Years active 1962–2012 | Name Robert Fyfe Role Actor | |
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Robert Fyfe (born 19 June 1925) is a Scottish actor, best known for his role as Howard in the long-running British sitcom Last of the Summer Wine from 1985 to 2010.
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Career
He appeared in the movies Xtro, The 51st State, Around the World in 80 Days and Babel. In 2012 he appeared in Cloud Atlas. Other credits include guest appearances on Z-Cars, Survivors, The Gentle Touch, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Monarch of the Glen. Fyfe appeared as Malcolm Lagg, a lollipop man, in Coronation Street in December 2012. His character was seen training Dennis Tanner, played by Philip Lowrie, to take over his job.
Filmography
Actor
2017
Carters Get Rich (TV Series) as
Bernard
- Value of Money (2017) - Bernard
- The Launch (2017) - Bernard
2016
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies as
Butler Edwin
1966
Coronation Street (TV Series) as
Malcolm Lagg / Sid
- Episode #1.8018 (2012) - Malcolm Lagg
- Episode #1.8017 (2012) - Malcolm Lagg
- Episode #1.8016 (2012) - Malcolm Lagg
- Episode #1.8012 (2012) - Malcolm Lagg
- Episode #1.8011 (2012) - Malcolm Lagg
- Episode #1.8010 (2012) - Malcolm Lagg
- Episode #1.579 (1966) - Sid
- Episode #1.578 (1966) - Sid
- Episode #1.577 (1966) - Sid
- Episode #1.576 (1966) - Sid
2012
Cloud Atlas as
Old Salty Dog / Mr. Meeks / Prescient 1
2011
The Decoy Bride as
Ancient Crofter
2010
Burke and Hare as
Old Donald
1985
Last of the Summer Wine (TV Series) as
Howard
- How Not to Cry at Weddings (2010) - Howard
- Look Whose Wheel's Come Off (2010) - Howard
- Howard and the Great Outdoors (2010) - Howard
- The Rights of Man (Except for Howard) (2010) - Howard
- Happy Camping (2010) - Howard
- Behind Every Bush There Is Not Necessarily a Howard (2010) - Howard
- Goodnight Sweet Ferret (2009) - Howard
- Variations on a Theme of Father's Day (2009) - Howard
- In Which Romance Springs a Leak (2009) - Howard
- Will Randolph Make a Good Impression? (2009) - Howard
- Will Stella Find True Love with Norris Fairburn? (2009) - Howard
- Nobody Messes with Tony the Throat (2009) - Howard
- Who's That Looking Sideways at Nelly? (2009) - Howard
- Will Howard Cross the Atlantic Single Handed? (2009) - Howard
- The Mother of All Mistakes - Or Is It? (2009) - Howard
- Some Adventures of the Inventor of the Mother Stitch (2009) - Howard
- I Was a Hitman for Primrose Dairies (2008) - Howard
- Get Out of That, Then (2008) - Howard
- Of Passion and Pizza (2008) - Howard
- The Mischievous Tinkle in Howard's Eyes (2008) - Howard
- In Which Romance Isn't Dead - Just Incompetent (2008) - Howard
- Eva's Back in Town (2008) - Howard
- All That Glitters Is Not Elvis (2008) - Howard
- Is Jeremy Quite Safe? (2008) - Howard
- A Short Introduction to Cooper's Rules (2008) - Howard
- Will the Genuine Racer Please Stand Up? (2008) - Howard
- Enter the Finger (2008) - Howard
- Sinclair and the Wormley Witches (2007) - Howard
- In Which Howard Remembers Where He Left His Bicycle Pump (2007) - Howard
- Must Be Good Dancer (2007) - Howard
- The Crowcroft Challenge (2007) - Howard
- Elegy for Small Creature and Clandestine Trackbike (2007) - Howard
- Will the Nearest Alien Please Come In (2007) - Howard
- In Which Howard Gets Double Booked (2007) - Howard
- Variations on a Theme of Road Rage (2007) - Howard
- What Happened to the Horse? (2007) - Howard
