Robin Driscoll
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 28 June 1951
Robin Driscoll is a British actor and writer, best known as a writer of Mr. Bean. After leaving Worthing Art College, Robin Driscoll, with friends, formed a touring theatre company named ‘Cliffhanger' in the early 1970s. The shows were always comedies and contrived through improvisation. After writing for several TV shows, Robin became a contributor to Alas Smith and Jones then later, the main writer for Mr Bean: the TV series, movies and animations. He and Rowan Atkinson are close friends; he appeared with Rowan Atkinson in Laughing Matters (1992) - Visual Comedy, a documentary on the mechanics of visual humour. As an actor, he has appeared in episodes of TV shows such as Only Fools and Horses ("The Jolly Boys' Outing"), Murder Most Horrid, Dear John, Alas Smith & Jones, Wilderness Road and The Fast Show. In recent years he has written his own mystery thriller novels.
Known for
Acting 9
- 2026You Ain’t Seen These, Right?
- 2026The Story of Bean as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2021Happy Birthday Mr Bean as Self
- 1995The Steal as Farmhand
- 1992Laughing Matters as Himself
- 1991Mr. Bean: The Bus Stop as Blind man
- 1991Mr. Bean Goes to a Première as The Cinema Manager
- 1989The Tall Guy as Actor
- 1985Morons from Outer Space as Space Pilot
Writing 7
- 2007Mr. Bean's Holiday · screenplay
- 1997Bean · screenplay
- 1994Mind the Baby, Mr Bean · writer
- 1992Laughing Matters · writer
- 1991The Exciting Escapades of Mr. Bean · writer
- 1991Mr. Bean Goes to a Première · writer
- 1987Smith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas Video · writer