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Bobby Robertson

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Born in Edinburgh from working class stock with his father being a docker and mother a cleaner, Robert Robertson grew up in the Broughton area of Edinburgh which was a well to do area hub of community where people knew each other and lived life through difficult times during the Thatcher era. Unemployment was rife and times were hard especially when Robert or 'Bobby' as he is known' father succumbed to it back in 1990. Watching films was what Bobby enjoyed doing most especially through a difficult childhood and credits countryman Sean Connery, Harrison Ford and Robert De Niro for wanting to be an actor. Having brief stints in drama school and acting school in Edinburgh led to Bobby getting roles in theater where it all started, taking the male lead in musical 'Gypsy', gritty drama 'The Twelve Angry Men' and 'The Office Party' also playing Albert Einstein in 'Dynamo Of the 21st Century' time traveling to meet one of his heroes James Clerk Maxwell. TV and film work were quite hard to come by as the theater work continued and then extras work on series such as 'Taggart' and 'Rebus' came along before Bobby started appearing in commercials for companies such as JET2.COM. Voice over work on TV and radio also become an extra source of income before the film work came knocking, in horror 'Bridal Fever', 'The Second Life Club' and 'Bloods A Rover'.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bobby Robertson

Although not from a boxing background, Robertson's great-uncle George Smith, refereed the Henry Cooper- Muhammad Ali fight at Highbury Stadium in 1966.
In his younger days, he might have made it as a professional footballer but saying his lack of speed put-paid to that.Robertson also represented Scotland at snooker aged 15 in 1990 after winning the Scottish Youth Championships. He also played for Scotland at pool that year.
Weeks before filming short 'Wild is the North', Robertson was given tips on film-making by the great Julian Glover. When the film was made ,it had taken a while before it was edited and then put into festivals. Ultimately, the short film won numerous awards including 'Best Actor' awards for Robertson.
Bobby Robertson' hero is late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury.
Appeared on stage in Gypsy after being cast as Herbie, learning to sing and do dance moves choreographed for the show back in 1995.

Acting is make-believe, but real-life is full of actors too. Good, bad and very believable.
We live in a world where intellectual people are very stupid where their narcissism outweigh their selflessness

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