Robert Blythe (actor)
Robert Blythe (1947 – 20 November 2018), also known as Bob Blythe, was a Welsh actor and voice over artist. He was brought up in Tan-y-groes St in Port Talbot. He was best known for playing Richard 'Fagin' Hepplewhite in the Welsh situation comedy "High Hopes". Career. Prior to training as an actor at the Arts Educational Trust in London, he was a surveyor. His theatre work included repertory seasons at the Haymarket Theatre, Leicester, the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, the Liverpool Playhouse, the Connaught Theatre, Worthing, and the Grand Theatre, Swansea. He also toured the Far  East, Middle East, India and Europe with various productions. His work at the Royal National Theatre included "Henry IV, Part 1" and "Part 2", "Henry V", "Mother Clap's Molly House", and "Under Milk Wood". He was an associate artist of Clwyd Theatr Cymru where his credits included, the "Life of Galileo", "Barnaby and the Old Boys", "Cabaret", "Equus", "Entertaining Mr Sloane", "A Christmas Carol", "The Journey of Mary Kelly", "The Norman Conquests", "King Lear", "Bedroom Farce", "The Rabbit", "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest", "A Chorus of Disapproval", and "An Inspector Calls". Other theatre included "Badfinger" at the  Donmar Warehouse and on tour, "Ghosts" at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, "House and Garden" for Alan Ayckbourn at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough and "Twelve Angry Men" at the Garrick Theatre, London. Personal life. Blythe was married to actress Iola Gregory; one of their children, , is an actress . Their eldest daughter, Angharad Blythe is a writer and TV producer. Blythe later remarried Charlie (Naomi) Blythe. They had two sons together - Sam Blythe and Jack Blythe.