Robert McBain

Who was Robert McBain?

Robert McBain was an English actor, photographer and artist.

He was born Robert Digby Bosher, in Wembley, Middlesex. His mother was Iris Rousham and his biological father was John Bosher.

Stage appearances:

Julius Caesar at the Royal Court;

Jingo with the Royal Shakespeare Company;

St Joan at the Old Vic

Tom Stoppard's Dirty Linen at the Arts Theatre.

Gonzalo in The Tempest at Shakespeare's Globe,

Chebutykin in The Three Sisters at the Orange Tree Richmond.

McBain appeared in many television programmes including:

Z-Cars

Upstairs, Downstairs

Fawlty Towers

The Professionals

Casualty

He also started in feature films such as:

Breakout

Bullseye

A Fish Called Wanda.

He had his eldest son, Angus, with his first wife, Ann Clark, and two more children, Jon and Hannah, during his 11-year marriage to actress Patricia Brake.

In 1979, Bob married Maggie Henderson and they worked together many times over their 25 years of marriage; both in the West End and writing and performing many recitals.