Charlie Robinson (Actor)

Charlie Robinson (actor)

Born:

November 9, 1945 (age 71)
Houston, Texas, U.S.


Other names:

Charles Robinson
Charles P. Robinson

Occupation:  Actor, director

Years active:  1971–present




(Harry Anderson, left in picture, died April 2018)

Spouse(s):

Venus Duran (divorced; 3 children)
Dolorita Noonan-Robinson (3rd wife; 1996–present; 3 children)


Children:  6

Charles "Charlie" Robinson (born November 9, 1945) is an American theater, television and film actor. He is best known for his role on the NBC sitcom Night Court as Macintosh "Mac" Robinson (Seasons 2–9), the clerk of the court and a Vietnam War veteran. Although his most frequent on-screen billing has been Charlie Robinson, Night Court had credited him as "Charles Robinson" throughout his 1984–92 stint as Mac.

In two of his earliest film appearances, 1974's Sugar Hill and 1975's The Black Gestapo, he was credited as Charles P. Robinson. Some of his credits have been occasionally commingled with those of Charles Knox Robinson who, between 1958 and 1971, made numerous television and film appearances under the name Charles Robinson.

Early career

A native of Houston, Robinson has been performing since the 1960s, is a member of the Actors Studio, and is considered by playwright Lyle Kessler to be "one of the great American Actors." In his early career, he was a singer; as a teenager with the group Archie Bell and the Drells, and later with a group called Southern Clouds of Joy. In the late 1960s, Charlie attended, and was enrolled in, Studio 7, an acting school operated by Chris Wilson at the Houston Music Theatre. He stayed with Chris when the school was moved to another location in Southwest Houston where mainly children's theatre was presented. Charlie was cast in a made for TV production and soon moved to the Hollywood area where his career took off.

Later career

Robinson's acting credits include appearances in Black Gestapo, The White Shadow, Flamingo Road, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, The Game, Touched by an Angel, and Antwone Fisher. Robinson was cast in the role on Newdell in the NBC comedy Buffalo Bill. Not the show it was expected to be, Buffalo Bill was canceled after one season and replaced by Night Court. Robinson was cast as court clerk Mac Robinson, after the first season in 1984, when Karen Austin, who played the original court clerk, left the cast. Robinson played the role on Night Court from 1984 until the show ended in 1992.

He also directed three episodes of the series. From 1992 to 1995, Robinson co-starred on the sitcom Love & War, replacing John Hancock who died a few episodes into the series run. Robinson played character Bud Harper in Home Improvement, and has appeared in many other television shows including House, The Bernie Mac Show, My Wife and Kids, Soul Food, Charmed, Hart of Dixie, How I Met Your Mother and My Name Is Earl.

He has done commercial work for NEXTEL. He was asking a worker if he's "agitating my dots" after he walks in on two other dispatchers staring at the dots, which represented delivery workers, on a computer screen.

2000–2016

In 2010, Robinson worked at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and co-starred in the film Jackson which was directed by J.F. Lawton. Robinson appeared as "Troy" in August Wilson's Fences in Southern California's South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa from January 22, 2010 until February 21, 2010. In September 2013, he returned to the theater to portray Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman.

He appeared in an Aspen Dental commercial in 2015 as the customer who coined the phrase, "I am not doin' that." This is in response to the receptionist telling him that he would have to drink his meals through a straw until his dentures were ready.


Awards and nominations

Robinson received the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series.

Filmography

Year/Title/Role/Notes

1974/Sugar Hill/Bernie Simmons 

1975/The Black Gestapo/Colonel Kojah 

1975/Caribe Kishara/the Assassin 

1977/A Killing Affair/Buck Fryman 

1977 The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald Melvin Johnson 

1978 Gray Lady Down McAllister 

1978 The White Shadow Jackie Solomon 

1979 Lou Grant Don Vet TV series

1979 Roots: The Next Generations Luke Bettiger TV miniseries

1979 Buffalo Soldiers Private Wright TV movie

1981 Flamingo Road Phil TV series

1982 Hill Street Blues Roy TV series (1 episode)

1982 Rehearsal for Murder The Second Officer 

1982 St. Elsewhere Bill Austin TV series (1 episode)

1983–1984 Buffalo Bill Newdell TV series

1984 The River Truck 

1984–1992 Night Court Mac Robinson TV series (Seasons 2-9)

1986 Hotel TV series (1 episode) 

1988 Crash Course Larry Pearle TV movie

1990 Murder C.O.D. Lieutenant Silk TV movie

1992–1995 Love & War Abe Johnson TV series

1993 CBS Schoolbreak Special Sam Raynor TV series (1 episode)

1995 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Ernest TV series (1 episode)

1995–1999 Home Improvement Bud Harper TV series (9 episodes)

1996 Ink Ernie Trainor TV series

1996 The John Larroquette Show Norm TV series (1 episode)

1996 Project: ALF Dr. Stanley TV movie

1996 In the House Major TV series (1 episode)

1996 The Crew Reverend Edwards TV series (1 episode)

1996 Set It Off Nate Andrews 

1997–1998 Malcolm & Eddie Marcus McGee TV series (2 episodes)

1998 Buddy Faro El Jefe TV series

1998 Land of the Free Matt McCaster (McCuster) 

1999 Beowulf Weaponsmaster Movie

2001 The Trouble with Normal Mr. Lindquist TV series (1 episode)

2002 Miss Lettie and Me Isiah Griffin TV movie

2006 How I Met Your Mother Bank President TV series (1 episode)

2007–2014 The Game (U.S. TV series) Mr. Pitts TV series (4 episodes)

2008 30 Rock Himself "The One with the Cast of Night Court"

2015–2017 K.C. Undercover Pops TV series (3 episodes)

2017 The Quad (2017 TV series) Bradford TV series (1 episode)

2017 The Guest Book Wilfred TV series

2017 Disjointed Scooter Boots TV series

The Guest Book (TV Show)

The Guest Book


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Genre:  Comedy

Created by:  Greg Garcia


Starring:

Charlie Robinson
Carly Jibson
Lou Wilson
Kellie Martin

Theme music composer:  HoneyHoney

Composer(s):  John E. Low

Country of origin:  United States

Original language(s):  English

No. of seasons: 1

No. of episodes:  10


Production

Executive producer(s):

Greg Garcia
Alix Jaffe

Running time:  21 minutes


Production company(s):

Amigos de Garcia Productions
Studio T
CBS Television Studios

Distributor:  Warner Bros. Television Distribution


Release

Original network:  TBS

Original release:  August 3, 2017 – present


The Guest Book is an American anthology comedy television series created by Greg Garcia. The series, which stars Charlie Robinson, Carly Jibson, Lou Wilson, and Kellie Martin, is centered on the lives of employees and visitors to a group of rental cottages in the small mountain town of Mount Trace. The regular cast plays residents in the town, while each episode is focused on a different guest star who plays an out-of-town vacationer. Garcia, who based the show on his habit of writing fake guest book entries while on vacation, will write all 10 episodes of the first season. The series premiered on TBS on August 3, 2017. On September 13, 2017, TBS renewed the series for a second season.


Cast

Charlie Robinson as Wilfred, the caretaker of the rental cottages

Carly Jibson as Vivian, the owner of Chubby's, the local strip club

Lou Wilson as Frank, Vivian's stepson

Kellie Martin as Officer Kimberly Leahy


Recurring

Aloma Wright as Emma, Wilfred's wife

Garret Dillahunt as Dr. Andrew Brown

Laura Bell Bundy as Jessica, Andrew's ex-wife

Trace Garcia as Bryce, Andrew and Jessica's son

Eddie Steeples as Eddie, Wilfred and Emma's nephew

Margo Martindale as Alice, Kimberly's mother

Arjay Smith as Arlo

John Milhiser as Woody

Tipper Newton as Sinnomin, Vivian's employee

Melanie Mosley as Kombucha, Vivian's employee

Jack Donner as Walter, an elderly patron of Chubby's

HoneyHoney as Chubby's house band, a mailwoman (Suzanne Santo) and an exterminator (Benjamin Jaffe)


Guest stars

Danny Pudi as Tim, a teacher

Jenna Fischer as Dr. Laurie Galiff, a specialist on Advanced Alzheimer's

Tommy Dewey as Blake, Trina's prisoner

Lauren Lapkus as Sandy, Tim's wife

Kimberly Hebert Gregory as Trina, a Federal Agent

Michaela Watkins as Phyllis

Mary Lynn Rajskub as Lynn, Ethan's fiancee

Henry Zebrowski as Ethan, Jill's son

Michael Rapaport as Adam

Kate Micucci as Gillian, Adam's co-worker

Jaime Pressly as Christy, an ex-porn star

Stockard Channing as Jill

Andrew J. West as Tommy

Affion Crockett as Darnell, a nurse

Mikaela Hoover as Bethany

John Ortiz as Paul, Christy's boyfriend

David Zayas as David

Orson Bean as Edgar, an Alzheimer's patient

Shannon Woodward as Marla, Tommy's girlfriend

Stephnie Weir as Marcia

John Hennigan as Steve


Episodes

The intended fifth episode of the series was originally intended to air on August 24, 2017, but was held back as it "contained elements that were deemed too sensitive" at that point in time. At the end of August 2017, Garcia noted on Twitter that the held episode would not be made available "for awhile", and that he hopes that it will be released at a later date. In mid-September, Garcia again posted on Twitter and confirmed that the episode would air the next Thursday as the eighth episode of the season, albeit in an edited form to fit its new place in the show's continuity.

When the episode aired, the sensitive elements were revealed to be in relation to the Unite the Right rally which took place two weeks before the episode was originally due to air. The episode depicted an Alzheimer's patient regaining his spousal abuse tendencies and racist personality - going as far as sewing and wearing a KKK outfit with the intention of attending a rally, while also revealing he once murdered an African American while burning down a local black church.

No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod.
code U.S. viewers (millions)

1 "Story One" Michael Fresco Greg Garcia August 3, 2017 TBA 1.33

Tim and Sandy travel to the cottage wanting to spice up their relationship. After feeling the pressure from Sandy, who is upset at the lack of creature comforts available to her, Tim visits a local strip club owned by Vivian and is unaware that her stepson Frank is filming the encounter. Frank shows Tim the tape and tells him that he wants money in exchange for keeping his secret. Tim knocks out Frank and locks him in his car. The next day, Tim throws Frank's car keys onto the side of the road as he departs with Sandy.

2 "Story Two" Michael Fresco Greg Garcia August 3, 2017 TBA 0.97

Jill and her husband decide to drug their son Ethan's atheist fiancee Lynn at the cottage to perform a baptism. Lynn awakens the next day to discover her leg has become infected and learns that she could lose it. After a short stay at the hospital, Lynn makes a full recovery and begins to accept the possibility of God. Jill abandons her religion as she believes her prayers went unanswered.

3 "Story Three" Eyal Gordin Greg Garcia August 10, 2017 TBA 1.21

Phyllis decides to help a woman in a polygamous relationship leave her husband to avoid her uncomfortable stay at the cottage with her husband, his boss and wife. She allows the woman to stay inside her husband's bosses truck, but awakens the next day to find it stolen. After they depart, the woman calls the cottage to tell Phyllis that she had borrowed the truck to return to her husband, but has accidentally driven it into a lake.

4 "Story Four" Samir Rehem Greg Garcia August 17, 2017 TBA 1.08

Christy visits the cottage with her boyfriend Paul and his 8-year old daughter. After becoming apprehensive about her relationship, Christy eats a pot brownie and spends her time high writing inside the guest book inside a crawl space. Paul reports Christy missing and discovers that she used to be a pornographic actress. Ashamed of her past, Christy reconciles with Paul and becomes a mother figure to his daughter.

5 "Story Five" Samir Rahem Greg Garcia August 24, 2017 TBA 1.10

Federal Agent Trina brings witness Blake to Froggy Cottage to hide him from his ex-girlfriends's drug cartel connections. Blake attemps to escape only to discover that he and Trina share a love of poetry and they decide to run away together. However, Blake ditches her, only to have Trina track him down at a Mexican cantina.

6 "Story Six" Michael Engler Greg Garcia August 31, 2017 TBA 1.16

Nerdy, obsessive compulsive, middle-aged Adam has a crush on his younger co-worker, Gillian, and creates a fake party invite to entice her to come to the cottage. It backfires when she brings another co-worker, Theo, along with her and Adam must then invite the townspeople to his party. Despite having a good time at the party, Adam has an allergic reaction to peanuts and also overhears Gillian and Theo confessing their feelings for one another. As the party ends a stranger, who received the fake party invite by accident, arrives, but Adam finds her obsessive compulsiveness weird and shuts the door in her face.

7 "Story Seven" Eyal Gordin Greg Garcia September 7, 2017 TBA 0.98

Tommy wants his girlfriend Marla to do two things: 1) finally accept his marriage proposal and 2) get off crystal meth. He takes Marla to the mountains for a vacation, hoping it'll give her a chance to break her meth habit. They break into the currently vacant Froggy Cottage, where Tommy flushes Marla's meth down the toilet. While they are fighting, a bear breaks into the cottage. After surviving the bear visit, Marla agrees she doesn't need the crystal meth and asks Tommy to marry her.

8 "Story Eight" Michael Engler Greg Garcia September 14, 2017 TBA 1.14

9 "Story Nine" Greg Garcia Greg Garcia September 21, 2017 TBA 0.98

10 "Story Ten" Greg Garcia Greg Garcia September 28, 2017 TBA 1.16