About Me

In 2008 my wife and I moved to Cornwall where acting opportunities are limited to say the least.
However, I have been in and out of work as an actor (chiefly touring and understudy work) since leaving the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 2000, supplementing a career in publishing, and helping to run a skincare and spa therapy consultancy from home with my wife, Jenny.

As I approach retirement age, I find myself with time on my hands and would like to put my life and acting skills to work with extras or walk-on work.

Acting

Experience

Accents

Employment History & Experience

FILM
Feature Film, Duke, TIME OF HER LIFE, Greenway Productions, Steven Smith
Feature Film, Vice-Chancellor, LIVING IN HOPE, Fluidity Films, John Miller
Feature Film, PC Sellar, THE PHARMACIST, Texture Films, Patrick von Boetticher
Film, Tony, ROBBING PETER, Cottage Industry Films, Ashley Wing and Clay Fussell

STAGE

Captain Hook, PETER PAN, GALA THEATRE DURHAM, Pantoni Pantomimes, David Lee
Verner, COME INTO THE GARDEN MAUD, Frinton Summer Theatre, Edward Max
Henry Pulling, TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT, Frinton Summer Theatre, Philip Weaver
Sir Hugo, GOOD MORNING BILL, Frinton Summer Theatre, Edward Max
Dr Branthomme, A WINTER OF WAR, Everyman, Cheltenham, Chris Garner
Rodion Nikolayevich, OLD WORLD, Ivan Hale Associates, Chistopher Morahan
Mr Kibblewhite, Barclay, ROBERT FROST IN ENGLAND, Everyman, Cheltenham, Chris Garner
Escalus, MEASURE FOR MEASURE, Shakespeare At Tobacco Factory, Andrew Hilton
Senator, CORIOLANUS, Shakespeare At Tobacco Factory, Andrew Hilton
Schrank, WEST SIDE STORY, Centre For Voice, Peter Nicholas
Stage, Dave, MOTHER COUNTRY, Bristol Old Vic, Chris Garner
Narrator/Fat Man, AFTER THE FAIR, Bristol Old Vic, Chris Garner
Mick, NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT ENOUGH OXYGEN, Bristol Old Vic, Chris Garner
Alderman Joe Helliwell, WHEN WE ARE MARRIED, Bristol Old Vic, Christopher Denys

TELEVISION
Banker, CERTAINTY OF THE HEART, UFA Germany, Dieter Kehler
University Vice-Chancellor, SHORT TERM, Fluidity Films for HTV, John Miller
Dr Peter Donovan, CASUALTY, BBC Television, Michael Owen-Morris
Melvyn Green, 999 LIFESAVERS, BBC Television, Rob Bayly
Tramp, READY MEALS (BRITAIN IN A BOX), BBC 4 Television, Matthew Pelly
Rev John Allin, SECRETS OF THE GREAT PLAGUE, Atlantic Productions, Tom Pollock


SHORT FILM


Husband, THE LOST TICKET, BBC, Clare Wilmshurst
Simon, THE LAST PLAY, New York Film Academy, Prakasit Patrathiranond
Hopkins, A QUIET NIGHT IN, Illusion Films, Peter Domankeiwicz

Music

Experience

Vocal Skills

Instruments Played

Employment History & Experience

For two years in my twenties and thirties, I led a blues band, playing pubs and club

Entertainment

Experience

Employment History & Experience

No experience purely as an entertainer.

Languages Spoken

Experience & Qualifications

General Experience

Since leaving the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 2000 at the age of 50, Robert's TV credits have included Casualty and 999 Lifesavers. Film roles in Living In Hope (Fluidity Films) and A Quiet Day In (Illusion Films). Theatre seasons with Shakespeare At The Tobacco Factory and Bristol Old Vic. Two years ago I played Captain Hook in panto at the Gala Theatre Durham (my own personal Hamlet!) Tours abroad include New Triad Theatre, and work with roleplay organisations. Robert lives in Cornwall. Before moving there he collaborated with Chris Garner and author Paul Downey on a theatre project on the lives of the Dymock Poets at the Cheltenham Everyman. As understudy, he took over from the injured Tony Britton in a tour of Old World, for Ivan Hale Associates, at Colchester, and continued in the role, opposite Angela Thorne. The production, a two-hander, was directed by Christopher Morahan.

Qualifications & Training

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
two-year acting course 1972-1974 and 1999 to 2000 (post-grad)

Other Information

Relevant Skills

Full, clean driving licence. Guitar playing (busking standard), choral singing.

Interests & Hobbies

Theatre, cricket, golf

Miscellaneous Information

I have worked intermittently as an actor for the past 30 years. I was a reader for the BBC's Any Answers programme, broadcasting from Bristol in the 1970s and early 1980s.