Michael Robbins
Born in London, England, UK — Nov 14 1930• Died Dec 11 1992
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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 a…
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Michael Robbins's Credits
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Doctor Who
Richard Mace
Minder
McQueen
The Avengers
Henry Farrow
The Saint
Harry
Theatre 625
Tom
The Bill
The Sweeney
Kevin Lee
Rumpole of the Bailey
Cyril Timson
Z-Cars
Gideon's Way
Smith
No Hiding Place
Story Parade
Edward Cowley
Studio 4
Humphrey Place
Callan
The Main Chance
Gerry Baxter
Department S
Burton
Dempsey and Makepeace
Simmons
Dixon of Dock Green
Charlie Mills
Justice
Eddie
Return of the Saint
Beeky
Redcap
Private Pendlebury
The New Statesman
Mad Eddie
Centre Play
Swaffer
On the Buses
Arthur Rudge
One Foot in the Grave
Dick Turpin
Sgt. Bullock
In Sickness and in Health
Rail Worker
Crane
Jennings
The Man in Room 17
C.P.O. Bradshaw
Sherlock Holmes
Mixed Blessings
Fred Fachetti
You Rang, M'Lord?
Twelvetrees Senior
The Good Life
Mr. Bulstrode
Fresh Fields
Mr. Pringle
The Chinese Detective
George and Mildred
Adam Adamant Lives!
Londoners
Shaw
The Cannon & Ball Show
Police Seargent
Black and Blue
Bert
The Great Muppet Caper
Henderson
The Bounder
Bert
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Jarvis
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
Pumphrey
Judge Dee
Victor/Victoria
Manager of Victoria's Hotel
Armchair Theatre
Dave
You Can't Win
Villain
Barzun
The Looking Glass War
Truck Driver
Thick As Thieves
The Whisperers
Mr Noonan
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
Crossplot
Garage Attendant
Fairly Secret Army
Sgt. Major Throttle
Legacy of Murder
Marley
Brendon Chase
Sergeant Bunting
Zeppelin
Cockney Sergeant
Till Death Us Do Part
Fred
Up the Junction
Figgins
On the Buses
Arthur Rudge
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Nym
No Sex Please - We're British
Car Driver
A Prize of Arms
Orford
Lunch Hour
Harris
Adam Bede
Thias Bede
Children of the Damned
All the Way Up
Taxi Driver
Man About the House
Doorman
The Drummer and the Bloke
Jack
The Bargee
Bargee
You in Your Small Corner
Georgie
The Count of Monte Cristo
Gaspard Caderousse
Just Ask for Diamond
The Fat Man
Act of Murder
Van Driver
The Bone Yard
Sergeant Strickland
Doctor Who: The Visitation
Richard Mace
The Ties That Bind Us
Richard Mace (archive footage)
Holiday on the Buses
Arthur Rudge
Dead Man's Chest
Sergeant Harris
Murder Rap
Det. Sgt. Praed
Blinker's Spy-Spotter
Policeman
The Saint and the Brave Goose
Beeky
Lost In London
Bill
Rattle of a Simple Man
George (organiser)
Mutiny on the Buses
Arthur Rudge
What a Crazy World
Percy
That's Your Funeral
2nd Funeral Director
Danger! Men Working
Second Labourer
The Hunting of Lionel Crane
Sergeant Billings
Horizontal Hold
TV Repairman
One Foot in the Grave: The Man In The Long Black Coat
Mr Killick
Soap Opera in Stockwell
Bert