Overview

• Robinson passed away in his sleep on June 9 at his ranch near Sedona, Arizona, as confirmed by friend and colleague MJ Allen, with heart failure cited as the cause of death.
• His acting career encompassed more than 100 television and film roles from the late 1950s through 2022.
• Robinson was best known for playing Dr. Rick Webber on ABC’s General Hospital from 1978 to 1986, with later returns in 2002 and 2013, and as Jack Hamilton on CBS’s The Bold and the Beautiful between 1992 and 2002.
• He became a cultural touchstone in a Vicks Formula44 commercial, delivering the catchphrase “I’m not a doctor but I play one on TV.”
• Robinson overcame a 1985 federal tax evasion conviction by serving his sentence through a work-release program and is survived by his wife, Jacquie Shane-Robinson, his children and five grandchildren.