- The Second Stag Night of Doggy Wilkinson (2007) - Howard
- A Tale of Two Sweaters (2006) - Howard
- Plenty of Room in the Back (2006) - Howard
- Oh Look! Mitzi's Found Her Mummy (2006) - Howard
- Who's That Talking to Lenny? (2006) - Howard
- Who's That Merry Man with Billy, Then? (2006) - Howard
- Barry in Danger from Reading and Aunt Jessie (2006) - Howard
- The Genuine Outdoors Robin Hood Barbi (2006) - Howard
- Has Anyone Seen Barry's Midlife Crisis? (2006) - Howard
- How to Remove a Cousin (2006) - Howard
- Follow That Bottle (2006) - Howard
- Merry Entwistle and Jackson Day (2005) - Howard
- Little Orphan Howard (2005) - Howard
- Lot No. 8 (2005) - Howard
- The Afterthoughts of a Co-op Manager (2005) - Howard
- The McDonaghs of Jamieson Street (2005) - Howard
- Available for Weddings (2005) - Howard
- Who's That Mouse in the Poetry Group? (2005) - Howard
- Hermione (the short course) (2005) - Howard
- Has Anyone Seen a Peruvian Wart? (2005) - Howard
- Watching the Clock (2005) - Howard
- The Swan Man of Ilkley (2005) - Howard
- Variations on a Theme of the Widow Winstanley (2004) - Howard
- Yours Truly - If You're Not Careful (2004) - Howard
- Beware of Laughing at Nora's Hats (2004) - Howard
- Things to Do When Your Wife Runs Off with a Turkish Waiter (2004) - Howard
- Barry Becomes a Psychopathic Killer But Only Part Time (2004) - Howard
- An Apple a Day (2004) - Howard
- Who's That with Barry and Glenda? - It's Not Barry and Glenda (2004) - Howard
- Happy Birthday Robin Hood (2004) - Howard
- Spores (2004) - Howard
- The General's Greatest Battle (2004) - Howard
- Jurassic - No Parking (2004) - Howard
- A Short Blast of Fred Astaire (2003) - Howard
- All of a Florrie (2003) - Howard
- The Second Husband and the Showgirls (2003) - Howard
- The Man Who Invented Yorkshire Funny Stuff (2003) - Howard
- The Frenchies Are Coming (2003) - Howard
- The Miraculous Curing of Old Goff Helliwell (2003) - Howard
- In Which Gavin Hinchcliffe Loses the Gulf Stream (2003) - Howard
- The Secret Birthday of Norman Clegg (2003) - Howard
- A Pick-up of the Later Ming Dynasty (2003) - Howard
- Ancient Eastern Wisdom - An Introduction (2003) - Howard
- The Lair of the Cat Creature (2003) - Howard
- A Musical Passing for a Miserable Muscroft (2002) - Howard
- It All Began with an Old Volvo Headlamp (2002) - Howard
- Sadly, Madly, Bradley (2002) - Howard
- Exercising Father's Bicycle (2002) - Howard
- A Chaise Longue Too Far (2002) - Howard
- In Search of Childlike Joy and the Farthest Reaches of the Lotus Position (2002) - Howard
- Beware of the Hot Dog (2002) - Howard
- The Incredible Ordeal of Norman Clegg (2002) - Howard
- Mervyn Would Be Proud (2002) - Howard
- The Mystical Squeak of Howard's Bicycle (2002) - Howard
- A Brief Excursion in the Fast Lane (2002) - Howard
- Potts in Pole Position (2001) - Howard
- The Coming of the Beast (2001) - Howard
- Why Is Barry at an Angle? (2001) - Howard
- A White Sweater and a Solicitor's Letter (2001) - Howard
- A Hair of the Blonde That Bit You (2001) - Howard
- The Art of the Shorts Story (2001) - Howard
- Gnome and Away (2001) - Howard
- Enter the Hawk (2001) - Howard
- Hey, Big Vendor (2001) - Howard
- The Missing Bus of Mrs Avery (2001) - Howard
- Getting Barry's Goat (2001) - Howard
- I Didn't Know Barry Could Play (2000) - Howard
- Waggoners Roll (2000) - Howard
- Some Vans Can Make You Deaf (2000) - Howard
- From Here to Paternity (2000) - Howard
