John Franklyn-Robbins

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John Franklyn-Robbins
Born	John Peregrine Franklyn-Robbins (1924-12-14)14 December 1924 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Died	21 March 2009(2009-03-21) (aged 84) London, England
Occupation	actor

John Franklyn-Robbins (14 December 1924 – 21 March 2009) was a British 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 The Pumpkin Eater (1964), Asylum (1972), Overlord (1975), The Jigsaw Man (1984), Mrs. Dalloway (1997) and The Golden Compass (2007).

Selected films and television

I, Claudius (TV)
The Merchant of Venice (TV)
The Shadow of the Tower (TV)
Doctor Who serial, Genesis of the Daleks (TV)
The Dreamstone (TV)
Vanity Fair (film)
The Plague Dogs (film)
Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, Preemptive Strike (TV)
Terry Pratchett's Hogfather (TV)

External links

John Franklyn-Robbins at the Internet Movie Database
Obituary in The Times

John Franklyn-Robbins at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)

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Persondata
Name	Franklyn-Robbins, John
Alternative names
Short description	British actor
Date of birth	14 December 1924
Place of birth	Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Date of death	21 March 2009
Place of death	London, England

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