Robin Davies
Robin Davies | |
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| Born | Robert Richard Davies 16 January 1954 |
| Died | 22 February 2010 (aged 56) |
| Years active | 1965–2010 |
Robert Richard "Robin" Davies (16 January 1954 – 22 February 2010) was a Welsh television and film actor.[1]
Early life
[edit]Robert Richard Davies was born 16 January 1954[1] in Tywyn, Wales and spent part of his childhood living in Willesden where he attended Gladstone Park School Primary School. He trained to be an actor at the Aida Foster Theatre School.[1]
Career
[edit]He was a child actor and made his television debut in the BBC soap opera The Newcomers. He was also in The Magnificent Six and a Half, which went on to become the children's show Here Come the Double Deckers. He is perhaps best known for two of his earliest TV roles. In 1970 he played the role of Carrot in Richard Carpenter's children's fantasy Catweazle, for which he had to dye his hair red.
The following year, Davies appeared as Simon Harrison in the ITV sitcom ...And Mother Makes Three. The series starred Wendy Craig as a recently widowed mother and Davies played one of her two teenage sons, a role he reprised in the sequel ...And Mother Makes Five. His film credits included the Lindsay Anderson films If.... (1968), The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) and Britannia Hospital (1982), and a cameo in Shakespeare in Love (1998). He also had roles in Doomwatch, Warship, The Saturday Party, Forget Me Not Lane, The Country Party, A Moment in Time and Spearhead.[2]
Personal life
[edit]He married Venetia Vivian in 1982 and they had three children: India, Alice and Will.[3]
He died in Norwich, Norfolk on 22 February 2010 of lung cancer,[3] and was interred at St Peter's Church, Walsingham, Norfolk, on 1 March 2010.[4]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | If.... | Machin: Juniors | |
| 1968–1969 | The Magnificent Six and ½ | Steve | Six short films (Series 2) |
| 1970 | Catweazle | Edward Bennet, nicknamed Carrot | TV series |
| 1971 | Doomwatch | Malcolm Priestland | TV series (Series 2, Episode 14: The Logicians) |
| The Blood on Satan's Claw | Mark Vespers | ||
| 1971–1973 | ...And Mother Makes Three | Simon Harrison | TV series |
| 1973 | Warship | Ord. Jones | TV series |
| 1974–1976 | ...And Mother Makes Five | Simon Redway | TV series |
| 1978–1981 | Spearhead | Corporal Box | TV series |
| 1979 | A Moment in Time | Splodge | TV mini-series |
| Secret Army | Ronnie Whale | TV series (Series 3, Episode 4: A Safe Place) | |
| 1982 | Britannia Hospital | Adrian | |
| 1989 | Split Ends | Herbie | TV series |
| 1998 | Shakespeare in Love | Master Plum | (final film role) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Obituary in The Independent, 10 May 2010.
- ^ "Robin Davies". BFI. Archived from the original on 9 August 2012.
- ^ a b The Stage. "Robin Davies - Obituaries - The Stage". The Stage.
- ^ "Remembering Robin". catweazlefanclub.co.uk.
