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John Franklyn-Robbins (14 December 192421 March 2009; age 84) was a British actor, who played Macias in the Star Trek: The Next Generation seventh season episode "Preemptive Strike".

Between 1955 and 2007, Franklyn-Robbins appeared in many television series such as Z Cars, Softly Softly, Special Branch, Paul Temple, Play for Today, Casualty, and Midsomer Murders as well as the voice of the Dream Maker in the animated series The Dream Stone. His film roles include the animated movie The Plague Dogs, Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde, Vanity Fair, and The Golden Compass.

Franklyn-Robbins is one of the actors to have appeared in both the Star Trek and Doctor Who franchises. He and Guy Siner both appeared in the 1975 Doctor Who serial Genesis of the Daleks. He portrayed Mister Crump the Undertaker in the 1999 television film adaptation of A Christmas Carol which starred Patrick Stewart as Ebenezer Scrooge.

Franklyn-Robbins died on 21 March 2009 at the age of 84. [1]

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