Robin Stewart

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Robin Stewart
Robin Stewart.jpg
Born(1946-10-09)9 October 1946
Died22 November 2015(2015-11-22) (aged 69)
United Kingdom
Occupation(s)Actor, game show host, reporter
Years active1957–2003
Spouses
Fiona Partridge
(divorced)
Roberta Daler
(m. 2012⁠–⁠2015)
Children1

Robin Stewart (9 October 1946 – 22 November 2015) was an English actor, game show host and reporter who was best known for playing Mike Abbott, the son of Sid James' character Sid Abbott in the 1970s sitcom Bless This House.

Early life

Stewart was born in Calcutta to a Czechoslovakian father and English mother.[citation needed]

Career

Stewart acted on television and in feature films in both the UK and Australia. Some of his British film roles include Tamahine, The Haunted House of Horror, Cromwell, Adventures of a Private Eye, and The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires as Leyland Van Helsing.[2]

He played the role of Mike Abbott in sitcom series Bless This House during its entire 1971–76 run; due to prior commitments he did not feature in the film version of the series. After being asked to go to New Zealand for a telethon and subsequently taken back to host his own show, Stewart ended up being asked to relocate where he became involved with such soaps as The Young Doctors as a villainous character trying to silence a blind patient who had overheard his criminal acts, and Sons and Daughters as the villainous doctor Ross Newman.[3]

Other roles in Australia included a lead role in sex comedy feature film Pacific Banana (1981), and an appearance in prison based soap opera Punishment. He was also one of the main characters in The Timeless Land, playing the role of John MacArthur. He played one of the supporting roles in the rock series Sweet and Sour for ABC; co-hosted Good Morning Sydney with Maureen Duval. Briefly he was the advertising executive for Rolling Stone magazine. He briefly co-produced weekly magazine program Midweek Live for DDQ TV in Toowoomba with presenter Craig Berkman in early 1990. For 18 months Stewart was the senior producer for FNQTV in Cairns.[citation needed]

Personal life

After two previous marriages, the second to magazine fashion editor Fiona Partridge, he married former partner Roberta "Bertie" Daler in 2012; they had one daughter. Stewart suffered a stroke in 2003 and after years of heavy smoking also developed emphysema.[4]

His death on 22 November 2015 was announced by his official website. He was 69 years old.[5]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1961 Greyfriars Bobby Jodie Ross Uncredited
1962 H.M.S. Defiant Pardoe
1962 Masters of Venus Jim
1963 Tamahine Fiend
1965 Be My Guest Mathews
1969 The Haunted House of Horror Henry
1970 Cromwell Charles, Prince of Wales
1974 The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires Leyland Van Helsing
1976 Sextet Bernie
1977 Adventures of a Private Eye Scott
1981 Pacific Banana Paul
1983 Get Crazy Nada Band
1995 The Blue Villa Client

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1960 Deadline Midnight Peter Czinski Episode #1.12
1961 Vice Versa Tipping Television film
1968 Dixon of Dock Green Shoe-Shop Assistant Episode: "A Quiet Sunday"
1968 The Very Merry Widow Waiter Episode: "Judgement in Paris"
1969 Softly, Softly Indiopellus Episode: "Persistence"
1969 Rembrandt Titus Television film
1971–1976 Bless This House Mike Abbott 65 episodes
1972 The Troubleshooters Spence Episode: "Whatever Became of the Year 2000?"
1975 Whodunnit? Harry Cook Episode: "Pop Goes the Weasel"
1977 Leap in the Dark Ernst Episode: "The Fetch"
1980 The Timeless Land John Macarthur 8 episodes
1981 The Young Doctors Malcolm Fielding Episode #1.1019
1982 Oliver Twist Voice Television film
1983 A Christmas Carol
1983 Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four
1983 Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear
1983 Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse Jack Stapleton
1983 Great Expectations Voice
1983 David Copperfield
1984 Five Mile Creek Scale Episode: "Tricks of the Trade"
1984 A Tale of Two Cities Voice Television film
1984 Sweet and Sour Brian Kawolski 4 episodes
1984–1985 Sons and Daughters Ross Newman 29 episodes
1985 Runaway Island Gonzalez 2 episodes
1985 Nicholas Nickleby Voice Television film
2003 Welcher & Welcher Alf 8 episodes

References

  1. ^ "Robin Stewart". IMDb.
  2. ^ "Robin Stewart". BFI.
  3. ^ Website Sons and Daughters People Cast List
  4. ^ "Lost and found". Sydney Morning Herald. 8 December 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Robin Stewart, British actor, Died at 69 | History's Greatest". 25 November 2015.

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