Carey Robinson (broadcaster)

Carey Robinson
CD
Robinson, c. 1964
Born
Carey Fitz William Robinson

c. 1924
Died27 January 2022 (aged 97)
St Andrew, Jamaica
EducationCalabar High School
Alma materHoward University
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • broadcaster
  • historian
  • film-maker
Children1

Carey Fitz William Robinson CD (c. 1924 – 27 January 2022) was a Jamaican journalist, broadcaster and historian. He was head of the Jamaican government's Public Relations Office (now the Jamaica Information Service) and later general manager of Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation. He is most popularly known as the producer and narrator of the travel documentary Hill an' Gully Ride (1988–present), Jamaica's second longest-running television series. He is the author of five books: four texts on Jamaican history and a memoir.

Biography

Robinson was born to Doctor Charles Carey Robinson and his wife, Marion (née Fitzritson).[1] He was educated at Calabar High School before attending Howard University in the United States,[2] where he studied history and psychology.[3]

After graduating and returning to Jamaica, he took a job at The Gleaner, before he became a broadcaster at Radio Jamaica Radio (RJR). Later, he was an employee of the Government's Public Relations Office (now the Jamaica Information Service), heading the Office from the early 1960s to 1971.[3] During this time, Robinson made a cameo appearance in Terence Young's Dr. No (1962),[4] as well as wrote, directed and produced Time of Fury – The 1865 Morant Bay Rebellion (1965), the first film production to be made exclusively in Jamaica by Jamaicans.[5]

In 1971, he was made general manager of Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation, exercising that office until 1987.[3] In the 1980s, Robinson was also the executive director of the National Heritage Trust.[6] Later, Robinson served overseas in Jamaican embassies in Washington D.C. and Mexico City.[3]

Robinson died on 27 January 2022, aged 97, in the parish of Saint Andrew. He was survived by his daughter.[2]

Honours

Bibliography

Year Title Publisher ISBN Pages Note
1969 The Fighting Maroons of Jamaica William Collins & Sangster 9780002112734 160
1987 The Fight for Freedom: The Destruction of Slavery in Jamaica LMH Publishing 9789766101602 196
2006 Iron Thorn: The Defeat of the British by the Jamaican Maroons 9789768202413 275
The Rise And Fall Of Falmouth Jamaica, 1665–1945 9789768184689 156
2012 Memoirs of a Jamaican Media-Man 9789768202888 258 Memoir; illustrated

References

  1. ↑ "Early Beginings at the Marine Hospital". The Gleaner. 19 May 2005. p. 18.
  2. 1 2 3 Wolfe, Simone (22 January 2022). "Icon Of Media and Culture Carey Robinson Has Died". Jamaica Information Service. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Voice of Hill an' Gully Ride, Carey Robinson has died". The Gleaner. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  4. ↑ Chapman, James (2022). "Appendix I: Dr. No Production Credits". Dr. No: The First James Bond Film. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 187–190. doi:10.7312/chap20492. ISBN 9780231555746 – via De Gruyter Brill. Carey Robinson (1st Patrol Boatman)
  5. ↑ "Memoirs of a Jamaican Media-Man". LMH Publishing. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  6. ↑ Robinson, Carey (18 October 1986). "Carey Robinson on our real history and heritage". The Kingston Gleaner. p. 20.
  7. ↑ "CINEMA-JAMAICA: Jamiaca Awards its First "Oscars"". Inter Press Service. 10 November 1998. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  8. ↑ Little-White, Lennie (14 October 2018). "Heroes of the creative industries". The Gleaner. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  9. ↑ "Ten Receive Musgrave Medals". The Gleaner. 20 October 2008. p. 7.
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