Robin Gammell

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Robin Gammell
Born (1936-09-22) September 22, 1936 (age 87)
Occupation(s)film, television and stage actor
Partner Gretchen Corbett
Children Winslow Corbett

Robin Gammell (born September 22, 1936) is a Canadian film, television and stage actor. [1]

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Career

Gammell began acting as a junior ensemble member at the Stratford Festival, [1] playing roles including Robin Starveling in A Midsummer Night's Dream , [2] Octavius in Julius Caesar , [3] Ariel in The Tempest , [4] and Malcolm in Macbeth ; he later reprised this role for the 1961 television film Macbeth opposite Sean Connery in the title role. He later moved on to film and television work, including the films The Pyx (1973), Lipstick (1976), Raid on Entebbe (1977), Rituals (1977), Full Circle (1977), The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979), Murder by Phone (1982), The Star Chamber (1983), Project X (1987) and Striker's Mountain (1987), recurring or starring roles in Wiseguy , WIOU , Street Legal , Amazing Grace , Millennium , Manhattan, AZ and Judging Amy , and guest appearances in The Blue and the Gray , Hill Street Blues , L.A. Law , The Commish , Murder, She Wrote , Matlock , Nip/Tuck , Star Trek: The Next Generation , and How to Get Away With Murder . He received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor, at the 1st Genie Awards in 1980, for Klondike Fever. [5]

Gammell has also portrayed several noted historical figures in docudrama films and television series, including Walter Moberly in The National Dream: Building the Impossible Railway , American espionage chief William J. Donovan in the television miniseries A Man Called Intrepid , [1] and Adolf Hitler in an episode of Witness to Yesterday . [6]

Personal life

Gammell was in a relationship with Gretchen Corbett. They had one child, Winslow Corbett, in 1979.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1964 Hamlet Francisco / Gravedigger / Player #2
1973 The Pyx Worther
1976 Lipstick Nathan Cartright
1977 Rituals Martin
1977 Full Circle David Swift
1979 The Promise Doctor Wickfield
1979 The Concorde ... Airport '79 William Halpern
1980 Klondike Fever Merritt Sloper
1980ObsessionMr. Norton
1982 Murder by Phone Noah Clayton
1982 Highpoint Banner
1983 The Star Chamber Judge Archer
1983 Nightmares Bishop
1987 Project X Col. Niles
1991 Guilty by Suspicion Clyde H. Tavenner
1993 Dave Postmaster General
1993 Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Archdiocese Person #2
1997 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery British UN Representative
1997 Contact Project Official
1998 Bulworth Geoffrey
1998 Last Night Mr. Wheeler
1998 Bone Daddy Cobb
2010 Skyline Walt
2012Victory BlvdNick's Father
2013Lonely BoyLou
2020 She's in Portland Dennis

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1957 Sunday Night Theatre English youthEpisode: "Mrs. Wickens in the Fall"
1957 O.S.S. 2nd SeamanEpisode: "Operation Barbecue"
1960 Emergency Ward 10 DingleEpisode #1.305
1960 Armchair Theatre WalEpisode: "Some Talk of Alexander"
1960 First Person WillieEpisode: "A Matter of Some Importance"
1960–1962 Festival Humphrey Devize / Eli / Octavius4 episodes
1961 Macbeth Malcolm Television film
1961The Man Born to Be KingJohn
1961–1963 Playdate David / Sean Malloy / Albert3 episodes
1963 Quest VeteranEpisode: "The Wounded Soldier"
1974 Dr. Simon Locke SuttonEpisode: "Man Outside"
1974 The National Dream Walter Moberly2 episodes
1976 Raid on Entebbe Mr. SagerTelevision film
1977Panic in Echo ParkDr. Tishman
1978 The Rockford Files Donald PilmerEpisode: "Rosendahl and Gilda Stern Are Dead"
1978 The Winds of Kitty Hawk H.A. ToumlinTelevision film
1979 The Great Detective LansdowneEpisode: "The Case of the Magic Mandarin"
1979Jennifer: A Woman's StoryDr. Bob SymonTelevision film
1979 The Lazarus Syndrome Dr. MeredithEpisode: "The Lady in 534"
1979A Man Called IntrepidWilliam Donovan3 episodes
1980 Lou Grant Howard GuntherEpisode: "Libel"
1982 Trapper John, M.D. DuganEpisode: "The One and Only"
1982 The Blue and the Gray Jacob Hale Sr.3 episodes
1982Wait Until DarkSgt. CarlinoTelevision film
1982–1986 Hill Street Blues Douglas Comstock / Lt. Patterson3 episodes
1983 Thursday's Child Dr. SchroederTelevision film
1983 Deadly Lessons Morgan Rank
1983Missing PiecesSen. Lawrence Conrad
1983 The Paper Chase Attorney General PattersonEpisode: "Birthday Party"
1983WishmanDr. Harold WishTelevision film
1983The Last NinjaDr. McAllister
1983Happy EndingsUncle John Constantine
1983 A Case of Libel Paul Cleary
1984 The Vegas Strip War Marvin Berman
1985 Simon & Simon Dr. HarcroftEpisode: "Almost Foolproof"
1985 Kids Don't Tell Dr. HoughtonTelevision film
1985 The Edison Twins Mr. MoranEpisode: "The Final Mystery"
1985 Striker's Mountain Rob WilmerTelevision film
1985Streets of JusticeJudge Phineas Odets
1985Between the Darkness

