Robert Coleby - Turner Classic Movies

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Robert Coleby was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Early on in his acting career, Coleby landed roles in various films, including the George C Scott action movie "The Last Run" (1971), "The Plumber" (1979) and "Now and Forever" (1982). He also appeared in "For the Term of His Natural Life" (1985), the drama "Great Expectations - The Untold Story" (1987) with John Sta...

Filmography

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Appaloosa (2008)

The Marine (2006)

Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure (2005)

Mermaids (2003)

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Plumber, The (1979) -- (Movie Clip) I Just Flung It In His Face

Plumber, The (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Your Pipes Are Buggered

Biography

Robert Coleby was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Early on in his acting career, Coleby landed roles in various films, including the George C Scott action movie "The Last Run" (1971), "The Plumber" (1979) and "Now and Forever" (1982). He also appeared in "For the Term of His Natural Life" (1985), the drama "Great Expectations - The Untold Story" (1987) with John Stanton and "Sebastian and the Sparrow" (1988). In the nineties, Coleby devoted his time to various credits, such as "Frauds" (1993), "Country Life" (1995) and "The Phantom" (1996) starring Billy Zane. He also worked on "The Real Macaw" (1998). Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in the Steve Irwin action flick "The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course" (2002), "Walk the Talk" (2003) with Salvatore Coco and "The Marine" (2006) with John Cena. He also appeared in the Ed Harris dramatic adaptation "Appaloosa" (2008). Coleby most recently acted in the Mia Wasikowska dramatic adaptation "Tracks" (2014).

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Appaloosa (2008)

The Marine (2006)

Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure (2005)

Mermaids (2003)

The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (2002)

Curse of the Talisman (2001)

The Real Macaw (2000)

Walk the Talk (2000)

Chameleon II: Death Match (1999)

The Phantom (1996)

In Pursuit of Honor (1995)

Sergeant James Shattuck

Sebastian and the Sparrow (1988)

Peter Thornbury

Great Expectations - The Untold Story (1987)

The Blue Lightning (1986)

For the Term of His Natural Life (1985)

Now and Forever (1982)

The Plumber (1979)

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Country Life (1994)

Cast (Special)

Hector's Bunyip (1987)

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World (1999)

Day of the Roses (1998)

Life Events

Photo Collections

Repo Man - Movie Poster

Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for Repo Man (1984), starring Emilio Estevez and directed by Alex Cox. One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.

Videos

Plumber, The (1979) -- (Movie Clip) I Just Flung It In His Face If it weren't Australia, one might almost expect Alfred Hitchcock to walk through a shot, writer-director Peter Weir introducing his nerdy couple Jill and Brian (Judy Morris, Robert Coleby), in the made-for-tv thriller The Plumber, 1979.

Plumber, The (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Your Pipes Are Buggered Academic Brian (Robert Coleby) calls from the university with exciting news for Jill (Judy Morris) who is at home dealing with the unexpected plumber (Ivar Kants), much tension, early in Peter Weir's The Plumber, 1979.

Repo Man (1984) -- (Movie Clip) What You Got In The Trunk? Opening scene, highway cop (Varnum Honey) in his only appearance, pulls over the Malibu driven by mad scientist Parnell (Fox Harris), in Alex Cox's Repo Man, 1984.

Repo Man (1984) -- (Movie Clip) Young Men Of Your Age We meet Otto (Emilio Estevez) and Kevin (Zander Schloss), who get fired from the grocery by Mr. Humphries (Charles Hopkins), punk things ensuing, in Alex Cox's Repo Man, 1984.

Repo Man (1984) -- (Movie Clip) United Fruitcake Outlet In a Cadillac he's just collected, Otto (Emilio Estevez) meets Leila (Olivia Barash), who turns out to be into U-F-O's, in Alex Cox's Repo Man, 1984.

Repo Man (1984) -- (Movie Clip) She'll Take The Bus Otto (Emilio Estevez), at loose ends, is recruited unawares to his first job, by Bud (Harry Dean Stanton) who introduces himself, in Alex Cox's Repo Man, 1984.

Repo Man (1984) -- (Movie Clip) Bibles To El Salvador Otto (Emilio Estevez) takes a quick stab at getting support from Dad (Jonathon Hugger) and Mom (Sharon Gregg), stoned and religious, in Alex Cox's Repo Man, 1984.

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