Robin Duke Filmography

Born:: March 13, 1954 in St. Catherine's, Ontario, Canada
Occupation:: Actor

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Monk: Mr. Monk and the Airplane

Synopsis: In the final episode of Monk's first season, the ultra-phobic Mr. Monk (Tony Shalhoub) is forced to take his first plane ride. Galvanized by sheer terror, Monk spends the first part of the flight driving his fellow passengers crazy with his anxious questions. Before long, he really has something Read More

2002
Degas and the Dancer

Actors: Thomas Jay Ryan, Alison Pill, Kathryn Long

Synopsis: The six-part made-for-television Artists' Specials Series is an entertaining and educational collection of children's films. Programs focus on a significant segment of an artist's life. Biographical information is mixed with fiction to create compelling stories reflecting turning points in the Read More

1999
Multiplicity

Actors: Michael Keaton, Andie MacDowell, Harris Yulin, Richard Masur, Eugene Levy

Synopsis: In this zany comedy, Michael Keaton is Doug Kinney, a man with too many tasks and not enough time to complete them. When he feels too much pressure, his temper explodes with disastrous results. So when researcher Dr. Owen Leeds (Harris Yulin) offers him a somewhat unusual remedy for his problem Read More

1996
Hostage for a Day

Actors: George Wendt, Robin Duke, Christopher Templeton, John Candy, Peter Torokvei

Synopsis: The late comedian John Candy directed this made-for-television black comedy. George Wendt stars as Warren Kooey, a poor slob with a vicious wife and a nasty boss. Wooey wants to escape his miserable existence, so he decides to stage his own kidnapping to get away from his tormentors and find some Read More

1994
I Love Trouble

Actors: Julia Roberts, Nick Nolte, Saul Rubinek, James Rebhorn, Robert Loggia

Synopsis: In the style of the screwball comedies of the 1930s and 1940s, I Love Trouble depicts the developing romance of two rival reporters who reluctantly fall for each other while competing for a major scoop. Old hand Peter Brackett (Nick Nolte) and aspiring newcomer Sabrina Peterson (Julia Roberts) Read More

1994
Groundhog Day

Actors: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky, Brian Doyle-Murray, Marita Geraghty

Synopsis: Bill Murray plays Phil, a TV weatherman working for a local station in Pennsylvania but convinced that national news stardom is in his grasp. Phil displays a charm and wit on camera that evaporates the moment the red light goes off; he is bitter, appallingly self-centered, and treats his Read More

1993
There Goes the Neighborhood

Actors: Jeff Daniels, Catherine O'Hara, Hector Elizondo, Rhea Perlman, Dabney Coleman, Judith Ivey

Synopsis: Avarice is the motivation behind the zany deeds in this comedy. It all begins when a dying prisoner whispers the location of his loot to the facility's psychiatrist who heads to Cherry Hill, New Jersey to find it. Unbeknownst to him, he is followed by two fugitive convicts who overheard the Read More

10/30/92
Only You

Actors: Andrew McCarthy, Kelly Preston, Helen Hunt

Synopsis: The feature film directing debut of actress Betty Thomas, this romantic farce attempts to mimic the screwball comedies of the 1930s. Andrew McCarthy stars as Cliff Godfrey, a doll house designer and perpetual loser in love who is dumped by his fiancee on the eve of their pre-nuptial vacation to Read More

1992
Motorama

Actors: Martha Quinn, Jordan Christopher Michael, John Diehl, Mary Woronov, Garrett Morris, Drew Barrymore, Meat Loaf, Flea

Synopsis: This black comedy offers a rather twisted version of the classic road movie, as it tells the story of a ten-year-old boy who is determined to win the "Motorama" road game, a promotional effort by a major gas station that promises winners 500 million dollars. In order to win, one simply has to Read More

1991
Blue Monkey

Actors: Steve Railsback, Gwynyth Walsh, Susan Anspach, John Vernon, Joe Flaherty

Synopsis: This slick throwback to the giant-mutant-insect movies of the 1950's has built a small reputation solely on its irrelevant title -- the film contains no monkeys, blue or otherwise -- which confused both reviewers and viewers alike. (This dilemma was solved in its second video incarnation, under Read More

