Biography
With his sharp nose, full lips, and small beady eyes which conveyed an incredible capacity for cruelty, Robinson crafted a villain so irredeemably bad that his mere existence justified the extreme techniques employed by Clint Eastwood's iconic tough cop. This role set the unpleasant tone for his more memorable subsequent feature roles: an unsavory lout who gets clobbered in Siegel's "Charley Varrick" (1973); in a rare lead as an unlucky …
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Career Milestones
| During the late 1960s and early 1970s, wrote and/or performed in several theatrical productions at LaMama in NYC | ||
| Played the recurring role of Garak on the popular syndicated spin-off "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"; also directed episodes | ||
| Raised in Connecticut | ||
1965 | After studying at LAMDA, began career on stage in regional theater | |
1967 | Acted in the Off-Broadway hit "MacBird" alongside Stacy Keach, Rue McClanahan and William Devane | |
1968 | TV debut in an episode of "N.Y.P.D." | |
1971 | Feature debut (as Andy Robinson), portrayed Scorpio, the serial killer, in Don Siegel's "Dirty Harry", directed by Siegel | |
1971 | While acting in "The Idiot" at the New York Shakespeare Festival, spotted by director Don Siegel | |
1972 | TV debut (as Andrew Robinson), "The Catcher", an NBC TV-movie | |
1975 | Joined the cast of the ABC daytime series "Ryan's Hope" in the role of Frank Ryan; stayed with show until December 1977 | |
1987 | Played a rare feature lead in Clive Barker's directorial debut, "Hellraiser" | |
1988 | Starred as "Liberace" in ABC-TV's "approved" biopic | |
1993 | Became involved with the Matrix Theatre in Los Angeles; debuted in one-person show "Memoirs of Jesus", which he wrote | |
1993 | Made belated Broadway debut in the short-lived "Any Given Day" by Frank Gilroy | |
1998 | Appeared in the L.A. stage revival of "Death of a Salesman" with Jack Klugman as Willy Loman | |
2000 | Staged a production of "The Glass Menagerie" at the Pasadena Playhouse featuring daughter Rachel and Susan Sullivan | |
Awards
1977 | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor In a Daytime Drama Series in Ryan's Hope |