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Director, Producer, Actor Born: 1886 Death: 1972 Biography:Actor/director/producer Robert Atkins enjoyed a long and renowned career on the stage -- for which he was subsequently knighted -- but also made some notable contributions to film and television. Atkins was born in Dulwich, London, England, in 1886, and was a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art early in that institution's history. His theater career began early in the twentieth century, and he was sufficiently established by 1913 to make his screen debut, portraying Marcellus in a film adaptation of Hamlet that starred Johnston Forbes-Robertson. His second film appearance didn't take place until 1935 when he played Dr. Johnson in Peg of Old Drury, a prestigious Herbert Wilcox production starring Anna Neagle and Cedric Hardwicke, and featuring a young Jack Hawkins. He appeared in other Wilcox productions before the war and also starred in and directed a handful of early BBC television... Full Biography
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