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Robert Aldous (born 1934 in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England) is an English stage and television actor.

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Robert (Bob) trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, 1953–55. In a long and varied career, his main priority was the stage and he has acted with most of the major regional theatre companies and toured extensively in the UK and overseas. He was for two years associated with the English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre and appeared in The School for Scandal at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, and in An Enemy of the People and Peter Pan at the National Theatre. For thirty years he was the “baddie” in big provincial pantomimes!  On television he can claim appearances in Dad's Army, Dr Who, “Allo,”Allo! and The First Churchills, the first ever colour television serial. He also specialised in productions requiring the Nottingham dialect, with which he helped many performers. Robert has served on the Equity Council, the Arts Council’s Drama Advisory Panel and on the Actors’ Church Union Council of Management and on St Paul's Cathedral Friends’ Council. He retired at the age of 79 after a fifty-six years career.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1956 She Stoops to Conquer Dick MugginsTV film
1960 Saturday Night and Sunday Morning OnlookerUncredited
1973MatushkaFurmanovLondon Film Festival
1976 The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd MinerTV film

Also appeared in two documentaries for the National Coal Board.

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1959The Golden SpurDavidRecurring role
Redgauntlet Nicholas Faggot1 episode
1960Captain Moonlight: Man of MysteryPC Stokes1 episode
1961 Probation Officer Tom Eely1 episode
Drama 61-67 Lt. HiltonEpisode: "Drama '61: The Face of the Enemy"
1962The NetEpisode: "Not Wanted on a Voyage"
1963Television ClubAssistantEpisode: "The Wade Family: A Day Trip to France - Channel Crossing"
1964 ITV Play of the Week DennisEpisode: "Goodnight to Heroes"
Doctor Who Freedom FighterEpisode: "World's End"
1966The Man in the MirrorCutler3 episodes
1969 The Elusive Pimpernel HubertEpisode: "The Hostage"
The First Churchills Colonel Kirke2 episodes
Dad's Army German ParachutistEpisode: "Man Hunt"
1970 Z-Cars Dr. DanielsEpisode: "Nice Bit O' Stuff"
Tom Grattan's War Otto Keller3 episodes
Special Branch Brian DanielsEpisode: "Error of Judgement"
Softly, Softly: Taskforce Sgt. LugtonEpisode: "Bearings"
1973 Warship Chief Petty Officer, HMS OmegaEpisode: "Subsmash"
1977 Z-Cars Mr. AdamsEpisode: "Quarry"
1986 'Allo 'Allo! French PeasantEpisode: "Flight of Fancy"
1990 The Bill George FosterEpisode: "Michael Runs the Family Now"
1991 Jeeves and Wooster ManagerEpisode: "The Con (or, Pearls Mean Tears)"

Theatre

West End

The Owl and the Pussycat went to see...Westminster
The School for ScandalHaymarket / European tour
The Wind in the WillowsSadler's Wells
The Birthday Shoe PantomimeFortune
Serjeant Musgrave's DanceRoyal Court
Look Back In AngerRoyal  Court and UK tour
NekrassovRoyal Court / Edinburgh Festival
LysistrataRoyal Court / Duke of York's
RootsRoyal Court / Duke of York's
Epitaph for George DillonRoyal Court / Cambridge
The School for ScandalHaymarket / Los Angeles tour

Tours and Seasons

Alice in WonderlandRoyal Shakespeare Theatre
The Marowitz HamletBerlin (West German TV)
The Clandestine MarriageUK tour
A Christmas CarolRoyal Court /Bournemouth
She Would If She CouldWindsor / UK tour
Heartbreak HouseUK tour
The Skin GameUK tour
The Devil's DiscipleUK tour
Dandy DickUK tour
The Cherry OrchardUK tour
The Birthday PartyUK tour
Entertaining Mr SloaneUK tour
Wuthering HeightsUK tour
Trap for a Lonely ManUK tour
Mr & Mrs NobodyUK tour

Regional and Repertory Theatre

He was a leading player in seasons at Bristol Old Vic, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Glasgow Citizen's Theatre, Nottingham Playhouse, Leeds Playhouse, Salisbury Playhouse, Queen's Theatre  Hornchurch, Victoria Theatre Stoke, Plymouth Theatre, Cardiff Sherman Theatre, Leicester Haymarket, Farnham Playhouse, Lincoln Theatre Royal and Pitlochry Festival Theatre.

Pantomime

His background as a straight actor meant that for nearly thirty years he was the used to play the “baddie” in big VARIETY productions, starring such performers as Arthur Askey, Danny La Rue (seven times), Terry Scott, Leslie Crowther, Jimmy Edwards  Richard Murdoch and many others.

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