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    Robert Dorning

    English stage, film and television actor

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  1. Robert Dorning was born at 108 Croppers Hill in St Helens, Lancashire, England, on 13 May 1913. His father was Robert John Dorning who worked in a local pit as a coal miner haulier and his mother was Mary Elizabeth Dorning, formerly Howard. He was educated at Cowley Grammar School in St Helens, where he also learnt to play violin and saxophone.

  2. Father of Stacy Dorning and Kate Dorning. Heavy-set British character actor, musician (saxophone, violin, vocal) and ballet dancer. Studied drama and dance in Liverpool and appeared in musical comedy on the stage during the 1930's. After wartime service, acted in films and on television, often appearing as pompous military or upper crust types.

    • May 13, 1913
    • February 20, 1989
  3. Robert Dorning was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Early on in his acting career, Dorning landed roles in various films, including the adaptation "Die! Die! My Darling!" (1965 ...

  4. Robert Dorning is known as an Actor. Some of his work includes Cul-de-sac, Evil Under the Sun, Fanatic, Ragtime, The Black Windmill, Salt & Pepper, The Plank, and The Ups and Downs of a Handyman.

  5. Robert Dorning was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Early on in his acting career, Dorning landed roles in various films, including the adaptation "Die! Die! My Darling!" (1965) with Tallulah Bankhead, "Cul-de-Sac" (1966) and the comedy "Salt and Pepper" (1968) with Sammy Davis Jr.. He also appeared in the Michael Caine spy ...

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  7. British actor/dancer Robert Dorning began his career as a ballet dancer but went on to perform in musical comedies through WW II. Following the war, he began playing character roles in comedies and dramas. He later appeared on television where he is best known for playing a buffoonish stuffed shirt on Bootsie and Snudge.

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