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Robert Gillespie Biography (1933-)

Born November 9, 1933, in Lille, France; son of James William and Madeleine Katalin (Singer) Gillespie. Addresses: HOME--Ten Irving Road, London W14, England.

Nationality

French

Gender

Male

Birth Details

November 9, 1933

Lille, France

Famous Works

• Credits
• LONDON DEBUT--Old courtier, Hamlet, Old Vic Theatre, 1953.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• Adam, As You Like It, and Fleance, Macbeth, both Old Vic Theatre, London,1953.
• Israel Hands, Treasure Island, Mermaid Theatre, London, 1961, then 1963.
• Dodger, The Shoemaker's Holiday, Mermaid Theatre, 1964.
• Major Tarver, Dandy Dick, and Juggins, Fanny's First Play, both Mermaid Theatre, 1965.
• Motes, The Beaver Coat, Mermaid Theatre, 1966.
• Also appeared in The Hero Rises Up, Round House Theatre, London, 1968; Paradise, Theatre Upstairs, London, 1975; as Captain Queeg, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, Citizens Theatre Workshop, Glasgow, Scotland; and at the IpswichTheatre, Ipswich, U.K., the Royal Court Theatre, London, and the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, U.K.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK; DIRECTOR
• Semi-Detached, Lincoln, U.K., 1963.
• Mr. Joyce Is Leaving Paris, King's Head Theatre, London, U.K., 1972, thenDublin Festival, Dublin, Ireland.
• Let's Murder Vivaldi, King's Head Theatre, 1972.
• Revival! and Schellenbrack, both King's Head Theatre, 1973.
• Spokesong, King's Head Theatre, 1976, then Vaudeville Theatre, London, 1977.
• Da, King's Head Theatre, 1977.
• A Period of Adjustment, King's Head Theatre, 1978.
• Fearless Frank, King's Head Theatre, 1979, then New York City, 1980.
• Dangerous Corner, Ambassador's Theatre, London, 1981.
• Also directed at the Eblana Theatre, Gate Theatre, and Abbey Theatre, allDublin, Ireland, and at the Orange Tree Theatre, London, U.K.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• Director, Play It Again, Sam, U.K. cities, 1979.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
• Soldier, Siege of the Saxons, Columbia, 1963.
• policeman, Otley, Columbia, 1969.
• winking patient, A Severed Head, Columbia, 1970.
• man in elevator, Catch Me a Spy, Rank, 1971.
• Tyler, The National Health, or Nurse Norton's Affair, Columbia, 1973.
• photographer, At the Earth's Core, American International, 1976.
• sergeant, Force Ten from Navarone, American International, 1978.
• Crombie, The Thirty-Nine Steps, Rank, 1978.
• Dorothy, Barry McKenzie Holds His Own, Satori, 1984.
• Also appeared in A Night to Remember, Rank, 1959; The Prisoner of Zenda,Universal, 1979.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK
• Co-director, Mr. Joyce Is Leaving Paris, 1972.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; SERIES
• Dudley Rush, Keep It in the Family.
• Credits; EPISODIC
• coroner, Radical Chambers, BBC.
• Mr. Carter, "Pig's Lib," The Good Life (also known as Good Neighbors).
• Also Couples, Mary's Wife, Rising Damp, Agony, and I Woke Up One Morning.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL RADIO APPEARANCES
• Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads.
• Lord Peter Wimsey.
• Writings;STAGE
• Napoleon and Session Two, both 1973.
• Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Charlie, 1979.
• Writings;TELEVISION
• That Was the Week That Was, BBC, 1962-63.
• The Private Sector, BBC, 1987.