William Henry Mettam "Robin" Bailey (5 October 1919 – 14 January 1999) was an English actor. He was born in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
Although often chosen for upper class and tradition-bound roles such as Mr Justice Graves in Thames Television's Rumpole of the Bailey, Bailey is perhaps most fondly remembered for his portrayal of Uncle Mort in I Didn't Know You Cared, the BBC's adaptation of Peter Tinniswood's stories about an extended Yorkshire family. The television series ran from 1975 to 1979, and is available on DVD. Bailey continued to play Uncle Mort in a series of radio programmes. Bailey also collaborated with Tinniswood on the television and radio series Tales from a Long Room, playing the Brigadier, an eccentric cricket-lover with a fund of extraordinary tales about the game and its players.
Theatre
In 1959 Bailey was engaged by the Australian theatrical producers J.C. Williamson Limited to play the part of Professor Henry Higgins in their production of the Lerner & Lowe musical My Fair Lady. The production was a duplicate of the New York City production. Although Bailey's was not a name that could attract large audiences in Australia or elsewhere, Williamson's had a policy at that time of preferring to cast lead players that they could bill as "direct from the West End", even if unknown; it was felt that an actor with that billing would always attract larger audiences than an Australian. Bailey also had a helpful resemblance to Rex Harrison who had created the Higgins part in London and New York, on record and in the eventual film of the work. Bailey, like Harrison, was not a singer; like Harrison, he handled the semi-spoken songs adeptly.
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Potter (Starring Robin Bailey) - Series 3 - Episode 1
Potter (Starring Robin Bailey) - Series 3 - Episode 1.
Broadcast: July 17th, 1983.
For many a long year, Redvers Potter has been head of the family firm - Pottermints (the hotter mints!). A man used to being obeyed, he is authoritative and decisive. At 58, he has decided to sell the business. Mrs Potter, who has had the dubious honour of holding her position for some thirty years, has taken to vodka at the prospect of having her husband at home all day. She has long dreaded his retirement and is learning to cope with the extra time he now has to ignore her - or alternatively to advise her how to do things he should be doing himself.
Not unnaturally, with time now on his hands, he tends to interfere with other people's lives: "I'll help people. That's what I'll do. They are usually simp...
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Potter (Starring Robin Bailey) - Series 3 - Episode 4
Potter (Starring Robin Bailey) - Series 3 - Episode 4.
Broadcast: August 7th, 1983.
For many a long year, Redvers Potter has been head of the family firm - Pottermints (the hotter mints!). A man used to being obeyed, he is authoritative and decisive. At 58, he has decided to sell the business. Mrs Potter, who has had the dubious honour of holding her position for some thirty years, has taken to vodka at the prospect of having her husband at home all day. She has long dreaded his retirement and is learning to cope with the extra time he now has to ignore her - or alternatively to advise her how to do things he should be doing himself.
Not unnaturally, with time now on his hands, he tends to interfere with other people's lives: "I'll help people. That's what I'll do. They are usually sim...
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Potter (Starring Robin Bailey) - Series 3 - Episode 1.
Broadcast: July 17th, 1983.
For many a long year, Redvers Potter has been head of the family firm - Pot...
Potter (Starring Robin Bailey) - Series 3 - Episode 1.
Broadcast: July 17th, 1983.
For many a long year, Redvers Potter has been head of the family firm - Pottermints (the hotter mints!). A man used to being obeyed, he is authoritative and decisive. At 58, he has decided to sell the business. Mrs Potter, who has had the dubious honour of holding her position for some thirty years, has taken to vodka at the prospect of having her husband at home all day. She has long dreaded his retirement and is learning to cope with the extra time he now has to ignore her - or alternatively to advise her how to do things he should be doing himself.
Not unnaturally, with time now on his hands, he tends to interfere with other people's lives: "I'll help people. That's what I'll do. They are usually simple creatures; bloody idiots most of them," or rather, as his neighbours see it, "probe his nose into other people's business!" Potter's enthusiasm for 'helping others' though is equalled only by his ineptitude in so doing!
In 1982 after two hilarious series, Arthur Lowe sadly passed away - just as a third series of POTTER was in pre-production. Too advanced to be cancelled, Robin Bailey (Rumpole of the Bailey) stepped into the role for a further seven episodes.
SERIES 3 - EPISODE 1
Poor old Tolly, little does he know that Potter and his drinking companion, the Vicar, are conspiring to fill an imagined hole in his life.
Cast:
Robin Bailey - Redvers Potter
Noel Dyson - Aileen Potter
John Barron - The Vicar
John Warner - 'Tolly' Tolliver
Honor Shepherd - Diana Tolliver
Brenda Cowling – Jane
Written by Roy Clarke
Potter (Starring Robin Bailey) - Series 3 - Episode 1.
Broadcast: July 17th, 1983.
