Robert Lindsay

Born: 1949-12-13

Robert Lindsay Stevenson (born 13 December 1949), 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. Courtesy of Wikipedia 


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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

as King John
Released: 2019-10-16

Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them...

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Wimbledon

as Ian Frazier
Released: 2004-09-13

British tennis player Peter clutches to an embarrassingly low position on the tennis-ranking...

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Grace of Monaco

as Aristotle Onassis
Released: 2014-04-22

The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a...

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Fierce Creatures

as Sydney Lotterby
Released: 1997-01-23

Ex-policeman Rollo Lee is sent to run Marwood Zoo, the newly acquired business of a New Zealand...

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Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters

as Sir Edward Pellew
Released: 1999-04-02

Lieutenant Hornblower and his shipmates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of...

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Hornblower: Duty

as Admiral Sir Edward Pellew
Released: 2003-01-06

Admiral Pellew interrupts Hornblower's wedding reception and tasks him to locate a British ship...

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Gideon's Daughter

as Sneath
Released: 2005-10-21

Bill Nighy and Miranda Richardson star in a story of grief and celebrity, set in the intense...

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Hornblower: Loyalty

as Admiral Sir Edward Pellew
Released: 2003-01-05

Hornblower must deliver a French nobleman to a secret rendezvous near Brest, all while coping...

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Hornblower: The Even Chance

as Captain Sir Edward Pellew
Released: 1998-10-07

Portsmouth, 1794. Under thundery skies and in lashing rain, 17-year-old midshipman Horatio...

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Hornblower: Mutiny

as Sir Edward Pellew
Released: 2001-04-08

Hornblower and his comrades come under the command of a revered but mentally unstable captain...

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Broadway's Lost Treasures II

as Bill Snibson (segment "Me and My Girl")
Released: 2004-10-26

The annual Tony Award broadcast provides the only filmed record of Broadway's best for audiences...

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Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

as Various Characters
Released: 2000-12-25

The comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests.

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The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

as Self
Released: 2007-02-03

Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed...

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Adventures of a Taxi Driver

as Tom
Released: 1976-04-30

Joe North is a London taxi driver who manages to get himself into any number of sexual...

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Anything Goes

as Moonface Martin
Released: 2021-11-28

When the S.S. American heads out to sea, etiquette and convention head out the portholes as two...

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Friends & Crocodiles

as William Sneath
Released: 2005-08-28

Paul Reynolds is a Gatsby-like figure: owner of a magnificent house, the host of great parties,...

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The Trial of Tony Blair

as Tony Blair
Released: 2007-01-15

Biting political satire starring Robert Lindsay as a beleaguered Tony Blair, who stubbornly...

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All's Well That Ends Well

as First French Lord
Released: 1981-01-04

Helena loves Bertram, but he's of noble birth, while she's just a doctor's daughter. But Bertram...

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Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil

as Captain Pellew
Released: 1999-02-24

Acting Lieutenant Hornblower and his crew are captured by the enemy while escorting a Duchess...

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Bert Rigby, You're a Fool

as Bert Rigby
Released: 1989-02-24

A musical about a miner who wants to break into show business.

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Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant

as Sir Edward Pellew
Released: 1998-11-18

Acting Lieutenant Hornblower attempts to study for his promotion examination, but becomes...

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Divorcing Jack

as Michael Brinn
Released: 1998-10-01

He's Irish, he's ageing, he drinks, is a touch cynical and when he has time writes a newspaper...

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King Lear

as Edmund
Released: 1983-04-03

An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects...

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Strike It Rich

as Bertram
Released: 1990-01-26

A London accountant on his honeymoon gets swept away by gambling fever.

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That'll Be The Day

as Terry Sutcliffe
Released: 1973-05-13

Britain, 1958. Restless at school and bored with his life, Jim leaves home to take a series of...

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Hornblower: Retribution

as Sir Edward Pellew
Released: 2001-04-15

Hornblower and the other officers of the Renown must return to Jamaica to face a court-martial...

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Twelfth Night

as Fabian
Released: 1980-01-06

Viola and Sebastian are lookalike twins, separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where...

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Cymbeline

as Iachimo
Released: 1982-12-20

Cymbeline, the King of Britain, is angry that his daughter Imogen has chosen a poor (but worthy)...

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Oberon
Released: 2022-12-23

Young lovers living under an oppressive state-rule flee their home-city to change their lives,...

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Remember Me?

as uncredited
Released: 1997-01-02

A domestic farce exposes the eccentricities of a "typical" middle class, suburban family who...

