Robert Cawdron

Robert Chattey Cawdron (29 December 1921 – 14 September 1997) was a French-born British film and television actor. Often cast as police officers, he had a long-running role on Dixon of Dock Green as Detective Inspector Cherry.

Robert Cawdron
Born	Robert Chattey Cawdron (1921-12-29)29 December 1921 Garches, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Died	14 September 1997(1997-09-14) (aged 75) Somerset, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1947–1981

Selected filmography

Film

• Night Beat (1947) - Police Recruit (uncredited)
• The Fallen Idol (1948) - Policeman (uncredited)
• The Chiltern Hundreds (1949) - Sergeant
• Stage Fright (1950) - Policeman (uncredited)
• State Secret (1950) - State Policeman (uncredited)
• The Elusive Pimpernel (1950) - Doorman at the French Embassy (uncredited)
• Highly Dangerous (1950) - Soldier at Barrier During Fire (uncredited)
• Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951) - French Mate on 'Witch of Endor' (uncredited)
• Trent's Last Case (1952) - Police Constable (uncredited)
• Down Among the Z Men (1952) - Sergeant Bullshine
• Street of Shadows (1953) - Det. Sgt. Hadley
• You Can't Escape - Pugilist
• Five on a Treasure Island (1957) - Luke Undown
• A King in New York (1957) - U.S. Marshal
• The One That Got Away (1957) - Officer on Horseback (uncredited)
• Identity Unknown (1960) - Flynn
• October Moth (1960) - The Policeman
• Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) - Robboe
• Ali and the Camel (1960) - (voice)
• Feet of Clay (1960) - Saunders
• The Frightened City (1961) - Nero
• Crosstrap (1962) - Joe
• We Joined the Navy (1962) - Marcel's Bar Patron (uncredited)
• The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966)
• The Shuttered Room (1967) - John Whately, Susannah's Father
• The Blood Beast Terror (1968) - Chief Constable
• The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) - Hotel Manager
• Zeppelin (1971) - Officer (uncredited)
• Madhouse (1974) - CID Inspector (uncredited)
• S*P*Y*S (1974) - Vet (uncredited)

Television

• Dixon of Dock Green (1955-1965) - Det. Insp. Cherry / Insp. Gordon
• The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1955) - Chicon / First Agent
• The Count of Monte Cristo (1956) - Rico
• Assignment Foreign Legion (1956) - Bolieau
• Sailor of Fortune (1956-1957) - Patron / Demitrios
• Shadow Squad (1957) - Sgt. Telfer
• White Hunter (1957-1958) - Paul Klinger / Doug Gordon
• Educated Evans (1958) - Second Military Policeman
• Ivanhoe (1958) - Sir Mark / Sir Edgar / Bailiff
• Starr and Company (1958) - Marvin Lavery
• The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1958) - Rodney Ames / Inspector Von Der Reyden
• The Four Just Men (1959) - Farmer
• Danger Man (TV series) (1960) - President in episode "The Girl in Pink Pajamas"
• Golden Girl (1961) - Det. Supt. Tallerton
• Sir Francis Drake (1961) - Crombie
• Bootsie and Snudge (1962) - Ned Plackett
• No Hiding Place (1962) - Michael O'Grady
• The Saint (1962-1967) - Sergeant Le Duc
• Espionage (1963) - Paratrooper
• Call the Gun Expert (1964) - PC Gutteridge
• The Massingham Affair (1964) - PC Hugh
• 199 Park Lane (1965) - Stuart Long
• The Avengers (1966-1967) - Banks / Horace
• Triton (1968) - Robert Fulton
• Department S (1969) - Police Inspector
• Pegasus (1969) - Robert Fulton
• Doctor Who (1970) - Taltalian
• The Main Chance (1970) - Crispin
• From a Bird's Eye View (1970-1971) - Uncle Bert Quigley / Charlie Duggan
• Doomwatch (1971) - John McAlister
• Owen, M.D. (1971) - Andrew Pearce
• The Persuaders! (1971) - Leyland
• The Prince of Denmark (1974) - Customer
• The Dick Emery Show (1974-1981)

Bibliography

• Paul Cornell, Martin Day & Keith Topping. The Guinness Book of Classic British TV. Guinness, 1996.

External links

• Robert Cawdron at IMDb
• Robert Cawdron at Theatricalia