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	In 1981 he appeared in ''[[Sorry, I'm A Stranger Here Myself]]''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/sorry_im_a_stranger_here_myself/shop/3162/the_complete_series_dvd/\|title=Sorry I'm A Stranger Here Myself – The Complete Series DVD – British Comedy Guide\|first=British Comedy\|last=Guide\|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref>		In 1981 he appeared in ''[[Sorry, I'm A Stranger Here Myself]]''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/sorry_im_a_stranger_here_myself/shop/3162/the_complete_series_dvd/\|title=Sorry I'm A Stranger Here Myself – The Complete Series DVD – British Comedy Guide\|first=British Comedy\|last=Guide\|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref>

	He was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)\|This Is Your Life]]'' in 1982 when he was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews\|Eamonn Andrews]] at the [[Savoy Hotel\|Savoy Hotel]] in London.~~{{Citation needed\|date=September 2021}}~~		He was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)\|This Is Your Life]]'' in 1982 when he was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews\|Eamonn Andrews]] at the [[Savoy Hotel\|Savoy Hotel]] in London.

	In 1983, he took over from the late [[Arthur Lowe]] in the title role of [[Roy Clarke\|Roy Clarke]]'s [[BBC\|BBC]] television sitcom ''[[Potter (TV series)\|Potter]]'', about a busybody former sweet manufacturer with time on his hands following retirement. The series co-starred [[John Barron (actor)\|John Barron]] as the Vicar. ''Potter'' ran for three series, the first two with Lowe and the third with Bailey.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/p/potter_7775270.shtml\|title=BBC – Comedy Guide – Potter\|date=12 January 2005\|url-status=bot: unknown\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050112223434/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/p/potter_7775270.shtml\|archive-date=12 January 2005\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>		In 1983, he took over from the late [[Arthur Lowe]] in the title role of [[Roy Clarke\|Roy Clarke]]'s [[BBC\|BBC]] television sitcom ''[[Potter (TV series)\|Potter]]'', about a busybody former sweet manufacturer with time on his hands following retirement. The series co-starred [[John Barron (actor)\|John Barron]] as the Vicar. ''Potter'' ran for three series, the first two with Lowe and the third with Bailey.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/p/potter_7775270.shtml\|title=BBC – Comedy Guide – Potter\|date=12 January 2005\|url-status=bot: unknown\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050112223434/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/p/potter_7775270.shtml\|archive-date=12 January 2005\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

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'''William Henry Mettam''' "'''Robin'''" '''Bailey''' (5 October 1919 – 14 January 1999) was an English actor. He was born in [[Hucknall]], [[Nottinghamshire]].<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f426b58|title=Robin Bailey}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V7vPDQAAQBAJ&q=robin+bailey+The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=PA1958|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first=Brian|last=McFarlane|date=16 May 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9781526111968|via=Google Books}}</ref> The television series ran from 1975 to 1979, and is available on DVD.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-robin-bailey-1074689.html|title=Obituary: Robin Bailey|date=18 January 1999}}</ref> Bailey continued to play Uncle Mort in a series of radio programmes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nostalgiacentral.com/television/tv-by-decade/tv-shows-1970s/didnt-know-cared/|title=I Didn't Know You Cared|website=nostalgiacentral.com}}</ref> Bailey also collaborated with Tinniswood on the television and radio series ''Tales from a Long Room'', playing the Brigadier, an eccentric [[cricket]]-lover with a fund of extraordinary tales about the game and its players.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/tinniswood_season.shtml|title=BBC – Radio 4 – Celebrating Peter Tinnisood|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Bailey was born at Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, the son of china and glass merchant George Henry Bailey and Thirza Ann (née Mettam). He was educated at the [[Henry Mellish School and Specialist Sports College#As Henry Mellish Grammar School|Henry Mellish Grammar School, Nottingham]].<ref>Who's who in the theatre: A Biographical Record of the Contemporary Stage, vol. I, ed. Ian Herbert, Gale Research Company, 1981, p. 35</ref>

==Early career==
After working for some years at the Post Office, Bailey was employed by the War Office in the 1930s, where he encountered amateur dramatics; and made his stage debut in ''[[The Barretts of Wimpole Street]]'' at the [[Theatre Royal, Nottingham]], in 1938. He acted in repertory at [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] and joined the Army in 1940. Demobilized in 1944, he returned to the stage at the [[The Alexandra, Birmingham|Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham]].

