---
name: "Robert Swann"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-swann"
fi1m_id: "robert-swann"
imdb_id: "nm0841723"
tmdb_id: 157799
wikidata_id: "Q23023061"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 March 1945"
died: "17 April 2006"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T13:26:24.065062+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 Swann

## Identity

Robert Swann

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-swann
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-swann
- **IMDb ID:** nm0841723
- **TMDB ID:** 157799
- **Wikidata ID:** Q23023061
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Swann_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23023061, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0841723/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/157799

Actor. Born 18 March 1945 in New Forest, Hampshire, England, UK. Died 17 April 2006.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 March 1945, New Forest, Hampshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 17 April 2006
- **Active:** 1968–1994
- **Also known as:** Robert Swan
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 82 (1), 1990s 83 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Swann_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23023061, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0841723/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/157799

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*if....*](https://film.one/film/if-1968.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Robert Swann was a British actor. He appeared in film and television from the late 1960s until the early 2000s, and was also active on stage with the National Theatre and in the West End.

His early film role was as Rowntree in *if....* (1968). He played Konstantin Levin in the 1977 television serial *Anna Karenina* and Colonel Brandon in the 1981 BBC series *Sense and Sensibility*. Other credits include *North Sea Hijack* (1980), *The Madness of King George* (1994) and an episode of *Midsomer Murders* (1998). His final credited role was in *Wire in the Blood* (2004).

Swann was born in the New Forest, Hampshire. He was married to actress Susan Brodrick from 1971 until his death in 2006.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Madness of King George* (1994), Fi1m 83, as 1st MP — [page](https://film.one/film/the-madness-of-king-george.md)
- *if....* (1968), Fi1m 82, as Rowntree — [page](https://film.one/film/if-1968.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

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

- *Shackleton* (2002), series, as Freshfield
- *Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders* (2001), as Det Supt Les Bolland
- *Queen's Messenger* (2001), as Major Farrow
- *The Cater Street Hangman* (1998), as Superintendent Drummond
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Gerald Hadleigh — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *The Madness of King George* (1994), as 1st MP — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-madness-of-king-george.md)
- *A Business Affair* (1994), as Maitre d'
- *Circles of Deceit* (1993), as Davis
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Superintendent, Ken Rogers
- *The Law Lord* (1992), as Alan Mountford
- *The Chief* (1990), series, as Edgar Maxwell
- *Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery* (1989), as Greg Dyson
- *Bust* (1987), series, as Barry Allen
- *Watching* (1987), series, as Head Waiter
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Col. Eric Dutton — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *Lovejoy* (1986), series, as James Barnham-Smythe
- *Lytton's Diary* (1985), series, as Harry Roberts
- *The Witches and the Grinnygog* (1983), as Reverend Anthony Sogood
- *The Witches and the Grinnygog* (1983), series, as Reverend Anthony Sogood
- *Shine on Harvey Moon* (1982), series, as Mr. Horton
- *Bergerac* (1981), series, as CS Marston
- *Sense and Sensibility* (1981), series, as Colonel Brandon
- *Hamlet* (1980), as Horatio
- *North Sea Hijack* (1980), as Miller
- *Minder* (1979), series, as Jeremy Burnham-Jones — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/minder.md)
- *Fallen Hero* (1978), series, as Philip Birley
- *The Professionals* (1977), series, as Major Danby, Logan-Blake
- *Anna Karenina* (1977), series, as Levin
- *Rumpole of the Bailey* (1975), series, as Ted Sleaman
- *The Sweeney* (1975), series, as Det. Sgt. David Keel — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sweeney.md)
- *The Creeping Flesh* (1973), as Young Aristocrat
- *Van der Valk* (1972), series, as Paul
- *New Scotland Yard* (1972), series, as Ronnie Galway
- *Upstairs, Downstairs* (1971), series, as Medical Officer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/upstairs-downstairs.md)
- *Justice* (1971), series, as Michael Squires
- *The Breaking of Bumbo* (1970), as Machaffie
- *UFO* (1970), series, as William Grant
- *Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly* (1970), as Soldier
- *if....* (1968), as Rowntree — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/if-1968.md)
- *Emil and the Detectives* (1964), as Hermann

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