Actor
Robin Driscoll
June 28, 1951
Robin Driscoll is a British actor and writer, best known as a writer of Mr. Bean. After leaving Worthing Art College, Robin Driscoll, with friends, formed a touring theatre company named ‘Cliffhanger' in the early 1970s. The shows were always comedies and contrived through improvisation. After writing for several TV shows, Robin became a contributor to Alas Smith and Jones then later, the main writer for Mr Bean: the TV series, movies and animations. He and Rowan Atkinson are close friends; he appeared with Rowan Atkinson in Laughing Matters (1992) - Visual Comedy, a documentary on the mechanics of visual humour.
As an actor, he has appeared in episodes of TV shows such as Only Fools and Horses ("The Jolly Boys' Outing"), Murder Most Horrid, Dear John, Alas Smith & Jones, Wilderness Road and The Fast Show. In recent years he has written his own mystery thriller novels.
Notable work
Often works with
Rowan Atkinson
5 titles together
Mr. Bean, The Tall Guy, Mr. Bean: The Bus Stop
Matilda Ziegler
4 titles together
Mr. Bean, Mr. Bean: The Bus Stop, The Exciting Escapades of Mr. Bean
Roger Sloman
2 titles together
Mr. Bean, Dramarama
Angus Deayton
2 titles together
Mr. Bean, The Tall Guy
Dinsdale Landen
2 titles together
Morons from Outer Space, The Steal
R.J. Bell
2 titles together
Morons from Outer Space, The Steal
Full filmography · 16
Titanic
as Reporter
19966
Murder Most Horrid
as Reg
1991
Waiting for God
as Funeral Director
1990
Mr. Bean
as Cinema Manager and as Ticket Inspector and as Police Sergeant and Writer
19908Mornin' Sarge
as Ted
1989
Chelmsford 123
as Radulf
1988
Hello Mum
cast
1987
Dear John
as Chopper
1986
They Came From Somewhere Else
cast
1984
Dramarama
Writer
1983