Robert Hardy
Biography
Date of Birth 29 October 1925, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK Birth Name Timothy Sydney Robert Hardy Height 5' 9" (1.75 m) Timothy Sydney Robert Hardy, CBE (born October 29, 1925) is one of Britain's best-known and most popular actors, and also an acknowledged expert on the longbow.Over the years, Hardy has played a huge range of parts on television and film, but is not as widely known outside the UK. His first continuing role in a TV series was as businessman Alec Stewart in the award-winning oil company drama The Troubleshooters for the BBC, which he played from 1966 to 1968. But his most famous role was as Siegfried Farnon in the long-running All Creatures Great and Small (1978–1990), a stylish and much loved adaptation of James Herriot's novels. Some feel Hardy brought just the right touch of eccentricity and belligerence to the part of Siegfried. He also made a very memorable appearance in the 1987 ITV comedy series Hot Metal, in which he played a dual role, that of a newspaper proprietor, Twiggy Rathbone (who bore more than a passing resemblance to Rupert Murdoch) and his put-upon and harassed editor, Russell Spam. It showed off perfectly Hardy's versatility as an actor. He has played former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in several productions, including Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981). He also played Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester in Elizabeth R, and Prince Albert in Edward the Seventh (known as Edward the King to the American audience). He took a leading role in the 1995 film version of Sense and Sensibility. His most recent role was as Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge in the Harry Potter movies. His voice performance as Robin Hood in Tale Spinner's Robin Hood, a LP from the 1960s, is considered one of the best Robin Hood renditions of all time. From 1961 to 1986 he was married to Sally Pearson, the daughter of Dame Gladys Cooper and, thus, sister-in-law of Robert Morley. Robert Hardy was a close friend of actor Richard Burton.
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Professor Krempe
Demons of the Mind
Zorn
Berserk!
Detective Supt. Brooks
Northanger Abbey
General Tilney
Sherlock Holmes - The Master Blackmailer
Charles Augustus Milverton
Bomber Harris
Winston Churchill
A Feast at Midnight
Headmaster
Elizabeth R
Robert Dudley (Earl of Leicester) (3 episodes, 1971)
Hallmark Hall of Fame: The Gathering Storm
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Make and Break
John Garrard
Christmas in Canaan
Winston Churchill 1 episode, 2006
Margaret
Willie Whitelaw
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Cornelius Fudge
Lassie
Judge Murray
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Cornelius Fudge
Making Waves
Father Parry
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Cornelius Fudge
P.D. James - Death in Holy Orders
Father Martin Petrie
The Gathering
The Bishop
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Cornelius Fudge
Bertie and Elizabeth: The Reluctant Royals - The Story of King George VI & Queen Elizabeth
President Roosevelt
Thunderpants
Doctor
The Falklands Play
Sir Anthony Parsons (HM Ambassador to the UN)
The Lost World
Prof. Illingworth
Shackleton
Sir James Caird
An Ideal Husband
Lord Caversham
The Tichborne Claimant
Lord Rivers
Barber Of Siberia
Forsten
Mrs Dalloway
Sir William Bradshaw
Self
Self
Bramwell Season 2
Sir Herbert Hamilton (2 episodes, 1995)
Sense and Sensibility
Sir John Middleton
Self
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Professor Krempe
A Feast at Midnight
Headmaster
Sherlock Holmes - The Master Blackmailer
Charles Augustus Milverton
Bomber Harris
Winston Churchill
The Woman He Loved
Winston Churchill
Northanger Abbey
General Tilney
Make and Break
John Garrard
The Shooting Party
Lord Bob Lilburn
King Richard
Narrator (voice)
Sir Toby Belch
"BBC2 Playhouse" Speed King
Dorothy Campbell
Edward the King
Prince Albert (4 episodes, 1975)
Hallmark Hall of Fame: The Gathering Storm
Joachim von Ribbentrop
The Slap
Robert
Dark Places
Edward Foster / Andrew Marr
Gawain and the Green Knight
Sir Bertilak
Escape to Nowhere
The Assistant
The Death Wheelers
Chief Inspector Hesseltine
Demons of the Mind
Zorn
Young Winston
Prep School Headmaster
Elizabeth R
Robert Dudley (Earl of Leicester) (3 episodes, 1971)
The Stalls of Barchester
Archdeacon Haynes
10 Rillington Place
Malcolm Morris
Berserk!
Detective Supt. Brooks
How I Won The War
British General
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
Dick Carlton
Torpedo Run
Lt. Redley
