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Robin Driscoll
Actor

Robin Driscoll

28 Jun 1951Born
75Age

Biography

Robin Driscoll is a British actor and writer, best known as a writer of Mr. Bean. After leaving Worthing Art College, Robin Driscoll, with friends, formed a touring theatre company named ‘Cliffhanger' in the early 1970s. The shows were always comedies and contrived through improvisation. After writing for several TV shows, Robin became a contributor to Alas Smith and Jones then later, the main writer for Mr Bean: the TV series, movies and animations.

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He and Rowan Atkinson are close friends; he appeared with Rowan Atkinson in Laughing Matters (1992) - Visual Comedy, a documentary on the mechanics of visual humour.

As an actor, he has appeared in episodes of TV shows such as Only Fools and Horses ("The Jolly Boys' Outing"), Murder Most Horrid, Dear John, Alas Smith & Jones, Wilderness Road and The Fast Show. In recent years he has written his own mystery thriller novels.

Known for

Filmography

  1. 2007Mr. Bean's HolidayFilm: Screenplay
  2. 1999The Fast Show: You Ain’t Seen These, Right?Film
  3. 1997BeanFilm: Screenplay
  4. 1996TitanicSeries: Reporter (2 episodes)
  5. 1995The StealFilm: Farmhand
  6. 1992Laughing MattersFilm: Writer
  7. 1991Mr. Bean: The Bus StopFilm: Blind man
  8. 1991Murder Most HorridSeries: Reg (1 episode)
  9. 1991The Exciting Escapades of Mr. BeanFilm: Writer
  10. 1991Mr. Bean Goes to a PremièreFilm: The Cinema Manager, Writer
  11. 1990Waiting for GodSeries: Funeral Director (1 episode)
  12. 1990Mr. BeanSeries: Cinema Manager, Ticket Inspector, Police Sergeant, Writer (1 episode)
  13. 1989Mornin' SargeSeries: Ted (7 episodes)
  14. 1989The Tall GuyFilm: Actor
  15. 1988Chelmsford 123Series: Radulf (1 episode)
  16. 1987Smith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas VideoFilm: Writer
  17. 1987Hello MumSeries (6 episodes)
  18. 1986Wilderness RoadSeries: Moon (6 episodes)
  19. 1986Dear JohnSeries: Chopper (1 episode)
  20. 1985Morons from Outer SpaceFilm: Space Pilot
  21. 1984They Came From Somewhere ElseSeries (6 episodes)
  22. 1983DramaramaSeries: Writer (1 episode)

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