Bailey first appeared on film in 1946, in ''[[School for Secrets]]'', directed by [[Peter Ustinov]], and other parts followed. He made his London stage debut in 1947, as Ludovico in ''[[Othello]]'' at the [[Piccadilly Theatre]], and his first TV appearance in 1950. Many more roles followed in all three media, and Bailey became a voice actor for [[BBC Radio]] as well.<ref>Obituary in [[The Independent]], 18 January 1999.</ref>

==Theatre==
In 1959 Bailey was engaged by the Australian theatrical producers [[J.C. Williamson]] Limited to play the part of Professor Henry Higgins in their production of the Lerner & Lowe musical ''[[My Fair Lady]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/24246540|title=Robin Bailey as Henry Higgins and Bunty Turner as Eliza Doolitttle in the J. C. Williamson production of My fair lady, 1959|date=22 July 2017|via=Trove}}</ref> The production was a duplicate of the New York City production. Although Bailey's was not a name that could attract large audiences in Australia or elsewhere, Williamson's had a policy at that time of preferring to cast lead players that they could bill as "direct from the West End", even if unknown; it was felt that an actor with that billing would always attract larger audiences than an Australian. Bailey also had a helpful resemblance to [[Rex Harrison]] who had created the Higgins part in London and New York, on record and in the eventual film of the work. Bailey, like Harrison, was not a singer; like Harrison, he handled the semi-spoken songs adeptly.

Williamson's also imported a female lead Bunty Turner who likewise was not a name that would have itself drawn large audiences, but who had a striking resemblance to [[Julie Andrews]] who had created the role of [[Eliza Doolittle]] in New York and London and would be supplanted by [[Audrey Hepburn]] in the film.

The play was a huge success in Australia and a second company was created so it could continue its run in [[Melbourne]] and make its essential move on to Sydney where the Empire Theatre was being rebuilt and renamed [[Her Majesty's Theatre]] especially for the Sydney season of ''My Fair Lady''. Bailey moved to Sydney with the production and the Williamson production of ''My Fair Lady'' between the two companies, toured all over Australia, South Africa and [[New Zealand]] for more than five years. It would become the highest grossing Australian theatrical production of all time, based on the number of paid admissions.

Bailey later visited Australia to play Martin Lynch-Gibbon in ''[[A Severed Head]]'' by [[Iris Murdoch]] from a novel by the playwright, a role he had created in London and New York. This had been an attempt to exploit the popularity Bailey had gained in ''My Fair Lady'' but like its overseas predecessors, was unsuccessful.

Bailey's Broadway theatre experience consisted of two flops: the 1963 musical ''[[Jennie (musical)|Jennie]]'', and the 1964 comedy ''[[A Severed Head]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/robin-bailey-85403|title=Robin Bailey – Broadway Cast & Staff – IBDB|first=The Broadway|last=League|website=www.ibdb.com}}</ref>

==Television appearances==
Robin Bailey appeared as Mr. Hale in the 1975 TV serial adaptation of [[Elizabeth Gaskell]]'s "[[North and South (Gaskell novel)|North and South]]". The series also co-starred [[Patrick Stewart]] as [[John Thornton (North and South)|John Thornton]] and [[Tim Pigott-Smith]] as Frederick Hale.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b74dd7aaf|title=North and South Part 1 (1975)}}</ref>

In 1981 he appeared in ''[[Sorry, I'm A Stranger Here Myself]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/sorry_im_a_stranger_here_myself/shop/3162/the_complete_series_dvd/|title=Sorry I'm A Stranger Here Myself – The Complete Series DVD – British Comedy Guide|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref>

He was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' in 1982 when he was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]] at the [[Savoy Hotel]] in London.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}

In 1983, he took over from the late [[Arthur Lowe]] in the title role of [[Roy Clarke]]'s [[BBC]] television sitcom ''[[Potter (TV series)|Potter]]'', about a busybody former sweet manufacturer with time on his hands following retirement. The series co-starred [[John Barron (actor)|John Barron]] as the Vicar. ''Potter'' ran for three series, the first two with Lowe and the third with Bailey.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/p/potter_7775270.shtml|title=BBC – Comedy Guide – Potter|date=12 January 2005|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050112223434/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/p/potter_7775270.shtml|archive-date=12 January 2005|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

He also played Charters in the 1985 mini-series ''[[Charters and Caldicott (TV series)|Charters and Caldicott]]'' (the supposed latter-day adventures of [[Charters and Caldicott|two supporting characters]] from ''[[The Lady Vanishes (1938 film)|The Lady Vanishes]]'') co-starring [[Michael Aldridge]] as Caldicott; and Sir Leicester Dedlock in the 1985 BBC adaptation of ''[[Bleak House (1985 TV serial)|Bleak House]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/charters_and_caldicott/|title=Charters And Caldicott – BBC1 Sitcom – British Comedy Guide|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7b45c969|title=Bleak House Episode 1 (1985)}}</ref>

Other notable roles included suave civil servant Grainger in ''[[The Plane Makers/The Power Game|The Power Game]]'' (1966), the actor Gerald Maitland in the episode The Hero's Farewell in ''[[Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)|Upstairs Downstairs]]'' (1974), and [[Neville Chamberlain]] in ''The Gathering Storm'' and Prime Minister Gresham in ''[[The Pallisers]]''. He played the role of Mr Fuzziwig in [[KYTV (TV series)|KYTV]]'s ''The Making of David Chizzlenut'' episode in 1993. He also played Mr Justice Gerald Graves in ''[[Rumpole of the Bailey]]'' (1987 to 1992), and Hereward Fielding in the ''An Autumn Shroud'' episode of BBC's ''[[Dalziel and Pascoe]]'' series in 1996. His final television appearance was as Lord Probyn (Kavanagh's wife's father) in ''[[Kavanagh QC]]'' in 1997.<ref name=bfi/>