9/25/87
Club Paradise

Actors: Robin Williams, Peter O'Toole, Rick Moranis, Jimmy Cliff, Twiggy

Synopsis: Robin Williams' comic shtick sabotages any attempt at comic development in Harold Ramis' patchy comedy farce Club Paradise. Williams plays Jack Moniker, a Chicago fireman injured in the line of duty, who uses his disability money to open up a run-down Caribbean resort. Jack eagerly awaits the Read More

7/11/86
The Last Polka

Synopsis: This HBO comedy special is a send-up of Martin Scorsese's The Last Waltz. Scorsese's film, it will be recalled, recorded the final concert of the rock group The Band. Polka deals with the rise and fall of that fabulous Lutonian twosome, the Schmenge Brothers. John Candy is Yosh Schmenge, and Eugene Levy Read More

1984
Saturday Night Live: Season 09

Actors: Jim Belushi, Robin Duke, Mary Gross, Brad Hall, Tim Kazurinsky, Gary Kroeger, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Eddie Murphy, Joe Piscopo

1983
Saturday Night Live: Season 08

Actors: Robin Duke, Mary Gross, Brad Hall, Tim Kazurinsky, Gary Kroeger, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Eddie Murphy, Joe Piscopo

1982
Saturday Night Live: Season 07

Actors: Brian Doyle-Murray, Robin Duke, Christine Ebersole, Mary Gross, Tim Kazurinsky, Eddie Murphy, Joe Piscopo, Tony Rosato

1981
SCTV: Season 03

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Joe Flaherty, Andrea Martin, Eugene Levy, Dave Thomas, Rick Moranis

Synopsis: Although former stalwarts John Candy, Catherine O'Hara, and Harold Ramis are no longer part of the action, the third season of SCTV still boasts some of the Canadian-based sketch comedy series' best material. For starters, the season opener offers a special presentation of My Fair Lady...that is Read More

1980
Saturday Night Live: Season 06

Actors: Brian Doyle-Murray, Denny Dillon, Robin Duke, Gilbert Gottfried, Tim Kazurinsky, Gail Matthius, Eddie Murphy, Joe Piscopo, Ann Risley, Charles Rocket, Tony Rosato

1980
Running

Actors: Michael Douglas, Susan Anspach, Larry Dane, Chuck Shamata, Eugene Levy

Synopsis: Despite the promise of his early career, the life of former world-class runner Michael Andropolis has been a crashing failure. The icing on his life's bitter cake was his divorce from the woman he still loves. Wanting to win back both his wife and his self-respect, Andropolis decides to start Read More

1979
SCTV [TV Series]

Actors: Joe Flaherty, Andrea Martin, Harold Ramis, John Candy, Eugene Levy

Synopsis: An outgrowth of Chicago's Second City comedy troupe, which was created in 1959, the Toronto branch of Second City invaded Canada's CBC in the fall of 1976 with a weekly, half-hour sketch comedy series, making up in talent and energy what it lacked in budget and production polish. Taped in Read More

1978
SCTV: Broads Behind Bars

Actors: Robin Duke, Judith Dagley, Mary Margaret O'Hara

Synopsis: The title sketch is an extended spoof of the then-popular Australian TV serial Prisoner: Cell Block H, starring Catherine O'Hara as fallen innocent Cheryl, Andrea Martin as hard-bitten lifer Kitty LaRue, John Candy as sadistic guard Shultz, and Harold Ramis as the John Vernonesque warden. Read More

1977
SCTV: Shock Theater

Actors: Donald Cowper, Tony Rosato, Robin Duke

Synopsis: The highlight of this episode is, of course, "Shock Theater," in which little Billy (Donald Cowper) makes a fatal mistake when he demands a really scary story from his dad (Joe Flaherty). Elsewhere on the dial, the management of SCTV condemns sex on television (though they're partial to Read More

1977