Biography

Robertson Hare, most well known to British audiences for his portrayals of a bald headed and hen pecked husband in the film versions of Ben Travers West End of London farces, began his stage career at age 20. His trademark was losing his trousers during a stage performance and then exclaiming, "Oh! Calamity." Much later,at the age of 75, he became popular again with a new and larger audience for his television role as the Archdeacon the Venerable Henry Blunt in a sitcom, All Gas and Gaiters. He summed up his long career in a 1958 autobiography.
- IMDb mini biography by: Lawrence Chadbourne

Served with the British Army in France during World War I.

Diminutive, bald British comic actor, the son of an accountant. On stage from 1911, he was chiefly famous for his mild-mannered characterisations in the eleven Aldwych farces (1925-33), appearing alongside Tom Walls and Ralph Lynn. These were later successfully transferred from stage to screen. Hare also enjoyed success on the small screen late in life as Archdeacon Henry Blunt, the lead character of BBC's All Gas and Gaiters (1966).

He was made an OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in the 1979 Queen's New Year Honours List for services to drama.