For many a long year, Redvers Potter has been head of the family firm - Pottermints (the hotter mints!). A man used to being obeyed, he is authoritative and decisive. At 58, he has decided to sell the business. Mrs Potter, who has had the dubious honour of holding her position for some thirty years, has taken to vodka at the prospect of having her husband at home all day. She has long dreaded his retirement and is learning to cope with the extra time he now has to ignore her - or alternatively to advise her how to do things he should be doing himself.
Not unnaturally, with time now on his hands, he tends to interfere with other people's lives: "I'll help people. That's what I'll do. They are usually simple creatures; bloody idiots most of them," or rather, as his neighbours see it, "probe his nose into other people's business!" Potter's enthusiasm for 'helping others' though is equalled only by his ineptitude in so doing!
In 1982 after two hilarious series, Arthur Lowe sadly passed away - just as a third series of POTTER was in pre-production. Too advanced to be cancelled, Robin Bailey (Rumpole of the Bailey) stepped into the role for a further seven episodes.
SERIES 3 - EPISODE 1
Poor old Tolly, little does he know that Potter and his drinking companion, the Vicar, are conspiring to fill an imagined hole in his life.
Cast:
Robin Bailey - Redvers Potter
Noel Dyson - Aileen Potter
John Barron - The Vicar
John Warner - 'Tolly' Tolliver
Honor Shepherd - Diana Tolliver
Brenda Cowling – Jane
Written by Roy Clarke
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Battle Tested
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Released on: 2012-05-15
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Hungry · Rob Bailey · The Hustle Standard
Battle Tested
℗ 2013 The Hustle Standard
Released on: 2012-05-15
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by TuneCore
Hungry · Rob Bailey · The Hustle Standard
Battle Tested
℗ 2013 The Hustle Standard
Released on: 2012-05-15
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Potter (Starring Robin Bailey) - Series 3 - Episode 4.
Broadcast: August 7th, 1983.
For many a long year, Redvers Potter has been head of the family firm - Po...
Potter (Starring Robin Bailey) - Series 3 - Episode 4.
Broadcast: August 7th, 1983.
For many a long year, Redvers Potter has been head of the family firm - Pottermints (the hotter mints!). A man used to being obeyed, he is authoritative and decisive. At 58, he has decided to sell the business. Mrs Potter, who has had the dubious honour of holding her position for some thirty years, has taken to vodka at the prospect of having her husband at home all day. She has long dreaded his retirement and is learning to cope with the extra time he now has to ignore her - or alternatively to advise her how to do things he should be doing himself.
Not unnaturally, with time now on his hands, he tends to interfere with other people's lives: "I'll help people. That's what I'll do. They are usually simple creatures; bloody idiots most of them," or rather, as his neighbours see it, "probe his nose into other people's business!" Potter's enthusiasm for 'helping others' though is equalled only by his ineptitude in so doing!
In 1982 after two hilarious series, Arthur Lowe sadly passed away - just as a third series of POTTER was in pre-production. Too advanced to be cancelled, Robin Bailey (Rumpole of the Bailey) stepped into the role for a further seven episodes.
SERIES 3 - EPISODE 4
When Potter and the Vicar go for a quiet drink in the pub they are taken aback by an unexpected visitor - a man in a boat ...
Cast:
Robin Bailey - Redvers Potter
Noel Dyson - Aileen Potter
John Barron - The Vicar
John Warner - 'Tolly' Tolliver
Honor Shepherd - Diana Tolliver
Brenda Cowling – Jane
Written by Roy Clarke
Potter (Starring Robin Bailey) - Series 3 - Episode 4.
Broadcast: August 7th, 1983.
For many a long year, Redvers Potter has been head of the family firm - Pottermints (the hotter mints!). A man used to being obeyed, he is authoritative and decisive. At 58, he has decided to sell the business. Mrs Potter, who has had the dubious honour of holding her position for some thirty years, has taken to vodka at the prospect of having her husband at home all day. She has long dreaded his retirement and is learning to cope with the extra time he now has to ignore her - or alternatively to advise her how to do things he should be doing himself.
Not unnaturally, with time now on his hands, he tends to interfere with other people's lives: "I'll help people. That's what I'll do. They are usually simple creatures; bloody idiots most of them," or rather, as his neighbours see it, "probe his nose into other people's business!" Potter's enthusiasm for 'helping others' though is equalled only by his ineptitude in so doing!
In 1982 after two hilarious series, Arthur Lowe sadly passed away - just as a third series of POTTER was in pre-production. Too advanced to be cancelled, Robin Bailey (Rumpole of the Bailey) stepped into the role for a further seven episodes.
SERIES 3 - EPISODE 4
When Potter and the Vicar go for a quiet drink in the pub they are taken aback by an unexpected visitor - a man in a boat ...
Cast:
Robin Bailey - Redvers Potter
Noel Dyson - Aileen Potter
John Barron - The Vicar
John Warner - 'Tolly' Tolliver
Honor Shepherd - Diana Tolliver
Brenda Cowling – Jane
Written by Roy Clarke
Robin Bailey returns to Brisbane’s 97.3FM in a prime-time slot, after the network sacked her four years ago. Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2noaGhv Get more breaking news at: https://bit.ly/2nobVgF
Join Nine News for the latest in news and events that affect you in your local city, as well as news from across Australia and the world.
