Robert Coleman Atkins (October 17, 1930 – April 17, 2003) was an American physician and cardiologist, best known for the "Atkins Nutritional Approach", or "Atkins Diet", a popular but controversial way of eating that requires close control of carbohydrate consumption, emphasizing protein and fat as the primary sources of dietary calories in addition to a controlled number of carbohydrates from vegetables. Although the success of Atkins' diet plan, weightloss books, and lifestyle company, Atkins Nutritionals, led Time to name the doctor one of the ten most influential people in 2002, his critics in the medical and fitness communities continue to criticize Atkins' approach to weight loss.
April 17, 2003, New York City, New York, United States
Place Of Birth
Dulwich, England, UK
Profession
Actor, Writer, Producer
Spouse
Veronica Atkins (m. 1986)
Movies
The Cardinal, Atkins Complete
Star Sign
Leo
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Fact
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Father: Robert Atkins; Mother: Annie Evans.
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Trained at London's Academy of Dramatic Art. On stage from 1906, invariably in Shakespearean roles at the Old Vic or at the Stratford Memorial Theatre.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mr. Justice Duncannon
1963
TV Series
Lord White
She Died Young
1961
TV Movie
Dr. Samuel Johnson
Sykes and A...
1961
TV Series
The Honey Siege
1959
TV Series
Curé
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
1950-1956
TV Series
Sir John Falstaff
Caliban
Caiaphas
...
I'll Never Forget You
1951
Dr. Samuel Johnson (uncredited)
A Midsummer Night's Dream Part 2/II
1951
TV Movie
Storyteller / Bottom
A Midsummer Night's Dream Part 1/II
1951
TV Movie
Storyteller / Bottom
A Midsummer Night's Dream Part 2
1950
TV Movie
Storyteller / Bottom
A Midsummer Night's Dream Part 1
1950
TV Movie
Bottom
Black Magic
1949
King Louis XV
If This Be Sin
1949
George Drummond
Jenny Villiers
1948
TV Movie
Edmund Ludlow
Stairway to Heaven
1946
The Vicar
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1946
TV Movie
Bottom
The Great Mr. Handel
1942
Let the People Sing
1942
Hassock
He Found a Star
1941
Frank Forrester
Johnson Was No Gentleman
1939
TV Movie
Samuel Johnson
Two Gentlemen of Soho
1939
TV Movie
Cæsar's Friend
1939
TV Movie
Caiaphas, the High Priest
Two Gentlemen of Soho
1938
TV Movie
Victoria the Great
1937
Garter King-at-Arms
Everything Is Thunder
1936
Adjutant
The Cardinal
1936
General Belmont
Peg of Old Drury
1935
Dr. Samuel Johnson
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Midsummer Night's Dream Part 2/II
1951
TV Movie adaptation
A Midsummer Night's Dream Part 1/II
1951
TV Movie adaptation
A Midsummer Night's Dream Part 2
1950
TV Movie adaptation
A Midsummer Night's Dream Part 1
1950
TV Movie
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
1950
TV Series adaptation - 2 episodes
Scenes from Twelfth Night and Macbeth
1948
TV Movie script
Scenes from Twelfth Night and Macbeth/II
1948
TV Movie adaptations / devised by / script
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
1956
TV Series producer - 1 episode
Scenes from Twelfth Night and Macbeth
1948
TV Movie programme deviser
Scenes from Twelfth Night and Macbeth/II
1948
TV Movie programme deviser
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1947
TV Movie producer
As You Like It
1946
TV Movie producer
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
1956
TV Series 1 episode
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1946
TV Movie
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
He Found a Star
1941
performer: "Invictus", "Widecombe Fair" - as Frank Forrester, uncredited
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Crooked Billet
1929
dialogue director: sound version
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Farewell to the Vic
1963
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Alan Melville Takes You from A-Z
1958
TV Series
Himself
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
1954
TV Series
Himself
Scenes from Twelfth Night and Macbeth
1948
TV Movie
Herself - Presenter
Scenes from Twelfth Night and Macbeth/II
1948
TV Movie
Himself - Presenter
Known for movies
Stairway to Heaven (1946) as The Vicar
Scenes from Twelfth Night and Macbeth/II (1948) as Writer
A Midsummer Night's Dream Part 1/II (1951) as Storyteller / Bottom
A Midsummer Night's Dream Part 2 (1950) as Storyteller / Bottom
$8 Million
