Robert Daws

Robert Daws (born 1 May 1959) is an English actor noted for his numerous appearances in British television dramas.

He played the hapless food-loving Tuppy Glossup alongside Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry in the television adaptation of Jeeves and Wooster (1990-1993), and he is particularly well remembered for his portrayal of the overly self-important cricket captain Roger Dervish in the ITV comedy drama Outside Edge (1994-1996). In 1997 he starred in the one off BBC drama, The Missing Postman and the following year he starred as sam, the co-owner of a cab firm, in the pilot of what would become Roger Roger, which ran until 2003. More recently Daws has inhabited the screen as Dr.Gordon Ormerod in the 1960s hospital drama The Royal, which was suspended in 2009 but is due to return sometime in 2010.

He played King John's herald (Hubert de Guiscarde) in two episodes of Robin of Sherwood( "The Greatest Enemy" and "The Sheriff of Nottingham"). In November and December 2009 he appeared in Public Property by Sam Peter Jackson at the Trafalgar Studios.

Daws also plays the trumpet which he can be seen to play over the credits of the final episode of A bit of Fry and Laurie.

Robert's first wife was Amanda Waring (1993–2002), but he has been married to his co-star Amy Robbins since 2003. He has two daughters, Betsy and May with Amy Robbins and a son from his first marriage. They live in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, where Robert compered the town's first Proms in June 2009.

Filmography

Robert Daws - filmography

The Royal - Series 2 - Complete on DVD (2003)
Starring: Amy Robbins, Wendy Craig, Linda Armstrong
Director: Keith Boak, Paul Duane, Paul Walker
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ITV drama THE ROYAL first started life as a spin-off from the long-running, much-loved show HEARTBEAT; taking place in Aidensfield's nearby St Aidan's Royal Free Hospital in the sea-side town of Elsinby. Set in the 1960s, when matrons ruled the wards, the drama focuses on the various emergencies ..read more »

45% from 8 members

Arthur's Dyke (2001)
Starring: Pauline Quirke, Robert Daws, Richard Graham
Director: Gerry Poulson
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Comedy centered around Offa's Dyke - an Anglo-Saxon wall that was built to seperate the Welsh from the English.

63% from 84 members
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Outside Edge - Series 3 (1996)
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Robert Daws, Josie Lawrence
Director: none
Certificate:
Features the complete episodes from the third series of the television comedy, which follows the going-ons of a village cricket team, and the diverse individuals associated with it.

74% from 70 members
Not available for rental

Outside Edge - Series 2 (1995)
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Robert Daws, Josie Lawrence
Director: Nick Hurran
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Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice, Belonging) and Robert Daws (The Royal, Jeeves and Wooster) return as the prim and precise Miriam and Roger Dervish, with Josie Lawrence (Marple, Holby City) and Timothy Spall (Auf Wiedersehen Pet, The Street) as their bright and bohemian friends Maggie and Kevin ..read more »

77% from 112 members
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Outside Edge - Series 1 (2 discs) (1994)
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Robert Daws, Josie Lawrence
Director: Nick Hurran
Certificate:
Features the complete episodes from the first series of the television comedy, which follows the going-ons of a village cricket team, and the diverse individuals associated with it.

69% from 289 members
Not available for rental

The House Of Eliott - Series 1 (6 discs) on DVD (1991)
Starring: Stella Gonet, Louise Lombard, Aden Gillett
Director: Rodney Bennett, Jeremy Silberston
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The complete first series of the BBC drama series set in 1920's London. When the philandering Eliott dies penniless there is no inheritance for his daughters Beatrice and Evangeline to survive on. Forced to go into business their London dressmaking enterprise grows into a industrial force to be ..read more »

76% from 932 members

Roger Roger - Complete Series 1 And 2
Starring: Robert Daws, Keith Allen
Director: Roger Bamford
Certificate:
Operating from a rundown office in London, this struggling mini-cab firm is as unreliable as the people who work there. The owners, Sam and Dexter, have built up the company over the years, but lately things have been going steadily downhill. Dexter has suffered a nervous breakdown leaving stressed-..read more »

66% from 25 members
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Robert Daws facts

5 most recent films

The Royal - Series 2 - Complete - 2.5 stars
Arthur's Dyke - 3.0 stars
Outside Edge - Series 3 - 3.5 stars
Outside Edge - Series 2 - 4.0 stars
Outside Edge - Series 1 - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Outside Edge - Series 2 - 4.0 stars
The House Of Eliott - Series 1 - 4.0 stars
Outside Edge - Series 3 - 3.5 stars
Outside Edge - Series 1 - 3.5 stars
Arthur's Dyke - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Royal - Series 2 - Complete - 2.5 stars
Roger Roger - Complete Series 1 And 2 - 3.5 stars
Arthur's Dyke - 3.0 stars
Outside Edge - Series 1 - 3.5 stars
Outside Edge - Series 3 - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Geoffrey Whitehead - 7 times - show films
Cathy Murphy - 7 times - show films
Phyllida Law - 7 times - show films
Jill Melford - 7 times - show films
Stella Gonet - 7 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Rodney Bennett - 7 times - show films
Jeremy Silberston - 7 times - show films
Nick Hurran - 4 times - show films
Keith Boak - 1 times - show films
Paul Walker - 1 times - show films

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