Jay Robinson

Jay Robinson (born April 14, 1930 in New York City, New York) is an American actor specialising in character roles. Robinson began his acting career in summer stock theatre and repertory companies, and eventually made his way to the Broadway stage, where he appeared in Shakespeare's As You Like It and Much Ado About Nothing. Robinson's first film role was as the insane Emperor Caligula in The Robe (1953), which he reprised in Demetrius and the Gl... more

Jay Robinson (born April 14, 1930 in New York City, New York) is an American actor specialising in character roles. Robinson began his acting career in summer stock theatre and repertory companies, and eventually made his way to the Broadway stage, where he appeared in Shakespeare's As You Like It and Much Ado About Nothing. Robinson's first film role was as the insane Emperor Caligula in The Robe (1953), which he reprised in Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954). This was followed by roles in The Virgin Queen (1955) starring Bette Davis, My Man Godfrey (1957) with David Niven and June Allyson and Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972), the Woody Allen comedy. He was also featured on two Folkways albums of Shakespeare: Othello: William Shakespeare and William Shakespeare: King Richard III, which were both released in 1964. Although Robinson is perhaps most well known to American audiences as the host and narrator for the Discovery Channel... less