Michael Robbins
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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 storyli...
Known For
Filmography
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
as Richard Mace (archive footage)
Adam Bede
1992
as Thias Bede
One Foot in the Grave: The Man In The Long Black Coat
1991
as Mr Killick
One Foot in the Grave
1990
You Rang, M'Lord?
1990
as Twelvetrees Senior
Just Ask for Diamond
1988
as The Fat Man
The New Statesman
1987
as Mad Eddie
Lost In London
1985
as Bill
Dempsey and Makepeace
1985
as Simmons
In Sickness and in Health
1985
as Rail Worker
The Bill
1984
Fresh Fields
1984
as Mr. Pringle
Fairly Secret Army
1984
as Sgt. Major Throttle
Victor/Victoria
1982
as Manager of Victoria's Hotel
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
as Nym
Doctor Who: The Visitation
1982
as Richard Mace
The Bounder
1982
as Bert
Legacy of Murder
1982
as Marley
Brendon Chase
1982
as Sergeant Bunting
The Great Muppet Caper
1981
as Henderson
The Chinese Detective
1981
Murder Rap
1980
as Det. Sgt. Praed
The Saint and the Brave Goose
1979
as Beeky
Minder
1979
as McQueen
The Cannon & Ball Show
1979
as Police Seargent
Dick Turpin
1979
as Sgt. Bullock
Return of the Saint
1978
as Beeky
Mixed Blessings
1978
as Fred Fachetti
Leave it to Charlie
1978
as Mr. Sowerbutts
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
1977
as Pumphrey
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976
as Jarvis
George and Mildred
1976
Operation Patch
1976
as George Cosserat
The Sweeney
1975
as Kevin Lee
The Good Life
1975
as Mr. Bulstrode
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
as Cyril Timson
Man About the House
1974
as Doorman
Thick as Thieves
1974
Holiday on the Buses
1973
as Arthur Rudge
Soap Opera in Stockwell
1973
as Bert
No Sex Please - We're British
1973
as Car Driver
Black and Blue
1973
as Bert
Centre Play
1973
as Swaffer
Mutiny on the Buses
1972
as Arthur Rudge
That's Your Funeral
1972
as 2nd Funeral Director
Blinker's Spy-Spotter
1972
as Policeman
On the Buses
1971
as Arthur Rudge
Villain
1971
as Barzun
Zeppelin
1971
as Cockney Sergeant
Justice
1971
as Eddie
The Hunting of Lionel Crane
1970
as Sergeant Billings
The Looking Glass War
1970
as Truck Driver
All the Way Up
1970
as Taxi Driver
Till Death Us Do Part
1969
as Fred
Crossplot
1969
as Garage Attendant
On the Buses
1969
as Arthur Rudge
Department S
1969
as Burton
Judge Dee
1969
The Main Chance
1969
as Gerry Baxter
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Michael Vint
The Drummer and the Bloke
1968
as Jack
Horizontal Hold
1968
as TV Repairman
Up the Junction
1968
as Figgins
The Whisperers
1967
as Mr Noonan
Callan
1967
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
1967
You Can't Win
1966
Dead Man's Chest
1965
as Sergeant Harris
Gideon's Way
1965
as Smith
The Man in Room 17
1965
as C.P.O. Bradshaw
Londoners
1965
as Shaw
The Wednesday Thriller
1965
as Clerk of the Court
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Harris
The Bone Yard
1964
as Sergeant Strickland
The Bargee
1964
as Bargee
Children of the Damned
1964
as (uncredited)
Rattle of a Simple Man
1964
as George (organiser)
Act of Murder
1964
as Van Driver
Sherlock Holmes
1964
Story Parade
1964
as Edward Cowley
Theatre 625
1964
as Tom
Redcap
1964
as Private Pendlebury
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Sergeant Strickland
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Albert Barking
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Jack
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Henry Whittaker
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Sergeant Billings
The Count of Monte Cristo
1964
as Caderousse
The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr
1964
as Dave
What a Crazy World
1963
as Percy
Doctor Who
1963
as Richard Mace
Crane
1963
as Jennings
You in Your Small Corner
1962
as Georgie
A Prize of Arms
1962
as Orford
Lunch Hour
1962
as Harris
Z-Cars
1962
The Saint
1962
as Harry
The Saint
1962
as Smith
Studio 4
1962
as Humphrey Place
Danger! Men Working
1961
as Second Labourer
The Avengers
1961
as Henry Farrow
The Avengers
1961
as Cavell
No Hiding Place
1959
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
1959
as Sergeant Harris
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Dave
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Charlie Mills