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Robert Hardy
Known for: ActingOne 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.
Filmography 38
Harry Potter și prizonierul din Azkaban
as Cornelius Fudge 
Harry Potter și Camera Secretelor
as Cornelius Fudge 
Rațiune și simțire
as Sir John Middleton 
Toate viețuitoarele mari și mici
as Siegfried Farnon 
War and Remembrance
as Winston Churchill 
Al 10-lea regat
as Chancellor Griswold 
The Gathering
as Bishop 
Tânărul Winston
as Prep School Headmaster 
Middlemarch
as Arthur Brooke 
Călătoriile lui Gulliver
as Dr. Parnell 
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
as Prof. Krempe 
Lassie
as Judge Murray 
Death in Holy Orders
as Father Martin Petrie 
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
as Dick Carlton 
The Barber of Siberia
as Forsten 
The Master Blackmailer
as Charles Augustus Milverton 
The Lost World
as Professor Illingworth 
10 Rillington Place
as Malcolm Morris 
The Lost World
as Prof. Illingworth 
Torpedo Run
as Lt. Redley 
Thunderpants
as Doctor 
Demonii interiori
as Zorn 
Doamna Dalloway
as Sir William Bradshaw 
The Woman He Loved
as Winston Churchill 
Berserk!
as Detective Superintendent Brooks 
Northanger Abbey
as General Tilney 
The Shooting Party
as Bob, Lord Lilburn 
Bertie and Elizabeth
as President Roosevelt 
Dark Places
as Edward Foster / Andrew Marr 
A Feast at Midnight
as Headmaster 
Palma
as Robert Dickinson 
The Falklands Play
as Sir Anthony Parsons 
Twelfth Night
as Sir Toby Belch 
The Death of the Heart
as Major Brutt 
Sir Gawain și Cavalerul Verde
as Sir Bertilak 
Psychomania
as Chief Inspector Hesseltine 
The Stalls of Barchester
as Archdeacon Haynes