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Robert Blythe

Acting · Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, UK

Biography

Robert Blythe (1947-2018) was a Welsh actor and voice over artist. He was brought up in Tan-y-groes St in Port Talbot. He was perhaps best known the role of aging agoraphobic thief 'Fagin' in the Welsh situation comedy High Hopes which ran for six series from 2002 to 2008.

Known for

Filmography

2017An Ordinary ManGrocer
2017Love Is Thicker Than WaterGeorge
2014Leviathan AgesNarrator (voice)
2014A Poet in New YorkDylan's Dad
2012BellyWhale
2011VeraBob Tate
2005The Haunting of #24Martin Stone
2003The RoyalEric Darnby
2001Waking the DeadJohn Fontain
1999The Theory of FlightFarmer
1996DarklandsMcCullen
1995The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a MountainIvor
1994The LifeboatGeorge Bibby
1994(All Quiet on the) Preston FrontDeke
1992CivviesDCI Jenkins
1992HeartbeatGodfrey
1992The Old DevilsBearded Thug
1992Rebecca's DaughtersSergeant Bridges
1991The Chestnut SoldierIvor Griffiths
1991Devices and DesiresBill Harding
1990Emlyn's MoonIvor Griffiths
1989Nineteen96Chief Insp. Price
1988The Snow SpiderIvor Griffiths
1988The Love ChildElvis
1988CrossfireAsst. Chief Con. Gilbert
1986Whoops ApocalypseGuard with Egg in Mouth
1985Mr. and Mrs. EdgehillCharlie Howell
1985Dempsey and MakepeaceFrank
1984Missing from HomeInspector Riskin
1983Owain Glyndŵr - Prince of WalesNicholas
1982Experience Preferred... But Not EssentialIvan
1982Giro CityWelsh Policeman
1981The Life and Times of David Lloyd GeorgeBryn Roberts
1979MinderColiver
1979The Shining PyramidVan Driver
1978AccidentPrison Officer Burton
1978Wilde AllianceTelephone Engineer
1976Only LookingJoe
1975How Green Was My ValleyGlyn
1973Centre PlayJoe

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