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Christopher Robbie

ActorBorn September 30, 1938 (86 years)
Christopher Robbie (born 30 May 1938) is a British actor, television announcer, theatre director and designer, playwright and photographer. He trained as an actor at RADA in London and has had a distinguished theatrical career, playing the title role in King Lear as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

He has performed a one-man play about the life of Charles Darwin. Under the pseudonym James Alan, he wrote the play The Sirens of Eroc. As a film actor, he appeared in Where Has Poor Mickey Gone? (1964). As a television actor, he appeared in the Doctor Who stories The Mind Robber (1968) and Revenge of the Cybermen (1975), as well as in The Avengers, UFO, Dempsey and Makepeace and One Foot in the Grave, among others. As a photographer, he has held exhibitions of his work.

He was an in-vision announcer for Southern Television. He announced on the company's final day of broadcasting (31 December 1981) and presented its final programme And It's Goodbye From Us ... He announced, although less often, for TVS in the 1980s, and had stints in the announcer's chair at Associated-Rediffusion, Thames Television and Anglia Television.

His grandfather, William Sleator, was a pioneer of French football.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Enemies Closer
  • London's Burning

Known For

  • Enemies Closer
  • Where Has Poor Mickey Gone?
  • The Big Battalions

Filmography

2023
Tales of the Tardis (TV Series) · as Karkus
2022
2014
2013
Enemies Closer · as Sanderson
2012
2010
2006
Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj · as Old Bearded Man
2006
Rabbit Fever · as Rabbi Joshua Finkelstein
2004
Serial Thrillers · as Cyberleader
2003
The Commander · as Dac Sumpter
2001
The Whistle-Blower · as Judge Eglee
1999
Holby City (TV Series) · as Lee Wakefield
1998
Supply and Demand (TV Series) · as Sir Graeme Stirling
1992
The Big Battalions (TV Series) · as Archbishop
1991
The House of Eliott (TV Series) · as Government Whip
1990
One Foot in the Grave (TV Series) · as Dr. Clarke
1988
1988
London's Burning (TV Series) · as Alec
1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (TV Series) · as Tv Commentator
1987
Still Crazy Like a Fox · as Newscaster
1986
Biggles: Adventures in Time · as Hotel Clerk
1985
C.A.T.S. Eyes (TV Series) · as Newsreader
1985
Dempsey and Makepeace (TV Series) · as Selwyn
1984
Hammer House of Mystery & Suspense (TV Series) · as General Neruda
1983
Taggart (TV Series) · as Albert Brockwell
1975
1973
Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood · as Roger Of Doncaster
1972
Pardon My Genie (TV Series) · as Newscaster
1972
The Brothers (1972) (TV Series) · as The Man
1970
UFO (TV Series) · as Bomb Disposal Expert
1970
Sudden Terror · as Policeman
1969
Paul Temple (TV Series) · as Guido
1968
1968
The Expert (TV Series) · as Mr. Anderson
1964
1963
Doctor Who (TV Series) · as Cyberleader
1961
The Avengers (TV Series) · as Mal

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