Ted Robbins

Edward Michael Robbins (born 11 August 1955) is an English actor, television presenter and radio broadcaster and presents a Sunday morning show on BBC Radio Lancashire. He has performed as a warm-up artist for numerous pre-recorded comedy shows that have been filmed before live studio audiences including Granada Television's Wood and Walters and Birds of a Feather, provided the voiceover in Catchphrase from 1994 to 1996 and returned in Roy Walker's penultimate series in 1998 and 1999, and the BBC's Little Britain. He also starred in Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights (2001–02) for both series as Den Perry, the main "villain", and also the Governor in The Slammer. His most recent roles were in Benidorm in 2012 as Victor St. James. Also, Hank Zipzer in episode 8 playing Bob and Diddy TV playing Larry Bingbongberger. He guest starred as Barry Quid in Series 10 of Birds of a Feather and also in the comedy series The League of Gentlemen as Tony Cluedo, singer of Crème Brulee. On 31 January 2015, Robbins suffered a heart attack and collapsed on stage, clutching his chest, during his solo sketch at the opening night of the Phoenix Nights Live tour at the Manchester Arena.[3] His health has improved since then and he has lost two stone.[4] Robbins currently hosts the Friday afternoon show on BBC Radio Manchester. In 2020 Robbins appeared on the rebooted version of Crackerjack! as one of the "Crackerjack Players.

Known For: Acting

Born: Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, 1955-08-11

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1981	Chariots of Fire	Shot Putter (uncredited)	68
2	1994	Pussy in Boots	The Innkeeper	100
3	2000	This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper		0
4	2000	Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings	Self	65
5	2003	Calendar Girls	Bike Man	65
6	2011	Eric & Ernie	Jack Hylton	72
7	2013	Ye Olde Dragons' Den	Duncan Bannatyne	0
8	2015	Peter Kay: 20 Years of Funny	Self	70
9	2017	The Paul O'Grady Story	Self	83

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1984	Surprise, Surprise	Self	58
2	1987	Kate And Ted's Show	Various characters	0
3	1987	Chain Letters		70
4	1988	The Kate Robbins Show	Various Characters	0
5	1990	The Upper Hand	Ron	70
6	1992	Heartbeat	Don Dibley	71
7	1996	Dalziel & Pascoe	Barman	64
8	1996	The Alphabet Game		0
9	1999	The League of Gentlemen	Tony Cluedo	77
10	2000	That Peter Kay Thing		61
11	2001	Phoenix Nights		78
12	2001	Phoenix Nights	Don Perry	78
13	2001	Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps		68
14	2001	Richard & Judy	Self	29
15	2003	The Royal	Ted Skinner	76
16	2006	Loose at 5:30		0
17	2006	The Chase		60
18	2006	The Slammer		54
19	2008	Fairy Tales		0
20	2012	Bad Education	Paul	69
21	2013	Father Brown	Jock McCudgeon	75
22	2016	Diddy TV	Larry Weinsteinberger	0
23	2018	Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators	Joseph JJ Jacques	72

Ted Robbins

Film

Television