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Potter (Starring Robin Bailey) - Series 3 - Episode 1.
Broadcast: July 17th, 1983.
For many a long year, Redvers Potter has been head of the family firm - Pottermints (the hotter mints!). A man used to being obeyed, he is authoritative and decisive. At 58, he has decided to sell the business. Mrs Potter, who has had the dubious honour of holding her position for some thirty years, has taken to vodka at the prospect of having her husband at home all day. She has long dreaded his retirement and is learning to cope with the extra time he now has to ignore her - or alternatively to advise her how to do things he should be doing himself.
Not unnaturally, with time now on his hands, he tends to interfere with other people's lives: "I'll help people. That's what I'll do. They are usually simple creatures; bloody idiots most of them," or rather, as his neighbours see it, "probe his nose into other people's business!" Potter's enthusiasm for 'helping others' though is equalled only by his ineptitude in so doing!
In 1982 after two hilarious series, Arthur Lowe sadly passed away - just as a third series of POTTER was in pre-production. Too advanced to be cancelled, Robin Bailey (Rumpole of the Bailey) stepped into the role for a further seven episodes.
SERIES 3 - EPISODE 1
Poor old Tolly, little does he know that Potter and his drinking companion, the Vicar, are conspiring to fill an imagined hole in his life.
Cast:
Robin Bailey - Redvers Potter
Noel Dyson - Aileen Potter
John Barron - The Vicar
John Warner - 'Tolly' Tolliver
Honor Shepherd - Diana Tolliver
Brenda Cowling – Jane
Written by Roy Clarke
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Hungry · Rob Bailey · The Hustle Standard
Battle Tested
℗ 2013 The Hustle Standard
Released on: 2012-05-15
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Potter (Starring Robin Bailey) - Series 3 - Episode 4.
Broadcast: August 7th, 1983.
For many a long year, Redvers Potter has been head of the family firm - Pottermints (the hotter mints!). A man used to being obeyed, he is authoritative and decisive. At 58, he has decided to sell the business. Mrs Potter, who has had the dubious honour of holding her position for some thirty years, has taken to vodka at the prospect of having her husband at home all day. She has long dreaded his retirement and is learning to cope with the extra time he now has to ignore her - or alternatively to advise her how to do things he should be doing himself.
Not unnaturally, with time now on his hands, he tends to interfere with other people's lives: "I'll help people. That's what I'll do. They are usually simple creatures; bloody idiots most of them," or rather, as his neighbours see it, "probe his nose into other people's business!" Potter's enthusiasm for 'helping others' though is equalled only by his ineptitude in so doing!
In 1982 after two hilarious series, Arthur Lowe sadly passed away - just as a third series of POTTER was in pre-production. Too advanced to be cancelled, Robin Bailey (Rumpole of the Bailey) stepped into the role for a further seven episodes.
SERIES 3 - EPISODE 4
When Potter and the Vicar go for a quiet drink in the pub they are taken aback by an unexpected visitor - a man in a boat ...
Cast:
Robin Bailey - Redvers Potter
Noel Dyson - Aileen Potter
John Barron - The Vicar
John Warner - 'Tolly' Tolliver
Honor Shepherd - Diana Tolliver
Brenda Cowling – Jane
Written by Roy Clarke
William Henry Mettam "Robin" Bailey (5 October 1919 – 14 January 1999) was an English actor. He was born in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
Although often chosen for upper class and tradition-bound roles such as Mr Justice Graves in Thames Television's Rumpole of the Bailey, Bailey is perhaps most fondly remembered for his portrayal of Uncle Mort in I Didn't Know You Cared, the BBC's adaptation of Peter Tinniswood's stories about an extended Yorkshire family. The television series ran from 1975 to 1979, and is available on DVD. Bailey continued to play Uncle Mort in a series of radio programmes. Bailey also collaborated with Tinniswood on the television and radio series Tales from a Long Room, playing the Brigadier, an eccentric cricket-lover with a fund of extraordinary tales about the game and its players.
Theatre
In 1959 Bailey was engaged by the Australian theatrical producers J.C. Williamson Limited to play the part of Professor Henry Higgins in their production of the Lerner & Lowe musical My Fair Lady. The production was a duplicate of the New York City production. Although Bailey's was not a name that could attract large audiences in Australia or elsewhere, Williamson's had a policy at that time of preferring to cast lead players that they could bill as "direct from the West End", even if unknown; it was felt that an actor with that billing would always attract larger audiences than an Australian. Bailey also had a helpful resemblance to Rex Harrison who had created the Higgins part in London and New York, on record and in the eventual film of the work. Bailey, like Harrison, was not a singer; like Harrison, he handled the semi-spoken songs adeptly.