Robinson had appeared in films as early as 1938, starting in a short in the series
Ghost Tales Retold and following it ten years later with
A Piece of Cake starring
Cyril Fletcher. Robinson successfully made the transition from variety and radio into TV and films. One of his last appearances on television was in an episode of
Last of the Summer Wine, in which Robinson, by then in his 70s, played a hen-pecked husband led astray by Compo and Clegg. He also appeared as a
Second World War veteran turned priest in an episode of ''
Hancock's Half Hour''. When Hancock was holding a reunion of his old Army friends, Robinson was the only one who appeared not to have become staid and boring, but when he took off his scarf, it was seen that he had become a vicar. In the production of
Camelot in London in 1964, Robinson played King Pellenore. The show apparently ran for 650 performances, although it was not well received by the critics. The same year, Robinson's television work included the series
Fire Crackers, featuring the day-to-day challenges and mishaps of the Cropper's End Fire Brigade. In 1967, he appeared in
The Avengers episode entitled "The 50,000 Pound Breakfast" as a Minister. He was a guest of
Jack Howarth in the November 1974 episode of
This Is Your Life. Robinson was best known in Britain for appearances on television and radio shows such as ''You've Got to be Joking
, which he created, as well as Does the Team Think?''. == Personal life and death ==