Robert Powell

Robert Powell is a British actor who is known for the title roles in Mahler (1974) and Jesus of Nazareth (1977), and for his portrayal of secret agent Richard Hannay in The Thirty Nine Steps (1978) and its subsequent spinoff television series. Other major screen roles have included Tobias "Toby" Wren in the BBC science-fiction programme Doomwatch (1970), David Briggs in the sitcom The Detectives (1993–1997) with Jasper Carrott, and Mark Williams in the medical drama Holby City (2005–2011).

1 June 1944

Born on the same birth date (1 June 1944): Colin Blakemore

Born on the same birth day (1 June): Bekim Fehmiu • Brandi Carlile • Brigham Young • Dilia Díaz Cisneros • Dirck Coornhert • Hans Vogt (linguist) • Jason Donovan • Michael Rasmussen (cyclist) • Mikhail Glinka • Petra Morsbach • Richard Schweiker • Ronnie Dunn • Ronnie Wood • Tom Holland • Vladimir Krutov

Born in the same month (June 1944): Ban Ki-moon • Chris Spedding • Christine Beasley • Claude Humphrey • Gennady Zyuganov • Henri Richelet • Phillip Allen Sharp • Ray Davies • Roger Ball (musician) • Terry Funk • Tommie Smith • Wally Gabler