Robert Blythe (actor)

He was best known for playing Richard 'Fagin' Hepplewhite in the BBC Wales situation comedy High Hopes.

Prior to training as an actor at the Arts Educational Trust in London, he was a surveyor.

His work at the Royal National Theatre included Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2, Henry V, Mother Clap's Molly House, and Under Milk Wood.

He was an associate artist of Clwyd Theatr Cymru where his credits included, the Life of Galileo, Barnaby and the Old Boys, Cabaret, Equus, Entertaining Mr Sloane, A Christmas Carol, The Journey of Mary Kelly, The Norman Conquests, King Lear, Bedroom Farce, The Rabbit, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, A Chorus of Disapproval, and An Inspector Calls.

Their eldest daughter, Angharad Blythe is a writer and TV producer.