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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.
as Donald
as Old Joseph
as Winston Churchill
as Self - Interviewee
as Narrator
as Willie Whitelaw
as George Reynolds (voice)
as Self
as Cornelius Fudge
as Mr. Stiles
as Judge Murray
as Cornelius Fudge
as Father Parry
as Cornelius Fudge
as Professor Neddy Welch
as Bishop
as Cornelius Fudge
as President Roosevelt
as Doctor
as Sir Anthony Parsons
as Prof. Illingworth
as Mr. Justice Morland
as Lord Rivers
as Lord Caversham
as Viscount Berryan
as Forsten
as Self
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as Sir John Middleton
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as Prof. Krempe
as Headmaster
as Charles Augustus Milverton
as Winston Churchill
as Adam Gillvray
as Dr. Price
as Winston Churchill
as Sidney Tolland
as Major Brutt
as General Tilney
as John Garrard
as Colonel Chase
as Colonel Chase
as William Drover
as Klein
as Bob, Lord Lilburn
as King Richard
as Lord Bob Lilburn (archive footage) (uncredited)
as John Fothergill
as Narrator (voice)
as Sir Toby Belch
as Dorothy Campbell
as The Assistant Commissioner
as Benito Mussolini
as Joachim von Ribbentrop
as Robert Dickinson
as Alexander
as Sir Bertilak
as Edward Foster / Andrew Marr
as Chief Inspector Hesseltine
as Assistant
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as Doctor Sir Robert Baldick
as Prep School Headmaster
as Archdeacon Haynes
as Official
as Malcolm Morris
as Albert Purvis
as Narrator
as Pontius Pilate
as Detective Superintendent Brooks
as British General
as Dick Carlton
as Jason
as Lt. Redley
as Cassio
as Mad Thomas
