‘Night Court’ & ‘Buffalo Bill’ Actor, Charlie Robinson Dies At 75
Charlie Robinson, a prolific actor who played the clerk in the 1980s and ’90s sitcom “Night Court,” has died at the age of 75.
The American actor died on Sunday of cancer complications at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles.
His manager, Lisa DiSante, told Deadline that Robinson died of cardiac arrest with multisystem organ failures due to septic shock, and metastatic adenocarcinoma.
Robinson racked up more than 125 TV and film credits — including an impressive five series-regular roles — during a half-century career that stretched into 2021. He got his start guesting on such 1970s-80s series as Cannon, The White Shadow, Lou Grant, St. Elsewhere and Hill Street Blues and the sequel miniseries Roots: The Next Generation. His first recurring role was on the short-lived NBC primetime soap Flamingo Road.
Robinson landed another four regular TV roles in his career – in Fox sitcom Love & War, CBS’s Ink opposite Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen, CBS detective drama Buddy Faro, and anthology comedy The Guest Book.
