Acting
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.
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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.
Known for
Acting 7
- 2021Happy Birthday Mr Bean · Self
- 1999The Fast Show: You Ain’t Seen These, Right?
- 1995The Steal · Farmhand
- 1992Laughing Matters · Himself
- 1991Mr. Bean Goes to a Première · The Cinema Manager
- 1989The Tall Guy · Actor
- 1985Morons from Outer Space · Space Pilot
Writing 6
- 2007Mr. Bean's Holiday · Screenplay
- 1997Bean · Screenplay
- 1992Laughing Matters · Writer
- 1991The Exciting Escapades of Mr. Bean · Writer
- 1991Mr. Bean Goes to a Première · Writer
- 1987Smith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas Video · Writer







