Robert Grubb

Last updated

Robert Grubb
Born (1950-01-31) 31 January 1950 (age 74)
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
OccupationActor
SpouseRobin Silver [1]

Robert Grubb (born 31 January 1950 [2] ) is an Australian actor. He studied acting at National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), where he graduated [3] in 1978. There he was a fellow student of actor Mel Gibson. [4]

Contents

Grubb played the role of Dr. Geoffrey Standish in the popular series The Flying Doctors . [3] [5] He won Australia's Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical for his stage portrayal of Pop in the Australian production of the Queen musical, We Will Rock You . [3]

In 1998, he played The Wolf and Cinderella’s Prince in the Melbourne Theatre Company's production of Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods . [6] In 2016, he played Dimitri Weissman in Sondheim’s Follies at Melbourne Recital Centre. [7]

He also narrated "Rainforest Beneath the Canopy" in 2004.

As of 2020 Grubb was reprising his previous role of Detective Bill Graves on Neighbours .

Grubb features as Senior Sgt Bill Kirby in Savage River (TV series), on ABC TV (and iview), premiering September 2022 and set in country Victoria. [8]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979 My Brilliant Career Frank HawdonFeature film
1981 Gallipoli BillyFeature film [9]
1983 Phar Lap: Heart of a Nation William NielsenFeature film
1983 The Amorous Dentist Louis BertrandTV movie
1985 Robbery Under Arms Sir Frederick MorringerFeature film
1985 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Pig KillerFeature film
1985Remember MeGeoffTV movie
1990 More Winners Mr EdmundTV movie
1997 Paradise Road Colonel DownesFeature film
1999Close ContactFranklinTV movie
2000The Potato FactoryMr EmmettTV movie
2000 Waiting at the Royal AnthonyTV movie
2003 After the Deluge SimonTV movie
2004The Brush OffDet. Sen. Con. MicaelisTV movie
2006 The Society Murders Phil Dunn QCTV movie
2007Black ButtonMan Behind DeskShort film
2007 Curtin Percy SpenderTV movie
2008The WindowFatherShort film
2009Remembering NigelHimself
2010Of Land and BountyShort film
2012Hungry ManThe WormShort film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1982 Sara Dane John MacArthurTV series, 6 episodes
1983 A Country Practice Nigel FairbairnTV series, 4 episodes
1984 Five Mile Creek Mr HarbottleTV series, 1 episode
1984 Special Squad SimsTV series, 1 episode
1991 All Together Now Dr StandfishTV series, 1 episode
1992 Bligh ShambleTV series, 1 episode
1986-92 The Flying Doctors Dr. Geoffrey StandishTV series, 204 episodes
1993 G.P. JohnTV series, 1 episode
1996 Mercury Ritchie MunrowTV series, 2 episodes
1997 State Coroner Hugh FerrariTV series, 3 episodes
1999 High Flyers Mr BullTV series, 26 episodes
2000 Tales of the South Seas TV series, 1 episode: "The Devil's Pearl"
2000 Thunderstone Old NoahTV series, 1 episode
1998-00 SeaChange Barry BostonTV series, 5 episodes
2001 Crash Zone GarrisonTV series, 1 episode
2001 Ponderosa Ned CovingtonTV series, 1 episode
2002 The Secret Life of Us Mr LangTV series, 1 episode
2002 MDA Andrew GallinTV series, 1 episode
2002 Marshall Law PedroTV series, 1 episode
1995-03 Blue Heelers Neil Pendergast / Derrick Chalmers/ VariousTV series, 5 episodes
2000-04 Stingers Frank Vellani / Damien JordanTV series, 2 episodes
2004 Salem's Lot Larry CrockettTV series, 2 episodes
2007 Pirate Islands: The Lost Treasure of Fiji Salty BenTV series, 7 episodes
2007 Bastard Boys Roger GylesTV miniseries
2008 All Saints Pau MurrayTV series, 1 episode
2008 McLeod's Daughters Tim AyresTV series, 2 episodes
2012 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Gerald WaddingtonTV series, 1 episode
2012 Howzat! Kerry Packer's War Tagge WebsterTV miniseries, 2 episodes
2013 Reef Doctors James McGabeTV series, 3 episodes
2014The WeathermanTroyTV series, 1 episode
2017 Wentworth Miles StrathamTV series, 1 episode
2017 Offspring Julian MoodyTV series, 1 episode
2017–18, 2020 Neighbours Bill Graves TV series
2019 NCIS: New Orleans Musical Live PerformanceTV series, 1 episode
2021 The Newsreader Dr McCormackTV series, 2 episodes
2022 Savage River [10] Senior Sergeant Bill KirbyTV series, 6 episodes
2023Call Me ChihiroBito (English Voice)

