Robin Driscoll
Biography
Robin Driscoll is a British actor and writer, best known as a writer of Mr. Bean. After leaving Worthing Art College, Robin Driscoll, with friends, formed a touring theatre company named ‘Cliffhanger' in the early 1970s. The shows were always comedies and contrived through improvisation. After writing for several TV shows, Robin became a contributor to Alas Smith and Jones then later, the main writer for Mr Bean: the TV series, movies and animations. He and Rowan Atkinson are close friends; he appeared with Rowan Atkinson in Laughing Matters (1992) - Visual Comedy, a documentary on the mechanics of visual humour. As an actor, he has appeared in episodes of TV shows such as Only Fools and Horses ("The Jolly Boys' Outing"), Murder Most Horrid, Dear John, Alas Smith & Jones, Wilderness Road and The Fast Show. In recent years he has written his own mystery thriller novels.
Movie Appearances
The Steal
as Farmhand
1995
Mr. Bean Goes to a Première
as The Cinema Manager
1991
The Tall Guy
as Actor
1989
Morons from Outer Space
as Space Pilot
1985
Mr. Bean: The Bus Stop
as Blind man
1991
Happy Birthday Mr Bean
as Self
2021
Laughing Matters
as Himself
1992
The Story of Bean
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
TBA
