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Robert Lindsay (born 13 December 1949) is an English actor who is best known for his television work, especially his roles of Wolfie Smith in Citizen Smith, Michael Murray in G.B.H., Captain Sir Edward Pellew in Hornblower and Ben Harper in My Family which had a run on television screens from 2000-2011. Lindsay was born Robert Lindsay Stevenson in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, to Norman and Joyce Stevenson. After leaving Gladstone Boys' School, Lindsay enrolled in the drama department of Clarendon College in Nottingham, intending to become a drama teacher. However, friends at Nottingham Playhouse... MORE

Robert Lindsay (born 13 December 1949) is an English actor who is best known for his television work, especially his roles of Wolfie Smith in Citizen Smith, Michael Murray in G.B.H., Captain Sir Edward Pellew in Hornblower and Ben Harper in My Family which had a run on television screens from 2000-2011. Lindsay was born Robert Lindsay Stevenson in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, to Norman and Joyce Stevenson. After leaving Gladstone Boys' School, Lindsay enrolled in the drama department of Clarendon College in Nottingham, intending to become a drama teacher. However, friends at Nottingham Playhouse encouraged him to apply to Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), and in 1968 he was accepted there with the aid of a government grant. After graduation he worked as dialect coach for a repertory company in Essex, and then joined a regional theatre group. Lindsay first came to prominence as the cockney layabout Jakey Smith in the ITV comedy series Get Some In!. He was given the starring role as delusional revolutionary Wolfie Smith in the BBC sitcom Citizen Smith (1977–80) which gave him a high profile at the time. Towards the end of the run of Citizen Smith, Lindsay began to gain roles in the BBC LESS