Robert East (actor)

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Robert East
Born Robert Gwyn East
(1943-07-07) 7 July 1943 (age 80)
Porthcawl, United Kingdom
Occupation Actor

Robert Gwyn East (born 7 July 1943) is a theatre and TV actor. He also wrote Incident at Tulse Hill, first produced at the Hampstead Theatre in December 1981 under the direction of Harold Pinter.[1]

He is perhaps best known for playing Harry, the Prince of Wales, in BBC comedy series The Black Adder (1983).[2]

East's other television appearances include regular appearances on Dave Allen at Large (1973–1979), as well as roles in Emma (1972), Napoleon and Love (1974), Moody and Pegg (1974), Rentaghost (1976), Happy Ever After (1976), Potter (1980), Kelly Monteith (1980), Yes, Minister (1982), Terry and June (1985), Rumpole of the Bailey (1987), Yes, Prime Minister (1987), Bread (1987), 'Allo 'Allo! (1991), and Heartbeat (2003).[3]

He made a brief appearance as a soldier in the film Figures in a Landscape (1970).

References

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  2. East in The Black Adder on the British Film Institute website
  3. Heartbeat on the Radio Times website

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