- Just a Small Funeral (2000) - Howard
- Surprise at Throstlenest (2000) - Howard
- Elegy for Fallen Wellies (2000) - Howard
- Magic and the Morris Minor (2000) - Howard
- Under the Rug (2000) - Howard
- Lipstick and Other Problems (2000) - Howard
- Last Post and Pigeon (2000) - Howard
- Ironing Day (1999) - Howard
- The Phantom Number 14 Bus (1999) - Howard
- Howard Throws a Wobbler (1999) - Howard
- Beware the Vanilla Slice (1999) - Howard
- Will Barry Go Septic Despite Listening to Classical Music? (1999) - Howard
- Optimism in the Housing Market (1999) - Howard
- What Happened to Barry's Nose? (1999) - Howard
- Who's Thrown Away Her Tom Cruise Photographs? (1999) - Howard
- How Errol Flynn Discovered the Secret Scar of Nora Batty (1999) - Howard
- The Pony Set (1999) - Howard
- Support Your Local Skydiver (1998) - Howard
- From Audrey Nash to the Widow Dilhooley (1998) - Howard
- Nowhere Particular (1998) - Howard
- Perfection - Thy Name Is Ridley (1998) - Howard
- The Only Diesel Saxophone in Captivity (1998) - Howard
- The Suit That Attracts Blondes (1998) - Howard
- Oh Howard, We Should Get One of Those (1998) - Howard
- Truly and the Hole Truth (1998) - Howard
- Tarzan of the Towpath (1998) - Howard
- Beware of the Oglethorpe (1998) - Howard
- There Goes the Groom (1997) - Howard
- A Sidecar Named Desire (1997) - Howard
- Destiny and Six Bananas (1997) - Howard
- Next Kiss Please (1997) - Howard
- According to the Prophet Bickerdyke (1997) - Howard
- Deviations with Davenport (1997) - Howard
- How to Create a Monster (1997) - Howard
- A Double for Howard (1997) - Howard
- The Mysterious C.W. Northrop (1997) - Howard
- A Clean Sweep (1997) - Howard
- The Love Mobile (1997) - Howard
- Extra! Extra! (1996) - Howard
- A Leg Up for Christmas (1995) - Howard
- Brushes at Dawn (1995) - Howard
- The Thing in Wesley's Shed (1995) - Howard
- Beware of the Elbow (1995) - Howard
- The Suit That Turned Left (1995) - Howard
- Desperate for a Duffield (1995) - Howard
- Captain Clutterbuck's Treasure (1995) - Howard
- The First Human Being to Ride a Hill (1995) - Howard
- The Glamour of the Uniform (1995) - Howard
- Bicycle Bonanza (1995) - Howard
- Leaving Home Forever, or Till Teatime (1995) - Howard
- The Sweet Smell of Excess (1995) - Howard
- The Dewhirsts of Ogleby Hall (1995) - Howard
- The Most Powerful Eyeballs in West Yorkshire (1995) - Howard
- The Space Ace (1995) - Howard
- Once in a Moonlit Junkyard (1995) - Howard
- The Defeat of the Stoneworm (1995) - Howard
- Adopted by a Stray (1995) - Howard
- The Glory Hole (1995) - Howard
- The Man Who Nearly Knew Pavarotti (1995) - Howard
- Welcome to Earth (1993) - Howard
- Aladdin Gets on Your Wick (1993) - Howard
- There Are Gypsies at the Bottom of Our Garden (1993) - Howard
- Springing Smiler (1993) - Howard
- Stop That Bath (1993) - Howard
- Concerto for Solo Bicycle (1993) - Howard
- Have You Got a Light Mate? (1993) - Howard
- The Black Widow (1993) - Howard
- Where There's Smoke There's Barbeque (1993) - Howard
- How to Clear Your Pipes (1993) - Howard
- Stop That Castle! (1992) - Howard
- Wheelies (1992) - Howard
- Camera Shy (1992) - Howard
- Who's Got Rhythm? (1992) - Howard
- Happy Birthday, Howard (1992) - Howard
- Ordeal by Trousers (1992) - Howard
- The Self-Propelled Salad Strainer (1992) - Howard
- Phantom of the Graveyard (1992) - Howard
- Errol Flynn Used to Have a Pair Like That (1992) - Howard
- By the Magnificent Thighs of Ernie Burniston (1992) - Howard
