Robert Hardy
Timothy Sydney Robert Hardy CBE (born October 29, 1925 in Cheltenham , Gloucestershire , England - † August 3, 2017 in London ) was a British actor .
Life
Robert Hardy's father, Henry Harrison Hardy, was the director of Cheltenham College from 1919 to 1931 , one of the first major boarding schools in Victorian England . Robert Hardy first studied in Oxford in JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis literary studies . He completed his studies with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). In 1949 Hardy's acting career began at the Shakespeare Memorial Theater in Stratford-upon-Avon with classic plays such as William Shakespeare's Henry V.
Hardy became known to a wide audience from 1978, in the role of the veterinarian Siegfried Farnon in the BBC series All Creatures Great and Small (German: The Doctor and the Love of Cattle , broadcast by ARD from 1979 ). Later in his career, he starred as Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge in the Harry Potter films. He ended his stage career in 2013 after breaking ribs in a fall playing Winston Churchill in a performance of Peter Morgan's play The Audience .
In addition to his acting activities, Hardy dealt with medieval warfare , in particular with the history of the longbow . He was the author of two books and owned a collection of historical items on the subject. He was called in as an expert in assessing the findings on the Mary Rose .
Robert Hardy was from 1952 to 1956 with Elizabeth Fox, the daughter of the penologist Lionel Wray Fox (1895-1961), married. His second marriage to the costume designer Sally Pearson, a daughter of actress Gladys Cooper , lasted from 1961 to 1986. His marriages resulted in three children. Hardy was friends with actor Richard Burton .
Hardy died on August 3, 2017, at the age of 91 in Denville Hall, a retirement home for actors in London.
honors and awards
In 1981, Hardy was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II . In 1990 he was elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA) in London .
Filmography (selection)
- 1958: Torpedo go! (Torpedo Run)
- 1965: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (The Spy Who Came in from the Cold)
- 1967: Circus of Death (Berserk!)
- 1967: How I Won the War (How I Won the War)
- 1971: John Christie, the strangler of London (10 Rillington Place)
- 1972: The Young Lion (Young Winston)
- 1972: demons of the soul (Demons of the Mind)
- 1973: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- 1973: The Tomb of the Living Dolls (Dark Places)
- 1973: The Frog (Psychomania)
- 1973: Me - Number One (Le Silencieux)
- 1974: The Slap (La Gifle)
- 1985: The Shooting Party
- 1988: Paris by Night (Paris by Night)
- 1994: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Frankenstein)
- 1995: A Feast at Midnight
- 1995: Sense and Sensibility (Sense and Sensibility)
- 1997: Mrs. Dalloway
- 1998: A Perfect Husband (To Ideal Husband)
- 1998: The Tichborne Claimant
- 1998: The Barber of Siberia (Sibirskiy tsiryulnik)
- 2002: The Gathering
- 2002: Thunderpants
- 2002: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- 2004: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- 2005: Making Waves
- 2005: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- 2005: Lassie Returns (Lassie)
- 2007: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- 2008: Framed
- 2013: Quick Slip Me a Bride
watch TV
- 1955: Othello
- 1957: Twelfth Night
- 1961: Rashomon
- 1971: The Stalls of Barchester
- 1971: Elizabeth R
- 1972: The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night
- 1975: The Secret Agent
- 1975: Caesar and Claretta
- 1976: Edward VII.
- 1977: Owner Occupied
- 1978–1990: The Doctor and the Dear Cattle ( All Creatures Great and Small , TV series, 90 episodes)
- 1980: Twelfth Night
- 1981: The Pied Piper of Hamelin
- 1984: The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
- 1985: The Death of a Heart
- 1985: Jenny's War
- 1987: Northanger Abbey
- 1988: King of Her Heart (The Woman He Loved)
- 1988: Marcus Welby, MD: A Holiday Affair
- 1989: Bomber Harris
- 1992: The king of the blackmailer (The Master Black Mailer)
- 1996: Gulliver's Travels (Gulliver's Travels)
- 1999: The People's Passion
- 1999: Rosamunde Pilcher - The Great Legacy (Nancherrow)
- 1999: Inspector Barnaby - Sport is Murder ( Midsomer Murders , TV series, an episode)
- 2000: Justice in Wonderland
- 2000: The Tenth Kingdom ( The 10th Kingdom , television series, six episodes)
- 2001: The Lost World (The Lost World)
- 2002: Ernest Shackleton ( Shackleton , miniseries)
- 2002: Bertie and Elizabeth
- 2002: The Falklands Play
- 2003: Lucky Jim
- 2003: Death in Holy Orders
- 2006: Agatha Christie's Marple : The Sittaford Mystery
- 2009: Margaret
- 2010: Lewis - The Oxford Crime : Under the Star of Death (Lewis: Dark Matter)
- 2015: Churchill: 100 Days That Saved Britain
Publications
- Longbow: A Social and Military History . Patrick Stephens Ltd, ISBN 1-85260-412-3 .
- The Great Warbow: From Hastings to the Mary Rose . The History Press Ltd, ISBN 0-7509-3167-1 .
Web links
- Robert Hardy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Robert Hardy dead: Harry Potter's 'Minister of Magic' and All Creatures Great and Small star dies (International Business Times, August 3, 2017)
- ^ All Creatures Great and Small star Robert Hardy sells his lifelong antique collection in £ 100,000 auction as he downsizes , Daily Mail, April 14, 2015
- ^ Actor Robert Hardy's £ 100,000 auction: All treasures great and small for sale ( October 3, 2015 memento on the Internet Archive ), Western Daily Press, April 15, 2015
- ↑ Robert Hardy, Harry Potter actor, dies at 91 , The Guardian , Aug. 3, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hardy, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hardy, Timothy Sydney Robert (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cheltenham , Gloucestershire |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd August 2017 |
| Place of death | London Borough of Hillingdon |