# Tim Robertson

Tim Robertson is an Australian actor and writer.

## Early life

Robertson was born in 1944 in Braintree, Essex, in the UK. He relocated to Australia in 1952.
He is a graduate of the University of Western Australia (1965). After graduating, he taught drama at various institutions, including Antioch College in the US (from 1967 to 1968), and Flinders University in Adelaide (from 1969 to 1972) where he also began adapting and directing plays.
In 1972, he joined the Australian Performing Group at the Pram Factory in Melbourne, where he wrote, acted, and directed plays.

## Career

Robertson made his first onscreen appearance in 1974, in the television series Rush, and that same year, he also featured in cult Ozploitation horror film the The Cars That Ate Paris.
He is known for his role as Arthur West in the 1976 award-winning drama miniseries Power Without Glory. From 1983 to 1984 he played various roles in the comedy series Australia You're Standing In It. He then appeared in the 1987 Kennedy Miller miniseries Vietnam alongside Nicole Kidman in one of her early roles. From 1991 to 1992, Robertson had a regular role as Jack Taylor in the risqué soap opera Chances. He also appeared in two roles in police procedural crime drama series Stingers between 1999 and 2003.
Robertson has had numerous television guest roles, in series such as Matlock Police, Homicide, Rush, Division 4, Bluey, The Sullivans, Skyways, Cop Shop, Young Ramsay, Special Squad, Carson's Law, Prisoner, Rafferty's Rules, Round the Twist, Neighbours, The Flying Doctors, Ocean Girl, Halifax f.p., Snowy River: The McGregor Saga, CrashBurn and Last Man Standing.
He has also starred in several miniseries including Tandarra (1976), Against the Wind (1978), Scales of Justice (1983), The Heroes (1989) and All the Rivers Run II (1990).
Robertson has appeared in numerous films throughout his career. Early films included Petersen (1974) with Jack Thompson, football comedy The Great MacArthy (1975), Fred Schepisi’s The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978), John Duigan’s Dimboola (1979) and biographical drama Phar Lap (1983).
He appeared in the 1987 coming-of-age Duigan classic The Year My Voice Broke starring Ben Mendelsohn and Noah Taylor. The following year he was in Evil Angels, opposite Meryl Streep and Sam Neill. He appeared opposite Mendelsohn again in 1990 hit comedy The Big Steal and 1997 drama Amy. He was then in 1999 film Holy Smoke with Kate Winslet and Harvey Keitel.
Later films include 2001 comedies He Died with a Felafel in His Hand alongside Noah Taylor and The Man Who Sued God opposite Billy Connolly and Judy Davis, 2010 drama Matching Jack, 2011 film The Eye of the Storm opposite Geoffrey Rush, and the 2014 Angus Sampson comedy The Mule.
In 2001 he published a history of the Pram Factory.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1974 | The Cars That Ate Paris | Les | |
| 1974 | Petersen | 3rd Bikie | |
| 1975 | The Great MacArthy | Herb | |
| 1975 | Pure S | Cop | |
| 1978 | The Irishman | Bill Bryant | |
| 1978 | The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith | Healey | |
| 1979 | Dimboola | Father O'Shea | |
| 1979 | The Last of the Knucklemen | Man in Bar | |
| 1980 | Buckley’s Chance | William Buckley | Short film |
| 1983 | Phar Lap | Policeman at Stables | |
| 1983 | Distinguished Guests | Professor Wiseman | Short film |
| 1984 | The Bark is Worse than the Byte | | Short film |
| 1985 | Wrong World | Psychiatrist | |
| 1985 | Bliss | Alex Duval | |
| 1985 | Jenny Kissed Me | Sergeant Blake | |
| 1985 | Niel Lynne | Detective | |
| 1986 | Kangaroo | O'Neill | |
| 1987 | Going Sane | Owen Owen | |
| 1987 | The Year My Voice Broke | Bob Leishman | |
| 1987 | Bachelor Girl | Grant | |
| 1987 | The Time Guardian | Sergeant McCarthy | |
| 1987 | With Time to Kill | Jack Keane | |
| 1988 | Evil Angels (aka A Cry in the Dark) | Wallace | |
| 1990 | Father | George Coleman | |
| 1990 | Aya | Willy | |
