Robert Hardy - wikipedia Robert Hardy For other people named Robert Hardy, see Robert Hardy ( disambiguation ). This article 's lead section does not adequately summarize key points of its contents. Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article. Please discuss this issue on the article 's talk page. ( September 2017 ) Robert Hardy CBE Timothy Sydney Robert Hardy ( 1925 - 10 - 29 ) 29 October 1925 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England 3 August 2017 ( 2017 - 08 - 03 ) ( aged 91 ) Northwood, London, England Alma mater Magdalen College, Oxford Occupation Actor Years active 1958 -- 2017 Spouse ( s ) Elizabeth Fox ( m. 1952 -- 56 ) Sally Pearson ( m. 1961 -- 86 ) Robert Hardy 's voice Timothy Sydney Robert Hardy, CBE, FSA ( 29 October 1925 -- 3 August 2017 ) was an English actor who enjoyed a long career in the theatre, film and television. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Awards 4 Personal life 5 TV and filmography 5.1 Films 5.2 Television 6 References 7 External links Early life Hardy was born in Cheltenham in 1925 to Jocelyn ( née Dugdale ) and Henry Harrison Hardy, the headmaster of Cheltenham College and later of Shrewsbury School. He was educated at Rugby School and Magdalen College, Oxford, where his studies were interrupted by service in the Royal Air Force during World War II. He trained as a pilot, receiving part of his instruction in Terrell, Texas, in the British Flying Training School Program. While he visited Los Angeles when on leave from flight training at Terrell, his later acting career never gained a foothold in Hollywood. After service in the RAF, he returned to gain a BA ( Hons ) in English. On BBC Radio 4 's Desert Island Discs he described the degree he obtained as `` shabby '', although he treasured the time spent studying under C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Career Hardy began his career as a classical actor. In 1959 he appeared as Sicinius opposite Laurence Olivier in Coriolanus at Stratford - upon - Avon, directed by Peter Hall. He then appeared in Shakespeare 's Henry V on stage and in television 's An Age of Kings ( 1960 ), and subsequently played Coriolanus in The Spread of the Eagle ( BBC, 1963 ) and Sir Toby Belch for the BBC Television Shakespeare production of Twelfth Night in 1980. Over the years, Hardy played a range of parts on television and film. His first continuing role in a TV series was as businessman Alec Stewart in the award - winning oil company drama The Troubleshooters for the BBC, which he played from 1966 to 1970. He won further acclaim for his portrayal of the mentally - unhinged Abwehr Sgt. Gratz in LWT 's 1969 war drama Manhunt. In 1975, Hardy portrayed Albert, Prince Consort in the award - winning 13 - hour serial Edward the Seventh ( known as Edward the King to the American audience ), which he regarded as one of his best performances. `` I thought I 'd done a good job there, although I believe the Royal Family did n't like it all. There are always people who do n't like what one does. '' He was seen as the irascible senior veterinarian Siegfried Farnon in the long - running All Creatures Great and Small ( 1978 -- 90 ), an adaptation of James Herriot 's semi-autobiographical books. Hardy also made an appearance in the 1986 -- 88 ITV comedy series Hot Metal, in which he played the dual roles of newspaper proprietor Twiggy Rathbone ( who bore more than a passing resemblance to Rupert Murdoch ) and his editor, Russell Spam. In 1993 Hardy appeared in an episode of Inspector Morse, playing Andrew Baydon in `` Twilight of the Gods ''. In 2002, he played the role of pompous and eccentric Professor Neddy Welch in a WTTV / WGBH Boston co-production of Lucky Jim, adapted from the novel by Kingsley Amis. It aired originally as part of the Masterpiece series on PBS in the U.S. and starred Stephen Tompkinson in the title role of Jim Dixon, a luckless lecturer at a provincial British university. Hardy played both Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt, each on more than one occasion. He played Churchill most notably in Winston Churchill : The Wilderness Years ( 1981 ), for which he won a BAFTA award, but also in The Sittaford Mystery, Bomber Harris and War and Remembrance. On 20 August 2010, he read Churchill 's famous wartime address `` Never was so much owed by so many to so few '' at a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the speech. He played Roosevelt in the BBC serial, Bertie and Elizabeth, and in the French TV mini-series, Le Grand Charles, about the life of Charles de Gaulle. He also played Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, in Elizabeth R, and took the role of Sir John Middleton in the 1995 film version of Sense and Sensibility. His big screen roles included Professor Krempe in Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein and Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge in the Harry Potter films. His voice performance as Robin Hood in