==Other work==
Bailey performed several books on tape, reading books by [[Agatha Christie]], [[Catherine Aird]], [[Nevil Shute]] and [[Ruth Rendell]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.overdrive.com/creators/377204/robin-bailey|title=Robin Bailey|website=OverDrive}}</ref>

Agatha Christie
*''The Murder of Roger Ackroyd''
*''The Clocks''
*''Sparkling Cyanide''
*''Ordeal by Innocence''

Catherine Aird
*''A Religious Body''
*''A Late Phoenix''
*''The Stately Home Murders''
*''Henrietta Who?''
*''A Dead Liberty''
*''Parting Breath''
*''The Complete Steel''

Nevil Shute
*''A Town Like Alice''
*''The Rainbow and the Rose''
*''No Highway''
*''The Far Country''
*''Ruined City''

Ruth Rendell
*''No More Dying''
*''Wolf to the Slaughter''
*''The Veiled One''
*''Murder Being Once Done''

==Family==
He was married to Patricia Mary Weekes from 6 September 1941 until her death on 2 October 1993. They had three children. His son [[Simon Bailey (archivist)|Simon Bailey]] was [[Keeper of the Archives]] at [[Oxford University]].

He died aged 79 in 1999 in [[London Borough of Wandsworth|Wandsworth]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findmypast.com/BirthsMarriagesDeaths.jsp|title=Deaths England and Wales 1984–2006}}</ref> London, of [[respiratory failure]].

==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[School for Secrets]]'' (1946) – Wives' escort officer
* ''[[Private Angelo (film)|Private Angelo]]'' (1949) – Simon Telfer
* ''[[Portrait of Clare (film)|Portrait of Clare]]'' (1950) – Dudley Wilburn
* ''[[His Excellency (1952 film)|His Excellency]]'' (1952) – Charles
* ''[[Gift Horse (film)|The Gift Horse]]'' (1952) – Lt. Michael Grant, Pilot
* ''[[Folly to Be Wise]]'' (1953) – Intellectual Corporal
* ''[[Sailor of the King]]'' (1953) – Cdr. John Stafford – HMS 'Stratford'
* ''[[The Young Lovers (1954 film)|The Young Lovers]]'' (1954) – Thomas Cook cashier (uncredited)
* ''[[For Better, for Worse (1954 film)|For Better, for Worse]]'' (1954) – Department Salesman
* ''[[Hell Drivers (film)|Hell Drivers]]'' (1957) – Hawlett Assistant Manager
* ''[[Just My Luck (1957 film)|Just My Luck]]'' (1957) – Steward
* ''[[The Diplomatic Corpse]]'' (1958) – Mike Billings
* ''[[Another Time, Another Place (1958 film)|Another Time, Another Place]]'' (1958) – Captain Barnes
* ''[[The Mouse on the Moon]]'' (1963) – Member of Whitehall Conference
* ''[[Catch Us If You Can (film)|Catch Us If You Can]]'' (1965) – Guy
* ''[[The Spy with a Cold Nose]]'' (1966) – Man with Aston Martin
* ''[[The Whisperers]]'' (1967) – Psychiatrist
* ''[[You Only Live Twice (film)|You Only Live Twice]]'' (1967) – Foreign Secretary (uncredited)
* ''[[Danger Route]]'' (1967) – Parsons
* ''[[See No Evil (1971 film)|See No Evil]]'' (1971) – George Rexton
* ''[[Commuter Husbands]]'' (1972) – Dennis, The Husband
* ''[[The Four Feathers (1978 film)|The Four Feathers]]'' (1978) – Colonel Eustace
* ''[[If You Go Down in the Woods Today]]'' (1981) – Chief Constable
* ''[[Dead on Time (1983 film)|Dead on Time]]'' (1983) – Intelligent Man
* ''Screamtime'' (1983) – Jack
* ''[[Jane and the Lost City]]'' (1987) – The Colonel
* ''[[The Reluctant Dragon (1987 film)|The Reluctant Dragon]]'' (1987) – St George
* ''Number 27'' (1988) – Dr. Maurice Barwick
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==References==
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*[https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=catherine+aird+robin+bailey Catherine Aird books read by Robin Bailey]
*[https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=agatha+christie+robin+bailey Agatha Christie books read by Robin Bailey]
*[https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=ruth+rendell+robin+bailey Ruth Rendell books read by Robin Bailey]

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0047467|name=Robin Bailey}}
*{{IBDB name|85403}}
*[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-robin-bailey-1074689.html Robin Bailey Obituary in ''The Independent'']

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