Robert Hardy Biography
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Timothy Sydney Robert Hardy (born October
29, 1925) is one of Britain's best-known and most popular actors, and
also an acknowledged expert on the longbow. He was born in Cheltenham,
Gloucestershire, attended Rugby School, and began his career as a
classical actor, appearing as Shakespeare's Henry V on stage and in
television's An Age of Kings (1960), and subsequently played Coriolanus
for the BBC.
It was while playing Henry V that Hardy
developed an interest in medieval warfare, and he later wrote and
presented an acclaimed television documentary on the subject of the
Battle of Agincourt. He was one of the experts consulted by the
archaeologists responsible for raising the Mary Rose.
Over the years, Hardy has played a huge
range of parts on television and film, but has never become widely known
outside the UK. His most successful roles were Siegfried Farnon in the
long-running All Creatures Great and Small (1978–1990), and Winston
Churchill in several productions, including Winston Churchill: The
Wilderness Years (1981). He also played Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
in Elizabeth R, and Prince Albert in Edward the Seventh (aka Edward the
King). He took a leading role in the 1995 film version of Sense and
Sensibility. His most recent role was as Minister of Magic Cornelius
Fudge in the Harry Potter movies.
His performance as the voice of Robin Hood
in Tale Spinner's Robin Hood, an LP from the 1960s is considered one of
the best Robin Hood renditions of all time.
He is the son-in-law of the late Gladys
Cooper.
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