Rex McNicol Robbins (March 30, 1935 – September 23, 2003) was an American character actor of stage and screen. He played the Narrator/Mysterious Man in the first national tour of Into the Woods. Robbins also portrayed Herbie in the first Broadway revival of Gypsy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rex Robbins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

KNOWN FOR

Law & Order
1997
Great Performances
1974
Murder, She Wrote
1986
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001
The Secret of My Success
1987
Vampire's Kiss
1989
1776
1972
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
1987
Shaft
1971
I.Q.
1994
The Man Who Wasn't There
1983
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
1981

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
37
2003
Muppets Magic from 'The Ed Sullivan Show!'
as Himself
2001
The Royal Tenenbaums
as Mr. Levinson
1997
Law & Order
as Kettering
1996
Breathing Room
as David's Father
1994
I.Q.
as Suit
1994
Cat & Canary
as Narrator
1992
Stone Soup
as Narrator (voice)
1992
Law & Order
as Steinman
1991
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
as Narrator
1991
Wings: A Tale of Two Chickens
1990
Stella
as Minister
1990
The Happy Lion
as Narrator (voice)
1990
The Emperor's New Clothes
1990
The Pigs' Wedding
1989
Vampire's Kiss
as Sidney Langdon
1989
The Pilgrims of Plimoth
1988
Max's Christmas
1988
An Empire of Reason
as Isaac Roosevelt
1987
The Secret of My Success
as McMasters
1987
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
as Cab Driver #1
1986
Murder, She Wrote
as George Fish
1985
Double Negative
as Insurance Man
1983
The Man Who Wasn't There
as Minister
1983
The First Time
as Leon
1983
No Big Deal
as Mr Kirkpatrick
1983
Running Out
as Jack Armstrong
1981
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
as Missouri Minister
1980
The Day the Women Got Even
as Steve Michaels
1980
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
1980
Simon
as Army Doctor
1979
The Tenth Month
as Gene Varley
1977
Strega Nona
as Narrator
1974
The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd
as Holroyd
1974
Great Performances
as Holroyd
1972
1776
as Roger Sherman (CT)
1971
Shaft
as Rollie
1970
The Cow Who Fell in the Canal