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Robson Green

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Robson Golightly Green was born on 18 December 1964 in Hexham, Northumberland, England, to Robson and Ann Green. He has two sisters, Dawn and Joanna; a wife, Vanya Seager; and a son (born in 2000). He began his TV/film career on Casualty (1986) as hospital porter Jimmy Powell. He then appeared in Soldier Soldier (1991) as Fusilier Dave Tucker. He and Soldier Soldier (1991) co-star Jerome Flynn's record "Unchained Melody/White Cliffs of Dover" sold more than 1.9 million copies in the UK; the duo won Top Album & Top Single at the 1996 Music Week Awards in England. They formed Clapp Trapp Productions & starred in "Ain't Misbehavin." Green and his business partner, Sandra Jobling, formed Coastal Productions. His nephew Daymon Britton is also an actor. Green's intro to US audiences came in the Masterpiece (1971) presentation of Reckless (1997). He is a fan of Newcastle United Football team, long-distance running, & Italian & Thai foods.
- IMDb mini biography by: blacktabby

Has turned down all British and USA films offered to him.
Was an apprentice draughtsman at Swan Hunter Shipyard for 4 1/2 years leaving in 1986.
Was once a professional boxer.
One half of the short-lived (1995-97) British pop duo Robson and Jerome, the other half being Jerome Flynn, Green's Soldier Soldier (1991) co-star.
1996 Music Week Awards for Top Single & Album ("Unchained Melody/White Cliffs of Dover" with Jerome Flynn).

David Jason's timing as Del Boy was utterly beautiful. The performance was brave, confident and compelling. He was an artist. I never missed an episode of Only Fools and Horses (1981) - I still watch it now on DVD. I don't think we'll ever get that kind of writing again in British comedy.
I do get recognized in the States, but it's usually a look, like, 'Do you owe me money?' The other thing is they ask if they've seen me somewhere. I start to reel off my CV, and they go, 'Oh, I'm sorry, I was thinking of someone else.'
Maybe my physical ability is now limited in certain aspects of the job. In other aspects, age makes you a better actor. Honestly, I'm just happy when my phone rings and people want to talk about my career. I'm one of the lucky few in this country, and I never lose sight of the honour or the privilege this career has given me.
Give me the boy of 7 and I'll give you the man. The kind of joy and perpetual inquisitiveness that I had then in me remains. Though I remember being a boy at 7 and looking at someone who was 50 and thinking, 'How are you still alive?'

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