Michael Robbins
Acting
Born in London, Robbins was a bank clerk who became an actor after appearing in amateur dramatic performances in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, where he and his family lived at the time. Robbins made his television debut as the cockney soldier in Roll-on Bloomin' Death. Primarily a comedy actor, he is best remembered for the role of Arthur Rudge, the persistently sarcastic husband of Olive (Anna Karen), in the popular sitcom On the Buses (1969–73). Robbins and Karen provided the secondary comic storyline to Reg Varney's comedy capers at the bus depot. Robbins also appeared in the series film…
Filmography
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The Ties That Bind Us
2008
Adam Bede
1992
One Foot in the Grave: The Man In The Long Black Coat
1991
You Rang, M'Lord?
1990
One Foot in the Grave
1990
Just Ask for Diamond
1988
The New Statesman
1987
Lost In London
1985
In Sickness and in Health
1985
Dempsey and Makepeace
1985
Fairly Secret Army
Fairly Secret Army
1984
The Bill
1984
Fresh Fields
1984
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
Victor/Victoria
1982
The Bounder
1982
Doctor Who: The Visitation
1982
Legacy of Murder
Legacy of Murder
1982
Brendon Chase
1982
The Great Muppet Caper
1981
The Chinese Detective
1981
Murder Rap
1980
Minder
1979
The Cannon & Ball Show
1979
The Saint and the Brave Goose
1979
Dick Turpin
1979
Return of the Saint
1978
Mixed Blessings
1978
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
1977
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976
George and Mildred
1976
Operation Patch
Operation Patch
1976
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
The Good Life
1975
The Sweeney
1975
Man About the House
1974
Thick as Thieves
1974
Soap Opera in Stockwell
1973
Black and Blue
Black and Blue
1973
No Sex Please - We're British
1973
Centre Play
1973
Holiday on the Buses
1973
That's Your Funeral
1972
Mutiny on the Buses
1972
Blinker's Spy-Spotter
1972
Justice
1971
On the Buses
1971
Villain
1971
Zeppelin
1971
All the Way Up
1970
The Hunting of Lionel Crane
1970
The Looking Glass War
1970
Crossplot
1969
Department S
1969
The Main Chance
1969
Judge Dee
1969
On the Buses
1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
Till Death Us Do Part
1969
Horizontal Hold
Horizontal Hold
1968
The Drummer and the Bloke
1968
Up the Junction
1968
The Whisperers
1967
Callan
1967
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
1967
You Can't Win
1966
Adam Adamant Lives!
1966
Dead Man's Chest
1965
The Wednesday Thriller
The Wednesday Thriller
1965
The Man in Room 17
1965
Londoners
1965
Gideon's Way
1965
Rattle of a Simple Man
1964
Redcap
1964
The Count of Monte Cristo
1964
The Bone Yard
1964
The Wednesday Play
1964
Act of Murder
1964
Sherlock Holmes
1964
Theatre 625
1964