Robin Hunter
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| Born | (1929-09-04)4 September 1929
London, England
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| Died | 8 March 2004(2004-03-08) (aged 74)
Hampstead, London, England
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Robin Ian Hunter (4 September 1929 – 8 March 2004) was an English actor who was also a performer and writer in musicals, music hall and comedy.[1]
The son of actor Ian Hunter, he made film and television appearances from the 1950s to the 1990s, which included Up Pompeii, the Carry Ons, Sherlock Holmes and Poirot.[2]
Musicals in which he performed included Damn Yankees, and the scripts he wrote himself for the Aba Daba Music Hall were of a comedic turn - such as Botome's Dream (produced in Brighton) in which Shakespeare is put on trial for plagiarism, and Aladdin & His Microsoft Compatible Floppy Drive Laptop (performed at the Arches Theatre, Southwark).
For many years, he and his girlfriend Aline Waites - an actress, playwright and critic - collaborated on scripts for plays, revues and musical theatre of all kinds. Their Illustrated Victorian Songbook was published by Michael Joseph in 1984.[3]
Appearances in West End theatre included male lead in Barefoot in the Park, and juvenile lead in The Pleasure of his Company.[4]
He married twice. Firstly to the actress Maria Charles, with whom he had two daughters, the stage manager Samantha Hunter and the actress Kelly Hunter; the couple divorced in 1966.[5] His second wife was Amanda Barrie from 1967; they separated in the 1980s, but never divorced.[6]
Hunter died in Hampstead, London from emphysema in 2004 aged 74.[7]
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