Robert Hardy

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: Acting

Born: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, 1925-10-29

Died: 2017-08-03

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1949	Black Legend	Mad Thomas	0
2	1955	Othello	Cassio	85
3	1958	Torpedo Run	Lt. Redley	59
4	1965	Old Man's Fancy	Jason	0
5	1965	The Spy Who Came In from the Cold	Dick Carlton	71
6	1967	How I Won the War	British General	55
7	1967	Berserk!	Detective Superintendent Brooks	55
8	1969	Son of Man	Pontius Pilate	0
9	1970	Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary	Narrator	0
10	1970	Warm Feet, Warm Heart	Albert Purvis	0
11	1971	10 Rillington Place	Malcolm Morris	73
12	1971	The Stalls of Barchester	Archdeacon Haynes	59
13	1972	Young Winston	Prep School Headmaster	62
14	1972	The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night	Doctor Sir Robert Baldick	0
15	1972	Demons of the Mind	Zorn	53
16	1973	The Silent One	Assistant	72
17	1973	Psychomania	Chief Inspector Hesseltine	55
18	1973	Dark Places	Edward Foster / Andrew Marr	55
19	1973	Gawain and the Green Knight	Sir Bertilak	46
20	1973	Yellow Dog	Alexander	22
21	1974	The Slap	Robert Dickinson	67
22	1974	The Gathering Storm	Joachim von Ribbentrop	70
23	1975	Caesar and Claretta	Benito Mussolini	10
24	1975	The Secret Agent		0
25	1979	Speed King	Dorothy Campbell	0
26	1980	Twelfth Night	Sir Toby Belch	67
27	1980	The Pied Piper of Hamelin	Narrator (voice)	65
28	1981	Fothergill	John Fothergill	0
29	1984	James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate	Lord Bob Lilburn (archive footage) (uncredited)	0
30	1984	The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood	King Richard	53
31	1985	The Shooting Party	Bob, Lord Lilburn	66
32	1985	Jenny's War	Klein	60
33	1986	The Demon Lover	William Drover	0
34	1986	Paying Guests (Part 1)	Colonel Chase	0
35	1986	Paying Guests (Part 2)	Colonel Chase	0
36	1987	Make and Break	John Garrard	0
37	1987	Northanger Abbey	General Tilney	56
38	1987	The Death of the Heart	Major Brutt	0
39	1988	The Woman He Loved	Winston Churchill	100
40	1988	In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton	Self	60
41	1988	Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Holiday Affair	Dr. Price	0
42	1989	Paris by Night	Adam Gillvray	45
43	1989	Bomber Harris	Winston Churchill	68
44	1992	The Master Blackmailer	Charles Augustus Milverton	71
45	1994	A Feast at Midnight	Headmaster	60
46	1994	Mary Shelley's Frankenstein	Prof. Krempe	64
47	1995	Castle Ghosts of England	Self	60
48	1995	Sense and Sensibility	Sir John Middleton	74
49	1996	Castle Ghosts of Ireland	Self	50
50	1997	Mrs. Dalloway	Sir William Bradshaw	56
51	1997	Castle Ghosts of Wales	Self	60
52	1998	The Tichborne Claimant	Lord Rivers	80
53	1998	The Barber of Siberia	Forsten	71
54	1999	Nancherrow	Viscount Berryan	60
55	1999	An Ideal Husband	Lord Caversham	65
56	2001	The Lost World	Prof. Illingworth	60
57	2002	The Falklands Play	Sir Anthony Parsons	74
58	2002	Thunderpants	Doctor	35
59	2002	Bertie and Elizabeth	President Roosevelt	56
60	2002	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Cornelius Fudge	77
61	2003	The Gathering	Bishop	55
62	2003	Lucky Jim	Professor Neddy Welch	0
63	2004	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Cornelius Fudge	80
64	2004	Making Waves	Father Parry	60
65	2005	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Cornelius Fudge	78
