Robert Atkins
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Robert Atkins.
Born: August 10, 1886
Place of Birth: Dulwich, London, England, UK
Known For
A Matter of Life and Death
A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.
The Great Mr Handel
This classic film reveals how the great composer Georg Friedrich Handel rose above the personal anguish and difficulties in his life to create the sublime musical composition, The Messiah.
Peg of Old Drury
a biopic of eighteenth-century Irish actress Peg Woffington. It was based on the play Masks and Faces.
Black Magic
A hypnotist uses his powers for revenge against King Louis XV's court.
Let the People Sing
An out-of-work comedian persuades a drunken nobleman to join a protest against the closing of a village hall.
Victoria the Great
The film biography of Queen Victoria focusing initially on the early years of her reign with her marriage to Prince Albert and her subsequent rule after Albert's death in 1861.
The Cardinal
Set in 15th-century Italy, The Cardinal stars Matheson Lang as one Cardinal de Medici. Bound by the rules of the confessional, the cardinal is unable to disclose the multitude of sins revealed to him by one of his most influential parishioners. De Medici's dilemma is compounded by the fact that the confessor has committed a murder for which the Cardinal's brother has been arrested. The basic plot gimmick was good for another go-round in the 1953 Hitchcock flick I Confess. This 7-reel British film was based on a play by Louis N. Parker.
Everything Is Thunder
The story, starring Constance Bennett and Douglass Montgomery, involves a Canadian POW being hidden by a German citizen during World War I.
Filmography
as King Louis XV
as The Vicar
as Hassock
as Garter King-at-Arms
as Adjutant
as General Belmont
as Dr. Samuel Johnson