Robert Hardy

About

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...

Known for

Midsomer MurdersSeries • 1997The SaintSeries • 1962The Wednesday PlaySeries • 1964Sherlock HolmesSeries • 1984SpooksSeries • 2002Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsMovie • 2002Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanMovie • 2004ITV PlayhouseSeries • 1967Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireMovie • 2005Agatha Christie's MarpleSeries • 2004Natural WorldSeries • 1983Screen TwoSeries • 1985Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixMovie • 2007PlayhouseSeries • 1974Theatre 625Series • 1964Thirty-Minute TheatreSeries • 1965Inspector MorseSeries • 1987LewisSeries • 2007Sunday Night TheatreSeries • 1950ITV Saturday Night TheatreSeries • 1969All Creatures Great and SmallSeries • 1978Foyle's WarSeries • 2002Upstairs, DownstairsSeries • 1971Buck Rogers in the 25th CenturySeries • 1979