Christopher Robbie

Biography

Christopher Robbie (born 30 May 1938) is a British actor, television announcer, theatre director and designer, playwright and photographer. He trained as an actor at RADA in London and has had a distinguished theatrical career, playing the title role in King Lear as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

He has performed a one-man play about the life of Charles Darwin. Under the pseudonym James Alan, he wrote the play The Sirens of Eroc. As a film actor, he appeared in Where Has Poor Mickey Gone? (1964). As a television actor, he appeared in the Doctor Who stories The Mind Robber (1968) and Revenge of the Cybermen (1975), as well as in The Avengers, UFO, Dempsey and Makepeace and One Foot in the Grave, among others. As a photographer, he has held exhibitions of his work.

He was an in-vision announcer for Southern Television. He announced on the company's final day of broadcasting (31 December 1981) and presented its final programme And It's Goodbye From Us ... He announced, although less often, for TVS in the 1980s, and had stints in the announcer's chair at Associated-Rediffusion, Thames Television and Anglia Television.

His grandfather, William Sleator, was a pioneer of French football.

Known For

Where Has Poor Mickey Gone?
Where Has Poor Mickey Gone?
Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen
Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen
Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood
Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood
Doctor Who: The Mind Robber
Doctor Who: The Mind Robber
The Tin Men and the Witch
The Tin Men and the Witch

Filmography

2023 Tales of the Tardis
as Karkus
2022 The Doctors: The Patrick Troughton Years Behind The Scenes Vol 1
as
2010 The Tin Men and the Witch
as
2006 Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj
as Old Bearded Man
2006 Rabbit Fever
as Rabbi Joshua Finkelstein
1997 Endgame
as Dr Clarke
1991 The House of Eliott
as Government Whip
1988 The Lady and the Highwayman
as Priest
1986 Biggles
as Hotel Clerk
1985 Dempsey and Makepeace
as Selwyn
1984 Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
as General Neruda
1975 Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen
as Cyber-Leader
1973 Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood
as Roger of Doncaster
1970 UFO
as Bomb Disposal Expert
1970 Eyewitness
as Policeman
1968 Doctor Who: The Mind Robber
as Karkus
1964 Where Has Poor Mickey Gone?
as Kip
1963 Doctor Who
as Cyberleader
1963 Doctor Who
as Karkus