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Michael Robbins
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Michael Robbins
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1930-11-14,London, England, UK
Gender
Male
Biography
Born in London, Robbins was a bank clerk who became an actor after appearing in amateur dramatic performances in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, where he and his family lived at the time. Robbins made his television debut as the cockney soldier in Roll-on Bloomin' Death. Primarily a comedy actor, he is best remembered for the role of Arthur Rudge, the persistently sarcastic husband of Olive (Anna Karen), in the popular sitcom On the Buses (1969–73). Robbins and Karen provided the secondary comic storyline to Reg Varney's comedy capers at the bus depot. Robbins also appeared in the series film spin-offs, On the Buses, Mutiny on the Buses, and Holiday on the Buses. His other comedy credits include non-recurring roles in Man About the House, Oh Brother!, The Good Life, One Foot in the Grave, The New Statesman, George and Mildred, Hi-de-Hi! and You Rang, M'Lord? He appeared as a rather humorously portrayed police sergeant in the TV adaptation of Brendon Chase. As well as these comic roles, he assumed various straight roles in some of the major British television shows of the 1960s and 1970s: including Minder, The Sweeney, Z-Cars, Return of the Saint, Murder Most English, The Avengers, Dixon of Dock Green, The Bill and the 1982 Doctor Who story The Visitation. Robbins's film credits included The Whisperers, Up The Junction, The Looking Glass War, Zeppelin and Blake Edwards' films The Pink Panther Strikes Again and Victor/Victoria'. He also had an extensive career as a radio actor, including a role in the soap opera Waggoner's Walk and the satirical 1970s show Life is What Yer Make It. Robbins was an indefatigable worker for charity. He was active in the Grand Order of Water Rats (being elected 'Rat of the Year' in 1978) and the Catholic Stage Guild, and received a Papal Award for his services in 1987. In one of his last television appearances, in A Little Bit of Heaven Robbins recalled his childhood visits to Norfolk and spoke of his faith and love of the Shrine of Our Lady at Walsingham. Michael Robbins had a brother Jack who was a head teacher at Saint Gregory's Catholic middle school in Bedford in the 1970s and early 1980s. Michael made some guest appearances at this school throughout the years and sometimes entertained the pupils with various sketches with his brother Jack Robbins In the mid-1970s he also directed a film: How Are You?

Filmography

You in Your Small Corner

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You in Your Small Corner
1962-06-05

Mutiny on the Buses

7.4

Mutiny on the Buses
1972-06-02

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The Bone Yard
1964-09-30

Till Death Us Do Part

7.2

Till Death Us Do Part
1969-01-01

The Hunting of Lionel Crane

0

The Hunting of Lionel Crane
1970-01-21

The Drummer and the Bloke

0

The Drummer and the Bloke
1968-01-31

6.4

On the Buses
1971-07-09

Holiday on the Buses

7.7

Holiday on the Buses
1973-05-19

Victor/Victoria

7.277

Victor/Victoria
1982-04-25

7.1

The Bargee
1964-01-01

Dead Man's Chest

5.7

Dead Man's Chest
1965-10-27

The Count of Monte Cristo

0

The Count of Monte Cristo
1964-10-04

5.5

Crossplot
1969-11-25

Children of the Damned

6.1

Children of the Damned
1964-01-10

7.3

Adam Bede
1992-03-01

The Saint and the Brave Goose

0

The Saint and the Brave Goose
1979-01-07

A Prize of Arms

6.6

A Prize of Arms
1962-12-11

Horizontal Hold

0

Horizontal Hold
1968-05-27

Danger! Men Working

0

Danger! Men Working
1961-05-07

6.8

Lunch Hour
1962-01-01

Soap Opera in Stockwell

0

Soap Opera in Stockwell
1973-09-11

No Sex Please: We're British

5.1

No Sex Please: We're British
1973-07-25

6.3

Villain
1971-05-26

The Looking Glass War

5.5

The Looking Glass War
1970-01-02

Man About the House

4.824

Man About the House
1974-12-22

Just Ask for Diamond

4.3

Just Ask for Diamond
1988-09-01

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

6.8

The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976-12-15

The Great Muppet Caper

6.844

The Great Muppet Caper
1981-06-26

6.4

The Whisperers
1967-07-18

The Merry Wives of Windsor

8

The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982-12-28

0

Lost In London
1985-11-20

Rattle of a Simple Man

5.5

Rattle of a Simple Man
1964-12-20

6

All the Way Up
1970-06-01

What a Crazy World

6.2

What a Crazy World
1963-07-02

Up the Junction

6.143

Up the Junction
1968-01-25

Doctor Who: The Visitation

7.3

Doctor Who: The Visitation
1982-02-23

0

Murder Rap
1980-01-31

That's Your Funeral

1.5

That's Your Funeral
1972-12-01

6.2

Zeppelin
1971-04-08

Adam Adamant Lives!

7.5

Adam Adamant Lives!
1966-06-23

7.3

On the Buses
1969-02-28

4.9

Department S
1969-09-09

6.7

The Bill
1984-10-16

7.874

Doctor Who
1963-11-23

7

Z-Cars
1962-01-02

6.8

Gideon's Way
1965-03-18

Dempsey and Makepeace

6.4

Dempsey and Makepeace
1985-01-11

George and Mildred

6.8

George and Mildred
1976-09-06

7.7

The Sweeney
1975-01-02

7.7

The Avengers
1961-01-07

7.6

The Good Life
1975-04-04

The Chinese Detective

7.2

The Chinese Detective
1981-04-30

Rumpole of the Bailey

7.1

Rumpole of the Bailey
1975-12-17

7.3

The Saint
1962-10-04

7

Callan
1967-07-08

One Foot In the Grave

7.531

One Foot In the Grave
1990-01-04

6.667

Fresh Fields
1984-03-07

6

Redcap
1964-10-17

No Hiding Place

3.7

No Hiding Place
1959-09-16

Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width

3.5

Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
1967-02-18

6

Black and Blue
1973-08-14

The BBC Television Shakespeare

5.2

The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978-12-03

Sherlock Holmes

6.4

Sherlock Holmes
1964-05-17

How's Your Father

7

How's Your Father
1979-02-27

5

Judge Dee
1969-04-08

Mixed Blessings

6.2

Mixed Blessings
1978-03-03

Thick As Thieves

6.667

Thick As Thieves
1974-06-01

6

Studio Four
1962-01-22

0

You Can't Win
1966-07-07

Murder Most English

5.5

Murder Most English
1977-05-08

6.8

Minder
1979-10-29

Fairly Secret Army

5

Fairly Secret Army
1984-10-22

The Cannon & Ball Show

0

The Cannon & Ball Show
1979-07-28

6

Justice
1971-10-08

7.3

Dick Turpin
1979-01-06

6.3

The Bounder
1982-04-16

The Main Chance

7.7

The Main Chance
1969-06-18

Return of the Saint

7

Return of the Saint
1978-09-10

The New Statesman

7.5

The New Statesman
1987-09-13

The Man In Room 17

5.333

The Man In Room 17
1965-06-11

7.3

The Saint
1962-10-04

Legacy of Murder

0

Legacy of Murder
1982-02-16

7.7

The Avengers
1961-01-07

5.5

Brendon Chase
1982-01-03

You Rang, M'Lord?

7.4

You Rang, M'Lord?
1990-01-14