Robert Atkins(1886-1972)

Actor
Writer
Producer

Robert Atkins was born on 10 August 1886 in Dulwich, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for A Matter of Life and Death (1946), Black Magic (1949) and Peg of Old Drury (1935). He was married to Ethel Gladys Davey and Mary Sumner (actress, 1888-1956). He died on 9 February 1972 in London, England, UK.

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A Matter of Life and Death

8.0

Movie

The Vicar

1946

Black Magic

6.4

Movie

King Louis XV

1949

Peg of Old Drury

5.5

Movie

Dr. Samuel Johnson

1935

A Midsummer Night's Dream

7.5

TV Movie

Bottom

1946

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Actor

Mr. Justice Duncannon
TV Series
- Lord White
- 1963
She Died Young
TV Movie
- Dr. Samuel Johnson
- 1961
Sykes and A...
6.9
TV Series
- 1961
The Honey Siege
TV Series
- Curé
- 1959
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
7.1
TV Series
- Caliban
- Caiaphas
- Sir John Falstaff ...
- 1950–1956
The House in the Square
7.0
- Dr. Samuel Johnson (uncredited)
- 1951
A Midsummer Night's Dream Part 2/II
TV Movie
- Storyteller
- Bottom
- 1951
A Midsummer Night's Dream Part 1/II
TV Movie
- Storyteller
- Bottom
- 1951
A Midsummer Night's Dream Part 2
TV Movie
- Storyteller
- Bottom
- 1950
A Midsummer Night's Dream Part 1
TV Movie
- Bottom
- 1950
Black Magic
6.4
- King Louis XV
- 1949
That Dangerous Age
6.3
- George Drummond
- 1949
Jenny Villiers
TV Movie
- Edmund Ludlow
- 1948
A Matter of Life and Death
8.0
- The Vicar
- 1946
A Midsummer Night's Dream
7.5
TV Movie
- Bottom
- 1946

Writer

A Midsummer Night's Dream Part 2/II
TV Movie
- adaptation
- 1951
A Midsummer Night's Dream Part 1/II
TV Movie
- adaptation
- 1951
A Midsummer Night's Dream Part 2
TV Movie
- adaptation
- 1950
A Midsummer Night's Dream Part 1
TV Movie
- Writer
- 1950
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
7.1
TV Series
- adaptation
- 1950
Scenes from Twelfth Night and Macbeth/II
TV Movie
- adaptations
- devised by
- script
- 1948
Scenes from Twelfth Night and Macbeth
7.6
TV Movie
- adaptations
- devised by
- script
- 1948
For the Children
TV Series
- adaptations
- devised by
- script
- 1948

Producer

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Alternative name
- Sir Robert Atkins
Born
- August 10, 1886
- Dulwich, England, UK
Died
- February 9, 1972
- London, England, UK
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Other works
He acted and directed at the Old Vic Theatre (Royal Victorian Hall) in London, England with Wilfred Walter, Esther Whitehouse, Douglas Burbidge, Ernest Milton, John Laurie, Hilton Edwards, John Garside, Hay Petrie and Jane Flowers in the company.
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Trivia
Trained at London's Academy of Dramatic Art. On stage from 1906, invariably in Shakespearean roles at the Old Vic or at the Stratford Memorial Theatre.