Robert Gillespie (born 9 November 1933 in Lille, France) is a British actor.
He was brought up in Nantes until his parents moved to Manchester, having arrived in Plymouth in 1940. He trained as an actor at RADA, was with the Royal Shakespeare Company for two years and is perhaps best known for his role as Dudley Rush in the television sitcom Keep it in the Family.
Other notable TV credits include: The Saint, The Avengers, Dixon of Dock Green, Up Pompeii!, Z Cars, The Onedin Line, Doomwatch, Dad's Army, Porridge, The Sweeney, Public Eye, The Good Life, Rising Damp, The New Avengers, Survivors, Warship, Robin's Nest, The Professionals, George and Mildred, Return of the Saint, Bonjour La Classe, Secret Army and Butterflies.
Film appearances include the Pride segment of The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins.
Since the mid-nineties he has largely devoted himself to directing theatre, and recently set up his own production company - Jane Nightwork Productions. Productions have included David Mamet's Oleanna, Jeremy Kingston's Making Dickie Happy, and Eugene Scribe's Golden Opportunities, which was translated by Anthony Curtis, and which received it's UK premier at the Warehouse Theatre in Croydon in September 2006.
Robert Gillespie (born November 2, 1979 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi) was an American football running back in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and the Jacksonville Jaguars. He also played for the Frankfurt Galaxy in the NFL Europa. He played college football at the University of Florida. Gillespie is now a running backs coach for the University of South Carolina Gamecocks.
Son of a Hungarian mother and a Canadian father of Scottish descent.
