Robin Stewart
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Robin Stewart is an English
actor
who is best known for playing Mike Abbott in the 1970s sitcom Bless This House.
He acted on television and in feature films in both the UK and Australia. Some of his UK film roles include The Haunted House of Horror as Henry, and The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
as Leyland Van Helsing.
He played the main role of Mike Abbott in situation comedy
series Bless This House its entire 1971-1976 run, but was not cast in the role for the movie version; the part going to Robin Askwith
. After moving to Australia he had a stint acting in Australian soap operas "The Young Doctors
" as a villanous character trying to silence a blind patient who had overheard his criminal acts, and Sons and Daughters
as the villanous doctor Ross Newman.
Other roles in Australia include a lead role in sex comedy feature film Pacific Banana (1981), and an appearance in prison based soap opera Punishment
(1981). He was also for a time the host of an Australian version of the well known television talent show Opportunity Knocks.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
who is best known for playing Mike Abbott in the 1970s sitcom Bless This House.
He acted on television and in feature films in both the UK and Australia. Some of his UK film roles include The Haunted House of Horror as Henry, and The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires is a 1974 horror film produced by Hammer Studios and Shaw Brothers Studio. It was released in North America in an edited version as The Seven Brothers Meet Dracula, and alternatively known as The Seven Brothers And Their One Sister Meet Dracula.-Plot:Professor...
as Leyland Van Helsing.
He played the main role of Mike Abbott in situation comedy
Situation comedy
A situation comedy, often shortened to sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, accompanied with jokes as part of the dialogue...
series Bless This House its entire 1971-1976 run, but was not cast in the role for the movie version; the part going to Robin Askwith
Robin Askwith
Robin Askwith , is an English film actor, most famous for his role as Timmy Lea in the Confessions... sex comedies.-Confessions...:...
. After moving to Australia he had a stint acting in Australian soap operas "The Young Doctors
The Young Doctors
The Young Doctors is an Australian early evening soap opera. The series was set in the fictional Albert Memorial hospital and primarily concerned with romances between younger members of the hospital staff, screened on the Nine Network from Monday, 8 November 1976 until Wednesday, 30 March...
" as a villanous character trying to silence a blind patient who had overheard his criminal acts, and Sons and Daughters
Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series)
Sons and Daughters was a Logie Award winning Australian soap opera created by Reg Watson and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation between 1981 and 1987. The first episode aired in December 1981, during the Christmas/New Year non-ratings period, and the official broadcast date of the final...
as the villanous doctor Ross Newman.
Other roles in Australia include a lead role in sex comedy feature film Pacific Banana (1981), and an appearance in prison based soap opera Punishment
Punishment (TV series)
Punishment is an Australian television soap opera made by the Reg Grundy Organisation for the Ten Network in 1981.Set in a fictional men's prison, the series attempted to present a male version of the successful soap Prisoner...
(1981). He was also for a time the host of an Australian version of the well known television talent show Opportunity Knocks.
Selected filmography
- Un bruit qui rend fou ..... Client Blu Villa , 1995
- Get Crazy ..... Nada Band , 1983
- Pacific Banana ..... Paul , 1981
- Rembrandt ..... Titus , 1980 (TV)
- Adventures of a Private Eye ..... Scott , 1977
- Sextet ..... Bernie , 1976
- The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires ..... Leyland Van Helsing , 1974
- Cromwell ..... The Prince Of Wales , 1970
- The Haunted House of Horror ..... Henry , 1969
- Be My Guest ..... Jim Matthews , 1965
- Tamahine ..... Fiend , 1963
- H.M.S. Defiant Aka Damn The Defiant ..... Midshipman Pardoe , 1962
- Masters of Venus ..... Jim , 1962
- Vice Versa ..... Tipping , 1961
External links
- Robin Stewart Project: official website