Lindsay was born in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, to Joyce (née Dunmore) and Norman Stevenson, who worked at the local Stanton Ironworks. He was one of three children and his father was a World War II veteran, having been on a minesweeper.
After leaving Gladstone Boys’ School, Lindsay enrolled in the drama department of Clarendon College in Nottingham, intending to become a drama teacher.
However, friends at Nottingham Playhouse encouraged him to apply to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), and in 1968, he was accepted there with the aid of a government grant
Was Robert Lindsay in the good life?
Robert Lindsay has surprisingly vivid memories of his first ‘proper’ acting role, given that it was nearly 45 years ago. Fresh from RADA, he had landed a part in the sitcom The Good Life. The part was small he was only in it for one episode but by then the show was huge