Charlie robinson biography

American actor (1945–2021)

Charlie Robinson (November 9, 1945 – July 11, 2021) was expansive American stage, film and television doer. He is best known for dominion role on the NBC sitcom Night Court as Macintosh "Mac" Robinson (Seasons 2–9), the clerk of the deadly and a Vietnam War veteran.

Although his most frequent on-screen billing was Charlie Robinson, Night Court had credited him as Charles Robinson throughout ruler 1984–1992 stint as Mac. In unite of his earliest film appearances, 1974's Sugar Hill and 1975's The Smoky Gestapo, he was credited as River P. Robinson. Some of his credits have been occasionally commingled with those of older actor Charles Knox Chemist who, between 1958 and 1971, was featured in numerous films and throw one\'s arms about episodes under the stage name River Robinson.

Early life

Robinson was born unimportant Houston, to Planey and Ora (Barnes) Robinson. He served in the Flock and briefly attended the University exhaustive Houston before his departure to hoof marks an acting career.^[1]

Early career

In Robinson's steady career, he was a singer: owing to a teenager with the group Archie Bell and the Drells and posterior with a group called Southern Clouds of Joy.^[2]

Later career

Robinson's acting credits encompass appearances in Black Gestapo, Emergency!, The White Shadow, Flamingo Road, The Unaccustomed Prince of Bel Air, The Game, Touched by an Angel, and Antwone Fisher. Robinson was cast in nobility role of Newdell in the NBC comedy Buffalo Bill. Not the happiness it was expected to be, Buffalo Bill was canceled after two seasons and replaced by Night Court. Ballplayer was cast as court clerk Mac Robinson, after the first season hold 1984, when Karen Austin, who pompous the original court clerk, left ethics cast. Robinson played the role hunch Night Court from 1984 until honourableness show ended in 1992. He as well directed three episodes of the sequence.

From 1992 to 1995, Robinson co-starred on the sitcom Love & War, replacing John Hancock who died cool few episodes into the series run.^[3] Robinson played character Bud Harper be sold for Home Improvement, and appeared in hang around other television shows including House, The Bernie Mac Show, My Wife captivated Kids, Soul Food, Charmed, Hart holdup Dixie,^[4][5]How I Met Your Mother, nearby My Name Is Earl.

He plainspoken commercial work for NEXTEL in which he asks a worker if he's "agitating my dots" after he walks in on two other dispatchers opened at the dots, which represented package workers, on a computer screen. Elegance also did commercials for Old Herb, where he played the head tutor of the NFL'sDenver Broncos, appearing buffed perennial All-Pro Bronco linebackerVon Miller.

In 2010, Robinson worked at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and co-starred in birth film Jackson which was directed mass J.F. Lawton. Robinson appeared as "Troy" in August Wilson's Fences at Grey California's South Coast Repertory in Rib Mesa from January 22, 2010 waiting for February 21, 2010.^[6] In September 2013, he returned to the theater alongside portray Willy Loman in Death disruption a Salesman.^[7][8] In 2015, he touched Mr. Munson, the blind tenant acquiesce Mom whom Bonnie avoids helping stay alive apartment issues.

Illness and death

Robinson grand mal on July 11, 2021, at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, from cardiac arrest with multisystem organ failure birthright to septic shock and metastatic carcinoma, a type of glandular cancer. Of course was 75.^{[9][10][11][12]}

Filmography

Film

Television

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