---
name: "Robert Harley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-harley"
fi1m_id: "robert-harley"
imdb_id: "nm0363304"
tmdb_id: 1224721
wikidata_id: "Q7345260"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "15 August 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:42:16.080998+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."
---

# Robert Harley

## Identity

Robert Harley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-harley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-harley
- **IMDb ID:** nm0363304
- **TMDB ID:** 1224721
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7345260
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Harley_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7345260, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0363304/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1224721

Writer. Born 15 August 1961 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 15 August 1961, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- **Active:** 1999–2004
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Dominic Brigstocke](https://film.one/person/dominic-brigstocke.md), [Tristram Shapeero](https://film.one/person/tristram-shapeero.md), [Victoria Pile](https://film.one/person/victoria-pile.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Harley_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7345260, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0363304/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1224721

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Green Wing*](https://film.one/tv/green-wing.md) (83)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Robert Harley is a British television writer, actor and producer. He studied Modern Languages at Cambridge and is from Edinburgh.

He wrote for the sketch series *Smack the Pony* (1999–2003) and co-wrote the sitcom *Green Wing* (2004–2007), in which he also appeared as Charles, the Chief Executive of East Hampton Hospital Trust. Other writing credits include *The Delivery Man* (2015, with James Henry) and *Piglets* (2024). He co-founded the production company Monicker Pictures with Victoria Pile.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, curtisbrown.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Peep Show* (2003), Fi1m 88, as Barry — [page](https://film.one/tv/peep-show.md)

### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these

- *Green Wing* (2004), Fi1m 83, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/green-wing.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *Piglets* (2024), series, Series Writer, Writer
- *We Own This City* (2022), series, as Marcus Taylor — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/we-own-this-city.md)
- *Campus* (2011), series, Writer, Creator
- *Comedy Showcase* (2007), series, Writer
- *Green Wing* (2004), series, as C.E.O. · Writer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/green-wing.md)
- *Peep Show* (2003), series, as Barry — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/peep-show.md)
- *Double Income, No Kids Yet* (2001), series, as Peter
- *Bostock's Cup* (1999), as Rodger Hartley
- *Smack the Pony* (1999), series, Various Characters, Writer
- *The Creatives* (1998), series, Actor
- *The Preventers* (1996), as Craig Sturdy · Writer
- *Solitaire for 2* (1995), as Busy Man / Barman
- *Paul Merton: The Series* (1991), series, Actor
- *Birds of a Feather* (1989), series, as Jerry
- *Fast Forward* (1984), series, Actor

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