John Sackville is an English actor, best known for his role as the villainous Robert Frobisher Smythe in the British-American TV series House of Anubis, in which he co-starred with Alexandra Shipp[1] He has worked in theatre, film and television.
While at the RSC, performing in Michael Attenborough's critically acclaimed Othello with Ray Fearon and Richard McCabe[2] and Volpone, with Guy Henry, he produced, directed and featured in a short film, The Mosquito, The Flea, The Fly, funded by The Other Place.
In 2015 he was cast in the new Netflix series The Crown, playing alongside John Lithgow and Jeremy Northam, and as George VI in the BBC's Royal Wives at War opposite Gina McKee.
[8] He also took the lead role of Julian Anson - "elegantly played by John Sackville" as reviewed by The Guardian's Michael Billington[9] - in a rare revival of N.C. Hunter's A Day by the Sea at Southwark Playhouse.
In 2021 he played Charlie Dyer in the first London revival of Staircase, a part originally performed by Paul Scofield in 1966, in one of the first dramas to explore same-sex relationships at a time when they remained illegal.