Robert Hardy
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1925-10-29
Deathday 2017-08-03 (91 years old)
Place of Birth Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Also Known As Timothy Sydney Robert Hardy, Тимоти Сидни Роберт Харди, Robert Khardi
Robert Hardy
Biography
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.
Known For
Actor
as Donald
as Old Joseph
as Winston Churchill
as Self - Interviewee
as Narrator
as Willie Whitelaw
as Cornelius Fudge
as Self
as Sir Arnold Raeburn
as Mr. Stiles
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
as Judge Murray
as Cornelius Fudge
as Father Parry
as Cornelius Fudge
as Winston Churchill
as Professor Neddy Welch
as Bishop
as Father Martin
as Cornelius Fudge
as President Roosevelt
as Doctor
as Sir Anthony Parsons
as Sir John Barry
as Sir James Caird
as Prof. Illingworth
as Professor Illingworth
as Chancellor Griswold
as Lord Caversham
as Viscount Berryan
as Forsten
as Lord Rivers
as Self
as Sir William Bradshaw
as Robert Cavendish
as Self
as Abraham (voice)
as Dr. Parnell
as Sir John Middleton
as Self
as Judge Sutcliffe
as Sir Herbert Hamilton
as Sir Herbert Hamilton
as Prof. Krempe
as Headmaster
as Arthur Brooke
as Charles Augustus Milverton
as Winston Churchill
as Adam Gillvray
as Dr. Price
as Winston Churchill
as Winston Churchill
as Major Brutt
as General Tilney
as John Garrard
as Andrew Baydon
as Colonel Chase
as Colonel Chase
as Klein
as Bob, Lord Lilburn
as Klein
as King Richard
as Lord Bob Lilburn (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Charles Augustus Milverton
as The Commandant
as Narrator
as Julius Caesar
as Winston Churchill
as Narrator
as Sir Toby Belch
as Dorothy Campbell
as Clayton
as Stuart
as Siegfried Farnon
as Mr. Marples
as Benito Mussolini
as Joachim von Ribbentrop
as Robert Dickinson
as Asquith
as John Fothergill
as Sir Malcolm Campbell
as Alexander
as Sir Bertilak
as Edward Foster / Andrew Marr
as Chief Inspector Hesseltine
as The Assistant
as Zorn
as Doctor Sir Robert Baldick
as Prep School Headmaster
as Archdeacon Haynes
as Malcolm Morris
as Sir Guy Paynter
as Robert Dudley
as Albert Purvis
as Abwehr Sergeant Gratz
as Detective Superintendent Brooks
as British General
as Dick Carlton
as Jason
as Alec Stewart
as Nick Prockter
as Walter Faber
as Henry, Prince of Wales
as Lt. Redley
as Lord Hinch
as Sir Rupert
as Cassio
as Joachim von Ribbentrop
as Orsino
as Mad Thomas
Producer
as Executive Producer