Rex Robbins

Biography

Rex Robbins was an American character actor whose Broadway debut came in 1963 with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and he went on to appear in more than 30 plays and films. He played Herbie in the 1974 Broadway revival of Gypsy, acting opposite Angela Lansbury, and toured nationally as the Narrator and the Mysterious Man in Into the Woods. He also stepped into the long-running Doug Henning musical The Magic Show, replacing David Ogden Stiers. With John Lithgow he appeared in British plays including The Changing Room and Comedians, and Lithgow directed him in Boy Meets Girl. On screen he played Roger Sherman in the 1972 film version of the musical 1776, and off-Broadway he appeared in A.R. Gurney's The Dining Room. He last took the stage in 2000 in a musical version of James Joyce's The Dead, and he made a brief appearance in The Royal Tenenbaums, his last film.

68years old at death

Born March 30, 1935Pierre
Died September 23, 2003
Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
Also credited as Rex McNicol Robbins

Movie Career

Films: 6
Career span: 19 years1971 to 1990

Genres

Comedy67%, 4 films
Drama33%, 2 films
Romance33%, 2 films
Action17%, 1 film
Crime17%, 1 film

First and latest

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First role
Rex Robbins first appeared on Broadway in 1963, playing the doctor in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. After that he took on parts in more than 30 plays and films.

Rex Robbins movies on Netflix

Stella1990IMDb rating 6.2as Minister
Vampire's Kiss1988IMDb rating 6.1as Sidney Langdon
The Secret of My Succe$s1987IMDb rating 6.5as McMasters
Simon1980IMDb rating 6.3as Army doctor
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg1980IMDb rating 6.9
Shaft1971IMDb rating 6.6as Rollie

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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Shaft1971 Action, Crime, Drama, Thrilleras Rollie
IMDb rating 6.623K votes
The Secret of My Succe$s1987 Comedy, Romanceas McMasters
IMDb rating 6.540K votes
Vampire's Kiss1988as Sidney Langdon
IMDb rating 6.125K votes
Stella1990as Minister
IMDb rating 6.23.1K votes
Simon1980as Army doctor
IMDb rating 6.31.2K votes
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg1980
IMDb rating 6.973 votes

Worked with

Rex Robbins shares three films with Fred Gwynne, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Fred Gwynne

Nicolas Cage

John Goodman

Wallace Shawn

Alan Arkin

Henry FondaHerbert RossDirector, 1 film Robert BiermanDirector, 1 film

Gordon ParksDirector, 1 film

Films together

Fred Gwynne3 films together, 1980 to 1987
Fred Gwynne's page
- The Secret of My Succe$s1987IMDb rating 6.5Robbins as McMastersGwynne as Donald Davenport
- Simon1980IMDb rating 6.3Robbins as Army doctorGwynne as Maj. Gen. Korey
- The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg1980IMDb rating 6.9Gwynne as Rev. Burgess
Nicolas Cage1 film together, 1988
Nicolas Cage's page
- Vampire's Kiss1988IMDb rating 6.1Robbins as Sidney LangdonCage as Peter Loew
John Goodman1 film together, 1990
John Goodman's page
- Stella1990IMDb rating 6.2Robbins as MinisterGoodman as Ed Munn
Wallace Shawn1 film together, 1980
Wallace Shawn's page
- Simon1980IMDb rating 6.3Robbins as Army doctorShawn as Eric Van Dongen
Alan Arkin1 film together, 1980
Alan Arkin's page
- Simon1980IMDb rating 6.3Robbins as Army doctorArkin as Prof. Simon Mendelssohn
Henry Fonda1 film together, 1980
Henry Fonda's page
- The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg1980IMDb rating 6.9Fonda as Self - Series Host
Herbert RossDirector, 1 film, 1987
All films by Herbert Ross
- The Secret of My Succe$s1987IMDb rating 6.5Robbins as McMasters
Robert BiermanDirector, 1 film, 1988
All films by Robert Bierman
- Vampire's Kiss1988IMDb rating 6.1Robbins as Sidney Langdon
Gordon ParksDirector, 1 film, 1971
All films by Gordon Parks
- Shaft1971IMDb rating 6.6Robbins as Rollie

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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