Robert Hardy
Acting
Born October 29, 1925 · Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
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 performance was as the title character of Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981). His portra…
Known For · 40 titles
Midsomer Murders
Great Performances
Natural World
Agatha Christie's Marple
Screen Two
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Theatre 625
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Sherlock Holmes
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The Saint
The Wednesday Play
Foyle's War
Playhouse
Spooks
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Lewis
ITV Playhouse
Thirty-Minute Theatre
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Inspector Morse
ScreenPlay
All Creatures Great and Small
Sunday Night Theatre
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Upstairs, Downstairs
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Drama 61-67
The Troubleshooters
Churchill's People
Mystery and Imagination
The Buccaneers
Thursday Theatre
The BBC Television Shakespeare
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
Sense and Sensibility
War and Remembrance
Countdown
Manhunt
A Ghost Story for Christmas