Robert Hardy
Acting
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.
Snapshot Wedding
Donald
Joseph's Reel
Old Joseph
Churchill: 100 Days That Saved Britain
Winston Churchill
Narnia's Lost Poet: The Secret Lives and Loves of C.S. Lewis
Self - Interviewee
Ghosts in the Machine
Narrator
Margaret
Willie Whitelaw
Centenary: The BP Story
George Reynolds (voice)
Elementary My Dear Viewer
Self
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Cornelius Fudge
Goodbye Mr Snuggles
Mr. Stiles
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
Lucky Jim
Professor Neddy Welch
The Gathering
Bishop
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Cornelius Fudge
Bertie and Elizabeth
President Roosevelt
Thunderpants
Doctor
The Falklands Play
Sir Anthony Parsons
The Lost World
Prof. Illingworth
The Tichborne Claimant
Lord Rivers
An Ideal Husband
Lord Caversham
Nancherrow
Viscount Berryan
The Barber of Siberia
Forsten
Castle Ghosts of Wales
Self
Mrs. Dalloway
Sir William Bradshaw
Castle Ghosts of Ireland
Self
Sense and Sensibility
Sir John Middleton
Castle Ghosts of England
Self
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Prof. Krempe
A Feast at Midnight
Headmaster
The Master Blackmailer
Charles Augustus Milverton
Bomber Harris
Winston Churchill
Paris by Night
Adam Gillvray
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Holiday Affair
Dr. Price
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Self
The Woman He Loved
Winston Churchill
Blat
Sidney Tolland
The Death of the Heart
Major Brutt
Northanger Abbey
General Tilney
Make and Break
John Garrard
Paying Guests (Part 2)
Colonel Chase
Paying Guests (Part 1)
Colonel Chase
The Demon Lover
William Drover
Jenny's War
Klein
The Shooting Party
Bob, Lord Lilburn
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
King Richard
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
Lord Bob Lilburn (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fothergill
John Fothergill
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Narrator (voice)
Twelfth Night
Sir Toby Belch
Speed King
Dorothy Campbell
The Secret Agent
The Assistant Commissioner
Caesar and Claretta
Benito Mussolini
The Gathering Storm
Joachim von Ribbentrop
The Slap
Robert Dickinson
Yellow Dog
Alexander
Gawain and the Green Knight
Sir Bertilak
Dark Places
Edward Foster / Andrew Marr
Psychomania
Chief Inspector Hesseltine
The Silent One
Assistant
Demons of the Mind
Zorn
The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night
Doctor Sir Robert Baldick
Young Winston
Prep School Headmaster
The Stalls of Barchester
Archdeacon Haynes
Getting In
Official
10 Rillington Place
Malcolm Morris
Warm Feet, Warm Heart
Albert Purvis
Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary
Narrator
Son of Man
Pontius Pilate
Berserk!
Detective Superintendent Brooks
How I Won the War
British General
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Dick Carlton
Old Man's Fancy
Jason
Torpedo Run
Lt. Redley
Othello
Cassio
Black Legend
Mad Thomas