Robert Allan Clothier (October 21, 1921 – February 10, 1999) was a prominent Canadian stage and television actor most famous for his role on the long running CBC television show, The Beachcombers. He portrayed Bruno Gerussi's rival beachcomber, Relic – a clumsy man of Welsh descent who lived on a house boat and used his speedboat to outrun and challenge Nick's claims to logs.
At the age of 18, and at the start of World War II, Clothier enlisted i...
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Robert Allan Clothier (October 21, 1921 – February 10, 1999) was a prominent Canadian stage and television actor most famous for his role on the long running CBC television show, The Beachcombers. He portrayed Bruno Gerussi's rival beachcomber, Relic – a clumsy man of Welsh descent who lived on a house boat and used his speedboat to outrun and challenge Nick's claims to logs.
At the age of 18, and at the start of World War II, Clothier enlisted in the Canadian Army and was seriously injured in a plane crash south of Vancouver, British Columbia just as the war was ending in 1945. Clothier then studied Architecture at the University of British Columbia followed by a stay in England studying theatre. Clothier returned to British Columbia, eventually settling in the Capilano Highlands area of North Vancouver, and became well-known in the Vancouver area as a stage actor and an accomplished sculptor and painter. He landed the memorable role of Relic, the curmudgeonly, unscrupulous rival of...
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