66	2005	Lassie	Judge Murray	64
67	2006	Goodbye Mr Snuggles	Mr. Stiles	70
68	2007	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Cornelius Fudge	77
69	2007	Elementary My Dear Viewer	Self	0
70	2009	Margaret	Willie Whitelaw	58
71	2009	Ghosts in the Machine	Narrator	0
72	2013	Narnia's Lost Poet: The Secret Lives and Loves of C.S. Lewis	Self - Interviewee	61
73	2015	Churchill: 100 Days That Saved Britain	Winston Churchill	0
74	2015	Joseph's Reel	Old Joseph	50
75	2017	Snapshot Wedding	Donald	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	Sunday Night Theatre	Orsino	35
2	1950	Sunday Night Theatre	Admetus	35
3	1950	Sunday Night Theatre	William Herndon	35
4	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Joachim von Ribbentrop	86
5	1953	General Electric Theater		63
6	1956	Armchair Theatre	Albert Purvis	58
7	1956	The Adventures of Sir Lancelot	Sir Rupert	65
8	1956	The Buccaneers	Lord Hinch	55
9	1958	The Veil		76
10	1960	An Age of Kings	Henry, Prince of Wales	47
11	1960	An Age of Kings	Henry V	47
12	1962	The Dark Island		40
13	1962	The Saint	Walter Faber	73
14	1963	The Spread of the Eagle	Caius Martius Coriolanus	0
15	1964	The Wednesday Play	Nick Prockter	45
16	1964	The Wednesday Play	Pontius Pilate	45
17	1965	The Troubleshooters	Alec Stewart	50
18	1965	Thirty-Minute Theatre	The Official	38
19	1966	Mystery and Imagination		55
20	1969	Strange Report	Doctor Michael Sanders	65
21	1970	Manhunt	Abwehr Sergeant Gratz	65
22	1971	Great Performances	Self	53
23	1971	Elizabeth R	Robert Dudley	74
24	1971	Upstairs, Downstairs	Sir Guy Paynter	76
25	1971	A Ghost Story for Christmas	Archdeacon Haynes	75
26	1974	Playhouse	John Fothergill	70
27	1974	Playhouse	Sir Malcolm Campbell	70
28	1974	Shoulder to Shoulder	Asquith	50
29	1975	Edward the Seventh		69
30	1976	Bill Brand	Mr. Marples	63
31	1976	Victorian Scandals		0
32	1976	The Duchess of Duke Street		78
33	1977	Raffles		80
34	1977	Supernatural		71
35	1978	All Creatures Great and Small	Siegfried Farnon	77
36	1978	The BBC Television Shakespeare	Sir Toby Belch	60
37	1979	Buck Rogers in the 25th Century	Clayton	70
38	1981	Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years	Winston Churchill	50
39	1982	Countdown		58
40	1983	The Cleopatras	Julius Caesar	30
41	1983	Natural World	Narrator	71
42	1984	The Far Pavilions	The Commandant	75
43	1984	Sherlock Holmes	Charles Augustus Milverton	81
44	1985	Screen Two	General Tilney	68
45	1985	Jenny's War	Klein	55
46	1986	Hot Metal		58
47	1987	Inspector Morse	Andrew Baydon	78
48	1988	War and Remembrance	Winston Churchill	79
49	1994	Middlemarch	Arthur Brooke	78
50	1995	Bramwell	Sir Herbert Hamilton	42
51	1995	Bramwell	Sir Herbert Hamilton	42
52	1995	Look at the State We're In!	Judge Sutcliffe	0
53	1996	Gulliver's Travels	Dr. Parnell	71
54	1996	Testament: The Bible in Animation	Abraham (voice)	64
55	1997	Midsomer Murders	Robert Cavendish	75
56	1999	Nancherrow		80
57	2000	The 10th Kingdom	Chancellor Griswold	76
58	2001	The Lost World	Professor Illingworth	76
59	2002	Shackleton	Sir James Caird	71
60	2002	Spooks	Sir John Barry	77
61	2002	Foyle's War	Henry Beaumont	79
62	2003	Death in Holy Orders	Father Martin	71
63	2004	Agatha Christie's Marple	Winston Churchill	77
64	2006	Le Grand Charles	Franklin D. Roosevelt	100
65	2007	Lewis	Sir Arnold Raeburn	76
66	2007	The Alan Titchmarsh Show	Self	37

Robert Hardy

Film

Television