| 1990 | The Big Steal | Desmond Johnson | |
| 1990 | Beyond My Reach | Burroughs | |
| 1994 | Ebbtide | Realtor | |
| 1997 | Amy | Dr Pascoe | |
| 1999 | Holy Smoke | Gilbert Barron | |
| 2001 | He Died with a Felafel in His Hand | Melbourne Detective 1 | |
| 2001 | The Man Who Sued God | Judge | |
| 2002 | Black and White | Mr Kjng | |
| 2006 | Riot or Revolution: Eureka Stockade 1854 | Douglas Huyghue | Documentary film |
| 2010 | Matching Jack | Professor Langley | |
| 2011 | The Eye of the Storm | Dr Treweek | |
| 2011 | The First Interview | Nadar | Short film |
| 2014 | The Mule | Judge Irving | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1974 | Matlock Police | Peter Gibson | 1 episode |
| 1974 | Marion | Reg Dargie | Miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1974 | Homicide | Engineer | 1 episode |
| 1974 | Rush | Constable Colvin | 1 episode |
| 1975 | Division 4 | Ambulance Driver | 1 episode |
| 1975 | Cash and Company | Reed | 1 episode |
| 1976 | Tandarra | Storekeeper | Miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1976 | The Professional Touch | | TV movie |
| 1976 | Power Without Glory | Arthur West | Miniseries, 14 episodes |
| 1977 | Bluey | Paul Hendy | 1 episode |
| 1978 | Catspaw | Instructor | |
| 1978 | Against the Wind | Holt | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1978 | The Tea Ladies | | 8 episodes |
| 1978 | The Sullivans | Slicker | 4 episodes |
| 1979 | Skyways | Bert Dyer | 1 episode |
| 1979 | Cop Shop | Hedley Barrett | 1 episode |
| 1979 | The Dolebludgers | Mr Price | TV movie |
| 1980 | Young Ramsay | Russell Scott | 1 episode |
| 1980 | Locusts and Wild Honey | Reverend Charles | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1983 | Home | Tom | 3 episodes |
| 1983 | Scales of Justice | Detective Sergeant Mick Miles | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1984 | The Last Bastion | Admiral Ernest King | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1984 | Special Squad | Roberts | Episode 2: "The Expert" |
| 1984 | Carson's Law | Det Sgt Brent | 2 episodes |
| 1983–1984 | Australia You're Standing In It | Various | 16 episodes |
| 1985 | A Thousand Skies | Jack Lang | Miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1979–1995 | Prisoner | Various roles | 9 episodes |
| 1986 | Pokerface | Huck | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1986 | Vietnam | Pascoe | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1988 | Rafferty's Rules | Mervyn Starkey | 1 episode |
| 1988 | The Clean Machine | Dr Michael Millius | TV movie |
| 1989 | The Heroes | Colonel Mott | Miniseries |
| 1989 | Round the Twist | Mr Henderson | 1 episode |
| 1989 | Bodysurfer | Rex Lang | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1989 | Neighbours | Gordon Davies | 4 episodes |
| 1990 | All the Rivers Run II | Blackwell | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1990 | Police Crop: The Winchester Conspiracy | Detective Sergeant Brian Lockwood | TV movie |
| 1990 | Skirts | Harrison | 1 episode |
| 1989; 1990 | The Flying Doctors | Dan Jackson / Bernie Gallagher | 2 episodes |
| 1991 | Strangers | Father | TV movie |
| 1991 | Boys from the Bush | Bobby | 1 episode |
| 1991–1992 | Chances | Jack Taylor | Episodes 1-90 |
| 1993 | Time Trax | Joe the Sheriff | 1 episode |
| 1994 | Ocean Girl | Blunt | 1 episode |
| 1995 | Halifax f.p. | Joe Mandle | Episode: "Hard Corps" |
| 1995 | Snowy River: The McGregor Saga | Trooper John Clarke | 1 episode |
| 1997 | Kangaroo Palace | Charles Reid | TV movie |
| 1999 | Thunderstone | General Cardell | 2 episodes |
| 2001 | Beastmaster | Solon | 1 episode |
| 2001 | Shock Jock | Dr Arnold Kipax | 1 episode |
| 2002 | Bootleg | Prime Minister Tom Turner | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1999–2003 | Stingers | Fergus McCallum / George Tyndall / Sgt Noel Harrison | 3 episodes |
| 2003 | CrashBurn | John | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | Last Man Standing | Bride's Dad | 1 episode |

