Robert Aldous (born 1934 in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England) is an English stage and television actor.

Robert (Bob) trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, 1953–55. In a long and varied career, his main priority was the stage and he has acted with most of the major regional theatre companies and toured extensively in the UK and overseas. He was for two years associated with the English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre and appeared in The School for Scandal at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, and in An Enemy of the People and Peter Pan at the National Theatre. For thirty years he was the “baddie” in big provincial pantomimes!  On television he can claim appearances in Dad's Army, Dr Who, “Allo,”Allo! and The First Churchills, the first ever colour television serial. He also specialised in productions requiring the Nottingham dialect, with which he helped many performers. Robert has served on the Equity Council, the Arts Council’s Drama Advisory Panel and on the Actors’ Church Union Council of Management and on St Paul's Cathedral Friends’ Council. He retired at the age of 79 after a fifty-six years career.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1956 She Stoops to Conquer Dick Muggins TV film
1960 Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Onlooker Uncredited
1973 Matushka Furmanov London Film Festival
1976 The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd Miner TV film

Also appeared in two documentaries for the National Coal Board.

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1959 The Golden Spur David Recurring role
Redgauntlet Nicholas Faggot 1 episode
1960 Captain Moonlight: Man of Mystery PC Stokes 1 episode
1961 Probation Officer Tom Eely 1 episode
Drama 61-67 Lt. Hilton Episode: "Drama '61: The Face of the Enemy"
1962 The Net Episode: "Not Wanted on a Voyage"
1963 Television Club Assistant Episode: "The Wade Family: A Day Trip to France - Channel Crossing"
1964 ITV Play of the Week Dennis Episode: "Goodnight to Heroes"
Doctor Who Freedom Fighter Episode: "World's End"
1966 The Man in the Mirror Cutler 3 episodes
1969 The Elusive Pimpernel Hubert Episode: "The Hostage"
The First Churchills Colonel Kirke 2 episodes
Dad's Army German Parachutist Episode: "Man Hunt"
1970 Z-Cars Dr. Daniels Episode: "Nice Bit O' Stuff"
Tom Grattan's War Otto Keller 3 episodes
Special Branch Brian Daniels Episode: "Error of Judgement"
Softly, Softly: Taskforce Sgt. Lugton Episode: "Bearings"
1973 Warship Chief Petty Officer, HMS Omega Episode: "Subsmash"
1977 Z-Cars Mr. Adams Episode: "Quarry"
1986 'Allo 'Allo! French Peasant Episode: "Flight of Fancy"
1990 The Bill George Foster Episode: "Michael Runs the Family Now"
1991 Jeeves and Wooster Manager Episode: "The Con (or, Pearls Mean Tears)"

Theatre

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West End

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The Owl and the Pussycat went to see... Westminster
The School for Scandal Haymarket / European tour
The Wind in the Willows Sadler's Wells
The Birthday Shoe Pantomime Fortune
Serjeant Musgrave's Dance Royal Court
Look Back In Anger Royal  Court and UK tour
Nekrassov Royal Court / Edinburgh Festival
Lysistrata Royal Court / Duke of York's
Roots Royal Court / Duke of York's
Epitaph for George Dillon Royal Court / Cambridge
The School for Scandal Haymarket / Los Angeles tour

Tours and Seasons

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Alice in Wonderland Royal Shakespeare Theatre
The Marowitz Hamlet Berlin (West German TV)
The Clandestine Marriage UK tour
A Christmas Carol Royal Court /Bournemouth
She Would If She Could Windsor / UK tour
Heartbreak House UK tour
The Skin Game UK tour
The Devil's Disciple UK tour
Dandy Dick UK tour
The Cherry Orchard UK tour
The Birthday Party UK tour
Entertaining Mr Sloane UK tour
Wuthering Heights UK tour
Trap for a Lonely Man UK tour
Mr & Mrs Nobody UK tour

Regional and Repertory Theatre

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He was a leading player in seasons at Bristol Old Vic, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Glasgow Citizen's Theatre, Nottingham Playhouse, Leeds Playhouse, Salisbury Playhouse, Queen's Theatre  Hornchurch, Victoria Theatre Stoke, Plymouth Theatre, Cardiff Sherman Theatre, Leicester Haymarket, Farnham Playhouse, Lincoln Theatre Royal and Pitlochry Festival Theatre.

Pantomime

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His background as a straight actor meant that for nearly thirty years he was the used to play the “baddie” in big VARIETY productions, starring such performers as Arthur Askey, Danny La Rue (seven times), Terry Scott, Leslie Crowther, Jimmy Edwards  Richard Murdoch and many others.

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