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name: "Robert Cawdron"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-cawdron"
fi1m_id: "robert-cawdron"
imdb_id: "nm0147204"
tmdb_id: 189826
wikidata_id: "Q28677499"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 December 1921"
died: "14 September 1997"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T09:09:37.205079+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Robert Cawdron

## Identity

Robert Cawdron

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-cawdron
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-cawdron
- **IMDb ID:** nm0147204
- **TMDB ID:** 189826
- **Wikidata ID:** Q28677499
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cawdron, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28677499, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0147204/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/189826

Actor. Born 29 December 1921 in Garches, Hauts-de-Seine, France. Died 14 September 1997.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 December 1921, Garches, Hauts-de-Seine, France
- **Died:** 14 September 1997
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cawdron, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28677499, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0147204/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/189826

## Biography

Robert Cawdron (29 December 1921 – 14 September 1997) was a French-born British film and television actor. He appeared in supporting roles from the late 1940s until the early 1980s, frequently cast as police officers or other authority figures.

He is known for his performance as Robboe in the 1960 film *Saturday Night and Sunday Morning*. Other film credits include *Stage Fright* (1950), *A King in New York* (1957), *Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.* (1951) and *The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes* (1970). On television he had a long-running role as Detective Inspector Cherry in *Dixon of Dock Green* (1955–1965) and appeared in series including *Doctor Who* (as Taltalian), *The Avengers*, *The Saint* and *The Persuaders!*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Saturday Night and Sunday Morning* (1960), Fi1m 82, as Robboe — [page](https://film.one/film/saturday-night-and-sunday-morning.md)

## Complete filmography (48)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *London Conspiracy* (1974), as Leyland (archive footage)
- *S*P*Y*S* (1974), as Vet (uncredited)
- *Madhouse* (1974), as CID Inspector (uncredited)
- *The Death of Adolf Hitler* (1973), as Hermann Goering
- *The Persuaders!* (1971), series, as Leyland
- *The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes* (1970), as Hotel Manager
- *From a Bird's Eye View* (1970), series, as Uncle Bert Quigley
- *Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death* (1970), as Taltalian
- *Doomwatch* (1970), series, as John McAlister
- *The Six Wives of Henry VIII* (1970), series, as Sir William Kingston
- *The Main Chance* (1969), series, as Crispin
- *The Blood Beast Terror* (1968), as Chief Constable
- *The Shuttered Room* (1967), as John Whately, Susannah's Father
- *The Fighting Prince of Donegal* (1966), Actor
- *Doctor Who* (1963), series, as Taltalian — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)
- *Espionage* (1963), series, as Paratrooper
- *We Joined the Navy* (1963), as Marcel's Bar Patron (uncredited)
- *The Saint* (1962), series, as Sergeant Luduc, Sgt. Leduc, Le Duc, Sergeant Leduc
- *Crosstrap* (1962), as Joe
- *Sir Francis Drake* (1961), series, as Crombie
- *The Frightened City* (1961), as Nero
- *The Avengers* (1961), series, as Banks — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md)
- *The Cheaters* (1960), series, as Saxon
- *Feet of Clay* (1960), as Saunders
- *Saturday Night and Sunday Morning* (1960), as Robboe — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/saturday-night-and-sunday-morning.md)
- *Danger Man* (1960), series, as President Varnold
- *October Moth* (1960), as Police Constable
- *Ali and the Camel* (1960), Actor
- *International Detective* (1959), series, as Dijon
- *No Hiding Place* (1959), series, as Michael O'Grady
- *Interpol Calling* (1959), series, as Debre
- *The One That Got Away* (1957), as Officer on Horseback
- *A King in New York* (1957), as U.S. Marshal
- *Five on a Treasure Island* (1957), as Luke Undown
- *The Count of Monte Cristo* (1956), series, as Rico
- *The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel* (1955), series, as Chicon, First Agent
- *Dixon of Dock Green* (1955), series, as Det. Insp. Cherry, Insp. Gordon
- *Street of Shadows* (1953), as Det. Sgt. Hadley
- *Down Among the Z Men* (1952), as Sergeant Bullshine
- *Trent's Last Case* (1952), as Police Constable
- *Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.* (1951), as "Witch of Endor" French Mate (uncredited)
- *A Christmas Carol* (1950), as Mr. Fred
- *Highly Dangerous* (1950), as Soldier at Station Checkpoint (uncredited)
- *State Secret* (1950), as State Policeman
- *Stage Fright* (1950), as Policeman (uncredited)
- *Sunday Night Theatre* (1950), series, as Detective Sergeant Clarke, Police Sergeant, Sergeant
- *The Chiltern Hundreds* (1949), as Sergeant
- *Nightbeat* (1947), as Police Recruit

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