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Timothy Sydney Robert Hardy was an English actor who had a long career in theatre, film and television. He began his career as a classical actor and later earned widespread recognition for roles such as Siegfried Farnon in the BBC television series All Creatures Great and Small, Cornelius Fudge in the Harry Potter film series and Winston Churchill in several productions, beginning with the Southern Television series Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years. He was nominated for the BAFTA for Best Actor for All Creatures Great and Small in 1980 and Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years in 1982. Aside from acting, Hardy was an acknowledged expert on the medieval English longbow and wrote two books on the subject.
Birth Name
Timothy Sydney Robert Hardy
Born
Thursday, 29 October 1925
Died
Thursday, 03 August 2017
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Historic Hauntings | Narrator | 2018 |
MR James: Ghost Writer | Archdeacon Haynes | 2013 |
Narnia's Lost Poet: The Secret Lives and Loves of CS Lewis | Himself - Interviewee | 2013 |
Dame Elizabeth Taylor: A Tribute | Self | 2011 |
Margaret | Willie Whitelaw | 2009 |
Little Dorrit | Tite Barnacle | 2008 |
Framed | Provost | 2008 |
Elementary My Dear Viewer | Self | 2007 |
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Cornelius Fudge | 2007 |
The Cult of... | Self | 2006 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Historic Hauntings | Narrator | 2018 |
MR James: Ghost Writer | Archdeacon Haynes | 2013 |
Narnia's Lost Poet: The Secret Lives and Loves of CS Lewis | Himself - Interviewee | 2013 |
Dame Elizabeth Taylor: A Tribute | Self | 2011 |
Margaret | Willie Whitelaw | 2009 |
Little Dorrit | Tite Barnacle | 2008 |
Framed | Provost | 2008 |
Elementary My Dear Viewer | Self | 2007 |
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Cornelius Fudge | 2007 |
The Cult of... | Self | 2006 |
The One Show | Self | 2006 |
De Gaulle | Franklin D. Roosevelt / le president Franklin Delano Roosevelt | 2006 |
Inspector Lewis | Sir Arnold Raeburn | 2006 |
Lassie | Judge Murray | 2005 |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Cornelius Fudge | 2005 |
Marple | Winston Churchill | 2004 |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Cornelius Fudge | 2004 |
Death in Holy Orders | Father Martin Petrie / Father Martin | 2003 |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Cornelius Fudge | 2002 |
Foyle's War | Henry Beaumont | 2002 |
Thunderpants | Doctor | 2002 |
MI-5 | Sir John Barry | 2002 |
The Falklands Play | Sir Anthony Parsons / Sir Anthony Parsons (HM Ambassador to the UN) | 2002 |
Bertie and Elizabeth | President Roosevelt | 2002 |
Shackleton | Sir James Caird | 2002 |
The Lost World | Professor Illingworth | 2001 |
The Lost World | Prof. Illingworth | 2001 |
Animated Tales of the World | Narrator | 2001 |
The Gathering | Bishop / The Bishop | 2001 |
The 10th Kingdom | Chancellor Griswold | 2000 |
Nancherrow | Viscount Berryan | 1999 |
The Barber of Siberia | Forsten | 1998 |
The Tichborne Claimant | Lord Rivers | 1998 |
Mrs Dalloway | Sir William Bradshaw | 1997 |
Midsomer Murders | Robert Cavendish | 1997 |
Testament: The Bible in Animation | Abraham | 1996 |
Gulliver's Travels | Dr. Parnell | 1996 |
Sense and Sensibility | Sir John Middleton | 1995 |
Bramwell | Sir Herbert Hamilton | 1995 |
Look at the State We're In! | Judge Sutcliffe | 1995 |
A Feast at Midnight | Headmaster | 1995 |
Frankenstein | Prof. Krempe / Professor Krempe | 1994 |
Middlemarch | Arthur Brooke | 1994 |
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes | Charles Augustus Milverton | 1991 |
