Wayne Robson
| Wayne Robson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 29, 1946 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Died | April 4, 2011 (aged 64) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1971 - 2011 |
| Spouse(s) | Lynn Woodman (1985-2011; his death; 2 children) |
Wayne Robson (April 29, 1946 – April 4, 2011) was a Canadian television, stage and film actor known for playing the part of Mike Hamar, an ex-convict and sometime thief, on the Canadian sitcom The Red Green Show from 1993 to 2006, as well as in the 2002 film Duct Tape Forever.
Robson was also known as the escape artist character Rennes, "the Wren", from the 1997 science fiction film Cube.
Robson was born in Vancouver. He began his acting career on stage there, but moved with his family to Toronto, where he continued his stage acting career and appeared in Canadian television commercials in the 1970s. After receiving several small character roles in films such as McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) and Popeye (1980), Robson starred in the 1984 film The Grey Fox for which he was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Robson voiced Bloom in the cartoon and Matthew Cuthbert in Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series. He also voiced Professor Cuthbert Calculus on The Adventures of Tintin (TV series) between 1991-1992, and voiced Melvin Fish in the animated series Bob and Margaret. Robson played minor characters in such films as Finders Keepers (1984), One Magic Christmas (1985), Parents (1989), Frank on The Rescuers Down Under (1990), Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (1993), Dolores Claiborne (1995), Two If by Sea (1996), Cube (1997),Wrong Turn (2003), Welcome to Mooseport (2004), The Incredible Hulk (2008) and Survival of the Dead (2009).
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