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name: "Robert Harris"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-harris-104943"
fi1m_id: "robert-harris-104943"
imdb_id: "nm0365248"
tmdb_id: 104943
wikidata_id: "Q47074346"
roles: []
born: "28 March 1900"
died: "18 May 1995"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:13:10.427219+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."
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# Robert Harris

## Identity

Robert Harris

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-harris-104943
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-harris-104943
- **IMDb ID:** nm0365248
- **TMDB ID:** 104943
- **Wikidata ID:** Q47074346
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47074346, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0365248/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/104943

Actor. Born 28 March 1900 in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK. Died 18 May 1995.

## Details

- **Born:** 28 March 1900, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK
- **Died:** 18 May 1995
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47074346, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0365248/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/104943

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp*](https://film.one/film/the-life-and-death-of-colonel-blimp.md) (91)

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## Biography

Robert Harris (28 March 1900 – 18 May 1995) was a British actor. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1925, and appeared in stage productions at the Old Vic and Stratford-upon-Avon, as well as on Broadway, including the role of Marchbanks in George Bernard Shaw's *Candida* in 1937.

He appeared in more than sixty films between 1930 and 1982. His screen credits include the Embassy Secretary in *The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp* (1943), Speaker Gully in *Young Winston* (1972), Sir Rodney in *The Avengers* (1961), Ambassador Palmer in *Ransom* (1974) and Dr. Ears in *Fairy Tales* (1978). He was a castaway on BBC Radio's *Desert Island Discs* in 1955.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp* (1943), Fi1m 91, as Embassy Secretary — [page](https://film.one/film/the-life-and-death-of-colonel-blimp.md)

## Also known for

- *Ransom* (1974), Ambassador Palmer
- *Fairy Tales* (1978), Dr. Ears
- *Young Winston* (1972), Speaker Gully

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/robert-harris-104943