Robin Bailey

Actor Oct 5 (died age 79) Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom 1946–1997 (51 year career)

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Biography

William Henry Mettam "Robin" Bailey (5 October 1919 – 14 January 1999) was an English actor. He was born in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. Although often chosen for upper class and tradition-bound roles such as Mr Justice Graves in Thames Television's Rumpole of the Bailey, Bailey is perhaps most fondly remembered for his portrayal of Uncle Mort in I Didn't Know You Cared, the BBC's adaptation of Peter Tinniswood's stories about an extended Yorkshire family. The television series ran from 1975 to 1…

Known For

Film

You Only Live Twice

Foreign Secretary (uncredited)

Film

See No Evil

George Rexton

Film

Hell Drivers

Hawlett Assistant Manager

Film

The Whisperers

Psychiatrist

Film

Rumpole of the Bailey

Mr. Justice Gerald Graves

Film

The Mouse on the Moon

Member of Whitehall Conference

Film

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

(voice)

Film

Gift Horse

Lt. Michael Grant, Pilot

Filmography

Acting (64)

Movies (37)

Bed

1995

as Charles

Tales from Hollywood

1992

as Thomas Mann

1.0

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

1990

as (voice)

8.1

Number 27

1988

as Dr Maurice Barwick

Scarfe's Follies

1988

Jane and the Lost City

as The Colonel

The Reluctant Dragon

as St George (voice)

Screamtime

as Jack Grimshaw

Sin with Our Permission

1981

as Dr. Perry

If You Go Down in the Woods Today

as Chief Constable

The Four Feathers

as Col. Eustace

Jumping Bean Bag

as Headmaster

Buffet

1976

as Bertie

Commuter Husbands

1974

as The Husband

3.0

The Gathering Storm

1974

as Neville Chamberlain

7.0

UFO: Radar contact... They're landing!

1974

6.0

Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries: Murder Must Advertise

1973

as Major Todd Milligan

See No Evil

as George Rexton

You Only Live Twice

as Foreign Secretary (uncredited)

Danger Route

as Parsons

The Whisperers

as Psychiatrist

Catch Us If You Can

as Guy

The Mouse on the Moon

1963

as Member of Whitehall Conference

6.1

Another Time, Another Place

1958

as Captain Barnes

5.8

The Diplomatic Corpse

1958

as Mike Billings

5.7

Hell Drivers

1957

as Hawlett Assistant Manager

Just My Luck

as Sir George

The Young Lovers

as Thomas Cook cashier (uncredited)

6.0

For Better, for Worse

as Store Salesman

Views on Trial

as The Judge

Sailor of the King

as Lieutenant John Stafford, HMS Stratford

6.8

Folly to Be Wise

1952

as Intellectual Corporal

6.7

Gift Horse

1952

as Lt. Michael Grant, Pilot

His Excellency

as Charles

Portrait of Clare

as Dudley Wilburn

Private Angelo

as Simon Telfer

School for Secrets

1946

as Wives' Escort Officer

7.0

Television (27)

A Dance to the Music of Time

as Uncle Alfred

Dalziel & Pascoe

Kavanagh Q.C.

as Lord Probyn

Performance

as Thomas Mann

A Kind of Living

as Mr. Beasley

A Gentleman's Club

as Orlando

Bleak House

as Sir Leicester Dedlock

6.0

Charters and Caldicott

1985

as Charters

6.0

Sorry, I'm A Stranger Here Myself

as Henry Nunn

Potter

as Redvers Potter

Rumpole of the Bailey

1975

as Mr. Justice Gerald Graves

6.9

Rumpole of the Bailey

1975

as Mr. Justice Gerald Graves

6.9

I Didn't Know You Cared

as Uncle Mort

The Pallisers

as Mr Gresham

Crown Court

as Group Captain Porterman

Upstairs, Downstairs

as Gerald Maitland

Justice

as Stuart Kenyon

Play for Today

as Bertie

UFO

as Kofax

Man in a Suitcase

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965

as Lt.-Col. Brandon-Venn

3.4

The Power Game

1965

as Charles Grainger

Redcap

1964

6.0

Kenilworth

1957

as Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester

Armchair Theatre

1956

as Mike Pinfold

5.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Neville Chamberlain

8.6

Sunday Night Theatre

1950

as Lieut -Colonel

3.5