
* ''[Slander](/source/Slander_(1916_film))'' (1916) as Harry Carson
* ''[The Barricade](/source/The_Barricade_(1917_film))'' (1917) as Gerald Hastings
* ''[Her Night of Romance](/source/Her_Night_of_Romance)'' (1924)  as Prince George
* ''[The Hound of the Baskervilles](/source/The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles_(1932_film))'' (1932)  as [Sherlock Holmes](/source/Sherlock_Holmes)
* ''[Death at Broadcasting House](/source/Death_at_Broadcasting_House)'' (1934) as Sir Herbert Farquharson
* ''[The Way of Youth](/source/The_Way_of_Youth)'' (1934) as Sir Peter Marmon
* ''[Borrow a Million](/source/Borrow_a_Million)'' (1934) as Struthers
* ''[The Price of Wisdom](/source/The_Price_of_Wisdom)'' (1935) as Alfred Blake
* ''[Twice Branded](/source/Twice_Branded)'' (1936) as Charles Hamilton
* ''[The Crimson Circle](/source/The_Crimson_Circle_(1936_film))'' (1936)  as Commissioner
* ''[Fire Over England](/source/Fire_Over_England)'' (1937) as Don Miguel
* ''[The Dark Stairway](/source/The_Dark_Stairway)'' (1938) as Dr. Fletcher
* ''[The Four Feathers](/source/The_Four_Feathers_(1939_film))'' (1939) as Colonel
* ''[The Spy in Black](/source/The_Spy_in_Black)'' (1939) as Admiral
* ''[The Lion Has Wings](/source/The_Lion_Has_Wings)'' (1939) as Chief of Air Staff
* ''[Ten Days in Paris](/source/Ten_Days_in_Paris)'' (1940) as Sir James Stevens
* ''[Sailors Three](/source/Sailors_Three)'' (1940) as British Captain
* ''[The Day Will Dawn](/source/The_Day_Will_Dawn)'' (1942) as Captain of Destroyer

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0719328}}
*{{IBDB name|15967}}
Also noted Contract Bridge author: "How's Your Bridge" with Sydney Lenz.  "That extra Trick" and "The squeeze at auction and Contract Bridge" Rendell adopted the term "squeeze" from baseball.

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