Robertson Hare

Robertson Hare

John Robertson Hare, OBE (17 December 1891 – 25 January 1979) was an English actor, who came to fame in the Aldwych farces. He is remembered by modern audiences for his performances as the Archdeacon in the popular BBC sitcom, All Gas and Gaiters. Short in stature and of unheroic appearance, Hare made his stage career in character roles. From his early days as an actor he was cast as older men. One of his favourite parts, which he played in the provinces before achieving West End success, was "Grumpy", a retired lawyer, in which he toured before the First World War. After war service in the army, Hare got his big break. He was cast in a long-running farce with Ralph Lynn and Tom Walls. His meek and put-upon character was repeated in various incarnations in the eleven Aldwych farces presented by Walls between 1923 and 1933. He also appeared in film versions of most of the farces. After the Aldwych series came to an end, Hare continued to be cast in similar roles in new plays by Ben Travers and many others. Occasionally Hare took a break from farce, appearing in revue with Benny Hill and in a musical with Frankie Howerd. His final major role was on television in the late 1960s, as the Archdeacon of St Ogg's in the BBC comedy series All Gas and Gaiters. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

  • Title: Robertson Hare
  • Popularity: 1.117
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1891-12-16
  • Place of Birth: Islington, London, England
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  • Also Known As: John Robertson Hare
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Robertson Hare Movies

  • 1951
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    One Wild Oat

    One Wild Oat

    4.5 1951 HD

    A lawyer's plan to break up his daughter's budding romance backfires when the boyfriend's father becomes involved.

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  • 1938
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    A Spot of Bother

    A Spot of Bother

    1 1938 HD

    Skulduggery is on the menu after a bishop hands over a cathedral’s rebuilding fund to a shady businessman. The bishop’s secretary is...

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  • 1930
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    On Approval

    On Approval

    1 1930 HD

    'Broke duke and millionairess try month of trial marriage.' (British Film Catalogue)

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  • 1966
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    Hotel Paradiso

    Hotel Paradiso

    5.4 1966 HD

    Monsieur Feydeau has writer's block, and he needs a new play. But he takes an opportunity to observe the upper class of 1900 Paris - Monsieur...

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  • 1934
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    It's a Boy

    It's a Boy

    1 1934 HD

    "It's a Boy" stars Horton as Dudley Leake, who is betrothed to Mary Bogle (the very pretty Wendy Barrie). Shortly before the wedding, Dudley blurts a...

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  • 1948
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    Things Happen at Night

    Things Happen at Night

    4.3 1948 HD

    A young girl finds herself possessed by the spirit of a mischievous demon.

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  • 1935
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    Oh, Daddy!

    Oh, Daddy!

    5 1935 HD

    Member of a village Purity League branch find things much livelier on a trip to London.

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  • 1953
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    Our Girl Friday

    Our Girl Friday

    5.1 1953 HD

    Rich Sadie Patch is marooned on a desert island after an emergency on her cruise-ship. With her are Irish stoker Pat, prickly young Jimmy Carrol, and...

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  • 1961
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    Out of the Shadow

    Out of the Shadow

    5 1961 HD

    A reporter learns that his brother, a student, has committed suicide. Unconvinced, he begins his own investigation when the police dismiss his...

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  • 1944
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    He Snoops to Conquer

    He Snoops to Conquer

    8.2 1944 HD

    George Gribble is tea-boy at Tangleton town council, he gets ravelled up in the councillors money-grubbing machinations concerning compiling and then...

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  • 1933
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    A Cuckoo in the Nest

    A Cuckoo in the Nest

    4.5 1933 HD

    A crowded inn means that a man and a woman must share the same room for a night. One problem is that they are both married - to other people. The...

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  • 1934
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    Dirty Work

    Dirty Work

    1 1934 HD

    Staff in a jewellery store hatch a plan to catch a thief.

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  • 1940
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    Yesterday Is Over Your Shoulder

    Yesterday Is Over Your Shoulder

    1 1940 HD

    A wartime short encouraging workers to join free, government-organised engineering training schemes.

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  • 1961
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    Seven Keys

    Seven Keys

    6.8 1961 HD

    Alan Dobie plays a convict who is bequeathed a set of seven keys by a fellow prisoner. After discovering that the deceased was an embezzler who stole...

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  • 1935
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    Car of Dreams

    Car of Dreams

    5.6 1935 HD

    Produced by the highly acclaimed Michael Balcon, the story revolves around Robert, the son of the owner of a musical instrument factory. He is in...

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  • 1933
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    Turkey Time

    Turkey Time

    1 1933 HD

    A group of guests come to stay with the Stoatt family in the seaside town of Eden Bay for Christmas. They soon become involved with an impoverished...

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  • 1936
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    Jack of All Trades

    Jack of All Trades

    5.5 1936 HD

    In this he's on the dole, hungry and ready to do any job but quickly light-heartedly scams his way into society and a highly regarded position at a...

