Robin Gammell Explained

Birth Date:22 September 1936
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation:film, television and stage actor
Partner:Gretchen Corbett
Children:Winslow Corbett

Robin Gammell (born September 22, 1936) is a Canadian film, television and stage actor.[1]

Career

Gammell 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 (1973), Lipstick (1976), Raid on Entebbe (1977), Rituals (1977), Full Circle (1977), The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979), Murder by Phone (1982), The Star Chamber (1983), Project X (1987) and Striker's Mountain (1987), recurring or starring roles in Wiseguy, WIOU, Street Legal, Amazing Grace, Millennium, Manhattan, AZ and Judging Amy, and guest appearances in The Blue and the Gray, 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]

Gammell 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]

Personal life

Gammell was in a relationship with Gretchen Corbett. They had one child, Winslow Corbett, in 1979.

Filmography

Film

Notes
1964HamletFrancisco / Gravedigger / Player #2
1973data-sort-value="Pyx, The" The PyxWorther
1976LipstickNathan Cartright
1977RitualsMartin
1977Full CircleDavid Swift
1979data-sort-value="Promise, The" The PromiseDoctor Wickfield
1979data-sort-value="Concorde ... Airport '79, The" The Concorde ... Airport '79William Halpern
1980Klondike FeverMerritt Sloper
1980ObsessionMr. Norton
1982Murder by PhoneNoah Clayton
1982HighpointBanner
1983data-sort-value="Star Chamber, The" The Star ChamberJudge Archer
1983NightmaresBishop
1987Project XCol. Niles
1991Guilty by SuspicionClyde H. Tavenner
1993DavePostmaster General
1993Archdiocese Person #2
1997Austin Powers: International Man of MysteryBritish UN Representative
1997ContactProject Official
1998BulworthGeoffrey
1998Last NightMr. Wheeler
1998Bone DaddyCobb
2010SkylineWalt
2012Victory BlvdNick's Father
2013Lonely BoyLou
2020She's in PortlandDennis

