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Christopher Robbie
Edmonton, London, England, UK
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 Londo…
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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.
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Movies and shows, newest first
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2023
Tales of the Tardis
TV show Karkus
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2013
Enemies Closer
Movie
- 2010
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2006
Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj
Movie Old Bearded Man
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2006
Rabbit Fever
Movie Rabbi Joshua Finkelstein
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1997
One Foot in the Grave: Endgame
Movie Dr Clarke
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1991
The House of Eliott
TV show Government Whip
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1988
The Lady and the Highwayman
Movie Priest
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1986
Biggles
Movie Hotel Clerk
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1985
Dempsey and Makepeace
TV show Selwyn
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1984
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
TV show General Neruda
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1975
Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen
Movie Cyber-Leader
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1973
Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood
Movie Roger of Doncaster
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1970
UFO
TV show Bomb Disposal Expert
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1970
Eyewitness
Movie Policeman
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1968
Doctor Who: The Mind Robber
Movie Karkus
More credits
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1964
Where Has Poor Mickey Gone?
Movie Kip
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1963
Doctor Who
TV show Cyberleader
