Robert Hardy
Acting
Born 1925-10-29
Died 2017-08-03
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
154 credits
Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries 1
Awards
Won 1 Commander of the Order of the British Empire Award
Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1 won
- — Commander of the Order of the British Empire Won
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries 1 won
- 1996 Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries Won
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One of England's most successful and enduring character actors, with a prolific screen career on television and in films, Robert Hardy was acclaimed for his versatility and the depth of his performances.
Born in Cheltenham in 1925, he studied at Oxford University and, in 1949, he joined the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon. Television viewers most fondly remember him as the overbearing Siegfried Farnon in All Creatures Great and Small (1978) but his most critically acclaimed performance was as the title character of Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981). His portrayal of Britain's wartime leader was so accurately observed that, in the following years, he was called on to reprise the role in such productions as The Woman He Loved (1988) and War and Remembrance (1988).
Unlike some British character actors, Hardy was not a Hollywood name and his work in films was therefore restricted to appearances in predominantly British-based productions such as The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) and Sense and Sensibility (1995). However, in the 21st century, Hardy came to the attention of a whole new generation for his performances in the hugely successful Harry Potter films, while also continuing to make regular appearances in British television series. His co-star from All Creatures Great and Small (1978), Peter Davison, quite simply described Hardy as an "extraordinary" actor who would "never do the same thing twice" when he was acting with him. He was awarded the CBE for services to acting. He died in August 2017.
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Filmography
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Acting
58 credits
Midsomer Murders
Thursday Theatre
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Great Performances
An Age of Kings
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Agatha Christie's Marple
The Saint
Sherlock Holmes
Foyle's War
Spooks
The Wednesday Play
Inspector Morse
Natural World
Lewis
Playhouse
Screen Two
Theatre 625
ITV Playhouse
All Creatures Great and Small
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Upstairs, Downstairs
Sunday Night Theatre
Thirty-Minute Theatre
ScreenPlay
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Sense and Sensibility
Churchill's People
The Buccaneers
War and Remembrance
The Troubleshooters
Drama 61-67
The Duchess of Duke Street
The 10th Kingdom
Mystery and Imagination
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Bramwell
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Manhunt
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
Middlemarch
Shackleton
Testament: The Bible in Animation
Gulliver's Travels
Elizabeth R
Edward the Seventh
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Supernatural
Lassie
Thunderpants
Bill Brand
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Le Grand Charles
Strange Report
The Far Pavilions
Other credits
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