
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.

The Woman He Loved

Le Grand Charles

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Othello

シャーロック・ホームズの冒険

ハリー・ポッターとアズカバンの囚人

The Tichborne Claimant

The Death of the Heart

Raffles

Nancherrow

The Duchess of Duke Street

Inspector Morse

Foyle's War

ハリー・ポッターと炎のゴブレット

Middlemarch

Upstairs, Downstairs

War and Remembrance

アガサ・クリスティー ミス・マープル

All Creatures Great and Small

ハリー・ポッターと秘密の部屋

Spooks

ハリー・ポッターと不死鳥の騎士団

The Veil

ラストキングダム 10番目の王国

Lewis

バーナビー警部

The Far Pavilions

The Lost World

いつか晴れた日に

Elizabeth R

A Ghost Story for Christmas

Natural World

The Saint

The Falklands Play

10番街の殺人

Le Silencieux

Theatre 625

ガリバーの冒険

Shackleton

寒い国から帰ったスパイ

The Gathering Storm

Сибирский цирюльник

Goodbye Mr Snuggles

Playhouse

Supernatural

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

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

Death in Holy Orders

The Master Blackmailer

Bomber Harris

Screen Two

Twelfth Night

La Gifle

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

Manhunt

Strange Report

The Shooting Party

フランケンシュタイン

An Ideal Husband

名犬ラッシー

Testament: The Bible in Animation

General Electric Theater

Bill Brand

Edward the Seventh

The Stalls of Barchester

Young Winston

Castle Ghosts of England

Castle Ghosts of Ireland

Castle Ghosts of Wales

A Feast at Midnight

Nancherrow

Jenny's War

Making Waves

The Lost World

In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton

Countdown

Torpedo Run

Bertie and Elizabeth

Margaret

Great Performances

Armchair Theatre

Northanger Abbey

Berserk!

Psychomania

The Gathering

Mrs. Dalloway

How I Won the War

The Buccaneers

Jenny's War

Mystery and Imagination

Dark Places

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

Demons of the Mind

Hot Metal

Joseph's Reel

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

The Troubleshooters

Shoulder to Shoulder

An Age of Kings

Gawain and the Green Knight

The Wednesday Play

Paris by Night

Yellow Dog

Bramwell

Sunday Night Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

サンダーパンツ!

The Cleopatras

Caesar and Claretta

Churchill's People

James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate

The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night

Make and Break

Paying Guests (Part 2)

Paying Guests (Part 1)

Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Holiday Affair

Lucky Jim

Black Legend

Churchill: 100 Days That Saved Britain

Fothergill

The Demon Lover

Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary

Blat

Centenary: The BP Story

The Spread of the Eagle

Victorian Scandals