Wayne Robson

Wayne Robson (born July 18, 1946 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian television, film and stage actor who is best known for playing the part of Mike Hamar, a thief on The Red Green Show, and the character Beano Callahan in the Sandra Bullock and Denis Leary comedy, Two If by Sea .
Mr. Robson began his acting career in Vancouver, acting on stage. In the 1970s he migrated to Toronto, Ontario Canada, where he continued his stage acting career, and acted in Canadian television commercials. After receiving several small character roles in films such as McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) and Popeye (1980), Mr. Robson got his film acting break in the 1984 film The Grey Fox, starring alongside American actor Richard Farnsworth in the role of Shorty, for which he was nominated for a Canadian Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Wayne also voiced Bloom in the cartoon of Pippi Longstocking. Mr. Robson continued his film career playing minor characters in such films as Finders Keepers (1984), One Magic Christmas (1985), Parents (1989), Dolores Claiborne (1995) and Survival of the Dead (2009). Besides his role as Mike Hamar on the popular Red Green Show, one of Mr. Robson's more memorable roles was as Holly Hunter's ailing father, Tug Jones in the TV movie Harlan County War (2000). Mr. Robson has been nominated and/or won several Canadian television Gemini Awards. Mr. Robson also played many Canadian television roles in such TV series/miniseries as The Good Germany, Puppets Who Kill, Franklin, Relic Hunter and Lexx.

Filmography

• McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) Bartender
• Buffalo Bill & the Indians (1976) Unspoken role
• Flashpoint (1977)
• "Bizarre" (1980) Various characters
• Popeye (1980) Schizzelflint the Pawnbroker
• Improper Channels (1981) Prisoner
• Boys and Girls (1982) Henry
• The Grey Fox (1982) Shorty (William) Dunn - Nominated: Best Supporting Actor - 4th Genie Awards
• Finders Keepers (1984) Zev Tyndale
• Just the Way You Are (1984) Theater Assistant Manager
• Mrs.Soffel (1984) Halliday
• Something's Afoot (1984) (TV) Flint
• Esso (1985)
• Jimmy Valentine (1985) (TV) Pete
• Love Mary (1985) (TV) Dr. Sitton
• One Magic Christmas (1985) Harry Dickens
• Bullies (1986) Vern
• And Then You Die (1987) (TV) Wally Degan - Won - Best Supporting Actor - Gemini Awards
• Dead of winter (1987) Officer Huntley
• Goofballs (1987) Stick
• Housekeeping (1987) Mr. French, the Principal
• Something About Love (1988) Myles
• Candy Mountain (1988) Buddy Burke
• Justice Denied (1989) Roy Ebsary
• Speed Zone! (1989) (uncredited)
• Parents (1989) Lab Attendant
• Buying Time (1989) Rolley
• Bye Bye Blues (1989) Pete - Nominated: Best Supporting Actor - 11th Genie Awards
• The Rescuers Down Under (1990) voice of Frank
• Road to Avonlea, TV (CBC and The Disney Channel), episode "Felicity's Challenge" (1990) Amos Spry
• Bingo (1991) Four Eyes, Bingo's prison mate
• Love & Murder (1991) Jeff
• Lost in the Barrens II: The Curse of the Viking Grave (1991) (TV) Flapjack
• The Soulmates: The Gift of Light (1991) (TV) voice
• In the Nick of Time (1991) (TV) Melvin
• Road to Avonlea, TV (CBC and The Disney Channel), episode "After the Honeymoon" (1991) Amos Spry
• Road to Avonlea, TV (CBC and The Disney Channel), episode "Family Rivalry" (1992) Amos Spry
• April One (1993) Wayne Brock
• Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (1993) (TV) Gravedigger
• The Diviners (1993) (TV) Christie
• Heads (1993) (TV) Benny - Chief of Police
• Sodbusters (1994) (TV) Hombre
• Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story (1995) (TV) Ed Cady
• Dolores Claiborne (1995) Sammy Marchant
• When the Dark Man Calls (1995) (TV) Billy Orr
• Derby (1995) (TV) Rooster McCoy
• National Lampoon's Senior Trip (1995) Frank Hardin
• The Adventures of Sinbad (1996) Dim Dim
• Two if by Sea (1996) Beano Callahan
• The Haunting of Lisa (1996) (TV) Simon Falk
• Getting Away with Murder (1996) Bartender
• Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (1996) (TV)
• Mother Tucker: The Diana Kilmury Story (1996) (TV) Pete
• Giant Mine (1996) (TV) Bill Schram
• Affliction (1997) Nick Wickham
• Mary Curie: More than Meets the Eye (1997) (TV) Louis
• Cube (1997) Wayne Rennes
• Murder She Purred, A Mrs. Murphy Mystery (1998) (TV) Ben Seifert
• The Girl Next Door (1999) (TV) Jack Hargrove
• Rocky Marciano (1999) (TV) Lou Ambers
• Vendetta (1999) (TV) Frank Peeter
• The Highwayman (2000) Cruickshank
• Harlan County War (2000) (TV) Tug Jones
• Redwall: The Movie (2000) (TV) Methuselah
• Sanctuary (2001) (TV) Cappy
• I Was a Rat (2001) (TV) Eric
• Roughing It (2002) (TV) Mr. Ballou
• Duct Tape Forever (2002) (TV) Mike Hamar
• Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road (2002) (TV) Tolbert (Deep Stomach)
• Charms for the Easy Life (2002) (TV) Doctor
• Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids (2003) (TV) voice of Mr. Mantis
• Wrong Turn (2003) Old Man
• Cold Creek Manor (2003) Stan Holland
• Anne: Journey to Green Gables (2004) (TV) Matthew Cuthbert
• Welcome to Mooseport (2004) Morris Gutman
• Cool Money (2005) (TV) Doc
• Canles on Bay Street (2006) (TV) Brad
• Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007) Old Man
• In Between (2007) Professor
• Stuck (2008) Mr. Binckley
• Bridal Fever (2008) (TV) Mr. Nelson
• The Incredible Hulk (2008) Boat Captain
• The Timekeeper (2009) Lomacki
• Survival of the Dead (2009) Tawdry O'Flynn
• [[The adventures of tintin episode series (2004) as Professor Calculus.

