Wynn Roberts obit

Obituary: Wynn Roberts

 

He was not on the list.

Actor Wynn Roberts, known from series including Prisoner, Neighbours and Law Of The Land, has died at his NSW home. He was 97.

A prominent actor in Melbourne’s theatre and radio scene and sometimes credited as Wyn Roberts, he appeared in many early TV plays, including Symphonie Pastorale, Heart Attack, Uncle Martino, Macbeth (in 1960 and 1965), Hedda Gabler, Burst Of Summer, A Man For All Seasons, The Physicists, Romanoff and Juliet, Manhaul, Flight Into Danger and Moby Dick: Rehearsed.

He also starred in a number of plays performed as part of ABC‘s Australian Playhouse series of 1966.

He appeared in TV series Consider Your Verdict, Barley Charlie, Contrabandits, Delta, Homicide, Behind The Legend, Skyways, Cop Shop, Special Squad, All The Way, Rafferty’s Rules, A Country Practice, The Flying Doctors, Police Rescue, Embassy, Bony, Big Sky, Law Of The Land and Wildside.

n 1964, he was one of the cast of This Is It!, the variety-comedy special broadcast on the opening night of Melbourne channel ATV0. Years later he returned to the same studios for guest appearances in Prisoner, Holiday Island and Carson’s Law. He also appeared in Neighbours as Frank Darcy, an eye-patch wearing artist from the Bungle Bungles who had a brief dalliance with Helen Daniels (Anne Haddy).

TV mini-series credits included The Dunera Boys, Sword Of Honour, Waterfront, Whose Baby, The Petrov Affair, Always Afternoon, Spit MacPhee, Snowy and The Farm.

Wyn Roberts was born on April 29, 1924 in Australia. He was an actor, known for Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), The Farm (2001) and Police Rescue (1989). He was married to Belinda and Rosalie. He died on August 24, 2021 in Tanja, New South Wales, Australia.

 

Actor

The Farm (2001)

The Farm

7.1

TV Mini Series

George Cooper

2001

3 episodes

 

Wildside (1997)

Wildside

8.2

TV Series

Lionel

1999

1 episode

 

Big Sky (1997)

Big Sky

7.1

TV Series

Fred Morgan (as Wynn Roberts)

1997

1 episode

 

Sun on the Stubble (1996)

Sun on the Stubble

8.0

TV Mini Series

Ebenezer Blitz

1996

2 episodes

 

Snowy River: The McGregor Saga (1994)

Snowy River: The McGregor Saga

7.3

TV Series

Sir Harry Garfield

1995

1 episode

 

Law of the Land (1993)

Law of the Land

6.8

TV Series

Hamilton Chalmers

1993–1994

14 episodes

 

Snowy (1993)

Snowy

5.3

TV Mini Series

Alf Rutherford

1993

4 episodes

 

A Country Practice (1981)

A Country Practice

6.8

TV Series

Gordon Moss

1993

2 episodes

 

The Adventures of Skippy (1992)

The Adventures of Skippy

6.7

TV Series

Grumpy Johnston (as Wynn Roberts)

1992

1 episode

 

Bony (1992)

Bony

7.8

TV Series

Templeman

1992

1 episode

 

Boys from the Bush (1991)

Boys from the Bush

8.2

TV Series

Harry (as Wynn Roberts)

1992

1 episode

 

Jane Badler, Janet Andrewartha, and Alan Fletcher in Embassy (1990)

Embassy

7.1

TV Series

Dave

1991

1 episode

 

Liz Burch, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, and Andrew McFarlane in The Flying Doctors (1986)

The Flying Doctors

6.8

TV Series

Dr. Don McKenzie

Bill Richards

Stirling ...

