1. Michael Anthony Robbins was an English actor best known for his role as Arthur Rudge in the television sitcom On the Buses and its film spinoffs.
11 Facts About Michael Robbins
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From 1939 to 1944 Robbins was a pupil at St Michael's College, a Catholic school for boys, in Hitchin, Hertfordshire.
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Michael Robbins then went on to work as a bank clerk and later became an actor after appearing in amateur dramatic performances in Hitchin, where he and his family lived at the time.
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Michael Robbins appeared in the first six series but left before what would become the final season because he wanted to return to theatre work.
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Michael Robbins appeared in the series film spin-offs, On the Buses, Mutiny on the Buses, and Holiday on the Buses.
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Michael Robbins appeared as a rather humorously portrayed police sergeant in the TV adaptation of Brendon Chase.
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Michael Robbins made appearances in Minder, The Sweeney, Z-Cars, Return of the Saint, Murder Most English, Rumpole Of The Bailey, The Avengers, Dixon of Dock Green, The Bill, and the 1982 Doctor Who story The Visitation.
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Michael Robbins had an extensive career as a radio actor, including a role in the soap opera Waggoners' Walk.
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Michael Robbins appeared as a councillor in EastEnders in June 1989.
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Michael Robbins was married to actress Hal Dyer, from 1960 until his death from prostate cancer in 1992 aged 62.
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Michael Robbins was active in the Grand Order of Water Rats and the Catholic Stage Guild.