Awards and Nominations

• 1983 - 4th Genie Awards - Nominated - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

for: The Grey Fox (1982) (film)

• 1988 - Gemini Awards - Won - Best Performance by a Supporting Actor

for: And Then You Die (1987) (TV)

• 1990 - Gemini Awards - Nominated - Best Guest Performance in a Series by an Actor or Actress for: E.N.G. Kevin - 1 episode "Lest You Be Judged" (1989) (TV)
• 1990 - 11th Genie Awards - Nominated - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

for: Bye Bye Blues (1989) (film)

• 1994 - Gemini Awards - Won - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

for: The Diviners (1993) (TV)

• 2000 - Gemini Awards - Nominated - Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series

for: The Red Green Show (1991) Shared with: Graham Greene, Jerry Schaefer, Steve Smith, Patrick McKenna, Peter Keleghan, Bob Bainborough, Jeff Lumby, Joel Harris (TV)

• 2001 - Gemini Awards - Nominated - Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series for: The Red Green Show (1991) Shared with: Steve Smith, George Buza, Kim Bubbs, Jeff Lumby, Peter Keleghan, Bob Bainborough (TV)
• 2006 - Gemini Awards - Nominated - Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series for: The Red Green Show (1991) Shared with: Steve Smith, Bob Bainborough, Laurie Elliott, Rick Green, Jeff Lumby, Patrick McKenna - For episode "Do As I Do" (TV)

Quotes

• You're the one who's gonna need to take care. Wrong Turn (2003)

External links

• Wayne Robson at the Internet Movie Database

-He also starred in the Tintin episode series(2004).