Bruce Robinson Biography (1946?-)

Born May 2, 1946 (sources also say May 1, 1946, and May 2, 1945), in Broadstairs, Kent, England (some sources say London); son of J. L. C. and Mable Robinson; married Sophie; children: two.

Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, writer, director
Birth Details: May 2, 1946?; Broadstairs, Kent, England

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
(Film debut) Benvolio, Romeo and Juliet (also known as Giulietta e Romeo), Paramount, 1968
Colin, I Love You, I Hate You (also known as The Other People and Sleep Is Lovely), 1968
Alexei, The Music Lovers (also known as Ken Russell's Film on Tchaikovsky and the Music Lovers), United Artists, 1971
Peter Morrissey, Private Road, Maya, 1971
Alan, Tam Lin (also known as The Devil's Widow, The Devil's Woman, and The Ballad of Tam-Lin), American International, 1972
Los Viajes escolares (also known as School Trip), 1974
Lieutenant Albert Pinson, L'Histoire d'Adele H. (also known as The Story of Adele H.), New World, 1975
Beyond and Back, Sunn Classic, 1977
Karl Axel, Kleinhoff Hotel (also known as The Passionate Strangers), 1977
The Brute, 1977
Agent, Harry's War, Taft, 1981
Brian Lovell, Still Crazy, Columbia, 1998
Film Director
Withnail and I, Cineplex Odeon, 1987

How to Get Ahead in Advertising, Warner Bros., 1989
Jennifer Eight (also known as Jennifer 8), Paramount, 1992
Stage Appearances
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 1974
Valenti, Wonderful Town, Equity Library Theatre, New York City, 1977
Beirce Takes on the Railroads!, The New Dramatists, c. 1977-c. 1978.
The Tenor's Suite, Theater Center, Philadelphia, PA, c. 1981-c. 1982.
WRITINGS
Screenplays
The Killing Fields (adapted from the New York Times Magazine article "The Death and Life of Dith Pran" by Sydney Schanberg), Warner Bros., 1984
Withnail and I, Cineplex Odeon, 1987
How to Get Ahead in Advertising, Warner Bros., 1989
(With Roland Joffe) Fat Man and Little Boy (based on an original story by Robinson; also known as Shadowmakers), Paramount, 1989
Jennifer Eight (also known as Jennifer 8), Paramount, 1992
Return to Paradise (also known as All for One), Universal,1998
In Dreams, DreamWorks, 1998
Also wrote An Act of Love.
Plays
Byrd's Boy, produced at Primary Stages Theatre, New York City, 2001
Novels
The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman, Overlook Press, 1999
Also a contributor to New Statesman and Society.

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