Christopher Robbie

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Christopher Robbie
Born
Christopher James Alan Robbie

(1938-05-30) 30 May 1938 (age 86)
Edmonton, London, England
Occupation(s)Actor, theatre director, playwright

Christopher Robbie (born 30 May 1938) is a British actor, television announcer, theatre director and designer, playwright and photographer. [1] He trained as an actor at RADA in London, and has had a distinguished theatrical career, playing the title role in King Lear when a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. [2] [3]

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. [4] 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) [5] and Revenge of the Cybermen (1975), [6] as well as in The Avengers , UFO , Dempsey and Makepeace and One Foot in the Grave , among others. [7] As a photographer he has held exhibitions of his work. [8]

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 ... [9] 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. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Christopher Robbie". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 4 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Christopher Robbie – RADA". rada.ac.uk.
  3. ↑ "Christopher Robbie | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  4. ↑ "The Siren's of Eroc: An Argument Won and Lost (Play) archive [PLAY]". uktw.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "The Mind Robber ★★★★ | Radio Times".
  6. ↑ "Revenge of the Cybermen ★ | Radio Times".
  7. ↑ "Christopher Robbie". aveleyman.com.
  8. ↑ "Robbie, Christopher". January 2018.
  9. ↑ "Announcers". thetvroom.com.
  10. ↑ https://www.scottishsporthistory.com/sports-history-news-and-blog/the-father-of-french-football-a-tailor-from-worcester
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