Tim Robertson obit

Tim Robertson

Prolific actor / director / writer, best known for Chances, Power without Glory, Prisoner, and Stingers, has died.

 

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Prolific actor / director / writer Tim Robertson, best known for Chances, Power without Glory, Prisoner, and Stingers, has died, aged 81.

British born Robertson enjoyed a long career in Australian stage and screen, joining the Australian Performing Group at the Pram Factory in Melbourne in 1972. This included the second ever production of Dimboola, directed by David Williamson.

His TV work was prolific in the 1970s including roles in Matlock Police, Homicide, Rush, Division 4, Cash & Company, Tandarra, Bluey, Against the Wind, The Sullivans, Skyways, Cop Shop.

In Frank Hardy’s Power Without Glory he played Arthur West for 14 episodes.

Work continued in the 1980s in Young Ramsay, Scales of Justice, Special Squad, Carson’s Law, Vietnam, Rafferty’s Rules, The Heroes, Round the Twist, Neighbours and A Thousand Skies. He had various roles in Prisoner and 16 episodes of Australia You’re Standing In It.

Other credits included All the Rivers Run II, Skirts, The Flying Doctors, Time Trax, Ocean Girl, Halifax fp, Snowy River: The McGregor Saga, Kangaroo Palace, Thuderstone, Beastmaster, Shock Jock, Stingers, CrashBurn and Last Man Standing. In Chances he played Jack Taylor for a whopping 90 episodes.

His film credits were equally impressive including The Cars that Ate Paris, Petersen The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Dimboola, The Last of the Knucklemen, Phar Lap, Bliss, Jenny Kissed Me, Kangaroo, The Year My Voice Broke, Evil Angels, The Big Steal, Bodysurfer, Amy, He Died with a Felafel in His Hand, Holy Smoke and The Eye of the Storm.

He also wrote and directed in theatre, including lyrics for the ill-fated musical Manning Clark’s History of Australia – The Musical in 1988.

On Facebook, legendary Abigail, who worked with him on Bodysurfer and Chances, wrote “Tim was an amazing talent with a multitude of credits over his career in the Australian film and television industry…. Tim was a pleasure to work with and we send our love and condolences to his family and all who knew him.”

Filmography

Film

Year     Title     Role     Notes

1974    The Cars That Ate Paris          Les     

1974    Petersen           3rd Bikie        

1975    The Great MacArthy   Herb   

1975    Pure S  Cop    

1978    The Irishman   Bill Bryant     

1978    The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith       Healey

1979    Dimboola        Father O'Shea

1979    The Last of the Knucklemen   Man in Bar     

1980    Buckley’s Chance       William Buckley         Short film

1983    Phar Lap          Policeman at Stables  

1983    Distinguished Guests  Professor Wiseman      Short film

1984    The Bark is Worse than the Byte                    Short film

1985    Wrong World  Psychiatrist     

1985    Bliss    Alex Duval     

1985    Jenny Kissed Me         Sergeant Blake           

1985    Niel Lynne      Detective        

1986    Kangaroo        O'Neill

1987    Going Sane     Owen Owen   

1987    The Year My Voice Broke      Bob Leishman

1987    Bachelor Girl  Grant  

1987    The Time Guardian     Sergeant McCarthy    

1987    With Time to Kill        Jack Keane     

1988    Evil Angels (aka A Cry in the Dark)   Wallace           

1990    Father  George Coleman        

1990    Aya      Willy   

1990    The Big Steal  Desmond Johnson      

1990    Beyond My Reach      Burroughs      

1994    Ebbtide            Realtor

1997    Amy    Dr Pascoe       

1999    Holy Smoke    Gilbert Barron

2001    He Died with a Felafel in His Hand   Melbourne Detective 1          

2001    The Man Who Sued God        Judge  

2002    Black and White          Mr Kjng         

2006    Riot or Revolution: Eureka Stockade 1854    Douglas Huyghue       Documentary film

2010    Matching Jack Professor Langley      

2011    The Eye of the Storm  Dr Treweek    

2011    The First Interview      Nadar  Short film

2014    The Mule         Judge Irving   

Television

Year     Title     Role     Notes

1974    Matlock Police            Peter Gibson   1 episode

1974    Marion Reg Dargie      Miniseries, 1 episode

1974    Homicide         Engineer          1 episode

1974    Rush    Constable Colvin        1 episode

1975    Division 4       Ambulance Driver      1 episode

1975    Cash and Company     Reed    1 episode

1976    Tandarra          Storekeeper     Miniseries, 1 episode

1976    The Professional Touch                      TV movie

1976    Power Without Glory  Arthur West     Miniseries, 14 episodes

1977    Bluey   Paul Hendy     1 episode

1978    Catspaw          Instructor        

1978    Against the Wind        Holt     Miniseries, 2 episodes

1978    The Tea Ladies                        8 episodes

1978    The Sullivans  Slicker 4 episodes

1979    Skyways          Bert Dyer        1 episode

1979    Cop Shop        Hedley Barrett 1 episode

1979    The Dolebludgers        Mr Price          TV movie

1980    Young Ramsay            Russell Scott   1 episode

1980    Locusts and Wild Honey        Reverend Charles        Miniseries, 3 episodes

1983    Home  Tom     3 episodes

1983    Scales of Justice          Detective Sergeant Mick Miles           Miniseries, 2 episodes

1984    The Last Bastion         Admiral Ernest King   Miniseries, 3 episodes

1984    Special Squad Roberts            Episode 2: "The Expert"

1984    Carson's Law  Det Sgt Brent  2 episodes

1983–1984      Australia You're Standing In It           Various            16 episodes