Tale Spinners For Children, an LP from the 1960s, is considered one of the best Robin Hood renditions. His voice was also the voice of D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers, and of Frédéric Chopin, in The Story of Chopin. Awards Hardy was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire ( CBE ) in the 1981 Birthday Honours. Personal life His first marriage, in 1952, was to Elizabeth Fox, the daughter of Sir Lionel Fox ; they had a son, Paul. This marriage ended in 1956. In 1961 he married Sally Pearson, the daughter of the baronet Sir Neville Pearson and Dame Gladys Cooper as well as a sister - in - law of Robert Morley. From this marriage, which ended in 1986, Hardy had two other children, one of whom is Justine Hardy, a journalist, activist, and psychotherapist who founded Healing Kashmir. His second daughter, Emma, is a mother of three and a photographer. He was a close friend of actor Richard Burton, whom he met at Oxford University. He shared some memories of their wartime friendship and read extracts from Burton 's newly - published diaries at the Cheltenham Literature Festival in 2012. While playing Henry V, Hardy developed an interest in medieval warfare, and in 1963 he wrote and presented an acclaimed television documentary on the subject of the Battle of Agincourt. He also wrote two books on the subject of the longbow, Longbow : A Social and Military History, and The Great Warbow ; From Hastings to the Mary Rose with Matthew Strickland. He was one of the experts consulted by the archaeologist responsible for raising the Mary Rose. He was Master of the Worshipful Company of Bowyers of the City of London from 1988 to 1990. In 1996 he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. In February 2013, Hardy withdrew from his scheduled performance as Winston Churchill in Peter Morgan 's play, The Audience, after suffering cracked ribs as the result of a fall. Hardy died on 3 August 2017, aged 91, at Denville Hall, a home for retired actors. TV and filmography Films Torpedo Run ( 1958 )... Lt. Redley The Spy Who Came in from the Cold ( 1965 )... Dick Carlton Berserk ! ( 1967 )... Supt. Brooks How I Won the War ( 1967 )... British General Psychomania ( 1971 )... Chief Inspector Hesseltine 10 Rillington Place ( 1971 )... Malcolm Morris Young Winston ( 1972 )... Headmaster Demons of the Mind ( 1972 )... Zorn Gawain and the Green Knight ( 1973 )... Sir Bertilak Yellow Dog ( 1973 )... Alexander The Gathering Storm ( 1974 )... Joachim von Ribbentrop The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood ( 1984 )... King Richard The Shooting Party ( 1985 )... Lord Bob Lilburn Paris by Night ( 1988 )... Adam Gillvray Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein ( 1994 )... Professor Krempe A Feast at Midnight ( 1995 )... Headmaster Sense and Sensibility ( 1995 )... Sir John Middleton Gulliver 's Travels ( 1996 )... Dr. Parnell Mrs. Dalloway ( 1997 )... Sir William Bradshaw The Tichborne Claimant ( 1998 )... Lord Rivers An Ideal Husband ( 1998 )... Lord Caversham The 10th Kingdom ( 2000 )... Chancellor Griswold The Gathering ( 2002 )... The Bishop Thunderpants ( 2002 )... Doctor Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ( 2002 )... Cornelius Fudge Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ( 2004 )... Cornelius Fudge Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ( 2005 )... Cornelius Fudge Lassie ( 2005 )... Judge Murray Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ( 2007 )... Cornelius Fudge Margaret ( 2009 )... Willie Whitelaw Old Harry ( Short ) ( 2009 )... Old Harry Churchill : 100 Days That Saved Britain ( 2015 )... Winston Churchill Joseph 's Reel ( short ) ( 2015 )... Old Joseph Snapshot Wedding ( 2017 pre-production )... Donald Television An Age of Kings ( 1960 ) The Spread of the Eagle ( 1963 )... Coriolanus The Troubleshooters ( 1966 - 70 ) The Baron ( 1966 ), episode `` A Memory of Evil '' The Saint ( 1968 ), season 6, episode 4, `` The Desperate Diplomat '' Manhunt ( 1969 )... Abwehr Sgt Graz Elizabeth R ( 1971 )... Robert Dudley Edward the Seventh ( 1975 )... Albert, Prince Consort Upstairs, Downstairs ( 1975 ), season 5, episode 8, `` Such A Lovely Man '' The Duchess of Duke Street ( 1976 ) Episode : `` A Lady of Virtue '' All Creatures Great and Small ( 1978 -- 1980 and 1988 -- 1990 ; entire series )... Siegfried Farnon Twelfth Night ( 1980 ) The Pied Piper of Hamelin ( 1980 ), narrator of BAFTA winning animation by Cosgrove Hall Films Winston Churchill : The Wilderness Years ( 1981 ), Winston Churchill The Case - Book of Sherlock Holmes, episode `` The Master Blackmailer '' ( 1991 )... Charles Milverton Jenny 's War ( 1985 )... Klein Northanger Abbey ( 1986 )... General Tilney Hot Metal ( 1986 - 88 )... Terence `` Twiggy '' Rathbone War and Remembrance ( 1988 )... Winston Churchill Middlemarch ( 1994 )... Mr. Brooke Inspector Morse, episode `` Twilight of the Gods '' Midsomer Murders ( 1999 ), season 2, episode 3, `` Dead Man 's Eleven '' Foyle 's War, `` The German Woman '' Spooks ( 2003 ), second series, episode 4, `` Blood and Money ''... Bank of England supreme manager Making Waves ( 2004 ) Agatha Christie 's Marple, series 2, episode `` The Sittaford Mystery '' ( 2006 )... Winston Churchill Little Dorrit ( 2008 ) Lewis, series 4, episode `` Dark Matter '' ( 2010 ) References Jump up ^ `` Robert Hardy ''. Desert Island Discs. 