
Robert Lindsay
Department: Acting
Biography
Robert Lindsay Stevenson, better known as Robert Lindsay, is an English actor known for his stage and television work, including appearances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and in musical theatre, and his roles as Wolfie Smith in Citizen Smith, Captain Pellew in Hornblower and Ben Harper in My Family. He has won a BAFTA, a Tony Award and three Olivier Awards for his work.
Known For

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007

Anything Goes
2021

Broadway's Lost Treasures II
2004

Rembrandt: From the National Gallery, London and Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
2018

Fierce Creatures
1997

Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
1998

Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition
2023

Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
1999

Hornblower: Mutiny
2001

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
1999

The Trial of Tony Blair
2007

Divorcing Jack
1998

Hornblower: Loyalty
2003

Hornblower: Duty
2003

Hawkins
2001

Hornblower: The Even Chance
1998

Hornblower: Retribution
2001

Strike It Rich
1990

Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
1989

Friends & Crocodiles
2005

Grace of Monaco
2014

The Job
1992

Three for All
1975

Twelfth Night
1980

Remember Me?
1997

Adventures of a Taxi Driver
1976

A Very Social Secretary
2005

Gideon's Daughter
2005

Genghis Cohn
1993

Dodger Special: Christmas
2022

Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
1984

A Midsummer Night's Dream
2022

The Impressionists: And the Man Who Made Them
2015

King Lear
1983

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000

The Marvellous World of Roald Dahl
2016

Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
2004

Brazen Hussies
1996

That'll Be The Day
1973

Jack the Ripper: An On-Going Mystery
2000

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1981

Wimbledon
2004

Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman
2017

Cymbeline
1983

Much Ado About Nothing
1984

All's Well That Ends Well
1981

The Best of the Adventures
1981

The Crazy Kill
1975

Trouble at the Top: Nightmare at Canary Wharf
1994

Trouble at the Big Top: Death of the Dome
2000

Trouble at the Top: Century 105 FM Launch
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Babies at 50
2000

Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
1996

Bosses From Hell
1989

Communicators From Hell
1989

Employees From Hell
1989

Richard Wilson - Both Feet In the Army
2013

Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984

The Office
1996

Teams from Hell
1989

Sales People from Hell
1989

Colleagues From Hell
1989

Hornblower
1998

G.B.H.
1991

My Family
2000

The One Show
2006

Tales from the Crypt
1989

Get Some In!
1975

The Good Life
1975

Who Do You Think You Are?
2004

Castaway 2000
2000

Citizen Smith
1977

Nightingales
1990

Don't Eat the Neighbours
2001

Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
2003

Oliver Twist
1999

Britain's Most Beautiful Landscapes
2021

Jake's Progress
1995

Natural World
1983

The Val Doonican Music Show
1977

Doctors and Nurses at War
2009

Seconds Out
1981

Spy
2011

Jericho
2005

Confessional
1989

The World's Most Beautiful Landscapes
2021

Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
2017

Atlantis
2013

Extras
2005

Galavant
2015

An Audience with...
1978

Generation Z
2024

The Wimbledon Poisoner
1994

Wogan
1982

Have I Got a Bit More News for You
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Walks with My Dog
2017

The Secret Life of Owls
2018

Genius
2017

Give us a Break
1983

Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
2014

Sherwood
2022

McDonald & Dodds
2020

Parkinson
1998

The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
1996

The BAFTA Awards
1949

Have I Got News for You
1990

Missed Call
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Centre Play
1973

Centre Play
1973

Absolutely Fabulous
1992

Space Race
2005

Tony Awards
1956