Sir Robert Stephens (knighted in 1995), 14th July 1931 to 12th November 1995, was widely regarded as the heir of Laurence Olivier in the 1960's. Sadly his marriage to Maggie Smith ended, and he left Britain's National Theater in the 1970's, before becoming a heavy drinker.
Robert's career was boosted in the 1980's when he appeared in The Box of Delights, and then in the 1990's when he was invited to play first Falstaff in "Henry IV" and then Lear in "King Lear" by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
He appeared in The Box of Delights as Abner Brown alongside his future wife Patricia Quinn (famous from the Rocky Horror Show). The two married in 1995, shortly before his death.
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