Biography
Liverpool-born artist, who spent the 1930's working for Warner Brothers at Teddington Studio as a draughtsman. After gaining promotion to art director, he joined Alexander Korda at London Films, working out of Denham Studios. His career was interrupted by wartime service and did not resume fully until 1956, when he joined Hammer Films as a production designer. Robinson soon acquired a reputation for creating a lavish look, given the limited budgets and cramped facilities at Hammer's Bray studio. He built sets which could be rapidly re-built to suit different requirements. In this manner, the crypt from Dracula (1958) became the laboratory for The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958). Similarly, the same Cornish village set doubled for both The Plague of the Zombies (1966) and The Reptile (1966). Castle Dracula itself was used again as Baskerville Hall for The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959). Robinson's productive association with Hammer lasted until 1969. He died the following year.
Filmography
All 62
Movies 62
Director 3
Run a Crooked Mile (1969)
Destiny of a Spy (1969)
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
The Mummy's Shroud (1967)
Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
The Witches (1966)
Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)
The Reptile (1966)
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
The Brigand of Kandahar (1965)
The Secret of Blood Island (1964)
The Gorgon (1964)
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964)
The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)
Nightmare (1964)
The Old Dark House (1963)
The Kiss of the Vampire (1963)
The Scarlet Blade (1963)
Maniac (1963)
Paranoiac (1963)
The Damned (1962)
The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
Captain Clegg (1962)
The Pirates of Blood River (1962)
Cash on Demand (1961)
Watch It, Sailor! (1961)
Taste of Fear (1961)
The Shadow of the Cat (1961)
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
The Terror of the Tongs (1961)
Visa to Canton (1960)
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
The Brides of Dracula (1960)
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)
The Stranglers of Bombay (1959)
Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
The Ugly Duckling (1959)
The Mummy (1959)
The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958)
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
Dracula (1958)
Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
The Abominable Snowman (1957)
Quatermass II (1957)
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Reach for the Sky (1956)
The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954)
The Good Die Young (1954)
Johnny on the Run (1953)
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952)
Emergency Call (1952)
Double Confession (1950)
Murder at the Windmill (1949)
Forbidden (1949)
Noose (1948)
The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940)
Crimes at the Dark House (1940)
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Known forArt
GenderMale
Birthday1912-07-27
Deathday1970-03-02 (57 years old)
Place of birthLiverpool, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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