20 November 2011. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 18 January 2014. ^ Jump up to : `` Harry Potter actor Robert Hardy dies at 91 ''. BBC News. 2017 - 08 - 03. Retrieved 2017 - 08 - 03. Jump up ^ Robert Hardy Biography ( 1925 -- ) Jump up ^ Terrell Municipal Airporta Jump up ^ `` Goodbye To The Minister Of Magic, Actor Robert Hardy '', Vivian Hughbanks, The Federalist, August 7, 2017, https://thefederalist.com/2017/08/07/goodbye-minister-magic-actor-robert-hardy/ Jump up ^ Robert Hardy 's Path To ' Middlemarch ' April 10, 1994 SUSAN KING http://articles.latimes.com/1994-04-10/news/tv-44110_1_robert-hardy Jump up ^ Michael Coveney, `` Robert Hardy Obituary '', The Guardian, August 3, 2017 https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/aug/03/robert-hardy-obituary Jump up ^ Robert Hardy at oxford student.com. Retrieved 14 October 2012 Jump up ^ BBC Radio Four -- broadcast 25 November 2011 Jump up ^ `` ROB WILTON THEATRICALIA Stratford 1955 -- 60 ''. Phyllis.demon.co.uk. Retrieved 10 June 2012. ^ Jump up to : Michael Coveney ( 3 August 2017 ). `` Robert Hardy obituary ''. The Guardian. Jump up ^ All Memories Great & Small, Oliver Crocker ( 2016 ; MIWK ) Jump up ^ `` Hot Metal - ITV Sitcom ''. British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 4 August 2017. Jump up ^ Richard Bradford ( 19 April 2003 ). `` Filming Lucky Jim ''. Spectator archive. Retrieved 4 August 2017. Jump up ^ Lawless, Jill. `` 70 years on from WWII, Britain remembers ' the few ' ''. Associated Press. Retrieved 20 August 2010. Jump up ^ `` Tale Spinners for Children : Robin Hood '' UAC 11001 : `` Starring Robert Hardy as Robin Hood with the Famous Theater Company and the Hollywood Studio Orchestra '' ; cf. also Arts Reformation. ^ Jump up to : `` Obituary : Robert Hardy ''. BBC New Online. Retrieved 3 August 2017. Jump up ^ Meneses, Geeta Alvares ( 2009 ). `` A Humane Being '' ( PDF ). Libas International : 74 -- via Justine Hardy website. Jump up ^ `` ' Kashmiris have felt isolated during conflict ' ''. The Times of India. 27 January 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2016. Jump up ^ Aled Thomas ( 4 August 2017 ). `` Harry Potter actor Robert Hardy dies aged 91 ''. GloucestershireLive. Jump up ^ `` The Picardy Affair ''. BBC. Retrieved 4 August 2017. Jump up ^ Longbow : A Social and Military History Jump up ^ Sutton Publishing 2005. ISBN 0 - 7509 - 3167 - 1 ISBN 978 - 0750931670 Jump up ^ `` List of Fellows -- H ''. Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 9 May 2010. Jump up ^ `` Robert Hardy withdraws from Churchill role in Helen Mirren play ''. BBC News. BBC. 26 February 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2013. External links Robert Hardy on IMDb Robert Hardy ( Aveleyman ) findagrave ( memorial ) VIAF : 107601877 LCCN : n88051162 ISNI : 0000 0001 1479 6490 GND : 17215149X SUDOC : 059208252 BNF : cb140712348 ( data ) BIBSYS : 3014847 MusicBrainz : 154c0c03 - d6b4 - 4310 - 8872 - ce3eb2722e55 NKC : pna2004259298 BNE : XX1507037 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Hardy&oldid=801437269 '' Categories : 1925 births 2017 deaths Commanders of the Order of the British Empire English male film actors English male stage actors English male television actors People educated at Rugby School Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford People from Cheltenham Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London Male actors from Gloucestershire 20th - century English male actors 21st - century English male actors Hidden categories : Wikipedia introduction cleanup from September 2017 All pages needing cleanup Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify from September 2017 All articles covered by WikiProject Wikify Use dmy dates from November 2013 Use British English from November 2013 Articles with hAudio microformats Pages to import images to Wikidata Articles with hCards All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from August 2017 Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with BIBSYS identifiers Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Català Čeština Cymraeg Dansk Deutsch Eesti Español فارسی Français 한국어 Հայերեն Italiano עברית Lëtzebuergesch Magyar Nederlands Norsk Polski Português Русский Simple English Slovenčina Suomi Svenska Türkçe Українська Tiếng Việt 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 19 September 2017, at 17 : 33. 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Question: who does robert hardy play in harry potter
Answer: Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge