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Robert Hardy
🎂 Oct 29, 1925 — 🕯️ Aug 3, 2017 (91 years)
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK 1.8 popularity
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.
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Oscars
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Movies
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
Sense and Sensibility
1995
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
The Barber of Siberia
1998
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965
Thunderpants
2002
Young Winston
1972
Dark Places
1973
Mrs. Dalloway
1997
The Gathering
2003
Psychomania
1973
Demons of the Mind
1972
Bertie and Elizabeth
2002
Berserk!
1967
How I Won the War
1967
Paris by Night
1989
10 Rillington Place
1971
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
1984
Yellow Dog
1973
The Shooting Party
1985
Torpedo Run
1958
The Silent One
1973
The Slap
1974
A Feast at Midnight
1994
Nancherrow
1999
An Ideal Husband
1999
Gawain and the Green Knight
1973
Making Waves
2004
TV Shows
The Troubleshooters
1965
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
War and Remembrance
1988
Manhunt
1970
Middlemarch
1994
The 10th Kingdom
2000
An Age of Kings
1960
Jenny's War
1985
Edward the Seventh
1975
Elizabeth R
1971
The Far Pavilions
1984
The Spread of the Eagle
1963
The Cleopatras
1983
Gulliver's Travels
1996
Death in Holy Orders
2003
The Lost World
2001
The Wednesday Play
1964
Le Grand Charles
2006
Shoulder to Shoulder
1974
Midsomer Murders
1997
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
Inspector Morse
1987
Foyle's War
2002
The Saint
1962
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The Buccaneers
1956
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956
Bramwell
1995
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971
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Robert Hardy
1925-10-29 · Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
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.