John Franklyn-Robbins

John Franklyn-Robbins
Born	John Peregrine Franklyn-Robbins (1924-12-14)14 December 1924 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, U.K.
Died	London, England, U.K.
Occupation	actor

John Franklyn-Robbins (14 December 1924 – 21 March 2009) was an English character actor of stage and screen.

A prolific Shakespearean actor, he trained at RADA and proceeded to work at the Manchester Library Theatre and the Bristol Old Vic early in his career. He played a diverse number of roles ranging from Ariel in The Tempest to Macduff in Macbeth. His prestigious stage career included stints in both the West End and Broadway.

He also worked for both the BBC and ITV in their early formative years and went onto appear in such classic television series as The Avengers, The Baron, Z-Cars, Callan, I, Claudius, Doctor Who and Star Trek: The Next Generation. He was one of only ten actors to appear in both the latter two series. Films include Asylum (1972), Overlord (1975), Mrs. Dalloway (1997) and The Golden Compass (2007).

Television

• I, Claudius (TV)
• The Onedin Line, (as Giuseppe Garibaldi) TV
• The Merchant of Venice (TV)
• The Shadow of the Tower (TV)
• Doctor Who serial, Genesis of the Daleks (TV)
• The Dreamstone (TV)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, Preemptive Strike (TV)
• A Christmas Carol (TV)
• Terry Pratchett's Hogfather (TV)

Selected filmography

• The Pumpkin Eater (1964)
• Running Scared (1972)
• Asylum (1972)
• Take Me High (1973)
• Overlord (1975)
• Memoirs of a Survivor (1981)
• The Plague Dogs (1982)
• The Jigsaw Man (1984)
• Lionheart (1987)
• Emma (1996)
• Mrs. Dalloway (1997)
• Vanity Fair (2004)
• The Golden Compass (2007)

External links

• John Franklyn-Robbins at the Internet Movie Database
• Obituary in The Times
• John Franklyn-Robbins at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)