Cardew Robinson

Known for Acting

8/14/1917

Goodmayes, Essex, England, UK

Biography

Douglas John Cardew Robinson (14 August 1917 – 28 December 1992) was a British comic, whose craft was rooted in the music hall and Gang Shows.

Known For (32 credits)

6.3

Movie

Shirley Valentine

1989

Wondering what has happened to herself, now feeling stagnant and in a rut, Shirley Valentine finds herself regularly talking to the wall while preparing her husband's chips and egg. When her best friend wins a trip-for-two to Greece Shirley begins to see the world, and herself, in a different light.

Curry Up Harry!

1978

Curry Up Harry! Was a 1978 sitcom starring Harry Worth as a beleaguered proprietor of a Brick Lane curry house getting involved in hilarious cultural clashes with his Indian staff, twins Gunga and Din, played by Albert Moses or Dino Shafeek and Michael Bates.

4.7

Movie

What's Up Nurse

1978

When Dr. Robert "Sweeney" Todd arrives to fill his post at a new hospital, he is shocked to see the lengths that the nurses go to in caring for their patients.

4.7

Movie

Come Play with Me

1977

Two alluring young ladies live with their beautiful widowed aunt on a secluded wooded estate. The women have earned themselves quite a reputation in the surrounding towns and men from all over the region are frequent visitors to the small countryside home, hoping to encounter one, or preferably both, of the seductive nieces. Of course, the aunt has equally strong desires and refuses to be outdone. Soon all three are offering the many courters the chance to Come Play with Me!

4.9

Movie

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

1971

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins is a 1971 British comedy film directed and produced by Graham Stark. Its title is a conflation of The Magnificent Seven and the seven deadly sins. It comprises a sequence of seven sketches, each representing a sin and written by an array of British comedy-writing talent. The sketches are linked by animation sequences. The music score is by British jazz musician Roy Budd, cinematography by Harvey Harrison and editing by Rod Nelson-Keys and Roy Piper. It was produced by Tigon Pictures and distributed in the U.K. by Tigon Film Distributors Ltd..

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The Magnificent Six and ½: A Good Deed in Time

1969

When the Gang decide to be helpful, something is bound to go wrong. They borrow a ladder unknowingly from a decorator, who attempts to climb out of the window, not realising that his ladder has gone!

3.7

Movie

The Nine Ages of Nakedness

1969

A man attempts to deal with the bevy of naked beauties who have been bothering his family for generations.

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Hoverbug

1969

The young inventors Dick and Jenny Brewster, build their own 'Hoverbug' and hope to win the race which has been organised for home-made Hovercraft, but their arch rivals, Charlie and Sydney, bend the rules by enlisting professional help and by employing devious means to sabotage the Hoverbug.

7.2

Movie

Where's Jack?

1969

Based on the adventures of Jack Sheppard, the thief and jail-breaker who became a folk hero in 1720s London.

6.5

Movie

Carry On Up the Khyber

1968

Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond looks after the British outpost near the Khybar pass. Protected by the kilted Third Foot and Mouth regiment, you would think they were safe, but the Khazi of Kalabar has other ideas—he wants all the British dead. But his troops fear the 'skirted-devils, who are rumoured not to wear any underwear.

6.2

Movie

Smashing Time

1967

Two young women arrive in London to make it big in show business, and become corrupted by money and fame in the process.

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Three Bites of the Apple

1967

A tour guide wins a large sum of money at a casino and a beautiful woman schemes at have it, but love complicates her plans.