Portrait of David Robb

Acting

David Robb

Career

Active from 1976 to 2021, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
12
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Flame Trees of Thika
The Flame Trees of Thika
GoodWatch score77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 44 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
David Robb Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.3, average 5.4
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.7, average 2.0
  • Physical Comedy
    1.3, average 2.4
  • Pop Culture
    1.1, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Fiction 2
  • Political Intrigue 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

78
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

3 titles ยท average score 73
Patience
Patience (2025)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Professor John Greville

Downton Abbey: A New Era
Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)
GoodWatch score 75

as Dr Clarkson

All Those Small Things
All Those Small Things (2021)

as David

2010s

5 titles ยท average score 75
Clique
Clique (2017)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Dean Wentworth

Against the Law
Against the Law (2017)
GoodWatch score 85

as Lord Wolfenden

Sacrifice
Sacrifice (2016)
GoodWatch score 34

as Richard Guthrie

Wolf Hall
Wolf Hall (2015)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show ยท as Sir Thomas Boleyn / Thomas Boleyn

Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey (2010)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show ยท as Dr. Clarkson

2000s

12 titles ยท average score 62
Garrow's Law
Garrow's Law (2009)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Cooke

The Young Victoria
The Young Victoria (2009)
GoodWatch score 71

as Whig Member

From Time to Time
From Time to Time (2009)
GoodWatch score 53

as Lord Farrar

The History of the Devil
The History of the Devil (2008)

as Narrator

Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
GoodWatch score 52

as Admiral Sir William Winter

M.I. High
M.I. High (2007)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show ยท as Brian Gainsborough

Lost Worlds
Lost Worlds (2006)

TV show ยท as Narrator

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
GoodWatch score 69

as Dr. Lyle Wexler

Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World (2003)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as John Rennie

Footballers' Wives
Footballers' Wives (2002)
GoodWatch score 39

TV show ยท as Mr. Owen

Monarch of the Glen
Monarch of the Glen (2000)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show

Rebus
Rebus (2000)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Daniel Raeburn

1990s

19 titles ยท average score 68
Treasure Island
Treasure Island (1999)
GoodWatch score 52

as Doctor Livesey

The Princess Stallion
The Princess Stallion (1997)
GoodWatch score 69

as Ian Stewart

Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders (1997)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Charles MacKillop

Famous Fred
Famous Fred (1996)
GoodWatch score 59

as Ginger (voice)

Hellbound
Hellbound (1994)
GoodWatch score 43

as King Richard

Sharpe
Sharpe (1993)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Major Tredinnick

Swing Kids
Swing Kids (1993)
GoodWatch score 59

as Dr. Berger / Dr. Dietrich Berger

Strathblair
Strathblair (1992)

TV show ยท as Andrew Menzies

Highlander: The Series
Highlander: The Series (1992)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Kalas

Heartbeat
Heartbeat (1992)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Guy Foxton

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Brutus (voice)

Parnell & the Englishwoman
Parnell & the Englishwoman (1991)

TV show ยท as Capt. Willie O'Shea

1980s

19 titles ยท average score 63
The Deceivers
The Deceivers (1988)
GoodWatch score 45

as George Anglesmith

Dreams Lost, Dreams Found
Dreams Lost, Dreams Found (1987)
GoodWatch score 52

as Ross Fleming

First Among Equals
First Among Equals (1986)

TV show ยท as Andrew Fraser

Casualty
Casualty (1986)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show ยท as Henry Reeve-Jones

The Bill
The Bill (1984)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show

Paint Me a Murder
Paint Me a Murder (1984)

as Vincent Rhodes

Morte d'Arthur
Morte d'Arthur (1984)

as Sir Lancelot

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense (1984)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Vincent Rhodes

Taggart
Taggart (1983)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show

Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe (1982)
GoodWatch score 68

as Robin Hood

The Flame Trees of Thika
The Flame Trees of Thika (1981)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Robin

Hamlet
Hamlet (1980)
GoodWatch score 71

as Laertes

1970s

19 titles ยท average score 73
The Legend of King Arthur
The Legend of King Arthur (1979)

TV show ยท as Sir Lancelot

The Four Feathers
The Four Feathers (1978)
GoodWatch score 77

as Thomas Willoughby

The Sandbaggers
The Sandbaggers (1978)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Paul Dalgetty

Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights (1978)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Edgar Linton

Hazell
Hazell (1978)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show ยท as Jonathon Clayton

Out
Out (1978)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Swann

Scorpion Tales
Scorpion Tales (1978)

TV show ยท as Lieutenant James White

Supernatural
Supernatural (1977)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Philip Hambleton

I, Claudius
I, Claudius (1976)
GoodWatch score 92

TV show ยท as Germanicus

French Without Tears
French Without Tears (1976)

as Brian Curtis

Conduct Unbecoming
Conduct Unbecoming (1975)
GoodWatch score 58

as 2nd Lt. Winters

Churchill's People
Churchill's People (1974)

TV show ยท as Penda's Thegn

1960s

1 title ยท average score 61
BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show ยท as Robert Caplan / Brian Curtis