Related Research Articles

<i>Follies</i> 1971 musical by Stephen Sondheim

Follies is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bernadette Peters</span> American actress and singer (born 1948)

Bernadette Peters is an American actress, singer, and children's book author. Over a career spanning more than six decades, she has starred in musical theatre, television and film, performed in solo concerts and released recordings. She is a critically acclaimed Broadway performer, having received seven nominations for Tony Awards, winning two, and nine Drama Desk Award nominations, winning three. Four of the Broadway cast albums on which she has starred have won Grammy Awards.

Philip Mark Quast is an Australian actor and bass-baritone singer. He has won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical three times, making him the first actor to have three wins in that category.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lisa McCune</span> Australian actress

Lisa McCune is an Australian actress, known for her role in TV series Blue Heelers as Senior Constable Maggie Doyle, and in Sea Patrol as Lieutenant Kate McGregor RAN. She has won four Gold Logie Awards.

Andrew McFarlane is an Australian actor with many stage, television, and film credits.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jenna Russell</span> British actress

Jenna Russell is an English actress and singer. She has appeared on the stage in London in both musicals and dramas, as well as appearing with the Royal Shakespeare Company. She performed the role of Dot in Sunday in the Park with George in the West End and on Broadway, receiving the Tony Award nomination and the 2006 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role. She has also appeared in several television series, including Born and Bred and EastEnders.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Enda Markey</span> Irish-born Australian theatrical producer

Enda Markey is an Irish-born, Sydney-based, theatrical producer and former singer and actor. He is the producer of the stage productions Side by Side by Sondheim and the international tour of Boublil and Schonberg's Do You Hear The People Sing?, and the Australian revival of Willy Russell's Blood Brothers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Julia McKenzie</span> English actress, presenter, director, writer

Julia Kathleen Nancy McKenzie is an English actress, singer, presenter, and theatre director. She has premièred leading roles written by both Alan Ayckbourn and Stephen Sondheim. On television, she is known for her BAFTA Award nominated role as Hester Fields in the sitcom Fresh Fields (1984–1986) and its sequel French Fields (1989–1991), and as Miss Marple in Agatha Christie's Marple (2009–2013).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cecil Kellaway</span> South African actor (1890–1973)

Cecil Lauriston Kellaway was a South African character actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor twice, for The Luck of the Irish (1948) and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Steve Bastoni</span> Australian actor (born 1966)

Steve Bastoni is an Italian-born Australian actor. He became a household name in Australia for his role as Constable Yannis 'Angel' Angelopoulos in Police Rescue and as Steve Parker in Neighbours. His memorable performance in 15 Amore garnered him a nomination for the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

<i>Side by Side by Sondheim</i> Musical revue featuring the songs of Stephen Sondheim

Side by Side by Sondheim is a musical revue featuring the songs of composer Stephen Sondheim. Its title is derived from the song "Side by Side by Side" from Company.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Norm Lewis</span> American actor, singer (born 1963)

Norm Lewis is an American actor and baritone singer. He has appeared on Broadway, in the West End, film, television, recordings and regional theatre. He’s also noted for his wide vocal range. Lewis was the second African-American actor after Robert Guillaume to perform in the title role in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera and the first one to do so in the Broadway production. In 2023, he reprised the role in the show's sequel, Love Never Dies, in London's West End.

Adam Cooper is an English dancer. He works as both a performer and choreographer in musical theatre, and has choreographed and/or starred in award-winning shows such as On Your Toes, Singin' in the Rain and Grand Hotel. He began his professional career as a dancer of classical ballet and contemporary ballet and is a former Principal of the Royal Ballet, a major international ballet company based in London. He became internationally recognised for creating the lead role of Swan/Stranger in Matthew Bourne's contemporary dance production of the ballet Swan Lake, a role that was briefly featured in the 2000 film Billy Elliot, in which Cooper played the adult version of the titular character.

