Cast & creator
Robert Lindsay
Best known for The One Show, Tony Awards, Have I Got a Bit More News for You
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.
Also known as: رابرت لیندسی
66
film credits
57
television credits
122
1949–2026 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (123)
Showing 123 of 123 credits
The One Show
Self
2006
Tony Awards
Self - Winner / Performer
1956
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Self - Presenter
Have I Got News for You
Self - Host
1990
Wogan
Self
1982
Screen Two
Otto Schatz
1985
Natural World
1983
Tales from the Crypt
Glynn Fennell
1989
Omnibus
1967Film '72
Self
1971
Parkinson
Self
1998
Genius
Hermann Einstein
2017
An Audience with...
Self
1978
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Sam
1969
Absolutely Fabulous
Pete
1992
Parkinson
Self - Guest
2004
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2004
McDonald & Dodds
Max Crockett
2020
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Fabian
1978
Centre Play
Toby
1973Centre Play
Ken
1973
The BAFTA Awards
Self - Nominee
1949
Extras
Robert Lindsay
2005
Sherwood
Franklin Warner
2022
Hornblower
Sir Edward Pellew
1998
My Family
Ben Harper
2000
Atlantis
Daedalus
2013
Galavant
Chester Wormwood
2015
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
King John
2019
The Good Life
Reform School Youth
1975
Citizen Smith
Wolfie Smith
1977
Rembrandt: From the National Gallery, London and Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Narrator
2018
Spy
The Examiner
2011
Don't Eat the Neighbours
Rabbit
2001
Generation Z
Morgan
2024
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
Self - Narrator
2003
Grace of Monaco
Aristotle Onassis
2014
Oliver Twist
Fagin
1999
Space Race
Narrator (voice)
2005The Val Doonican Music Show
1977
G.B.H.
Michael Murray
1991
Nightingales
Carter
1990
Jericho
D.I. Michael Jericho
2005
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
Self
2014
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
Self
2017
Wimbledon
Ian Frazier
2004
Castaway 2000
Narrator (voice)
2000
Get Some In!
Jakey Smith
1975
Walks with My Dog
Self
2017
The Wimbledon Poisoner
Henry Farr
1994
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
2007
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
Narrator (voice)
1996
Fierce Creatures
Sydney Lotterby
1997
Missed Call
2026
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
Sir Edward Pellew
1999
Confessional
Thomas Kelly
1989
Seconds Out
Pete Dodds
1981
Hornblower: The Even Chance
Captain Sir Edward Pellew
1998
That'll Be The Day
Terry Sutcliffe
1973
Remember Me?
Jamie
1997
Adventures of a Taxi Driver
Tom
1976
Jake's Progress
Jamie Diadoni
1995
Give us a Break
Mickey Noades
1983
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Oberon
2022
Brazen Hussies
Billy Bowman
1996
Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition
Narrator
2023
The Trial of Tony Blair
Tony Blair
2007
A Very Social Secretary
Tony Blair
2005
The Best of the Adventures
Tom (archive footage) (uncredited)
1981
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
Captain Pellew
1999
Divorcing Jack
Michael Brinn
1998
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
Sir Edward Pellew
1998
Sales People from Hell
1989
Hornblower: Mutiny
Sir Edward Pellew
2001
Gideon's Daughter
Sneath
2005
Three for All
Tom
1975
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Lysander
1981
Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
Bill Snibson (segment "Me and My Girl")
2004
Bosses From Hell
1989
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Various Characters
2000
All's Well That Ends Well
First French Lord
1981
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
Narrator (Voice)
2004
Hornblower: Retribution
Sir Edward Pellew
2001
Much Ado About Nothing
Benedick
1984
Trouble at the Top: Nightmare at Canary Wharf
Narrator
1994
Teams from Hell
1989
The Office
Norman Platt
1996
The World's Most Beautiful Landscapes
Narrator
2021
Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
Narrator
1996
Hornblower: Loyalty
Admiral Sir Edward Pellew
2003
Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman
2017
Twelfth Night
Fabian
1980
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
Mickey Noades
1984
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
Bert Rigby
1989
Hornblower: Duty
Admiral Sir Edward Pellew
2003
Friends & Crocodiles
William Sneath
2005
Jack the Ripper: An On-Going Mystery
Narrator
2000
Genghis Cohn
Otto Schatz, Commissioner of Police
1993The Roses of Eyam
Francis Thornley
1973
The Crazy Kill
Policeman at Roadblock
1975The Day the Earth was Born
Presenter
2002
King Lear
Edmund
1983
Richard Wilson - Both Feet In the Army
(archive footage)
2013
Strike It Rich
Bertram
1990Britain's Most Beautiful Landscapes
Narrator
2021
Dodger Special: Christmas
William Lamb
2022
The Impressionists: And the Man Who Made Them
2015
Trouble at the Big Top: Death of the Dome
Narrator
2000
The Secret Life of Owls
Self - Narrator (voice)
2018The Marvellous World of Roald Dahl
Self
2016
Anything Goes
Moonface Martin
2021
Communicators From Hell
1989
Babies at 50
Narrator
2000Doctors and Nurses at War
2009
Cymbeline
Iachimo
1983
Colleagues From Hell
1989
Hawkins
Luke Hawkins
2001
Trouble at the Top: Century 105 FM Launch
Narrator
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge: Poppy's Babies: The Construction of a New Home
Narrator
2000The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge: Sea Story: The Adventure to Find More Salt
Narrator
1999The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge - The Secret Staircase: The Midwinter Festivities
Narrator
1998
The Job
Narrator (voice)
1992