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Genghis Cohn

as Otto Schatz, Commissioner of Police
Released: 1993-11-09

In the midst of World War II, Nazi officer Otto Schatz declares the execution of Jewish...

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Much Ado About Nothing

as Benedick
Released: 1984-12-22

Benedick and Beatrice fight their merry war of words. But when Beatrice's friend, Hero, is...

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Hawkins

as Luke Hawkins
Released: 2001-07-28

Hawkins was an original film for BBC Television about a man who lives a double life, as a...

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Lysander
Released: 1981-12-13

Four Athenians run away to the forest only to have Puck the fairy make both of the boys fall in...

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Trouble at the Top: Nightmare at Canary Wharf

as Narrator
Released: 1994-01-01

The year Janet Street-Porter spent at Live TV, where her task was to make 24-hour live...

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The Impressionists: And the Man Who Made Them

as uncredited
Released: 2015-05-28

Monet, Cezanne, Degas, Renoir: some of the world’s most popular artists. Their works, and that...

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Three for All

as Tom
Released: 1975-05-01

A pop band and their girlfriends have fun in Spain

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

as Narrator
Released: 2018-10-09

Every Rembrandt exhibition is eagerly anticipated but this major show hosted by London’s...

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Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

as Mickey Noades
Released: 1984-12-31

Mickey and Mo head to Liverpool for the chance of a big score

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Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman

as uncredited
Released: 2017-12-22

The Greatest Showman star Hugh Jackman joins Alex Zane to discuss his career on stage and...

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Brazen Hussies

as Billy Bowman
Released: 1996-11-30

After meeting her old school friend Sandra Delaney, who now works as a stripper, pub owner...

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Dodger Special: Christmas

as William Lamb
Released: 2022-12-04

A kind-hearted deed for an old friend leads Dodger to break into 10 Downing Street.

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Communicators From Hell

as uncredited
Released: 1989-01-01

John Cleese training video.

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Bosses From Hell

as uncredited
Released: 1989-01-01

John Cleese training video about bosses.

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The Crazy Kill

as Policeman at Roadblock
Released: 1975-02-25

A doctor and his wife are held hostage in their country home by an escaped convict and his...

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Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

as Narrator
Released: 2023-04-18

With loans from across the world, this major retrospective will bring together Vermeer’s most...

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The Best of the Adventures

as Tom (archive footage)
Released: 1981-01-01

A feature-length compilation of the funniest and naughtiest bits from the legendary 1970s’...

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Jack the Ripper: An On-Going Mystery

as Narrator
Released: 2000-01-01

A new look into the mysterious serial killer: Jack the Ripper.

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Employees From Hell

as uncredited
Released: 1989-01-01

John Cleese training video about employees.

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The Job

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1992-06-29

World In Action documentary filmed in 1992 sees Manchester City Council has advertised for road...

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Babies at 50

as Narrator
Released: 2000-07-25

In this revealing one-hour special, we look at the lives of older mums and women desperate to...

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Trouble at the Top: Century 105 FM Launch

as Narrator
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A documentary about the launch of Century 105 radio station in the English North West. (BBC 2)

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Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection

as Narrator (Voice)
Released: 2004-01-01

Four stories featuring the mice of Brambly Hedge. In 'The Secret Staircase' Primrose and Wilfred...

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Trouble at the Big Top: Death of the Dome

as Narrator
Released: 2000-01-01

Trouble at the Top was a business-based BBC television fly-on-the wall documentary broadcast...

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The One Show

as Self
First aired: 2006-08-14

A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.

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Tales from the Crypt

as Glynn Fennell
First aired: 1989-06-10

Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and...

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Natural World

as uncredited
First aired: 1983-10-30

Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and...

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Wogan

as Self
First aired: 1982-05-04

Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable...

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Genius

as Hermann Einstein
First aired: 2017-04-25

The life stories of history's greatest minds. From their days as young adults to their final...

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An Audience with...

as Self
First aired: 1978-01-08

An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend...

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Have I Got a Bit More News for You

as Self - Presenter
First aired:

Based on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news...

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My Family

as Ben Harper
First aired: 2000-09-19

Ben Harper is a moderately successful family man and dentist. He is also undergoing a mid-life...

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BBC Television Shakespeare

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-12-03

The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of...

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Hornblower

as Sir Edward Pellew
First aired: 1998-10-07

Set during the 18th century Napoleonic Wars, Horatio Hornblower, a young and shy midshipman,...

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The Good Life

as Reform School Youth
First aired: 1975-04-04

Tom and Barbara Good escape the rat race and pursue a self-sufficient lifestyle in Surbiton,...