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1957Sunday Night TheatreEnglish youthEpisode: "Mrs. Wickens in the Fall"
1957O.S.S.2nd SeamanEpisode: "Operation Barbecue"
1960Emergency Ward 10DingleEpisode #1.305
1960Armchair TheatreWalEpisode: "Some Talk of Alexander"
1960First PersonWillieEpisode: "A Matter of Some Importance"
1960–1962FestivalHumphrey Devize / Eli / Octavius4 episodes
1961MacbethMalcolmTelevision film
1961data-sort-value="Man Born to Be King, The" The Man Born to Be KingJohn
1961–1963PlaydateDavid / Sean Malloy / Albert3 episodes
1963QuestVeteranEpisode: "The Wounded Soldier"
1974Dr. Simon LockeSuttonEpisode: "Man Outside"
1974data-sort-value="National Dream, The" The National DreamWalter Moberly2 episodes
1976Raid on EntebbeMr. SagerTelevision film
1977Panic in Echo ParkDr. Tishman
1978data-sort-value="Rockford Files, The" The Rockford FilesDonald PilmerEpisode: "Rosendahl and Gilda Stern Are Dead"
1978data-sort-value="Winds of Kitty Hawk, The" The Winds of Kitty HawkH.A. ToumlinTelevision film
1979data-sort-value="Great Detective, The" The Great DetectiveLansdowneEpisode: "The Case of the Magic Mandarin"
1979Jennifer: A Woman's StoryDr. Bob SymonTelevision film
1979data-sort-value="Lazarus Syndrome, The" The Lazarus SyndromeDr. MeredithEpisode: "The Lady in 534"
1979data-sort-value="Man Called Intrepid, A" A Man Called IntrepidWilliam Donovan3 episodes
1980Lou GrantHoward GuntherEpisode: "Libel"
1982Trapper John, M.D.DuganEpisode: "The One and Only"
1982data-sort-value="Blue and the Gray, The" The Blue and the GrayJacob Hale Sr.3 episodes
1982Wait Until DarkSgt. CarlinoTelevision film
1982–1986Hill Street BluesDouglas Comstock / Lt. Patterson3 episodes
1983Thursday's ChildDr. SchroederTelevision film
1983Deadly LessonsMorgan Rank
1983Missing PiecesSen. Lawrence Conrad
1983data-sort-value="Paper Chase, The" The Paper ChaseAttorney General PattersonEpisode: "Birthday Party"
1983WishmanDr. Harold WishTelevision film
1983data-sort-value="Last Ninja, The" The Last NinjaDr. McAllister
1983Happy EndingsUncle John Constantine
1983data-sort-value="Case of Libel, A" A Case of LibelPaul Cleary
1984data-sort-value="Vegas Strip War, The" The Vegas Strip WarMarvin Berman
1985Simon & SimonDr. HarcroftEpisode: "Almost Foolproof"
1985Kids Don't TellDr. HoughtonTelevision film
1985data-sort-value="Edison Twins, The" The Edison TwinsMr. MoranEpisode: "The Final Mystery"
1985Striker's MountainRob WilmerTelevision film
1985Streets of JusticeJudge Phineas Odets
1985Between the Darkness and the DawnDr. Langtry
1986data-sort-value="Twilight Zone, The" The Twilight ZoneJeffrey PottsEpisode: "Need to Know/Red Snow"
1986American PlayhouseCleary, Boyd Bendix' lawyerEpisode: "A Case of Libel"
1987L.A. LawJudge John Englander2 episodes
1987RoomiesDean DeWittEpisode: "The Ditch"
1987CBS Schoolbreak SpecialTom WebbEpisode: "An Enemy Among Us"
1987Beauty and the BeastLewis ArthurEpisode: "Siege"
1987Our HouseDr. HannibalEpisode: "Candles and Shadows"
1987data-sort-value="King of Love, The" The King of LoveArnold SpareTelevision film
1988LincolnStephen A. Douglas2 episodes
1988–1989WiseguySenator Delaney3 episodes
1988, 1992Murder, She WroteRoger Melton / Dr. Thor Lundquist2 episodes
1989Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClureMsha Investigator Thomas KayeTelevision film
1990SnoopsGunther AppletonEpisode: "Rough Justice"
1990–1991WIOUKevin Doherty18 episodes
1991data-sort-value="Commish, The" The CommishWilliam SturdivantEpisode: "In the Best of Families"
1992data-sort-value="Boys of Twilight, The" The Boys of TwilightDave TheilmanEpisode: "Pilot"
1992Tropical HeatBoothEpisode: "Users"
1992Majority RuleStuart HammelTelevision film
1992Civil WarsJudge Michael Cassidy3 episodes
1992E.N.G.George PatrickEpisode: "Double Vision"
1993MatlockMarvin EstesEpisode: "The Fortune"
1993MauricEpisode: "Attached"
1993–1994Street LegalSpencer Garvie4 episodes
1994M.A.N.T.I.S.Doctor Bill LamarEpisode: "Days of Rage"
1994Scales of JusticeCyril BelshawEpisode "L'Affaire Belshaw"
1995Amazing GraceArthur Sutherland5 episodes
1995When the Vows BreakJudge Wendell AdamsTelevision film
1995Murder OneJudge Joseph LeylandEpisode: "Chapter Seven"
1995Net WorthConn SmytheTelevision film
1996Circuit BreakerDr. Milton
1996If These Walls Could TalkJim Donnelly
1996JulesBrent
1996, 1997Dark SkiesDr. Hertzog / Dr. Herzog2 episodes
1996, 1997MillenniumMike Atkins
1997data-sort-value="Arrow, The" The ArrowC. D. HoweTelevision film
1997data-sort-value="Practice, The" The PracticeMichael SmallEpisode: "Trial and Error"
1998Party of FiveProfessor SinclairEpisode: "True or False"
1998Mr. ConradEpisode: "The Newsroom"
1998Thanks of a Grateful NationClark NugentTelevision film
1998His BodyguardRollston
1998data-sort-value="Girl Next Door, The" The Girl Next DoorLen Winters
2000Manhattan, AZLon9 episodes
2000–2005Judging AmyJudge Salinger4 episodes
2002Judge Jackson ClaridgeEpisode: "Subversion"
2002Strong MedicineDana's LawyerEpisode: "Outcomes"
2005Nip/TuckCarl HarknessEpisode: "Rhea Reynolds"
2007Saving GraceHoyt GarveyEpisode: "Taco, Tulips, Duck and Spices"
2008Eli StoneJudgeEpisode: "Freedom"
2009data-sort-value="Border, The" The BorderDr. TysdaleEpisode: "Missing in Action"
2014How to Get Away with MurderChief JusticeEpisode: "Freakin' Whack-a-Mole"

Notes and References

  1. "Transplanted to Hollywood". The Globe and Mail, January 24, 1981.
  2. "The Harmonious Pageant of A Midsummer Night's Dream". The Globe and Mail, June 29, 1960.
  3. "Caesar Just Held the Interest". The Globe and Mail, December 20, 1960.
  4. "Technically, Royal Alex On Sale for 20 Years". The Globe and Mail, July 27, 1962.
  5. "Changeling leads Canadian Film Award nominees". The Globe and Mail, February 8, 1980.
  6. "And the award for best film Hitler goes to...". The Globe and Mail, March 19, 2005.