{{Short description|Welsh actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Use British English|date=October 2011}} {{Infobox person | name = Robert East | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = Robert Gwyn East | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1943|7|7}} | birth_place = Porthcawl, Wales | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | years_active = 1967–present | occupation = Actor | spouse = | website = | awards = }}

'''Robert Gwyn East''' (born 7 July 1943) is a Welsh 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haroldpinter.org/directing/directing_hill.shtml|title=Incident at Tulse Hill by Robert East, Hampstead Theatre, 2&nbsp;December 1981|publisher=HaroldPinter.org}}</ref>

East played Harry, the Prince of Wales, in BBC comedy series ''The Black Adder'' (1983).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090129060945/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/599539 East in ''The Black Adder''] on the British Film Institute website</ref> His 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), Alfred Crackenthorpe in the '4:50 from Paddington' episode of ''Miss Marple'' (1987), '''Allo 'Allo!'' (1991), ''Heartbeat'' (2003).<ref>[http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/q2j2s/heartbeat--series-12---15-the-high-life ''Heartbeat''] on the ''Radio Times'' website</ref> and ''The Witness for the Prosecution'' (2016). He also made a brief appearance as a soldier in the film ''Figures in a Landscape'' (1970).

East also taught English at Oakbank School in Sevenoaks, Kent, in 1988.

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0247548}} *[http://www.tv.com/robert-east/person/68566/summary.html Robert East on TV.com] *[http://www.citwf.com/person165019.htm Robert East on Film Database] *[http://www.lunaestas.com/blackadder/cast.php Robert East in 'Blackadder']

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