Acting • AGE 79
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 ...


A Dance to the Music of Time
Uncle Alfred
1997

Dalziel and Pascoe
Hereward Fielding
1996

Bed
Charles
1995

Kavanagh Q.C.
Lord Probyn
1995

Tales from Hollywood
Thomas Mann
1992

Performance
Charles
1991

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
(voice)
1990

Number 27
Dr Maurice Barwick
1988

Scarfe's Follies
1988

The Reluctant Dragon
St George (voice)
1987

The Pondles
Narrator
1987

Jane and the Lost City
The Colonel
1987

Bleak House
Sir Leicester Dedlock
1985

Charters and Caldicott
Charters
1985

Screamtime
Jack Grimshaw
1983

Sorry, I'm A Stranger Here Myself
Henry Nunn
1981

If You Go Down in the Woods Today
Chief Constable
1981

Potter
Redvers Potter
1979

The Four Feathers
Col. Eustace
1978

Buffet
Bertie
1976

Jumping Bean Bag
Headmaster
1976

Rumpole of the Bailey
Mr. Justice Gerald Graves
1975

I Didn't Know You Cared
Uncle Mort
1975

Commuter Husbands
The Husband
1974

The Gathering Storm
Neville Chamberlain
1974

UFO: Radar contact... They're landing!
1974

The Pallisers
Mr Gresham
1974

Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries: Murder Must Advertise
Major Todd Milligan
1973

Crown Court
Group Captain Porterman
1972

Upstairs, Downstairs
Gerald Maitland
1971

Justice
Stuart Kenyon
1971

See No Evil
George Rexton
1971

Play for Today
Bertie
1970

UFO
Kofax
1970

Danger Route
Parsons
1967

Man in a Suitcase
1967

ITV Playhouse
The psychiatrist
1967

The Whisperers
Psychiatrist
1967

You Only Live Twice
Foreign Secretary (uncredited)
1967

Mickey Dunne
Gervaise Plummer
1967

The Power Game
Charles Grainger
1965

Thirty-Minute Theatre
Lt.-Col. Brandon-Venn
1965

Catch Us If You Can
Guy
1965

Redcap
1964

The Wednesday Play
Mark Borden
1964

The Mouse on the Moon
Member of Whitehall Conference
1963

Another Time, Another Place
Captain Barnes
1958

The Diplomatic Corpse
Mike Billings
1958

Just My Luck
Sir George
1957

Hell Drivers
Hawlett Assistant Manager
1957

Armchair Theatre
Mike Pinfold
1956

The Young Lovers
Thomas Cook cashier (uncredited)
1954

For Better, for Worse
Store Salesman
1954

Views on Trial
The Judge
1954

Sailor of the King
Lieutenant John Stafford, HMS Stratford
1953

Folly to Be Wise
Intellectual Corporal
1952

Gift Horse
Lt. Michael Grant, Pilot
1952

His Excellency
Charles
1952

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Neville Chamberlain
1951

Portrait of Clare
Dudley Wilburn
1950

Sunday Night Theatre
Lieut -Colonel
1950

Private Angelo
Simon Telfer
1949

School for Secrets
Wives' Escort Officer
1946