1987–1991

4 episodes

 

Police Rescue (1989)

Police Rescue

7.3

TV Series

Anthony Mason (as Wynne Roberts)

1991

1 episode

 

John Wood in Rafferty's Rules (1987)

Rafferty's Rules

7.0

TV Series

Matt Keegan

1990

1 episode

 

Spit MacPhee (1988)

Spit MacPhee

7.8

TV Mini Series

Judge Laker

1988

4 episodes

 

The Last Resort (1988)

The Last Resort

7.2

TV Series

Exeter Shannon (1988)

1988

 

All the Way (1988)

All the Way

6.6

TV Mini Series

Maynard

1988

3 episodes

 

Neighbours (1985)

Neighbours

5.6

TV Series

Frank Darcy

1988

5 episodes

 

Tom Burlinson and Sigrid Thornton in Return to Snowy River (1988)

Return to Snowy River

6.6

Priest (as Wynn Roberts)

1988

 

Always Afternoon (1988)

Always Afternoon

7.7

TV Mini Series

Pastor Jules (as Wynne Roberts)

1988

1 episode

 

The Petrov Affair (1987)

The Petrov Affair

7.1

TV Mini Series

Brigadier Spry (as Wynn Roberts)

1987

2 episodes

 

Sword of Honour (1986)

Sword of Honour

8.6

TV Mini Series

Arthur Lawrence

1986

4 episodes

 

Whose Baby (1986)

Whose Baby

7.6

TV Mini Series

Edward Hudson KC (as Wynn Roberts)

1986

2 episodes

 

The Dunera Boys (1985)

The Dunera Boys

6.2

TV Mini Series

Slattery (as Wynn Roberts)

1985

2 episodes

 

Wills & Burke (1985)

Wills & Burke

4.3

William Wright

1985

 

One Summer Again

TV Mini Series

James Smith

1985

3 episodes

 

Special Squad (1984)

Special Squad

8.2

TV Series

Superintendent Kerslake

1984

3 episodes

 

Lorraine Bayly in Carson's Law (1983)

Carson's Law

8.4

TV Series

Andrew Riley, K.C.

Andrews

1983–1984

4 episodes

 

Greta Scacchi and Jack Thompson in Waterfront (1984)

Waterfront

7.5

TV Mini Series

Inspector Legge

1984

3 episodes

 

Fighting Back (1982)

Fighting Back

5.6

Payne

1982

 

Spring & Fall (1980)

Spring & Fall

TV Series

Clive

1982

1 episode

 

Cop Shop (1977)

Cop Shop

7.0

TV Series

Alan MacNamara

George Payne

Jack Green ...

1980–1982

8 episodes

 

Holiday Island (1981)

Holiday Island

7.2

TV Series

David Owens (as Wynn Roberts)

1981

2 episodes

 

Maggie Kirkpatrick in Prisoner (1979)

Prisoner

8.1

TV Series

Stuart Gillespie (as Wynn Roberts)

1980–1981

9 episodes

 

Gaynor Martin in Skyways (1979)

Skyways

7.1

TV Series

Barney Waters (as Wynn Roberts)

1979–1981

2 episodes

 

Walt Disney in The Magical World of Disney (1954)

The Magical World of Disney

8.4

TV Series

McGinnis

1979

2 episodes

 

Weekend of Shadows (1978)

Weekend of Shadows

6.5

Sergeant Caxton

1978

 

Harness Fever (1977)

Harness Fever

6.1

TV Movie

McGinnis

1977

 

Listen to the Lion

Hunter

1977

 

Anne-Louise Lambert in Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

Picnic at Hanging Rock

7.4

Sgt. Bumpher

1975

 

Behind the Legend (1972)

Behind the Legend

TV Series

Christopher Brennan

1975

1 episode

 

Essington (1974)

Essington

7.3

TV Movie

1974

 

Homicide (1964)

Homicide

7.4

TV Series

Ross Bullen

1974

1 episode

 

Flashpoint

Foxy

1973

 

The Survivor (1972)

The Survivor

TV Movie

1972

 

John Gregg and Kirrily Nolan in Delta (1969)

Delta

6.8

TV Series

Rand

Janosek

1969–1970

2 episodes

 

