Robert Grubb

Robert Grubb

Born: January 31, 1950
in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Robert Grubb (b. 31 January 1950, Hobart, Tasmania) is an Australian actor. He studied acting at National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), where he graduated in 1978.

Grubb played the role of Dr. Geoffrey Standish in the popular series The Flying Doctors. He starred in the Australian production of the Queen musical, We Will Rock You, playing "Pop".

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Movies for Robert Grubb...

Title: Savage River
Character: Sergeant Bill Kirby
Released: September 4, 2022
Type: TV
When thirty-year-old Miki Anderson returns to her home town in rural Victoria after fifteen years in prison, she wants nothing more than to put her life back together. To figure out who she is on the outside. But her presence dredges up long-held secrets from the past and Miki realizes everything she thought she knew was wrong. And it is far from over.
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Title: Reef Doctors
Character: James McCabe
Released: June 9, 2013
Type: TV
Running the remote Hope Island Clinic, Sam Stewart is an accomplished doctor, who with her team, looks after the residents of all the neighbouring islands, as well as the holidaymakers and thrill seekers who visit the area. Not only a GP, Sam is a single mother with a free spirit and a determination – who has an unusual hobby: venom.
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Title: Wentworth
Character: Miles Strathairn
Released: May 1, 2013
Type: TV
Bea Smith is locked up while awaiting trial for the attempted murder of her husband and must learn how life works in prison. A modern adaptation and sequel of the iconic Prisoner series.
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Title: Howzat! Kerry Packer's War
Character: Tagge Webster
Released: August 19, 2012
Type: TV
Australian media mogul Kerry Packer fought a cricket war by secretly signing up 50 of the world's greatest players to form a breakaway tournament.
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Title: Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Character: Gerald Waddington
Released: February 24, 2012
Type: TV
Our lady sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of late 1920’s Melbourne, fighting injustice with her pearl handled pistol and her dagger sharp wit. Leaving a trail of admirers in her wake, our thoroughly modern heroine makes sure she enjoys every moment of her lucky life. Based on author Kerry Greenwood's Phryne Fisher Murder Mystery novels.
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Title: Offspring
Character: Julian Moody
Released: August 22, 2010
Type: TV
An exuberant drama set in Melbourne's Fitzroy, centering on Nina Proudman and her struggle to deal with her fabulously messy family, her hunt for a decent love life and her tendency to overthink and fly off into fantasy.
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Curtin
Title: Curtin
Character: Percy Spender
Released: April 21, 2007
Type: Movie
1941. A country in crisis. A new man in power. Leadership demands and personal demons are set to collide. The story of John Curtin as he faces his first six months as Prime Minister, confronting in quick succession, the tragedy of Pearl Harbour, the fall of Singapore, the bombing of Darwin and a furious battle with Churchill over the deployment of Australian troops. This is a raw and intimate story of a driven and inspirational leader - a man who struggles to battle his own personal demons while serving and protecting a country at war.
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Black Button
Title: Black Button
Character: Man Behind the Desk
Released: January 30, 2007
Type: Movie
Mr Roberts finds himself awoken inexplicably in a white room. A man sits before him at a desk and in between them stands a black button. If Mr Roberts pushes it, he will receive a briefcase filled with millions of dollars. Or he can take the key to the door and leave penniless. The catch? Pushing the button will result in the death of a human being. What would you do?
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The Brush-Off
Title: The Brush-Off
Character: Det Sen Con Micaelis
Released: September 5, 2004
Type: Movie
The political adviser to Australia's Minister of the Arts investigates the suspicious death of a disgruntled artist.
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Title: Salem's Lot
Character: Larry Crockett
Released: June 20, 2004
Type: TV
A dark terror has come to the picture-perfect town of Jerusalem's Lot, and it's up to a writer with a haunted past to uncover the horror that has taken over the town.
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Title: MDA
Character: Dr. Andrew Gallin
Released: July 23, 2002
Type: TV
MDA is an Australian television series that aired between 2002 and 2005 on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It concerned the day-to-day operation of legal firm MDA, which specialised in medical defence.
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Title: The Potato Factory
Character: Mr. Emmett
Released: July 17, 2000
Type: TV
The Potato Factory tells the story of three strong-willed people battling against a background of hardship and poverty to escape a past that tries to catch up with them. Based on the best-selling novel by iconic Australian author Bryce Courtenay.
