Michael Robbins

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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?

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1930-11-14
  • event Death Date 1992-12-11
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 4.4
  • info Birth Place London, England, UK
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You in Your Small Corner

1962-06-05

7.5

Mutiny on the Buses

1972-06-02

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The Bone Yard

1964-09-30

7.2

Till Death Us Do Part

1969-01-01

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The Hunting of Lionel Crane

1970-01-21

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The Drummer and the Bloke

1968-01-31

6.3

On the Buses

1971-07-09

7.7

Holiday on the Buses

1973-05-19

7.3

Victor/Victoria

1982-04-25

6.9

The Bargee

1964-01-01

5.5

Dead Man's Chest

1965-10-27

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The Count of Monte Cristo

1964-10-04

5.5

Crossplot

1969-11-25

6.1

Children of the Damned

1964-01-10

7.3

Adam Bede

1992-03-01

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The Saint and the Brave Goose

1979-01-07

6.6

A Prize of Arms

1962-12-11

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Horizontal Hold

1968-05-27

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Danger! Men Working

1961-05-07

6.8

Lunch Hour

1962-01-01

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Soap Opera in Stockwell

1973-09-11

5.1

No Sex Please: We're British

1973-07-25

6.2

Villain

1971-05-26

5.5

The Looking Glass War

1970-01-02

5.1

Man About the House

1974-12-22

4.3

Just Ask for Diamond

1988-09-01

6.9

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

1976-12-15

6.9

The Great Muppet Caper

1981-06-26

6.4

The Whisperers

1967-07-18

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The Merry Wives of Windsor

1982-12-28

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Lost In London

1985-11-20

4.8

Rattle of a Simple Man

1964-12-20

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All the Way Up

1970-06-01

6.6

What a Crazy World

1963-07-02

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Up the Junction

1968-01-25

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Doctor Who: The Visitation

1982-02-23

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Murder Rap

1980-01-31

1.5

That's Your Funeral

1972-12-01

6.3

Zeppelin

1971-04-08

7.5

Adam Adamant Lives!

1966-06-23

7.3

On the Buses

1969-02-28

4.9

Department S

1969-09-09

6.6

The Bill

1984-10-16

7.9

Doctor Who

1963-11-23

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Z-Cars

1962-01-02

6.8

Gideon's Way

1965-03-18

6.4

Dempsey and Makepeace

1985-01-11

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

7.3

The Chinese Detective

1981-04-30

7.1

Rumpole of the Bailey

1975-12-17

7.3

The Saint

1962-10-04

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Callan

1967-07-08

7.6

One Foot In the Grave

1990-01-04

6.6

Fresh Fields

1984-03-07

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Redcap

1964-10-17

3.7

No Hiding Place

1959-09-16

3.5

Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width

1967-02-18

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Black and Blue

1973-08-14

5.2

BBC Television Shakespeare

1978-12-03

6.3

Sherlock Holmes

1964-05-17

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How's Your Father

1979-02-27

5

Judge Dee

1969-04-08

6.3

Mixed Blessings

1978-03-03

6.5

Thick As Thieves

1974-06-01

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Studio Four

1962-01-22

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You Can't Win

1966-07-07

5.5

Murder Most English

1977-05-08

6.8

Minder

1979-10-29

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Fairly Secret Army

1984-10-22

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The Cannon & Ball Show

1979-07-28

6

Justice

1971-10-08

7.3

Dick Turpin

1979-01-06

6.4

The Bounder

1982-04-16

8

The Main Chance

1969-06-18

7

Return of the Saint

1978-09-10

7.5

The New Statesman

1987-09-13

5.5

The Man In Room 17

1965-06-11

7.3

The Saint

1962-10-04

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Legacy of Murder

1982-02-16

7.7

The Avengers

1961-01-07

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Brendon Chase

1982-01-03

7.4

You Rang, M'Lord?

1990-01-14