Robbie Robertson (Bill Nunn)

Robbie Robertson
Name:	Joseph Robertson
Affiliation:	The Daily Bugle
Rank:	Newspaper Editor
Portrayed by:	Bill Nunn Jeff Coopwood (voice)
First appeared:	Spider-Man
Last appeared:	Spider-Man 3
Appears in:	3 Films

Joseph "Robbie" Robertson is a supporting character in the Spider-Man comics by Marvel. He was created by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr. in 1967. In Sam Raimi's Spider-Man film trilogy he was portrayed by actor Bill Nunn.

History

Spider-Man

Robbie Robertson is a late 40s or early 50s high ranking editor at the New York newspaper The Daily Bugle and a close confidant of its publisher J. Jonah Jameson. Despite Jameson's detestment of Spider-Man, Robertson insists to him that Spider-Man is in fact a hero and not a menace.

Spider-Man 2

Robertson appears visibly saddened when he learns of Spider-Man's abandoning of his role, when Peter briefly gave up his mantle of the hero during Doctor Octopus's reign of terror in New York. He later watched in a mixed state of confusion and amazement when Jameson wore the costume that Spider-Man threw out in his office alongside Hoffman and Betty Brant.

Spider-Man 3

Robertson is mostly at odds with newcomer photographer at the Bugle Eddie Brock. When Brock requests a staff job at the paper Robertson agrees that Peter would be more deserving of it. He was also extremely displeased when Brock submitted a fake photo forcing the paper to print its first retraction in decades.

See Also

Robbie Robertson (Hilly Hicks)