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 a...
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
As Cornelius Fudge
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
As Cornelius Fudge
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
As Prof. Krempe
Sense and Sensibility
As Sir John Middleton
The Gathering
As Bishop
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
As Lord Bob Lilburn (archive footage) (uncredited)
Snapshot Wedding
As Donald
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
As Dick Carlton
Berserk!
As Detective Superintendent Brooks
Ghosts in the Machine
As Narrator
Mrs. Dalloway
As Sir William Bradshaw
Demons of the Mind
As Zorn
Torpedo Run
As Lt. Redley
The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night
As Doctor Sir Robert Baldick
Castle Ghosts of England
As Self
Castle Ghosts of Wales
As Self
Castle Ghosts of Ireland
As Self
The Silent One
As Assistant
Bomber Harris
As Winston Churchill
A Feast At Midnight
As Headmaster
The Slap
As Robert Dickinson
Dark Places
As Edward Foster / Andrew Marr
The Gathering Storm
As Joachim von Ribbentrop
The Stalls of Barchester
As Archdeacon Haynes
Nancherrow
As Viscount Berryan
Speed King
As Dorothy Campbell
Caesar and Claretta
As Benito Mussolini
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
As Narrator
An Ideal Husband
As Lord Caversham
The Shooting Party
As Bob, Lord Lilburn
Jenny's War
As Klein
Thunderpants
As Doctor
Twelfth Night
As Sir Toby Belch
Gawain and the Green Knight
As Sir Bertilak
Make and Break
As John Garrard
Making Waves
As Father Parry
The Barber of Siberia
As Forsten
Paying Guests (Part 1)
As Colonel Chase
Paying Guests (Part 2)
As Colonel Chase
The Woman He Loved
As Winston Churchill
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Holiday Affair
As Dr. Price
The Master Blackmailer
As Charles Augustus Milverton
Margaret
As Willie Whitelaw
Old Man's Fancy
As Jason
Northanger Abbey
As General Tilney
Warm Feet, Warm Heart
As Albert Purvis
The Falklands Play
As Sir Anthony Parsons
Lucky Jim
As Professor Neddy Welch
The Lost World
As Prof. Illingworth
Bertie and Elizabeth
As President Roosevelt
Young Winston
As Prep School Headmaster
Othello
As Cassio
Black Legend
As Mad Thomas
10 Rillington Place
As Malcolm Morris
Psychomania
As Chief Inspector Hesseltine
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
As Cornelius Fudge
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
As Cornelius Fudge
Lassie
As Judge Murray
Paris by Night
As Adam Gillvray
The Tichborne Claimant
As Lord Rivers
Churchill: 100 Days That Saved Britain
As Winston Churchill
How I Won the War
As British General
Joseph's Reel
As Old Joseph
Yellow Dog
As Alexander
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
As King Richard
Narnia's Lost Poet: The Secret Lives and Loves of C.S. Lewis
As Self - Interviewee
The Death of the Heart
As Major Brutt
Goodbye Mr Snuggles
As Mr. Stiles
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
As Self
Fothergill
As John Fothergill
The Demon Lover
As William Drover
Midsomer Murders
As Robert Cavendish
Elizabeth R
As Robert Dudley
Quincy, M.E.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
As Clayton
Countdown
Inspector Morse
As Andrew Baydon
Foyle's War
The Saint
As Walter Faber
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As Joachim von Ribbentrop
Raffles
The Dark Island
The Buccaneers
As Lord Hinch
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
As Sir Rupert
The Cleopatras
As Julius Caesar
Edward the Seventh
Gulliver's Travels
As Dr. Parnell
The Veil
Supernatural
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
As Self
Middlemarch
As Arthur Brooke
An Age of Kings
As Henry, Prince of Wales
Mystery and Imagination
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
As Winston Churchill
Hot Metal
BBC Television Shakespeare
Victorian Scandals
War and Remembrance
As Winston Churchill
Death in Holy Orders
As Father Martin
Look at the State We're In!
As Judge Sutcliffe
Natural World
As Narrator
The Troubleshooters
As Alec Stewart
All Creatures Great and Small
As Siegfried Farnon
Bramwell
As Sir Herbert Hamilton
Mrs. Columbo
As Stuart
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Upstairs, Downstairs
As Sir Guy Paynter
The Duchess of Duke Street
Sherlock Holmes
As Charles Augustus Milverton
Agatha Christie's Marple
As Winston Churchill
Shackleton
As Sir James Caird
The 10th Kingdom
As Chancellor Griswold
Nancherrow
Manhunt
As Abwehr Sergeant Gratz
The Lost World
As Professor Illingworth
Bill Brand
As Mr. Marples
Spooks
As Sir John Barry
Lewis
As Sir Arnold Raeburn
The Wednesday Play
As Nick Prockter
Shoulder to Shoulder
As Asquith
Playhouse
As John Fothergill
The Morecambe and Wise Show
Le Grand Charles
As Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sunday Night Theatre
As Orsino
Testament: The Bible in Animation
As Abraham (voice)
Jenny's War
As Klein
The Far Pavilions
As The Commandant
General Electric Theater