Robertson Hare
Date of birth: 1891-12-16
Place of birth: Islington, London, England
Known for: Acting
Also known as: John Robertson Hare
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
One Wild Oat
1951-05-16
A lawyer's plan to break up his daughter's budding romance backfires when the boyfriend's father bec
A Spot of Bother
1938-01-01
Skulduggery is on the menu after a bishop hands over a cathedral’s rebuilding fund to a shady busine
On Approval
1930-08-26
'Broke duke and millionairess try month of trial marriage.' (British Film Catalogue)
Hotel Paradiso
1966-03-01
Monsieur Feydeau has writer's block and he needs a new play, so he takes an opportunity to observe h
It's a Boy
1934-06-07
"It's a Boy" stars Horton as Dudley Leake, who is betrothed to Mary Bogle (the very pretty Wendy Bar
Things Happen at Night
1948-11-03
A young girl finds herself possessed by the spirit of a mischievous demon.
Oh, Daddy!
1935-02-08
Member of a village Purity League branch find things much livelier on a trip to London.
Our Girl Friday
1953-12-01
Rich Sadie Patch is marooned on a desert island after an emergency on her cruise-ship. With her are
Out of the Shadow
1961-06-01
A reporter learns that his brother, a student, has committed suicide. Unconvinced, he begins his own
He Snoops to Conquer
1944-12-12
George Gribble is tea-boy at Tangleton town council, he gets ravelled up in the councillors money-gr
A Cuckoo in the Nest
1933-11-11
A crowded inn means that a man and a woman must share the same room for a night. One problem is that
Dirty Work
1934-12-07
Staff in a jewellery store hatch a plan to catch a thief.
Yesterday Is Over Your Shoulder
1940-05-05
A wartime short encouraging workers to join free, government-organised engineering training schemes.
Seven Keys
1961-02-01
Alan Dobie plays a convict who is bequeathed a set of seven keys by a fellow prisoner. After discove
Car of Dreams
1935-01-09
Produced by the highly acclaimed Michael Balcon, the story revolves around Robert, the son of the ow
Turkey Time
1933-12-01
A group of guests come to stay with the Stoatt family in the seaside town of Eden Bay for Christmas.
Jack of All Trades
1936-12-30
In this he's on the dole, hungry and ready to do any job but quickly light-heartedly scams his way i
O.H.M.S.
1937-01-01
American racketeer Jimmie Dean travels to England, where he assumes the identity of a Canadian whom
Aren't Men Beasts!
1937-01-19
Two businessmen have the shock of their lives when a woman appears out of their past bearing a 23 ye
Banana Ridge
1942-04-20
When Susie Long appears, together with her 20 year old son, Pink and Pound are thrown into confusion
Fighting Stock
1935-04-09
The Aldwych Theater farceurs are at it again in Fighting Stock. The punning title refers to a well-s
So This Is London
1939-03-01
American (Churchill) in London dislikes England until his daughter (Lehmann) falls for the son (Gran
Women Aren't Angels
1943-01-18
Alfred Bandle and Wilmer Popday are partners in business and, somewhat timorously on Popday's part,
Pot Luck
1936-04-01
A retired Scotland Yard detective, Patrick Fitzpatrick (Tom Walls) comes back to take one final case
A Cup of Kindness
1934-05-07
A tale of two feuding families whose offspring cause uproar when they announce their marital plans.
Foreign Affaires
1935-11-21
An ageing aristocrat schemes to secure his dwindling finances by any means – fair or foul!
Raising the Roof
1972-09-01
Children's Film Foundation comedy.
Three Men in a Boat
1956-12-23
Three London gentlemen take a vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and misa
Rookery Nook
1930-02-11
A husband tries to hide a runaway girl from his wife and mother-on-law.
Tons of Money
1930-12-31
A debt-ridden inventor has to pretend to be his cousin to avoid his creditors.
A Night Like This
1932-03-16
Going under cover, P.C. Mahoney passes for a gentleman to get into the notorious Moonstone Club. The
Plunder
1930-11-05
A comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls.
Thark
1932-10-31
Mrs Todd is aggrieved at finding that the country house she has bought is evidently haunted. Sir Hec
Stormy Weather
1935-08-01
Sir Duncan Craggs retires from the Colonial Service and returns to London with his new French wife.
The Magic Box
1952-01-01
Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young a
The Young Ones
1961-12-19
Nicky and his friends find that their youth club is in danger of being flattened to make way for a n
Crooks Anonymous
1962-03-31
A former burglar trying to go straight joins a rehabilitation scheme using much the same methods as
Salt & Pepper
1968-07-03
After discovering the body of a murdered female agent in their trendy Soho, London nightclub, groovy
Friday the Thirteenth
1933-11-01
It is pouring with rain at one minute to midnight on Friday the thirteenth, and the driver of a Lond
My Wife's Family
1956-11-01
Just My Luck
1933-11-11
The Night We Got the Bird
1960-11-03
Good natured comic caper charting the misadventures of a hapless bunch of Brighton based petty crook