Bomber Harris | Winston Churchill | 1989 |
Paris by Night | Adam Gillvray | 1989 |
War and Remembrance | Winston Churchill | 1988 |
The Woman He Loved | Winston Churchill | 1988 |
The Death of the Heart | Major Brutt | 1987 |
Biography | Self | 1987 |
Inspector Morse | Andrew Baydon | 1987 |
Hot Metal | Russell Spam / Twiggy Rathbone | 1986 |
Bulman | Lord Jonathan Fairfax | 1985 |
Jenny's War | Klein | 1985 |
Screen Two | General Tilney | 1985 |
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood | King Richard | 1984 |
The Shooting Party | Lord Bob Lilburn / Bob, Lord Lilburn | 1984 |
The Far Pavilions | The Commandant | 1984 |
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate | Lord Bob Lilburn | 1984 |
Shades of Darkness | William Drover | 1983 |
The Cleopatras | Julius Caesar | 1983 |
The Royal Variety Performance | Self | 1981 |
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years | Winston Churchill | 1981 |
The Pied Piper of Hamelin | Narrator | 1980 |
Twelfth Night | Sir Toby Belch | 1980 |
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Clayton | 1979 |
Mrs. Columbo | Stuart | 1979 |
All Creatures Great and Small | Siegfried Farnon | 1978 |
Supernatural | Adrian Gall | 1977 |
The Duchess of Duke Street | George Duggan | 1976 |
Victorian Scandals | Mr. Munby | 1976 |
Bill Brand | Mr. Marples | 1976 |
Raffles | Lord Ernest Belville | 1975 |
Private Affairs | Benito Mussolini | 1975 |
Edward the King | Prince Albert | 1975 |
The Gathering Storm | Joachim von Ribbentrop | 1974 |
The Slap | Robert / Robert Dickinson | 1974 |
Shoulder to Shoulder | Asquith | 1974 |
BBC2 Playhouse | John Fothergill / Sir Malcolm Campbell | 1974 |
Yellow Dog | Alexander | 1973 |
Gawain and the Green Knight | Sir Bertilak | 1973 |
Dark Places | Edward Foster / Andrew Marr | 1973 |
Escape to Nowhere | Chief of M.I.5's assistant / The Assistant | 1973 |
The Death Wheelers | Chief Inspector Hesseltine | 1973 |
Demons of the Mind | Zorn / Baron Friedrich Zorn | 1972 |
The Incredible Robert Baldick: Never Come Night | Robert Baldick / Doctor Sir Robert Baldick | 1972 |
Young Winston | Prep School Headmaster | 1972 |
The Stalls of Barchester | Archdeacon Haynes | 1971 |
Upstairs, Downstairs | Sir Guy Paynter | 1971 |
Elizabeth R | Robert Dudley (Earl of Leicester) | 1971 |
10 Rillington Place | Malcolm Morris | 1971 |
Strange Report | Doctor Sanders | 1969 |
ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Christopher Moore / Hugo Zeitmeister | 1969 |
Berserk | Superintendent Brooks / Detective Superintendent Brooks | 1967 |
How I Won the War | British General | 1967 |
ITV Playhouse | Ray Malcolm | 1967 |
Mystery and Imagination | William Oke | 1966 |
The Baron | Curt Hoffman | 1966 |
Call My Bluff | Self | 1965 |
Thirty-Minute Theatre | The Official | 1965 |
Mogul | Alec Stewart | 1965 |
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold | Dick Carlton | 1965 |
The Wednesday Play | Pontius Pilate / Nick Prockter | 1964 |
Theatre 625 | Adriano | 1964 |
Love Story | Alec | 1963 |
The Saint | Walter Faber | 1962 |
A Question of Fact | Paul Gardiner | 1962 |
The Dark Island | Nicolson | 1962 |
Drama 61-67 | Philip Weathers / Adam Irwin | 1961 |
An Age of Kings | Henry, Prince of Wales / King Henry the Fifth | 1960 |
Torpedo Run | Lt. Redley | 1958 |
Buckskin | Sir Nagel | 1958 |
The Veil | George Bosworth | 1958 |
The Veil | George Bosworth | 1958 |
The Buccaneers | Lord Hinch | 1956 |
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot | Sir Rupert | 1956 |
Armchair Theatre | Albert Purvis | 1956 |
This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |