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Post by ChasWeazle on Feb 22, 2019 5:32:37 GMT
Let us remember...
Robin Davies, who passed on this day (22nd February) 2010, aged just 56.
He was born in Tywyn, Wales on the 16th January 1954.
He was a child actor and made his television debut in the BBC soap opera 'The Newcomers'.
He was also in 'The Magnificent Six and a Half' , which went on to become the children's show 'Here Come the Double Deckers' .
He is perhaps best known for two of his earliest TV roles '... And Mother Makes Three', with Wendy Craig and the sequel... 'And Mother Makes Five'.
His film credits included the Lindsay Anderson films 'If' in 1968, 'The Blood on Satan's Claw' (1971) and 'Britannia Hospital' (1982). Also a cameo in 'Shakespeare in Love' (1998).
He also had roles in Doomwatch, Warship, The Saturday Party, Forget Me Not Lane, The Country Party, A Moment in Time and Spearhead.
... but we lovingly remember him as Edward... 'The boy' 'Carrot' in the first series of Catweazle.
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Post by Alan Hayes on Feb 22, 2019 11:34:29 GMT
A superb actor and every bit as much the reason for the success of Catweazle's first series as Geoffrey Bayldon, Richard Carpenter or anyone else involved. Pitch perfect performance - and it was a real loss that we didn't get to see more of Carrot in that hoped for Third Series.
So tragic that he passed on at such a young age, but at least he lived long enough for the Fan Club to reconnect him with Catweazle and Geoffrey and to make him realise just how loved and admired he was by thousands of fans of the series.
Totally natural as Carrot and terrific in anything else he appeared in.
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Post by Carol Barnes on Feb 26, 2019 14:17:17 GMT
I agree, he was the perfect partner to Catweazle - no doubt about it. Completely natural and perfect reactions and expressions!
Robin was so modest with it - such a tragedy to lose him so early. Once again, he found our club quite late, but once found, he loved it dearly and indeed coming to one last Catweazle weekend was one of his final wishes - quite remarkable and very humbling. Sadly it was a request cruelly denied to him. Although I feel that to see him in his condition would have been totally heart breaking for us all.
He will always be remembered.
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Post by Carol Barnes on Feb 26, 2019 14:22:15 GMT
Incidentally, did you know that Robin appeared regularly in the Morecambe and Wise shows early on. He came on at the end with a ladder!
Years later he went passed the pair at Broadcasting house, but thinking they would not remember or recognise him, he said nothing as he past by. Eric turned round and said " oh aren't you going to talk to us then?" Robin was chuffed that they did indeed remember him well - lovely.
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Post by Alan Hayes on Feb 26, 2019 17:39:29 GMT
That is indeed a lovely story, Carol.  |
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Post by ChasWeazle on Dec 9, 2019 4:08:45 GMT
Robin was also in a 6 part series that was aired by the BBC in 1967 called 'Blandings Castle' as he (Robin) mentions in the short documentary about Catweazle called 'Brothers in Magic'. (whether he was in all episodes or just one or some is not known) Although, on the IMDB website, he is not credited! ... The actual footage of Blandings Castle isn't available as it was wiped by the BBC Interestingly, Freddy Foote who plays Arthur Skinner in the 12th episode of the first series of Catweazle 'The Wisdom of Solomon' does get a mention in the IMDB website as playing in the first episode of Blandings Castle! m.imdb.com/title/tt0760334/fullcredits/cast?ref_=m_tt_ftrgte_cont_1 |
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Post by Alan Hayes on Dec 9, 2019 8:30:25 GMT
As Chas will know from our private chats, it appears that several early credits for Robin have slipped under the radar in the computer age, when so much information is at our fingertips, because in Robin's earliest TV work he acted using his birthname of Robert Davies. These roles included Give a Dog a Bone (1965), Mrs Thursday (1966) and - probably - Public Eye (1968). I say 'probably' because there's a fly in the ointment - there was another actor using the same name Robert Davies at the time and some of the roles on this list below might not be Robin. www.imdb.com/name/nm0203939/The character in the Public Eye episode was a schoolboy, so at 14 it probably was 'our' Robin. Even more likely due to the fact the character is called Alun Fielding, meaning he was quite likely meant to be Welsh - and our Robin was born in Wales. |
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Post by BomberCommand on Mar 10, 2021 20:54:30 GMT
Was anyone aware of Robin's appearance in an episode of One Foot In The Grave? Entitled 'Endgame' from 1997, he's credited as A Rambler. Good to see him in a class comedy, even though it's brief, that's not mentioned on Wiki or IMBD.
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Post by Alan Hayes on Mar 10, 2021 23:32:44 GMT
No, can't say I was. I'm very fond of the series and have the DVD set, so I'll take a look. Good spot!
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Post by BomberCommand on Mar 12, 2021 22:05:40 GMT
Well it seems that IMBD have updated there info on many faces and flms/TV and you should now see Robin's profile that lists more of what he appeared in. Unfortunately there's no information regarding his (possible appearence) in Public eye 1968. One of many missing/wiped episodes and a firm favouritr with me alongside Callan and Budgie.
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Post by Alan Hayes on Mar 15, 2021 23:11:24 GMT
Yes, those Public Eye and Callan missing episodes are frustrating. Both such great series, but now incomplete. We're very lucky - quite possibly by dint of it being made on film - that Catweazle did not suffer a similar fate.
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Post by Martinus on Feb 22, 2024 22:57:14 GMT
To the day fourteen years ago. Requiescas in pace, Carota. |
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Post by southernspirits on Feb 26, 2024 7:01:19 GMT
I really appreciated that you remembered and commemorated it here with us.
My feeling about Robin is that he remained that very fresh and open person, with a gentle heart, but of course, I never met him. I was really touched by how he came across in the 1998 interview with Geoffrey.
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