Jay Robinson
As film debuts go, character actor Jay Robinson's in 1953 was about as spectacular as they come. Opposite stars Richard Burton and Victor Mature in the historical epic "The Robe," he jumped off the screen as Caligula, often stealing from them and other co-stars the scenes that he was in. Robinson's turn as the Roman Emperor was so successful that he in fact repeated the same role in the 1954 sequel, "Demetrius and the Gladiators." A decade later, Robinson took on the part of another Roman Emperor, Julius Caesar, but this time the intended effect was comedic rather than dramatic, as it was for a 1969 episode of "Bewitched," entitled "Samantha's Caesar Salad." Robinson carved out a nice supporting career in TV during the 1960's, 70's and 80's, scoring a wide variety of single-episode guest-star work. For example, between 1968 and 1974, he played five different roles on the action series "Mannix." He was Professor Thaxton in the mid-70's for three episodes of "The Waltons" and worked in 1988-89 on the venerable soap opera "Days of Our Lives" as Monty Dolan. Bette Davis at one point recruited Robinson to play opposite her in the 1971 comedy "Bunny O'Hare," but the film was a resounding box office flop.
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Jay Robinson
Filmography
Movies
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20% |
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Skeeter | Drake (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ghost Ship | Crusoe (Character) | - | 1992 |
69% |
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Bram Stoker's Dracula | Mr. Hawkins (Character) | $82.0M | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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Transylvania Twist | Uncle Ephram (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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The Malibu Bikini Shop | Ben (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Memories Never Die | Dr. Max Heilbrunn (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Born Again | David Shapiro (Character) | - | 1978 |
68% |
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Shampoo | Norman (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Train Ride to Hollywood | Dracula (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet |
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Nightmare Honeymoon | Ruskin (Character) | - | 1974 |
33% |
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Three the Hard Way | Monroe Feather (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | This Is a Hijack | Simon Scott (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | She Lives | Dr. Mayhill (Character) | - | 1973 |
88% |
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask) | The Priest (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet |
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Bunny O'Hare | John C. Rupert (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tell Me in the Sunlight | Barber (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet |
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My Man Godfrey | Vincent (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wild Party | Gage Freeposter (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet |
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The Virgin Queen | Chadwick (Character) | - | 1955 |
75% |
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Demetrius and the Gladiators | Caligula (Character) | - | 1954 |
38% |
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The Robe | Caligula (Character) | - | 1953 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Bishop Burkhardt (Guest Star) | 1991 |
87% | 95% | Cheers | Larry (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barney Miller | Morton Hackler (Guest Star) | 1976 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Waltons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975-1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Shrinker | Dr. Shrinker (Character) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Harry O | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bronk | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 |
100% | 83% | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Lyle Kilburn (Guest Star) | 1968 1970-1971 1974 |
55% | 89% | Planet of the Apes | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Banacek |
Bradley Merrick / |
1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Room 222 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | 48% | Bewitched | Professor Poindexter Phipps (Guest Star) | 1969-1970 |
80% | 89% | Star Trek | Petri (Guest Star) | 1968 |
No Score Yet | 100% | The Wild, Wild West | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968 |