Robert Grubb (born 31 January 1950) is an Australian actor. He studied acting at
National Institute of Dramatic Art
The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) is an Australian educational institution for the performing arts is based in Sydney, New South Wales. Founded in 1958, many of Australia's leading actors and directors trained at NIDA, including Cat ...
(NIDA), where he graduated in 1978. There he was a fellow student of actor
Mel Gibson
Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an American actor, film director, and producer. He is best known for his action hero roles, particularly his breakout role as Max Rockatansky in the first three films of the post-apocaly ...
.
Grubb played the role of Dr. Geoffrey Standish in the popular series ''
The Flying Doctors
''The Flying Doctors'' is an Australian drama TV series produced by Crawford Productions that revolves around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, starring Andrew McFarlane as the newly arrived Dr. T ...
''. He won Australia's
for his stage portrayal of ''Pop'' in the Australian production of the Queen musical, ''
We Will Rock You
"We Will Rock You" is a song written by Brian May and recorded by British rock band Queen for their 1977 album ''News of the World''. ''Rolling Stone'' ranked it number 330 of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2004, and it placed at numbe ...
''.
In 1998, he played
The Wolf/
Cinderella’s Prince in
Sondheim’s ''
Into the Woods
''Into the Woods'' is a 1987 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine.
The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tale
A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story ...
''
He also narrated "Rainforest Beneath the Canopy" in 2004.
Grubb was reprising his previous role of Detective
Bill Graves
William Preston Graves (born January 9, 1953) is an American former politician who was the 43rd governor of Kansas from 1995 until 2003.
Career
Graves was born in Salina, Kansas to parents who owned a trucking firm. After graduating from Kans ...
on ''
Neighbours
''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera, which has aired since 18 March 1985. It was created by television executive Reg Watson. The Seven Network commissioned the show following the success of Watson's earlier soap '' Sons an ...
''.
Grubb features as Senior Sgt Bill Kirby in
''Savage River'' (TV series), on
ABC TV (and
iview), premiering September 2022 and set in country
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
.
Selected filmography
References
External links
*
1950 births
Living people
Australian male film actors
Australian male stage actors
Australian male television actors
Helpmann Award winners
Male actors from Hobart
National Institute of Dramatic Art alumni
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