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Robert Christopher Nankeville, known professionally as Bobby Davro (born 13 September 1958), is an English actor and comedian.
He made his television breakthrough on Live from Her Majesty's in 1983, after which he joined the cast of sketch comedy show Copy Cats for its first two series. As well as Copy Cats, Davro starred in a number of his own sketch comedy shows during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Between 2007 and 2008, Davro played Vinnie Monks in the BBC One soap EastEnders. He participated in Dancing on Ice in 2010, and took part in Your Face Sounds Familiar in 2013. Over the years he has appeared many times in pantomime.
The 1990s saw Davro switching channels to the BBC, appearing on television shows such as Public Enemy Number One. During the filming of Public Enemy Number One he suffered whiplash for several weeks after being placed in a pillory which, not being secured vertically, toppled over projecting him face-first onto the studio's concrete floor. Reflecting on the incident, Davro said, "the doctors were amazed I hadn’t suffered more badly. I didn’t break my nose or any teeth, which was a minor miracle". This incident was not televised but was used in a BBC safety video, and Inside No.9s Halloween special of 2018, "Dead Line".
On the short-lived show Rock with Laughter, Davro made another attempt at the comedy sketch-show format that had proved so successful for him in the 1980s. He replaced John Eccleston as co-presenter on the game show Run the Risk with Peter Simon: this featured on the BBC's Saturday morning children's show Live & Kicking. Davro returned to UK TV screens in May 1997 as host of ITV Yorkshire's Winner Takes All for 65 episodes; this was produced for Challenge TV.
In 2015 Davro appeared at the King's Head Theatre, Islington as Table tennis-playing London cab driver Eric in a revival of Simon Block's comedy Not a Game for Boys. The play was directed by Jason Lawson. The production was well-received, with Danny Coleman-Cooke of the British Theatre website commenting: "Davro is brilliant as the sexist, bitter captain from hell Eric. Davro really captures the tragedy of the character and his quest for escapism, especially in the scene where Eric admits that his 45 minutes a week at the table is the only time in life that he feels truly happy. The funnyman has clearly not lost his comic timing but the depth and emotion of his performance here may well surprise some of his fans and critics alike."
In December 2015, Davro announced a 20-date UK tour for the following year, starting at the Epsom Playhouse on 17 May 2016. On 6 February 2015, he was a guest of Graham Norton on his weekly BBC Radio 2 show.
In 2006, Davro made a special guest appearance as a judge on Channel 5's All Star Talent Show.
On 20 September 2009, he appeared in a new series of the Channel 4 programme Come Dine with Me. This was a celebrity episode in which he appeared with EastEnders actress Laila Morse, DJ Dane Bowers and former The Word presenter Dani Behr. Davro attained second place. Bobby Davro appears in Celebrity Come Dine with Me.
| Week | Portraying | Song | Judges' scores | Result | ||||
| Julian Clary | Emma Bunton | Guest Judge | Bonus points | Total | ||||
| 1 | Sir Tom Jones | "Sex Bomb" | 8 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 24 | Not in Top 3 |
| 2 | Mick Jagger | "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 39 | Runner-up |
| 3 | Ozzy Osbourne | "Paranoid" | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 27 | Not in Top 3 |
| 4 | Tammy Wynette | "Stand by Your Man" | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 25 | Not in Top 3 |
| 5 | Paul McCartney | "I Want to Hold Your Hand" | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 28 | Eliminated |
Trudi Jameson, the mother of Davro's three children, is from Sutton Coldfield. The couple parted in 2003.
Between 2007 and 2011 Davro dated Vicky Wright, daughter of Wolverhampton Wanderers and England footballer Billy Wright. They later reunited and were engaged to be married until Wright's death in May 2023.
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