- Situations Vacant (1991) - Howard
- Pole Star (1991) - Howard
- Passing the Earring (1991) - Howard
- Cashflow Problems (1991) - Howard
- Was That Nora Batty Singing? (1991) - Howard
- Give Us a Lift (1991) - Howard
- Quick, Quick, Slow (1991) - Howard
- Barry's Christmas (1990) - Howard
- A Landlady for Smiler (1990) - Howard
- Roll On (1990) - Howard
- The Last Surviving Maurice Chevalier Impression (1990) - Howard
- The Empire That Foggy Nearly Built (1990) - Howard
- Das (Welly) Boot (1990) - Howard
- That's Not Captain Zero (1990) - Howard
- Walking Stiff Can Make You Famous (1990) - Howard
- The Charity Balls (1990) - Howard
- Come in Sunray Major (1990) - Howard
- Return of the Warrior (1990) - Howard
- What's Santa Brought for Nora Then? (1989) - Howard
- Three Men and a Mangle (1989) - Howard
- Getting Barry Higher in the World (1989) - Howard
- Happy Anniversary Gough and Jessie (1989) - Howard
- Who's That Bloke with Nora Batty Then? (1989) - Howard
- Oh Shut Up and Eat Your Choc-Ice (1989) - Howard
- The Kiss and Mavis Poskit (1989) - Howard
- Come Back Jack Harry Teesdale (1989) - Howard
- Crums (1988) - Howard
- The Day of the Welsh Ferret (1988) - Howard
- Downhill Racer (1988) - Howard
- That Certain Smile (1988) - Howard
- The Treasure of the Deep (1988) - Howard
- Big Day at Dream Acres (1987) - Howard
- When You take a Good Bite, Yorkshire Tastes Terrible (1987) - Howard
- Edie and the Automobile (1987) - Howard
- Set the People Free (1987) - Howard
- The Ice-cream Man Cometh (1987) - Howard
- Who's Feeling Ejected Then? (1987) - Howard
- Dried Dates and Codfanglers (1987) - Howard
- The Heavily Reinforced Bottom (1987) - Howard
- Why Does Norman Clegg Buy Ladies' Elastic Stockings? (1987) - Howard
- Merry Christmas, Father Christmas (1986) - Howard
- Uncle of the Bride (1986) - Howard
- Who's Looking After the Cafe Then? (1985) - Howard (uncredited)
- The Woollenmills of Your Mind (1985) - Howard
- Catching Digby's Donkey (1985) - Howard
2009
Misfits (TV Series) as
Harry
- Episode #1.2 (2009) - Harry
2006
Babel as
Tourist
2005
Midnight Oil (Short) as
Father Gerry
2004
Monarch of the Glen (TV Series) as
Jackie McIntyre
- Episode #6.5 (2004) - Jackie McIntyre
2004
The Courtroom (TV Series) as
Arthur Boughman
- Bones (2004) - Arthur Boughman
2004
Around the World in 80 Days as
Jean Michel
2001
Formula 51 as
Hector Dougal McElroy
1996
Ruth Rendell Mysteries (TV Series) as
Alexander Dix
- Simisola: Part Two (1996) - Alexander Dix
1989
No Strings (TV Series) as
Grandad
- Just a Bowl of Cherries (1989) - Grandad
- State of Affairs (1989) - Grandad
- Let's Do It (1989) - Grandad
- One Man's Meat (1989) - Grandad
- On Such a Night as This (1989) - Grandad
- Pick Yourself Up, Dust Yourself Down (1989) - Grandad
- Oh, Don't Deceive Me, Oh, Never Leave Me (1989) - Grandad
1988
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) as
Clerk at Woolwich Station
- The Bruce Partington Plans (1988) - Clerk at Woolwich Station
1983
Jury (TV Series) as
Sid
- Mick (1983) - Sid
1982
Xtro as
Doctor
1982
Third Time Lucky (TV Series) as
Mr. MacTaggart
- Change Partners (1982) - Mr. MacTaggart
1981
Agony (TV Series) as
Mr. Paxman
- Communications Breakdown (1981) - Mr. Paxman
1980
Cream in My Coffee (TV Movie) as
Vicar
1980
Angels (TV Series) as
Bevan
- Episode #6.8 (1980) - Bevan
1980
The Gentle Touch (TV Series) as
George
- Rogue (1980) - George
1980
Cribb (TV Series) as
Lucifer
- Swing, Swing Together (1980) - Lucifer (as Robert Fyffe)