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  • 1937
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    O.H.M.S.

    O.H.M.S.

    5 1937 HD

    American racketeer Jimmie Dean travels to England, where he assumes the identity of a Canadian whom he has been falsely accused of murdering. Jimmie...

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  • 1937
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    Aren't Men Beasts!

    Aren't Men Beasts!

    1 1937 HD

    Two businessmen have the shock of their lives when a woman appears out of their past bearing a 23 year old son - and one of them may be the father!

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  • 1942
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    Banana Ridge

    Banana Ridge

    5.8 1942 HD

    When Susie Long appears, together with her 20 year old son, Pink and Pound are thrown into confusion that one of them could be his father.

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  • 1935
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    Fighting Stock

    Fighting Stock

    1 1935 HD

    The Aldwych Theater farceurs are at it again in Fighting Stock. The punning title refers to a well-stocked rural fishing stream, which sparks a...

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  • 1939
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    So This Is London

    So This Is London

    1 1939 HD

    American (Churchill) in London dislikes England until his daughter (Lehmann) falls for the son (Granger) of the Lord (Drayton) with whom he wants to...

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  • 1943
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    Women Aren't Angels

    Women Aren't Angels

    1 1943 HD

    Alfred Bandle and Wilmer Popday are partners in business and, somewhat timorously on Popday's part, in pleasure. When their wives join the A.T.S.,...

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  • 1936
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    Pot Luck

    Pot Luck

    1 1936 HD

    A retired Scotland Yard detective, Patrick Fitzpatrick (Tom Walls) comes back to take one final case, tracking down a missing vase which has been...

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  • 1934
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    A Cup of Kindness

    A Cup of Kindness

    1 1934 HD

    A tale of two feuding families whose offspring cause uproar when they announce their marital plans.

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  • 1935
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    Foreign Affaires

    Foreign Affaires

    1 1935 HD

    An ageing aristocrat schemes to secure his dwindling finances by any means – fair or foul!

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  • 1972
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    Raising the Roof

    Raising the Roof

    1 1972 HD

    Children's Film Foundation comedy.

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  • 1956
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    Three Men in a Boat

    Three Men in a Boat

    6.3 1956 HD

    Three London gentlemen take a vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and misadventures along the way.

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  • 1930
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    Rookery Nook

    Rookery Nook

    1 1930 HD

    A husband tries to hide a runaway girl from his wife and mother-on-law.

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  • 1930
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    Tons of Money

    Tons of Money

    1 1930 HD

    A debt-ridden inventor has to pretend to be his cousin to avoid his creditors.

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  • 1932
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    A Night Like This

    A Night Like This

    1 1932 HD

    Going under cover, P.C. Mahoney passes for a gentleman to get into the notorious Moonstone Club. There he meets Clifford Tope, a ne'er do well who is...

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  • 1930
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    Plunder

    Plunder

    1 1930 HD

    A comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls.

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  • 1932
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    Thark

    Thark

    1 1932 HD

    Mrs Todd is aggrieved at finding that the country house she has bought is evidently haunted. Sir Hector Benbow and his nephew, on behalf of the...

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  • 1935
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    Stormy Weather

    Stormy Weather

    1 1935 HD

    Sir Duncan Craggs retires from the Colonial Service and returns to London with his new French wife. The couple are devoted to each other, but...

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  • 1952
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    The Magic Box

    The Magic Box

    6.3 1952 HD

    Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to...

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  • 1961
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    The Young Ones

    The Young Ones

    6.2 1961 HD

    Nicky and his friends find that their youth club is in danger of being flattened to make way for a new office block unless they can come up with...

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  • 1962
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    Crooks Anonymous

    Crooks Anonymous

    6.3 1962 HD

    A former burglar trying to go straight joins a rehabilitation scheme using much the same methods as AA. Through the process, he takes work as a...

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  • 1968
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    Salt & Pepper

    Salt & Pepper

    5.3 1968 HD

    After discovering the body of a murdered female agent in their trendy Soho, London nightclub, groovy owners Charles Salt and Christopher Pepper...

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  • 1933
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    Friday the Thirteenth

    Friday the Thirteenth

    6 1933 HD

    It is pouring with rain at one minute to midnight on Friday the thirteenth, and the driver of a London bus is peering through his blurred windscreen...

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  • 1966
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    All Gas and Gaiters

    All Gas and Gaiters

    5.5 1966 HD

    All Gas and Gaiters is a British television ecclesiastical sitcom which aired on BBC1 from 1966 to 1971. It was written by Pauline Devaney and Edwin...

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  • 1968
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    Ooh La La!

    Ooh La La!

    1 1968 HD

    Series based on the short French farces written by Georges Feydeau, Eugène Labiche, Marc Michel and Sacha Guitry. All of them include mistaken...

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