Steve Robinson

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Steve Robinson was born on September 15, 1952 in Long Beach Memorial Hospital, where Richard Nixon would later be treated for phlebitis. His father was humorist Henry Morgan, famous on the radio in the 1930s and '40s, on TV in the '50s and '60s, most notably on I've Got a Secret. His mother was Helen Louise Rankin, who was, when Mr. Robinson first became aware of her, an executive secretary in the Television Department at Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank.

Prior to that, Helen Rankin had been a model; attended Stanford University; and had done secretarial work for Lost Horizon author James Hilton, screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (before he was blacklisted) and the FBI. Mr. Robinson grew up with his mother, and met his father when he was 17 (an incident documented in his highly amusing, conveniently-priced paperback tome Why Stevie Can't Date).

Mr. Robinson spent four years at an all-male boarding school where the students had to build fires to heat water for showers. They once played a soccer game against a nearby reform school and learned the inmates ate better than they did.

A stand-up/performance dilettante since the latter 20th century, Mr. Robinson has nurtured a mixture of whining, worrying and women into stories that have amused crowds of tens. Mr. Robinson spent over 24 years watching television (professionally, writing listings and criticisms for TV Guide/Online) before getting laid off at the end of 2005. Mr. Robinson originally came to Hollywood seeking fame and fortune as an escape from an hedonistic life in South Lake Tahoe, where his community-theater roles included Biff in Death of a Salesman; and two non-singing roles in Gypsy, during which he became briefly involved with the stripper Miss Mazeppa, who in real life was a librarian.

Mr. Robinson's screen roles include appearing opposite Nancy Sinatra in a promotional film for the 1960s hot-rod epic For Those Who Think Young, co-starring James Darren and Pamela Tiffin; and being a contestant on the very last episode of the game show Split Second (1972-75) also notable for its parting introductions of the show's staff, which included an aspiring actress named Markie Post.

Mr. Robinson's hobbies include disparaging pets and sorting pornography by assumed theme and predominant background color. His favorite movie is Amazing Grace and Chuck. Well, in the top 10.