Robin Hunter
Robin Hunter | |
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| Born | 4 September 1929 London, England |
| Died | 8 March 2004 (aged 74) Hampstead, London, England |
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Robin Ian Hunter (4 September 1929 – 8 March 2004) was an English actor who was also a performer and writer in musicals, music hall and comedy.[1]
Life and career
[edit]The son of actor Ian Hunter, he made film and television appearances from the 1950s to the 1990s, which included Up Pompeii, the Carry Ons, Sherlock Holmes and Poirot.[2]
Musicals in which he performed included Damn Yankees, and the scripts he wrote himself for the Aba Daba Music Hall were of a comedic turn - such as Botome's Dream (produced in Brighton) in which Shakespeare is put on trial for plagiarism, and Aladdin & His Microsoft Compatible Floppy Drive Laptop (performed at the Arches Theatre, Southwark).
For many years, he and his girlfriend Aline Waites - an actress, playwright and critic - collaborated on scripts for plays, revues and musical theatre of all kinds. Their Illustrated Victorian Songbook was published by Michael Joseph in 1984.[3]
Appearances in West End theatre included male lead in Barefoot in the Park, and juvenile lead in The Pleasure of his Company.[4]
He married twice. Firstly to the actress Maria Charles, with whom he had two daughters, the stage manager Samantha Hunter and the actress Kelly Hunter; the couple divorced in 1966.[5] His second wife was Amanda Barrie from 1967; they separated in the 1980s, but never divorced.[6]
Hunter died in Hampstead, London from emphysema in 2004 aged 74.[7]
Selected filmography
[edit]- The Spanish Sword (1962) as Thomas of Exeter
- Three Spare Wives (1962) as George
- Masters of Venus (1962) as Peter
- Richard the Lionheart (1962-1963, TV Series) as Sir Gilbert
- Doctor in Clover (1966) as Sydney
- Modesty Blaise (1966) as Pilot
- All the Way Up (1970) as Malcolm
- Universal Soldier (1970) as Bradshaw
- Melody (1971) as George
- Vampire Circus (1972) as Hauser
- Carry On Matron (1972) as Mr. Darling
- The Phantom of the Opera (1989) as Roland
References
[edit]- ^ Newley, Patrick (16 April 2004). Robin Hunter. The Stage
- ^ "Robin Hunter". BFI. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.
- ^ "The Illustrated Victorian Songbook". Goodreads.
- ^ "Robin Hunter | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ "English actress Maria Charles marries actor Robin Hunter at..." Getty Images.
- ^ "'I'm hoping they will have found a cure for death before I get there'". Belfasttelegraph.co.uk. July 2017 – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "Deaths England and Wales 1984-2006". Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
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