Adventure Island (1967)

Adventure Island

8.5

TV Series

Captain James Cook

1970

1 episode

 

Cobwebs in Concrete (1968)

Cobwebs in Concrete

TV Movie

Dan Fenner

1968

 

John Bonney and Denis Quilley in Contrabandits (1967)

Contrabandits

TV Series

Joshua Stoney

Arnell

1967–1968

2 episodes

 

Love and War

TV Mini Series

Sergeant Musgrave

1967

1 episode

 

Flight Into Danger

TV Movie

1966

 

Australian Playhouse (1966)

Australian Playhouse

TV Series

Johnson

Gerald Henderson

The Author

1966

3 episodes

 

Mark Albiston, Carl Bleazby, and Alan Lander in Macbeth (1965)

Macbeth

TV Movie

Macbeth

1965

 

Wyn Roberts in Moby Dick - Rehearsed (1965)

Moby Dick - Rehearsed

TV Movie

Ahab

1965

 

Wyn Roberts in A Time to Speak (1965)

A Time to Speak

TV Movie

The Doctor

1965

 

Romanoff and Juliet

TV Movie

Vadim Romanoff

1965

 

The Physicists

TV Movie

1964

 

Everyman (1964)

Everyman

TV Movie

Death

1964

 

Carl Bleazby and Michael Duffield in Corruption in the Palace of Justice (1964)

Corruption in the Palace of Justice

TV Movie

1964

 

Consider Your Verdict (1961)

Consider Your Verdict

5.2

TV Series

Defence Counsel

Crown Prosecutor Winter

Crown Prosecutor

1962–1964

19 episodes

 

Robina Beard, Sheila Bradley, and Edward Hepple in Barley Charlie (1964)

Barley Charlie

TV Series

Jim Fogarty

1964

1 episode

 

A Man for All Seasons (1963)

A Man for All Seasons

9.0

TV Movie

Sir Thomas More

1963

 

Prelude to Harvest (1963)

Prelude to Harvest

TV Movie

Governor Phillips

1963

 

Wyn Roberts in Murder in the Cathedral (1962)

Murder in the Cathedral

TV Movie

Becket

1962

 

Light me a Lucifer (1962)

Light me a Lucifer

TV Movie

Bill

1962

 

Jonah (1962)

Jonah

TV Series

Morgan

1962

1 episode

 

The Hobby Horse (1962)

The Hobby Horse

TV Movie

Billy Brocknell

1962

 

Shadow of Heroes (1961)

Shadow of Heroes

TV Movie

1961

 

The Lady from the Sea (1961)

The Lady from the Sea

TV Movie

1961

 

Burst of Summer (1961)

Burst of Summer

TV Movie

Clinton Hunter (as Wynn Roberts)

1961

 

Hedda Gabler (1961)

Hedda Gabler

TV Movie

1961

 

Macbeth (1960)

Macbeth

TV Movie

1960

 

Uncle Martino (1960)

Uncle Martino

TV Movie

Trulla

1960

 

Heart Attack (1960)

Heart Attack

TV Movie

Dr. Rutherford (as Wynn Roberts)

1960

 

Edward Brayshaw in Treason (1959)

Treason

TV Movie

General Blumentritt

1959

 

Last Call (1958)

Last Call

TV Movie

1958

 

Killer in Close-Up (1957)

Killer in Close-Up

TV Series

1958

1 episode

 

Symphonie Pastorale (1958)

Symphonie Pastorale

TV Movie

Pastor Etieene

1958

 

Self

Diana Trask in This Is It! (1964)

This Is It!

TV Movie

Self

1964

 

The General Motors Hour (1960)

The General Motors Hour

TV Series

Charles Forrester

1962

1 episode

 

The Bloke

TV Special

Ginger Mick

1962

 

Archive Footage

Maggie Kirkpatrick in Prisoner (1979)

Prisoner

8.1

TV Series

Stuart Gillespie (archive footage)

1985

1 episode