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Robin Phillips OC (28 February 1940 – 25 July 2015) was an English actor and film director . Life. He was born in Haslemere, Surrey in 1940 [1] [2] to Ellen Anne ( née Barfoot) and James William Phillips.
- Training and Early Career
- Mid-Career
- Return to Stratford and Soulpepper
- Honours
Robin Phillips' acting and directing careers developed almost simultaneously. Trained at the Bristol Old Vic, he made his first professional appearances with the Theatre Royal in Bristol, playing Mr. Puff in The Critic, Konstantin in The Seagull, and Romeo, all in 1959–60, followed by seasons with the Chichester Festival and then the Oxford Playhou...
In 1981, Robin Phillips filmed Timothy Findley's award-winning novel The Wars. He returned briefly to acting in 1982, playing the title role in The Dresserat the Vancouver Playhouse. During the 1983–84 season, he ran London, Ontario's newly incorporated Grand Theatre, directing William Hutt in Timon of Athens and directing (for both stage and film)...
In 1986–87, Robin Phillips made a triumphant return to the Stratford Festival, directing Cymbeline and The School for Scandal on the mainstage and making the Tom Patterson thrust stage very much his own with a quartet of elegant Shakespeare productions and the classic double bill of Oedipus Rex and The Critic. At Stratford, Phillips was a natural t...
The University of Western Ontario awarded Robin Phillips a Doctor of Laws degree in 1983. In 2005, he was given the Order of Canada for his remarkable work in Canadian theatre, and in 2010 he received the Governor General's Performing Arts Awardfor Lifetime Achievement.
Robin Phillips (1942-2015) was a British-born actor and director who worked in TV and theatre. He was known for Broome Stages, Tales from the Crypt, The Forsyte Saga and other roles.
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- Haslemere, Surrey, England, UK
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- Stratford, Ontario, Canada
Robin Phillips was born on 28 February 1942 in Haslemere, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for Broome Stages (1966), Doctor Who (1963) and The Forsyte Saga (1967). He died on 25 July 2015 in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
- February 28, 1942
- July 25, 2015
Aug 1, 2015 · Mr. Phillips, who died July 25 at the age of 75 at his home outside Stratford, after a long illness, was one of Canada's most revered, influential and controversial classical...
Aug 2, 2015 · Robin Phillips, a British theater director who helped rejuvenate Canada’s best-known theater, the Stratford Festival, as artistic director from 1975 to 1980, died on July 25 in Woodstock,...
Robin Phillips was a British actor and director who worked on stage and screen, including Doctor Who and David Copperfield. He died in 2015 and is remembered by BAFTA for his artistic achievements.
