Robert Alexander Atkins Jr. CBE (10 August 1886 – 9 February 1972) was an English actor, producer and director.

[2] An early graduate of Beerbohm Tree's Academy of Dramatic Art, he joined the Old Vic company in 1915, and became Director of Productions for Lilian Baylis from 1921 to 1926.

[5] Atkins went on to appear in several other film and television roles over the next 50 years with the most famous production possibly being A Matter of Life and Death.

[6] He also produced and/or directed several adaptations of William Shakespeare plays during the 1940s and 1950s for British TV.

[4][9][10] Robert Atkins was married twice: to Mary Sumner whom he divorced, and to Ethel Davey, a film editor.