<i>Sondheim on Sondheim</i> 2010 musical revue of songs by Stephen Sondheim

Sondheim on Sondheim is a musical revue consisting of music and lyrics written by Stephen Sondheim for his many shows. It is conceived and directed by James Lapine. The revue had a limited run on Broadway in 2010.

Jolyon James is an Australian-born actor, writer and visual artist who creates work predominantly for young people. In 2018 he wrote directed and designed the Helpmann Award winning 'Robot Song' for Arena Theatre Company, the premiere work produced by the company after its relocation to regional Victoria. Other recent works by Jolyon include Trapper and A Cautionary Tales for Children starring Virginia Gay. As a visual artist Jolyon has exhibited regularly in Victoria and was a finalist in the National Photographic Portrait Prize in 2012. He performed the role of the Moonshadow in Cat Stevens's musical of the same name which is played in Melbourne’s Princess Theatre for 12 weeks from 31 May 2012.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Falzon (actor)</span> Australian actor and singer (1972–2020)

Michael Falzon was an Australian musical theatre/rock tenor actor, and producer, who ran his own production company, Good Egg Creative.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stephen Mahy</span> Musical artist

Stephen Mahy is an Australian born tenor from Sydney, NSW, best known for originating the role of Bob Gaudio in the Australian production of Jersey Boys. After graduating from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2006, Stephen toured the country in Miss Saigon, covering the lead role of Chris and playing the role to every audience in the country. Mahy toured nationally in Grease, playing the role of Kenickie alongside notable cast members Rob Mills, Gretel Scarlett, Anthony Callea, Lucy Maunder, Todd McKenney and Bert Newton as Vince Fontaine. In 2015, Stephen joined the cast of The Rocky Horror Show, playing the role of Brad Majors alongside Craig McLachlan, Amy Lehpamer, Jayde Westaby, Bert Newton and Richard O'Brien, just to name a few. He featured in "Stephen Schwartz in Conversation" at Sydney's Theatre Royal, where he performed on stage for the noted composer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lucy Maunder</span> Australian cabaret and theatre performer

Lucy Maunder is an Australian cabaret and theatre performer. She originated the role of Lara in the Australian premiere of Doctor Zhivago opposite Anthony Warlow, and has toured with her own cabaret Songs in the Key of Black, releasing an album with the same name. Maunder toured with the national touring company of Grease playing the role of Rizzo. She then starred in the role of Miss Honey in the Australian tour of Matilda the Musical, replacing Elise McCann. In 2021-22, Maunder starred as the adult Alison Bechdel in the Sydney Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company's co-production of Fun Home.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rowan Witt</span> Australian actor

Rowan Witt is an Australian film, television and theatre actor. He is best known for starring in The Book of Mormon, Hamilton, Totally Completely Fine, She Loves Me,Dogfight, Gloria, Into The Woods, South Pacific, Home and Away, and The Matrix.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elise McCann</span>

Elise McCann is an Australian actress and musical theatre performer most well known for originating the role of Miss Honey in the Australian production of Matilda the Musical and as Lucille Ball in Everybody Loves Lucy.

References

  1. "Rocking all over the world" by Richard Smith, The Mercury (20 Aug, 2005) [1 Edition] Retrieved from ProQuest   353133528
  2. "Birthdays" The Daily Telegraph (31 Jan, 2004) [1 State Edition 9] Retrieved from ProQuest   358934988
  3. 1 2 3 "Local star's flying high" by Craig Wellington, Sunday Tasmanian (21 Feb, 2010) Retrieved from ProQuest   351887744
  4. "Mamma Mia! What a guy" by Renae Leith, The Sunday Mail (14 Oct, 2001) [1 State Edition] Retrieved from ProQuest   872615332
  5. "101 TV Stars - Where Are They Now?" by David Meddows, Sunday Telegraph (15 Oct, 2017) Retrieved from ProQuest   1950835552
  6. "Melbourne Goes Into The Woods, Jan . 21" by Peter Kemp at playbill.com
  7. Follies
  8. "Sinister new crime thriller is Australia’s answer to Broadchurch" by Debi Enker at www.smh.com.au
  9. "Australian 'Gallipoli'" by Janet Maslin at www.nytimes.com
  10. "Cameras roll on Savage River" by David Knox at tvtonight.com.au