Robert Hardy
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
Snapshot Wedding
2017
as Donald
Churchill: 100 Days That Saved Britain
2015
as Winston Churchill
Joseph's Reel
2015
as Old Joseph
Narnia's Lost Poet: The Secret Lives and Loves of C.S. Lewis
2013
as Self - Interviewee
Ghosts in the Machine
2009
as Narrator
Margaret
2009
as Willie Whitelaw
Centenary: The BP Story
2009
as George Reynolds (voice)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
as Cornelius Fudge
Elementary My Dear Viewer
2007
as Self
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
as Self
Lewis
2007
as Sir Arnold Raeburn
Goodbye Mr Snuggles
2006
as Mr. Stiles
Le Grand Charles
2006
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
as Cornelius Fudge
Lassie
2005
as Judge Murray
Making Waves
2004
as Father Parry
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
as Cornelius Fudge
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Winston Churchill
The Gathering
2003
as Bishop
Lucky Jim
2003
as Professor Neddy Welch
Death in Holy Orders
2003
as Father Martin Petrie
Thunderpants
2002
as Doctor
The Falklands Play
2002
as Sir Anthony Parsons
Bertie and Elizabeth
2002
as President Roosevelt
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
as Cornelius Fudge
Foyle's War
2002
as Henry Beaumont
Spooks
2002
as Sir John Barry
Shackleton
2002
as Sir James Caird
The Lost World
2001
as Prof. Illingworth
The Lost World
2001
as Professor Illingworth
Justice in Wonderland
2000
as Mr. Justice Morland
The 10th Kingdom
2000
as Chancellor Griswold
Nancherrow
1999
as Viscount Berryan
An Ideal Husband
1999
as Lord Caversham
The Tichborne Claimant
1999
as Lord Rivers
Nancherrow
1999
The Barber of Siberia
1998
as Forsten
Mrs. Dalloway
1997
as Sir William Bradshaw
Castle Ghosts of Wales
1997
as Self
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Robert Cavendish
Castle Ghosts of Ireland
1996
as Self
Gulliver's Travels
1996
as Dr. Parnell
Testament: The Bible in Animation
1996
as Abraham (voice)
Sense and Sensibility
1995
as Sir John Middleton
Castle Ghosts of England
1995
as Self
Bramwell
1995
as Sir Herbert Hamilton
Bramwell
1995
as Sir Herbert Hamilton
Look at the State We're In!
1995
as Judge Sutcliffe
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
as Prof. Krempe
A Feast at Midnight
1994
as Headmaster
Middlemarch
1994
as Arthur Brooke
The Master Blackmailer
1992
as Charles Augustus Milverton
Bomber Harris
1989
as Winston Churchill
Paris by Night
1989
as Adam Gillvray
The Woman He Loved
1988
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
War and Remembrance
1988
as Winston Churchill
Make and Break
1987
as John Garrard
Northanger Abbey
1987
as General Tilney
The Death of the Heart
1987
as Major Brutt
Blat
1987
as Sidney Tolland
Inspector Morse
1987
as Andrew Baydon
Paying Guests (Part 1)
1986
as Colonel Chase
Paying Guests (Part 2)
1986
as Colonel Chase
The Demon Lover
1986
as William Drover
Hot Metal
1986
as Twiggy Rathbone / Russell Spam
ScreenPlay
1986
as Colonel Chase
Sunday Premiere
1986
as Sidney Tolland
The Shooting Party
1985
as Bob, Lord Lilburn
Jenny's War
1985
as Klein
Jenny's War
1985
as Klein
Screen Two
1985
as General Tilney
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
Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Charles Augustus Milverton
The Far Pavilions
1984
as The Commandant
Natural World
1983
as Narrator
The Cleopatras
1983
as Julius Caesar
Shades of Darkness
1983
as William Drover
Countdown
1982
Fothergill
1981
as John Fothergill
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981
as Winston Churchill
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1980
as Narrator (voice)
Twelfth Night
1980
as Sir Toby Belch
Speed King
1979
as Dorothy Campbell
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
as Clayton
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
as Siegfried Farnon
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Sir Toby Belch
Raffles
1977
Supernatural
1977
as Adrian Gall
The Velvet Glove
1977
as Charles Bradlaugh
Bill Brand
1976
as Mr. Marples
Victorian Scandals
1976
as Arthur Munby
The Duchess of Duke Street
1976
as George Duggan
Caesar and Claretta
1975
as Benito Mussolini
The Secret Agent
1975
as The Assistant Commissioner
Edward the Seventh
1975
as Prince Albert
Private Affairs
1975
as Benito Mussolini
The Slap
1974
as Robert Dickinson
The Gathering Storm
1974
as Joachim von Ribbentrop
Playhouse
1974
as John Fothergill
Playhouse
1974
as Sir Malcolm Campbell
Shoulder to Shoulder
1974
as Asquith
Churchill's People
1974
as King Oswy
The Silent One
1973
as Assistant
Dark Places
1973
as Edward Foster / Andrew Marr
Gawain and the Green Knight
1973
as Sir Bertilak
Psychomania
1973
as Chief Inspector Hesseltine
Yellow Dog
1973
as Alexander
European Heritage
1973
as Narrator (voice)
Between the Wars
1973
as Col. Tonge
Demons of the Mind
1972
as Zorn
The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night
1972
as Doctor Sir Robert Baldick
Young Winston
1972
as Prep School Headmaster
The Stalls of Barchester
1971
as Archdeacon Haynes
10 Rillington Place
1971
as Malcolm Morris
Getting In
1971
as Official
Elizabeth R
1971
as Robert Dudley
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
as Archdeacon Haynes
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971
as Sir Guy Paynter
Great Performances
1971
as Self
Warm Feet, Warm Heart
1970
as Albert Purvis
Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary
1970
as Narrator
Manhunt
1970
as Abwehr Sergeant Gratz
Big Brother
1970
as John Edge
Son of Man
1969
as Pontius Pilate
Strange Report
1969
as Doctor Michael Sanders
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Christopher Moore
Berserk!
1967
as Detective Superintendent Brooks
How I Won the War
1967
as British General
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Ray Malcolm
Mystery and Imagination
1966
as William Oke
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965
as Dick Carlton
Old Man's Fancy
1965
as Jason
The Troubleshooters
1965
as Alec Stewart
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as The Official
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Nick Prockter
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Pontius Pilate
Theatre 625
1964
Theatre 625
1964
as Adriano
Thursday Theatre
1964
as Anatol
The Spread of the Eagle
1963
as Caius Martius Coriolanus
The Saint
1962
as Walter Faber
The Dark Island
1962
Drama 61-67
1961
as Adam Irwin
Drama 61-67
1961
as Philip Weathers
An Age of Kings
1960
as Henry, Prince of Wales
An Age of Kings
1960
as Henry V
Torpedo Run
1958
as Lt. Redley
The Veil
1958
The Buccaneers
1956
as Lord Hinch
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956
as Sir Rupert
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Albert Purvis
David Copperfield
1956
as David Copperfield
Othello
1955
as Cassio
General Electric Theater
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Joachim von Ribbentrop
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Orsino
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Admetus
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as William Herndon
Black Legend
1949
as Mad Thomas