About
Born in London, Robbins was a bank clerk who became an actor after appearing in amateur dramatic performances in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, where he and his family lived at the time. Robbins made his television debut as the cockney soldier in Roll-on Bloomin' Death. Primarily a comedy actor, he is best remembered for the role of Arthur Rudge, the persistently sarcastic husband of Olive (Anna Karen), in the popular sitcom On the Buses (1969–73). Robbins and Karen provided the secondary comic storyline to Reg Varney's comedy capers at the bus depot. Robbins also appeared in the series film spin-offs, On the Buses, Mutiny on the Buses, and Holiday on the Buses. His other comedy credits include non-recurring roles in Man About the House, Oh Brother!, The Good Life, One Foot in the Grave, The New Statesman, George and Mildred, Hi-de-Hi! and You Rang, M'Lord? He appeared as a rather humorously...
Known for
Doctor WhoSeries • 1963
The AvengersSeries • 1961
The SaintSeries • 1962
MinderSeries • 1979
The Wednesday PlaySeries • 1964
The BillSeries • 1984
Z-CarsSeries • 1962
Thirty-Minute TheatreSeries • 1965
Theatre 625Series • 1964
No Hiding PlaceSeries • 1959
The SweeneySeries • 1975
ITV Saturday Night TheatreSeries • 1969
Rumpole of the BaileySeries • 1975
Dempsey and MakepeaceSeries • 1985
Dixon of Dock GreenSeries • 1955
Centre PlaySeries • 1973
JusticeSeries • 1971
On the BusesSeries • 1969
The Main ChanceSeries • 1969
Department SSeries • 1969
Gideon's WaySeries • 1965
Return of the SaintSeries • 1978
The New StatesmanSeries • 1987
In Sickness and in HealthSeries • 1985