1980
Enemy at the Door (TV Series) as
Jacques Roussel
- Post Mortem (1980) - Jacques Roussel
1975
Survivors (TV Series) as
Phillipson
- Gone Away (1975) - Phillipson
1970
Z Cars (TV Series) as
Walter Heckley / Peeps Cleary
- Tonight and Every Night (1975) - Walter Heckley
- Nice Bit O' Stuff: Part 2 (1970) - Peeps Cleary
1973
Sutherland's Law (TV Series) as
Mr. MacPhee
- The Sea (1973) - Mr. MacPhee
1972
The View from Daniel Pike (TV Series) as
Boag
- Big Fleas, Little Fleas (1972) - Boag
1972
Das Paradies auf der anderen Seite (TV Movie) as
Geldräuber
1972
The Venturers (TV Movie) as
Firth
1972
Sutherland's Law (TV Movie) as
Mr. MacPhee
1972
New Scotland Yard (TV Series) as
Charles Prentice
- And When You're Wrong (1972) - Charles Prentice
1972
The Regiment (TV Series) as
Reporter
- The Father of the Regiment (1972) - Reporter
1971
The Onedin Line (TV Series) as
Evans
- Mutiny (1971) - Evans
1970
Sentimental Education (TV Mini Series) as
Shop assistant
- A Start to Loving (1970) - Shop assistant
1970
Two D's and a Dog (TV Series) as
Mutts
- And Then There Were None (1970) - Mutts
1970
W. Somerset Maugham (TV Series) as
Jimmy Weldon-Burns
- The Human Element (1970) - Jimmy Weldon-Burns
1968
The Revenue Men (TV Series) as
Jamey Logan
- Funny Sort of Criminal (1968) - Jamey Logan
1968
ITV Playhouse (TV Series) as
Ratface / Card player
- Rogues' Gallery: The Tale of Lancelot Wishart (1968) - Ratface
- Rogues' Gallery: The Lives and Crimes of Jonathan Wild and Jack Sheppard (1968) - Ratface
- Rogue's Gallery: The Curious Adventures of Miss Jane Rawley (1968) - Card player
1962
Dr. Finlay's Casebook (TV Series) as
Maguire / Donald Stevenson / Douglas Hamilton
- The Dynamizer (1968) - Maguire
- The Public Patient (1967) - Donald Stevenson
- It's All in the Mind (1962) - Douglas Hamilton
1967
Theatre 625 (TV Series) as
Barman
- Sword of Honour #2: Officers and Gentlemen (1967) - Barman
1966
Mogul (TV Series) as
Green
- The Fires of Hell (1966) - Green
1965
The Villains (TV Series) as
Wilf
- A Joker for Your Button Hole (1965) - Wilf
1965
Compact (TV Series) as
Abelman
- Troublemaker (1965) - Abelman
1964
The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (TV Series) as
Prompter
- Watches of the Night (1964) - Prompter
1964
ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) as
His Mate
- Find Yourself a Mug (1964) - His Mate
1964
Detective (TV Series) as
Young Clerk
- The Drawing (1964) - Young Clerk
1963
Moonstrike (TV Series) as
Louis / Booking Clerk
- The Last Mission (1963) - Louis
- No Joy (1963) - Booking Clerk
1962
ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) as
Ronnie
- The Morning After (1962) - Ronnie
1962
The Big Pull (TV Series) as
Kemble / Technician
- Episode #1.6 (1962) - Technician
- Episode #1.3 (1962) - Kemble
- Episode #1.2 (1962) - Kemble
1962
Jailbreak as
Wally
1962
Mr. Pastry's Progress (TV Series) as
Doctor
- The Swallow's Return (1962) - Doctor
Soundtrack
2001
Last of the Summer Wine (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- A Musical Passing for a Miserable Muscroft (2002) - (performer: "Dream" - uncredited)
- Gnome and Away (2001) - (performer: "I Want To Be Happy" - uncredited)
Self
2003
30 Years of 'Last of the Summer Wine' (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
1997
25 Years of 'Last of the Summer Wine' (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
References
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