Robin Colcord

ROBIN COLCORD

An English multi-millionaire industrialist, Robin Colcord spent most of his time on "Cheers" as a love interest for the gold-digging Rebecca Howe. This led to his developing something of a rivalry with Sam Malone because of Sam's own romantic interest in Rebecca. Robin had a high sense of self-importance, was somewhat manipulative, and often made condescending remarks. He felt he could buy off anyone, which, at "Cheers," often proved to be true. In Season 8, Rebecca and Sam discovered that Robin was plotting a hostile takeover of the company for which they worked, and to aid him, had been secretly and illegally using Rebecca's access to the company's confidential information. Rebecca chose to conceal Robin's activities for the sake of their relationship. However, Sam discovered that the company suspected Rebecca of being a willing corporate spy. To protect her, Sam revealed Robin's crimes. Amidst the ensuing scandal, Robin was arrested and briefly sent to prison as well as losing his business positions and money. He and Rebecca planned to marry on his release, despite his new humble status. She chose not to go through with this, after which he revealed he still had some of his fortune in a secret stash but that he would not marry her if she had only wanted his money. He appeared a final time in the last season claiming to be a broke vagabond, and a petty fugitive, and asking to reunite with Rebecca. The episode ended with him and Rebecca attempting to hitchhike out of town, Rebecca convinced this was a second test.

ROGER REES

Roger Rees was born in Aberystwyth, Wales and originally trained for the visual arts. He acted in church and Boy Scout stage productions while growing up in London, but studied painting and lithography at the Slade School of Art, and his first paying jobs in show business were as a scenery painter. After his fourth audition, the Royal Shakespeare Company finally hired him as a bit player. His film career beginning in the 1980s, Rees played the Sheriff of Rottingham in Mel Brooks' film, "Robin Hood Men in Tights." He then worked his way up through the R.S.C.'s ranks, finally achieving stardom in the production of "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickelby," for which he won both an Olivier award and a Tony award. He was also nominated for an Emmy award for the television version of the play. By this time he had several TV movies to his name, but he did not make his large-screen debut until "Star 80." More recently he has acted in several British and American TV series and in a number of independent films. Roger Rees remains primarily a man of the theatre, however, he has secondary careers as a playwright and stage director. His Birthday is May 5th.