Robert Speaight was born on January 14, 1904 in St. Margaret-at-Cliffe, Kent, England as Robert William Speaight. He was an actor and writer, known for Murder in the Cathedral (1947), A Cradle of Willow (1952) and The Vision of William Blake (1961). He was married to Evelyn Bowen. He died on November 4, 1976 in Benenden, Kent.