British-born Australian actor Tim Robertson, 81, will die tomorrow (well, the obit notices say he died on Jan. 2, which it already is in Australia!). Born in Essex, he moved to Australia in 1952, where he taught acting, and directed several shows. Robertson began appearing on TV and in movies in the 1970s, starring in 1976 mini-series Power Without Glory, and Peter Weir’s horror/comedy film The Cars That Ate Paris. His other notable vehicles included the sketch-comedy series Australia You're Standing in It, Vietnam (one of Nicole Kidman’s early appearances), the soap opera Chances, and the police show Stingers. He appeared in countless (well, nearly 100) movies and TV shows till his retirement in 2014—among the ones to make it to the US were The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Phar Lap, The Year My Voice Broke, Evil Angels, The Big Steal, and Amy. Robertson’s bio for the theater company The Pram Factory (written by himself, one suspects) reads, “Tim Robertson is a great character actor and has enjoyed a long and haphazard career in film, TV and stage. He is erudite and a writer par excellence, and the laziest guy in the world. He is a couch potato with the best all-over body tan in history.”
