Bobby Knutt

Bobby Knutt

Birth : 1945-11-25, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK

Death : 2017-09-25

History

Robert Andrew Wass, known professionally as Bobby Knutt, was a British television actor who started in entertainment as a stand-up comedian before moving into acting with roles in Ken Loach's Price of Coal, Emmerdal, Coronation Street, Common as Muck, Last of the Summer Wine, Our Friends In The North, Heartbeat and Benidorm.

Profile

Bobby Knutt

Movies

Funny Cow
Crookes Club Concert Secretary
A comedian uses her troubled past as material for her stand-up routine, trying to rise up through the comedy circuit by playing Northern England's working men's clubs.
Benidorm: 10 Years on Holiday
Himself
Ahead of the start of the tenth series of the award-winning ITV sitcom, this special programme talks to the show's creator and writer Derren Litten about how it was created and cast members talk about their roles.
Urban & the Shed Crew
Charlie
A hard living, disillusioned, ex social worker becomes the unlikely savior to an anarchic gang of joy-riding, drug taking, thieving, out of control, care home runaway kids.
In Denial of Murder
Ernie Charlesworth
Dramatisation of the Stephen Downing case which involved the conviction and imprisonment in 1974 of a 17-year-old council worker, Stephen Downing, for the murder of a 32 year old legal secretary, Wendy Sewell, in the town of Bakewell in the Peak District in central England. Following a campaign by a local newspaper, his conviction was overturned in 2002, after Downing had served 27 years in prison. The case is thought to be the longest miscarriage of justice in British legal history, and attracted worldwide media attention.
Coast to Coast
Garage Owner
Two guys meet, one American, a deserter from the US army, one Brit, and they are drawn together by their mutual love of Soul music. Neither being gainfully employed they decide to start a mobile disco service for fellow soul lovers, which leads them to buy an ice cream van, and the adventure begins. Before long they find themselves on the run from the bad guys and the police.
The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
Sid Storey
A month after the royal visit, the workers at Milton Colliery are brought crashing back down to earth by an underground explosion.
The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
Sid Storey
The workers of Milton Colliery prepare for a royal visit from Prince Charles.