and the Dawn

Dr. Langtry
1986 The Twilight Zone Jeffrey PottsEpisode: "Need to Know/Red Snow"
1986 American Playhouse Cleary, Boyd Bendix' lawyerEpisode: "A Case of Libel"
1987 L.A. Law Judge John Englander2 episodes
1987 Roomies Dean DeWittEpisode: "The Ditch"
1987 CBS Schoolbreak Special Tom WebbEpisode: "An Enemy Among Us"
1987 Beauty and the Beast Lewis ArthurEpisode: "Siege"
1987 Our House Dr. HannibalEpisode: "Candles and Shadows"
1987The King of LoveArnold SpareTelevision film
1988 Lincoln Stephen A. Douglas 2 episodes
1988–1989 Wiseguy Senator Delaney3 episodes
1988, 1992 Murder, She Wrote Roger Melton / Dr. Thor Lundquist2 episodes
1989 Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure Msha Investigator Thomas KayeTelevision film
1990 Snoops Gunther AppletonEpisode: "Rough Justice"
1990–1991 WIOU Kevin Doherty18 episodes
1991 The Commish William SturdivantEpisode: "In the Best of Families"
1992 The Boys of Twilight Dave TheilmanEpisode: "Pilot"
1992 Tropical Heat BoothEpisode: "Users"
1992Majority RuleStuart HammelTelevision film
1992 Civil Wars Judge Michael Cassidy3 episodes
1992 E.N.G. George PatrickEpisode: "Double Vision"
1993 Matlock Marvin EstesEpisode: "The Fortune"
1993 Star Trek: The Next Generation MauricEpisode: "Attached"
1993–1994 Street Legal Spencer Garvie4 episodes
1994 M.A.N.T.I.S. Doctor Bill LamarEpisode: "Days of Rage"
1994 Scales of Justice Cyril Belshaw Episode "L'Affaire Belshaw"
1995 Amazing Grace Arthur Sutherland5 episodes
1995When the Vows BreakJudge Wendell AdamsTelevision film
1995 Murder One Judge Joseph LeylandEpisode: "Chapter Seven"
1995 Net Worth Conn SmytheTelevision film
1996Circuit BreakerDr. Milton
1996 If These Walls Could Talk Jim Donnelly
1996JulesBrent
1996, 1997 Dark Skies Dr. Hertzog / Dr. Herzog2 episodes
1996, 1997 Millennium Mike Atkins
1997 The Arrow C. D. Howe Television film
1997 The Practice Michael SmallEpisode: "Trial and Error"
1998 Party of Five Professor SinclairEpisode: "True or False"
1998 Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension Mr. ConradEpisode: "The Newsroom"
1998 Thanks of a Grateful Nation Clark NugentTelevision film
1998His BodyguardRollston
1998The Girl Next DoorLen Winters
2000 Manhattan, AZ Lon9 episodes
2000–2005 Judging Amy Judge Salinger4 episodes
2002 Earth: Final Conflict Judge Jackson ClaridgeEpisode: "Subversion"
2002 Strong Medicine Dana's LawyerEpisode: "Outcomes"
2005 Nip/Tuck Carl HarknessEpisode: "Rhea Reynolds"
2007 Saving Grace Hoyt GarveyEpisode: "Taco, Tulips, Duck and Spices"
2008 Eli Stone JudgeEpisode: "Freedom"
2009 The Border Dr. TysdaleEpisode: "Missing in Action"
2014 How to Get Away with Murder Chief JusticeEpisode: "Freakin' Whack-a-Mole"

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