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Paradise Road
Title: Paradise Road
Character: Colonel Downes
Released: February 11, 1997
Type: Movie
A group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women creates a vocal orchestra while being imprisoned in a Japanese POW camp on Sumatra during World War II.
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Title: Mercury
Released: May 2, 1996
Type: TV
Mercury was an Australian TV series that launched in 1996. It featured Geoffrey Rush.
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Title: Blue Heelers
Character: Sgt. Harris
Released: September 10, 1993
Type: TV
Blue Heelers was one of Australia's longest running weekly television drama series. Blue Heelers is a police drama series set in the fictional country town of Mount Thomas. Under the watchful eye of Tom Croydon (John Wood), the men and women of Mount Thomas Police Station fight crime, resolve disputes and tackle the social issues of the day. We watch their successes and their failures and learn to grow with them and their loved ones as the heart of the series develops.
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Title: The Flying Doctors
Character: Dr. Geoff Standish
Released: May 15, 1986
Type: TV
The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the real Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. It was initially a 1985 mini-series based in the fictional outback town of Cooper's Crossing starring Andrew McFarlane as the newly arrived Dr. Tom Callaghan. The success of the mini series led to its return the following year as an on-going series with McFarlane being joined by a new doctor, Chris Randall, played by Liz Burch. McFarlane left during the first season and actor Robert Grubb came in as new doctor Geoff Standish. The series' episodes were mostly self-contained but also featured ongoing storylines, such as Dr. Standish's romance with Sister Kate Wellings. Other major characters included pilot Sam Patterson, mechanic Emma Plimpton, local policeman Sgt. Jack Carruthers and Vic and Nancy Buckley, who ran the local pub/hotel, The Majestic. Andrew McFarlane also later returned to the series, resuming his role as Dr. Callaghan. The popular series ran for nine seasons and was successfully screened internationally.
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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Title: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Character: Pig Killer
Released: June 29, 1985
Type: Movie
Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.
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Robbery Under Arms
Title: Robbery Under Arms
Character: Sir Frederick Morringer
Released: March 28, 1985
Type: Movie
Fourth adaptation and first made for television of the classic Australian bushranger novel "Robbery Under Arms" by Rolf Boldrewood. Made by the South Australian Film Corporation during the mini-series boom of the 1980s and lensed in the Flinders Ranges, it stars Sam Neill as the infamous Captain Starlight.
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Remember Me
Title: Remember Me
Character: Geoff
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
A woman recently returned to work is contacted by her former husband who has been in a mental institution. She is torn between her still strong desire for him, and her fear, which comes from events in their past. She cannot control his intrusion into both her current life and her second marriage, and tragedy ensues.
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Phar Lap
Title: Phar Lap
Character: William Nielsen
Released: August 11, 1983
Type: Movie
Phar Lap, the big bold chestnut reigned as the king of the turf in the depression that gripped Australia of the 1930s. From his humble beginnings the New Zealand bred horse raced on to become the hero of a nation.
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The Amorous Dentist
Title: The Amorous Dentist
Character: Dr. Louis Bertrand
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
The story of a 1865 murder trial that scandalized the people of Sydney. Louis Bertrand, a society dentist and womanizer, is determined to have Mrs. Kinder, a woman of dubious morals, to himself, and so plots to murder her husband.
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Title: Sara Dane
Character: John Macarthur
Released: May 31, 1982
Type: TV
Sara Dane is a 1982 Australian television miniseries about a woman transported from England to Australia for a crime she did not commit.
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Gallipoli
Title: Gallipoli
Character: Billy
Released: August 13, 1981
Type: Movie
As World War I rages, brave and youthful Australians Archy and Frank—both agile runners—become friends and enlist in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps together. They later find themselves part of the Dardanelles Campaign on the Gallipoli peninsula, a brutal eight-month conflict which pit the British and their allies against the Ottoman Empire and left over 500,000 men dead.
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My Brilliant Career
Title: My Brilliant Career
Character: Frank Hawdon
Released: August 17, 1979
Type: Movie
A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married.
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Title: The Flying Doctor
Released: September 13, 1959
Type: TV