## Theatre
### As actor

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1964 | Doctor Faustus | | University of Melbourne |
| 1972 | Bastardy | | Pram Factory, Melbourne with APG |
| 1972 | He Can Swagger Sitting Down / The Joss Adams Show | | Pram Factory, Melbourne with APG |
| 1972 | A Night in Rio and Other Bummers | | Pram Factory, Melbourne with APG |
| 1973 | The Dragon Lady's Revenge | | Pram Factory, Melbourne with APG |
| 1973 | Dimboola | | Pram Factory, Melbourne with APG |
| 1976 | Knuckle | Patrick | Pram Factory, Melbourne with APG |
| 1976 | The Dudders | Colonel Coop / Phil Furley | Pram Factory, Melbourne with APG |
| 1977 | Ravages: Heels Over Head | Cecil | La Mama, Melbourne |
| 1978 | It's a Mad World, My Masters | | Pram Factory, Melbourne with APG |
| 1978 | No Room for Dreamers | Chidley | Canberra for Australian National Playwrights Conference |
| 1980 | Bremen Coffee | Gottfried | Melbourne Athenaeum with MTC |
| 1980 | Shakespeare the Sadist | Bill | Melbourne Athenaeum with MTC |
| 1981 | Upside Down at the Bottom of the World | DH Lawrence | Theatre 62, Adelaide with STCSA |
| 1981 | Teeth ‘n’ Smiles | Saraffian | Nimrod, Sydney |
| 1984 | The World Is Made of Glass | Carl Jung | St Martins Theatre, Melbourne with Playbox Theatre Company |
| 1985 | Nine Little Australians! Season Two | | YMCA, Melbourne with MTC |
| 1993 | Picasso at the Lapin Agile | | Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne with Playbox Theatre Company |
| 2004 | The Frail Man | Henry Frail | Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne with Playbox Theatre Company |
| 2006 | Romeo and Juliet | | Playhouse, Melbourne, Sydney Opera House with Bell Shakespeare |
| 2007 | Dimboola | | Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne |

### As director/playwright

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1973 | Dimboola | Director | Chevron Hotel, Melbourne |
| 1973 | The Waltzing Matilda Pantomime | Designer | Pram Factory, Melbourne with APG |
| 1974 | The River Jordan | Director | Pram Factory, Melbourne with APG |
| 1975 | Mary Shelley and Her Monsters | Playwright | Pram Factory, Melbourne with APG |
| 1976 | Fiery Tales / Looney Tunes (The Lamentable Reign of King Charles the Last) | Librettist | Scott Theatre, Adelaide with New Opera South Australia for Adelaide Festival |
| 1976 | The Overcoat | Director | Pram Factory, Melbourne with APG |
| 1977 | Waiter, There's a Circus in My Soup | Director | The Last Laugh, Melbourne with Last Laugh Theatre Restaurant & New Circus Ensemble |
| 1980 | Tram | Director | Melbourne Comedy Cafe |
| 1981 | Wild Honey | Writer | National Theatre, Melbourne with Australian Contemporary Dance Company |
| 1981 | Squirts | Writer | Playhouse, Adelaide, Universal Theatre, Melbourne with STCSA |
| 1982 | Tristram Shandy | Adaptor | Nimrod, Sydney |
| 1985 | Mary Shelley and the Monsters | Playwright | Rocks Players Theatre, Sydney for Sydney Festival |
| 1988 | Manning Clark's History of Australia – The Musical | Playwright | Princess Theatre, Melbourne |
| 1988 | Tristram Shandy – Gent | Adaptor | Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with MTC for MICF |
| 1994 | Waltzing Matilda (with Tomato Sauce) | Writer | The Street Theatre, Acton, Canberra with Eureka! Theatre Company |
| 1997 | Mary Shelley and the Monsters | Playwright | Carlton Courthouse, Melbourne with La Mama |