1985    A Thousand Skies       Jack Lang        Miniseries, 1 episode

1979–1995      Prisoner           Various roles   9 episodes

1986    Pokerface        Huck   Miniseries, 3 episodes

1986    Vietnam           Pascoe Miniseries, 3 episodes

1988    Rafferty's Rules           Mervyn Starkey          1 episode

1988    The Clean Machine     Dr Michael Millius      TV movie

1989    The Heroes      Colonel Mott   Miniseries

1989    Round the Twist          Mr Henderson 1 episode

1989    Bodysurfer      Rex Lang        Miniseries, 2 episodes

1989    Neighbours      Gordon Davies            4 episodes

1990    All the Rivers Run II  Blackwell        Miniseries, 2 episodes

1990    Police Crop: The Winchester Conspiracy       Detective Sergeant Brian Lockwood  TV movie

1990    Skirts   Harrison          1 episode

1989; 1990      The Flying Doctors     Dan Jackson / Bernie Gallagher         2 episodes

1991    Strangers         Father  TV movie

1991    Boys from the Bush    Bobby 1 episode

1991–1992      Chances           Jack Taylor      Episodes 1-90

1993    Time Trax        Joe the Sheriff 1 episode

1994    Ocean Girl       Blunt   1 episode

1995    Halifax f.p.      Joe Mandle      Episode: "Hard Corps"

1995    Snowy River: The McGregor Saga    Trooper John Clarke   1 episode

1997    Kangaroo Palace         Charles Reid   TV movie

1999    Thunderstone  General Cardell           2 episodes

2001    Beastmaster     Solon   1 episode

2001    Shock Jock      Dr Arnold Kipax         1 episode

2002    Bootleg            Prime Minister Tom Turner    Miniseries, 3 episodes

1999–2003      Stingers           Fergus McCallum / George Tyndall / Sgt Noel Harrison       3 episodes

2003    CrashBurn       John     2 episodes

2005    Last Man Standing      Bride's Dad     1 episode

Theatre

As actor

Year     Title     Role     Notes

1964    Doctor Faustus                        University of Melbourne

1972    Bastardy                      Pram Factory, Melbourne with APG

1972    He Can Swagger Sitting Down / The Joss Adams Show                   Pram Factory, Melbourne with APG

1972    A Night in Rio and Other Bummers               Pram Factory, Melbourne with APG

1973    The Dragon Lady's Revenge              Pram Factory, Melbourne with APG

1973    Dimboola                    Pram Factory, Melbourne with APG

1976    Knuckle           Patrick Pram Factory, Melbourne with APG

1976    The Dudders   Colonel Coop / Phil Furley     Pram Factory, Melbourne with APG

1977    Ravages: Heels Over Head     Cecil    La Mama, Melbourne

1978    It's a Mad World, My Masters             Pram Factory, Melbourne with APG

1978    No Room for Dreamers           Chidley            Canberra for Australian National Playwrights Conference

1980    Bremen Coffee            Gottfried          Melbourne Athenaeum with MTC

1980    Shakespeare the Sadist            Bill      Melbourne Athenaeum with MTC

1981    Upside Down at the Bottom of the World      DH Lawrence  Theatre 62, Adelaide with STCSA

1981    Teeth ‘n’ Smiles          Saraffian          Nimrod, Sydney

1984    The World Is Made of Glass   Carl Jung         St Martins Theatre, Melbourne with Playbox Theatre Company

1985    Nine Little Australians! Season Two              YMCA, Melbourne with MTC

1993    Picasso at the Lapin Agile                  Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne with Playbox Theatre Company

2004    The Frail Man Henry Frail      Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne with Playbox Theatre Company

2006    Romeo and Juliet                     Playhouse, Melbourne, Sydney Opera House with Bell Shakespeare

2007    Dimboola                    Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne

As director/playwright

Year     Title     Role     Notes

1973    Dimboola        Director           Chevron Hotel, Melbourne

1973    The Waltzing Matilda Pantomime      Designer          Pram Factory, Melbourne with APG

1974    The River Jordan        Director           Pram Factory, Melbourne with APG

1975    Mary Shelley and Her Monsters         Playwright       Pram Factory, Melbourne with APG

1976    Fiery Tales / Looney Tunes (The Lamentable Reign of King Charles the Last)        Librettist          Scott Theatre, Adelaide with New Opera South Australia for Adelaide Festival

1976    The Overcoat  Director           Pram Factory, Melbourne with APG

1977    Waiter, There's a Circus in My Soup  Director           The Last Laugh, Melbourne with Last Laugh Theatre Restaurant & New Circus Ensemble

1980    Tram    Director           Melbourne Comedy Cafe

1981    Wild Honey     Writer  National Theatre, Melbourne with Australian Contemporary Dance Company

1981    Squirts Writer  Playhouse, Adelaide, Universal Theatre, Melbourne with STCSA

1982    Tristram Shandy         Adaptor           Nimrod, Sydney

1985    Mary Shelley and the Monsters          Playwright       Rocks Players Theatre, Sydney for Sydney Festival

1988    Manning Clark's History of Australia – The Musical Playwright       Princess Theatre, Melbourne

1988    Tristram Shandy – Gent          Adaptor           Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with MTC for MICF

1994    Waltzing Matilda (with Tomato Sauce)          Writer  The Street Theatre, Acton, Canberra with Eureka! Theatre Company

1997    Mary Shelley and the Monsters          Playwright       Carlton Courthouse, Melbourne with La Mama