Robert Fidgeon (15 October 1941 – 2 September 2007) was a television writer and critic for the Melbourne based newspaper, the Herald Sun.

Fidgeon had harboured ambitions to write about the television industry – first, when working as a layout artist, and later as head of the Herald Sun art department.

Shortly before his death his final article broke the news of the Australian journalist Ray Martin's resignation from the Nine Network.

– Rove McManus, Television presenter.Fidgeon's wife, Patrice, is associate editor of New Idea magazine; he had a stepdaughter, Kate, five children Jaye, Janet, Gregory, Adam and Jodie and seven grandchildren Chelsea, Georgia, Ella, Emily, Ben, Luke and Isabella.

[citation needed] Following a long battle with bowel and liver cancer, he was rushed to hospital where his condition progressively worsened and he soon succumbed to it.