Alan Dobie

Alan Russell Dobie (born 2 June 1932), is a British actor.

Dobie was born in Wombwell, Yorkshire, England, to George Russell and Sarah Kate (née Charlesworth) Dobie. His father was a mining engineer and his mother's family were farmers. He was married to actress Rachel Roberts from 1955-61 then married Maureen Scott in 1963. Alan Dobie trained at the London Old Vic Theatre School and has performed in more than 117 productions during his 50+ year acting career.

tage career

Dobie made his stage debut when he played the Page to Paris, in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" at the Old Vic Theatre, London, in 1952. He made his Broadway debut as Corporal Hill in "Chips with Everything", at the Plymouth Theatre in 1963.

His stage roles in London's West End include: 'No Concern of Mine', 'Rosmersholme', 'The Complaisant Lover', 'The Tiger and the Horse', 'The Affair', 'Curtmantle', The Devils, 'Inadmissible Evidence', 'The Hallelujah Boy', 'The Wild Duck', 'Dancing at Lughnasa', 'Rough Justice', Hamlet and Waiting for Godot. At the Old Vic Theatre he performed in Romeo and Juliet, 'Italian Straw', Julius Caesar, Murder in the Cathedral, Henry VIII, Merchant of Venice, Macbeth, Love's Labours Lost, Taming of the Shrew, As You Like It, Richard II, Henry IV parts 1 & 2, Major Barbara, 'The Lonely Road', 'Waste' and King Lear. At the Royal Court Theatre Dobie starred in Look Back in Anger, 'Live Like Pigs', Major Barbara, 'Sergeant Musgrave's Dance', 'One Leg Over the Wrong Wall', 'Chips with Everything', 'The London Cuckolds' and 'Famine'. Dobie has directed The Merry Wives of Windsor, 'Season's Greetings' and 'Wedding in White'. [http://www.dcpa.org/tantalus/genius/]

Television career

Dobie has an extensive list of television roles to his credit, including major parts in "War and Peace" (1972) for the BBC, "Kessler" (1981), "The Troubleshooters" and "Hard Times" (1977), among many others. In 1964-5 he was David Corbett, antagonist to hard-nosed business director John Wilder (played by Patrick Wymark) in the board-room drama "The Plane Makers". However, perhaps his most important and famous TV role was that of "Cribb", the story of a Victorian detective, starring Dobie in the title role as Detective Sergeant Cribb. Debuting as a television play for Granada Television in 1979, the series "Cribb" which grew from it ran for 14 episodes between 1980-81.

Film career

Alan Dobie has appeared in many films, including
*"White Mischief" (1987),
*"Hedda Gabler" (1981);
*"Hard Times" (1977);
*"No Turning Back" (1974);
*"Madame Sin" (1971);
*"The Chairman" (1969)
*"Alfred the Great" (1969);
*"The Long Day's Dying" (1968);
*"The Charge of the Light Brigade" (1968);
*"The Comedy Man", (1964);
*"Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow", (1964);
*"Seven Keys", (1962). [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0229668/]

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0229668/ Dobie's film and tv work on Internet Movie Database]
* [http://www.dcpa.org/tantalus/genius/ Dobie with the Royal Shakespeare Company ]