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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. William John
Phillips MC, (20 July 1914 – 11 May 1995) was a British actor. He is
best remembered for the role of Chief Superintendent Robins, in the
television series Z-Cars and for his work as a Shakespearean stage
actor. Phillips was born in Birmingham in 1914, and began his acting
career at Birmingham Rep in the 1930s. During World War II, Phillips
served in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and was awarded the Military
Cross. His early theatre roles included the Ghost in the 1955 Peter
Brook – Paul Scofield production of Hamlet at the Phoenix Theatre; the
American Ambassador in Peter Ustinov’s 1957 production of Romanoff and
Juliet; and Prospero in the 1959 production of John Dryden and William
Davenant’s version of The Tempest, at the Old Vic. Phillips continued to
work as a stage actor until his retirement in the 1980s.
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