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Extras

as Robert Lindsay
First aired: 2005-07-21

Andy Millman gave up his day job five years ago in the hope of achieving the big time, but he’s...

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Sherwood

as Franklin Warner
First aired: 2022-06-13

Old grudges, new rivalries. A tangled web of murder and revenge spirals in a fractured...

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Absolutely Fabulous

as Pete
First aired: 1992-11-12

Set in the world of fashion and PR, immature fun-loving mother Edina Monsoon and her best friend...

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Atlantis

as Daedalus
First aired: 2013-09-28

A fantasy drama set in a world of legendary heroes and mythical creatures. Far from home and...

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Who Do You Think You Are?

as Self
First aired: 2004-10-12

A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering...

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Parkinson

as Self
First aired: 1998-01-09

Michael Parkinson returns for a second run of his iconic talk show.

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Galavant

as Chester Wormwood
First aired: 2015-01-04

Once upon a time, the dashing hero, Prince Galavant lost the love of his life, Madalena, to the...

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McDonald & Dodds

as Max Crockett
First aired: 2020-03-01

Two detectives, DCI McDonald and DS Dodds, who seemingly have nothing in common, are thrown...

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Citizen Smith

as Wolfie Smith
First aired: 1977-04-12

Classic BBC comedy starring Robert Lindsay as revolutionary leader Wolfie Smith of the Tooting...

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Oliver Twist

as Fagin
First aired: 1999-11-28

Oliver Twist is a 1999 television mini-series produced by ITV based on the book Oliver Twist by...

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Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)

as Self
First aired: 2014-11-03

This series is presented by self-confessed Python nut Hugh Bonneville, each show with a group of...

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Jericho

as D.I. Michael Jericho
First aired: 2005-10-16

Jericho is an ITV British crime drama series which was transmitted in 2005. It was created and...

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Spy

as The Examiner
First aired: 2011-10-14

When an underachieving single father inadvertently becomes an MI5 agent, he must keep his...

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Generation Z

as Morgan
First aired: 2024-10-13

Flesh-eating baby-boomers get a taste for teenagers in Ben Wheatley's darkly comic, outlandishly...

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G.B.H.

as Michael Murray
First aired: 1991-06-06

GBH was a seven-part British television drama written by Alan Bleasdale shown in the summer of...

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Seconds Out

as Pete Dodds
First aired: 1981-01-06

Pete Dodds is a boxer and a bit of a wide boy who messes about in the ring, but has potential....

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Space Race

as uncredited
First aired: 2005-09-14

The untold true story behind the Cold War race to put man into space.

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Get Some In!

as Jakey Smith
First aired: 1975-10-16

Get Some In! is a British comedy series set in the 1950's that focused on the Royal Air Force...

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Tate Britain's Great Art Walks

as Self
First aired: 2017-05-02

Danny Baker, Simon Callow, Richard E Grant, Cerys Matthews, Miriam Margolyes and Michael Sheen...

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The World's Most Beautiful Landscapes

as Narrator
First aired: 2021-06-14

Take a breathtaking visual journey through some of the world's most beautiful and extraordinary...

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Castaway 2000

as Narrator (voice)
First aired: 2000-01-18

36 volunteers spend the year 2000 on the island of Taransay finding out what happens when a...

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The Wimbledon Poisoner

as Henry Farr
First aired: 1994-12-11

Henry Farr, a Wimbledon solicitor desperate to rid himself of his wife, settles on murder as a...

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Nightingales

as Carter
First aired: 1990-02-27

Nightingales is a British situation comedy set around the antics of three security guards...

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Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

as Self - Narrator
First aired: 2003-09-04

Seven Wonders of the Industrial World is a 7-part British documentary/docudrama television...

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Confessional

as Thomas Kelly
First aired: 1989-10-04

A secretive terrorist commits crimes to disrupt the peace process between the Irish and the...

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Jake's Progress

as Jamie Diadoni
First aired: 1995-10-12

Jamie looks after his son Jake while his wife works all hours.

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Walks with My Dog

as Self
First aired: 2017-03-09

Celebrities take a stroll in the great British outdoors with their faithful hound.

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Give us a Break

as Mickey Noades
First aired: 1983-09-22

Geoff McQueen's classic BBC comedy drama set in the wheeler-dealing world of London's snooker...

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The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge

as Narrator (voice)
First aired: 1996-12-25

The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge is a stop-motion animated series based on the Brambly Hedge...

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The Secret Life of Owls

as Self - Narrator (voice)
First aired: 2018-04-07

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