Robin Gammell
Robin Gammell (born September 22, 1936 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian film, television and stage actor.[1]
He began acting as a junior ensemble member at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival,[1] playing roles including Robin Starveling in A Midsummer Night's Dream[2] Octavius in Julius Caesar[3] Ariel in The Tempest[4] and Malcolm in Macbeth; he later reprised this role for the 1961 television film Macbeth opposite Sean Connery in the title role. He later moved on to film and television work, including the films The Pyx, Sweet Movie and Striker's Mountain, recurring or starring roles in Wiseguy, WIOU, Street Legal, Amazing Grace, Manhattan, AZ and Judging Amy, and guest appearances in Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, The Commish, Murder, She Wrote, Matlock, Nip/Tuck and How to Get Away With Murder. He received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor, at the 1st Genie Awards in 1980, for Klondike Fever.[5]
He has also portrayed several noted historical figures in docudrama films and television series, including Walter Moberly in The National Dream: Building the Impossible Railway, American espionage chief William J. Donovan in the television miniseries A Man Called Intrepid,[1] and Adolf Hitler in an episode of Witness to Yesterday.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 "Transplanted to Hollywood". The Globe and Mail, January 24, 1981.
- ↑ "The Harmonious Pageant of A Midsummer Night's Dream". The Globe and Mail, June 29, 1960.
- ↑ "Caesar Just Held the Interest". The Globe and Mail, December 20, 1960.
- ↑ "Technically, Royal Alex On Sale for 20 Years". The Globe and Mail, July 27, 1962.
- ↑ "Changeling leads Canadian Film Award nominees". The Globe and Mail, February 8, 1980.
- ↑ "And the award for best film Hitler goes to...". The Globe and Mail, March 19, 2005.