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- Robin Richmond was born on April 21, 1912 in Kensington, London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Rainbow Round the Corner (1944), The Time of His Life (1955) and Mystery at the Burlesque (1949). He died on July 26, 1998 in Sussex, England, UK.
- After a brief engagement at Lambeth Mission Hall, from which he was sacked for adding percussion sounds to hymns, he made his West End debut in the revue It's in the Bag. He then toured with the comedy singing duo The Two Leslies (Leslie Sarony and Leslie Holmes).
- His BBC Radio debut was in Palace of Varieties in 1938.
- His father was a doctor. William Stephenson Richmond, his mother was Barbara Hamilton Archibald.
- Rejected by the military during World War II for health reasons, Richmond spent the duration as organist at the Paramount Cinema in Tottenham Court Road, London, and on BBC radio.
- On television, he was the resident organist on the quiz show Double Your Money.
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