Robert Hardy

ProducerActor Oct 29 (died age 91) Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK 1949–2022 (73 year career)

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Biography

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 …

Known For

Film

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Cornelius Fudge

Film

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Cornelius Fudge

Film

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Cornelius Fudge

Film

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Cornelius Fudge

Film

Sense and Sensibility

Sir John Middleton

Film

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Prof. Krempe

Film

The 10th Kingdom

Chancellor Griswold

Film

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

Dick Carlton

Filmography

Acting (142)

Movies (78)

Snapshot Wedding

2017

as Donald

Joseph's Reel

2015

as Old Joseph

5.0

Churchill: 100 Days That Saved Britain

2015

as Winston Churchill

Narnia's Lost Poet: The Secret Lives and Loves of C.S. Lewis

2013

as Self - Interviewee

6.9

Centenary: The BP Story

2009

as George Reynolds (voice)

Margaret

2009

as Willie Whitelaw

5.8

Ghosts in the Machine

2009

as Narrator

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2007

as Cornelius Fudge

7.7

Elementary My Dear Viewer

2007

as Self

Goodbye Mr Snuggles

2006

as Mr. Stiles

7.0

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

as Cornelius Fudge

Lassie

as Judge Murray

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

as Cornelius Fudge

Making Waves

as Father Parry

The Gathering

as Bishop

Lucky Jim

as Professor Neddy Welch

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002

as Cornelius Fudge

7.7

Bertie and Elizabeth

2002

as President Roosevelt

Thunderpants

as Doctor

The Falklands Play

as Sir Anthony Parsons

The Lost World

as Prof. Illingworth

Nancherrow

as Viscount Berryan

An Ideal Husband

as Lord Caversham

The Tichborne Claimant

1999

as Lord Rivers

8.0

The Barber of Siberia

1998

as Forsten

7.0

Mrs. Dalloway

1997

as Sir William Bradshaw

5.5

Castle Ghosts of Wales

1997

as Self

6.0

Castle Ghosts of Ireland

1996

as Self

6.0

Sense and Sensibility

1995

as Sir John Middleton

7.4

Castle Ghosts of England

1995

as Self

6.0

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

as Prof. Krempe

A Feast at Midnight

as Headmaster

The Master Blackmailer

1992

as Charles Augustus Milverton

Bomber Harris

as Winston Churchill

Paris by Night

as Adam Gillvray

The Woman He Loved

as Winston Churchill

Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Holiday Affair

1988

as Dr. Price

In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton

1988

as Self

6.0

Make and Break

1987

as John Garrard

Blat

1987

as Sidney Tolland

Northanger Abbey

1987

as General Tilney

5.6

The Death of the Heart

1987

as Major Brutt

8.0

The Demon Lover

1986

as William Drover

Paying Guests (Part 2)

1986

as Colonel Chase

Paying Guests (Part 1)

1986

as Colonel Chase

The Shooting Party

as Bob, Lord Lilburn

Jenny's War

as Klein

James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate

1984

as Lord Bob Lilburn (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

1984

as King Richard

5.2

Fothergill

1981

as John Fothergill

Twelfth Night

1980

as Sir Toby Belch

6.7

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

1980

as Narrator (voice)

6.5

Speed King

1979

as Dorothy Campbell

Caesar and Claretta

1975

as Benito Mussolini

1.0

The Secret Agent

1975

as The Assistant Commissioner

The Slap

1974

as Robert Dickinson

6.6

The Gathering Storm

1974

as Joachim von Ribbentrop

7.0

Psychomania

1973

as Chief Inspector Hesseltine

The Silent One

as Assistant

Dark Places

as Edward Foster / Andrew Marr

5.5

Gawain and the Green Knight

as Sir Bertilak

Yellow Dog

as Alexander

Young Winston

as Prep School Headmaster

6.2

The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night

1972

as Doctor Sir Robert Baldick

Demons of the Mind

1972

as Zorn

5.2

The Stalls of Barchester

as Archdeacon Haynes

10 Rillington Place

as Malcolm Morris

Getting In

as Official

Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary

1970

as Narrator

Warm Feet, Warm Heart

1970

as Albert Purvis

Son of Man

1969

as Pontius Pilate

Berserk!

1967

as Detective Superintendent Brooks

5.6

How I Won the War

1967

as British General

5.5

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

1965

as Dick Carlton

7.1

Old Man's Fancy

1965

as Jason

Torpedo Run

as Lt. Redley

Othello

as Cassio

Black Legend

as Mad Thomas

Television (64)

Lewis

2007

as Sir Arnold Raeburn

7.6

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

2007

as Self

3.7

Le Grand Charles

2006

as Franklin D. Roosevelt

10.0

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004

as Winston Churchill

7.8

Death in Holy Orders

2003

as Father Martin Petrie

Foyle's War

as Henry Beaumont

Spooks

as Sir John Barry

Shackleton

as Sir James Caird

The Lost World

as Professor Illingworth

7.5

The 10th Kingdom

2000

as Chancellor Griswold

Nancherrow

Midsomer Murders

as Robert Cavendish

Gulliver's Travels

as Dr. Parnell

Testament: The Bible in Animation

1996

as Abraham (voice)

6.4

Look at the State We're In!

1995

as Judge Sutcliffe

Bramwell

1995

as Sir Herbert Hamilton

Middlemarch

as Arthur Brooke

War and Remembrance

as Winston Churchill

Inspector Morse

as Andrew Baydon

Hot Metal

Screen Two

as General Tilney

Jenny's War

as Klein

Sherlock Holmes

as Charles Augustus Milverton

The Far Pavilions

as The Commandant

Natural World

as Narrator

The Cleopatras

as Julius Caesar

Countdown

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

1981

as Winston Churchill

5.0

The Morecambe and Wise Show

1980

9.0

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

1979

as Clayton

6.9

All Creatures Great and Small

as Siegfried Farnon

Supernatural

as Adrian Gall

Raffles

Bill Brand

as Mr. Marples

Victorian Scandals

The Duchess of Duke Street

Edward the Seventh

as Prince Albert

Playhouse

as Sir Malcolm Campbell

Churchill's People

as King Oswy

Shoulder to Shoulder

as Asquith

European Heritage

as Narrator (voice)

Great Performances

as Self

Upstairs, Downstairs

as Sir Guy Paynter

A Ghost Story for Christmas

as Archdeacon Haynes

Elizabeth R

as Robert Dudley

Manhunt

as Abwehr Sergeant Gratz

6.5

Strange Report

1969

as Doctor Michael Sanders

6.5

Mystery and Imagination

as William Oke

The Troubleshooters

as Alec Stewart

Thirty-Minute Theatre

as The Official

The Wednesday Play

as Nick Prockter

Theatre 625

The Spread of the Eagle

1963

as Caius Martius Coriolanus

The Saint

as Walter Faber

The Dark Island

Drama 61-67

as Adam Irwin

An Age of Kings

1960

as Henry, Prince of Wales

The Veil

The Buccaneers

as Lord Hinch

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

as Sir Rupert

Armchair Theatre

as Albert Purvis

General Electric Theater

1953

6.4

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Joachim von Ribbentrop

8.6

Sunday Night Theatre

1950

as Admetus

3.5

Crew (1)

Television (1)

Pamela's Garden of Eden

2022

Executive Producer

3.0