---
name: "Bob Harris"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bob-harris-1241814"
fi1m_id: "bob-harris-1241814"
imdb_id: "nm0364486"
tmdb_id: 1241814
wikidata_id: "Q4932701"
roles: []
born: "11 April 1946"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T01:06:14.494107+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bob Harris

## Identity

Bob Harris

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bob-harris-1241814
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bob-harris-1241814
- **IMDb ID:** nm0364486
- **TMDB ID:** 1241814
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4932701
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Harris_(radio_presenter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4932701, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0364486/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1241814

Actor. Born 11 April 1946 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Born:** 11 April 1946, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK
- **Also known as:** Robert Brinley Joseph Harris, Whispering Bob Harris
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Harris_(radio_presenter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4932701, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0364486/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1241814

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Wild Rose*](https://film.one/film/wild-rose.md) (82)

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## Biography

Bob Harris, also known as Whispering Bob Harris and born Robert Brinley Joseph Harris, is an English broadcaster and occasional actor. He was born on 11 April 1946 in Northampton, Northamptonshire. In 1968 he co-founded the listings magazine Time Out and presented the BBC Two music programme The Old Grey Whistle Test from 1972 to 1979.

Harris has presented long-running shows on BBC Radio 2, notably The Country Show. He received an OBE for services to broadcasting. His acting credits include a cameo appearance as himself in the 2019 film *Wild Rose*, as well as roles in *Made* (1972) and *Rutland Weekend Television* (1975).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Wild Rose* (2019), Fi1m 82, as Bob Harris — [page](https://film.one/film/wild-rose.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Session Man* (2025), as Narrator (voice)
- *A Life in Ten Pictures* (2021), series, Actor
- *Wild Rose* (2019), as Bob Harris — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/wild-rose.md)
- *The Old Grey Whistle Test: Live for One Night Only* (2018), as Presenter
- *Bob Harris: My Nashville* (2014), Writer
- *Reggae Concert from the Edinburgh Festival* (2011), as Presenter
- *Old Grey Whistle Test: Volumes 1-3 - The Definitive Collection* (2005), as Host
- *The Old Grey Whistle Test's Christmas Concert: The Kinks* (1977), as Presenter
- *Rod's Christmas Concert* (1976), as Presenter
- *Rutland Weekend Television* (1975), series, Actor
- *The Great Waldo Pepper* (1975), Stunts
- *The Old Grey Whistle Test* (1971), series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Bob Harris](https://film.one/media/person/4177097/gallery-852d2b547463.jpg) Bob Harris — Amy Martin Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Bob_Harris_OBE_at_SXSW_London_2025_2.jpg/1280px-Bob_Harris_OBE_at_SXSW_London_2025_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bob Harris on May 26th at the Concert@theKings in Wiltshire and the Kings. (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/4177097/gallery-2b88ad93b837.jpg) Bob Harris on May 26th at the Concert@theKings in Wiltshire and the Kings. (2012) — Mark Kent, CC BY-SA 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Bob_Harris_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Bob_Harris_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bob Harris on May 26th at the Concert@theKings in Wiltshire and the Kings. (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/4177097/gallery-90c6937af41f.jpg) Bob Harris on May 26th at the Concert@theKings in Wiltshire and the Kings. (2012) — Mark Kent, CC BY-SA 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Bob_Harris_2012_at_Concert%40theKings.jpg/1280px-Bob_Harris_2012_at_Concert%40theKings.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bob Harris on May 26th at the Concert@theKings in Wiltshire and the Kings. (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/4177097/gallery-fec240b17a96.jpg) Bob Harris on May 26th at the Concert@theKings in Wiltshire and the Kings. (2012) — Mark Kent, CC BY-SA 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Bob_Harris_2012_at_Concert%40theKings_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Bob_Harris_2012_at_Concert%40theKings_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Americana Trailblazer Award 2011: Americana Trailblazer Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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