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| | honorific_suffix = [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]]
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| | birth_name= Timothy Sydney Robert Hardy
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| | birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|10|29|df=y}}
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| | birth_place = [[Cheltenham|Cheltenham]], Gloucestershire, England
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| | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|8|3|1925|10|29|df=y}}
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| | death_place = [[Northwood, London|Northwood]], England
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| | alma_mater = [[Magdalen College, Oxford|Magdalen College]]
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| | occupation = Actor
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| | years_active = 1949<ref name="guardian" /><ref name="b017c8gp" />–2017
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| | spouse = {{marriage|Elizabeth Fox|1952|1956|end=}}<br>{{marriage|Sally Pearson|1961|1986|end=}}
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| '''Timothy Sydney Robert Hardy''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE|FSA}} (29 October 1925 – 3 August 2017) 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 (1978 TV series)|All Creatures Great and Small]]'', Cornelius Fudge in the ''[[Harry Potter (film series)|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 [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actor|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.
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| ==Early life==
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| Hardy was born in [[Cheltenham]] in 1925 to Henry Harrison Hardy, [[1918 Birthday Honours (MBE)|MBE]],<ref>The Schoolmasters' Yearbook and Educational Directory, Year Book Press, 1922, p. 13</ref> of Old Farm, [[Bishop's Cleeve]], [[Tewkesbury]], [[Gloucestershire]], and Edith Jocelyn, daughter of Rev. Sydney Dugdale, rector of [[Whitchurch, Shropshire]], a member of a landed gentry family of [[Wroxall Abbey]], [[Wroxall, Warwickshire]].<ref>Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-Armour, sixth edition, A. C. Fox-Davies, T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1910, p. 484</ref><ref>Visitation of England and Wales vol. 2, ed. Joseph Jackson Howard and Frederick Arthur Crisp, 1894, p. 107</ref> Henry Hardy was the headmaster of [[Cheltenham College]] and later of [[Shrewsbury School]], and a Major in the [[Rifle Brigade]].<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/79/Robert-Hardy.html Robert Hardy Biography (1925–)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>Birmingham Daily Post, Saturday, 27 December 1958, p. 5, "Obituary- Maj. H. H. Hardy"</ref>
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| Hardy 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 the [[British Flying Training School Program]] in Terrell, Texas.
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| Although he visited Los Angeles<ref>Robert Hardy's Path To 'Middlemarch' 10 April 1994 SUSAN KING http://articles.latimes.com/1994-04-10/news/tv-44110_1_robert-hardy</ref> when on leave from flight training at Terrell, his later acting career never gained a foothold in Hollywood.<ref name="guardian" /> After service in the RAF, he returned to gain a BA (Hons) in English.<ref>[http://oxfordstudent.com/2011/05/19/a-word-whisky-with-robert-hardy/ Robert Hardy at oxford student.com.] Retrieved 14 October 2012</ref> 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]].<ref name="b017c8gp" />
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| ==Career==
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| Hardy began his career as a classical actor.<ref name="ODNB">{{cite ODNB |doi=10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.90000380251|title=Hardy, (Timothy Sydney) Robert (1925–2017) |year=2021 |last1=McFarlane |first1=Brian}}</ref> In 1959, he appeared as The King of France in "All's Well that Ends Well" in April 1959, directed by Tyrone Guthrie at [[Stratford-upon-Avon]], with Vanessa Redgrave and Diana Rigg indicated as supporting extras. He subsequently appeared as Sicinius opposite [[Laurence Olivier]] in ''[[Coriolanus]]'' at [[Stratford-upon-Avon]], directed by [[Peter Hall (director)|Peter Hall]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phyllis.demon.co.uk/theatricalia/01smt/smt5560.htm|title=ROB WILTON THEATRICALIA Stratford 1955–60|publisher=Phyllis.demon.co.uk|access-date=10 June 2012}}</ref> In this production, Ian Holm featured as a "Third Aufidious Servant", Vanessa Redgrave as Valeria, and Diana Rigg as a "Roman Citizen". Albert Finney featured as a "First Roman Citizen". Hardy then appeared in [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Henry V (play)|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 [[London Weekend Television|LWT]]'s 1969 war drama ''[[Manhunt (1969 TV series)|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),<ref name="guardian">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/aug/03/robert-hardy-obituary |title=Robert Hardy obituary |first=Michael |last=Coveney |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=3 August 2017}}</ref> which he regarded as one of his best performances. "I thought I'd done a good job there, although I believe the Royal Family didn't like it all. There are always people who don't like what one does."<ref name=Crocker>''All Memories Great & Small'', Oliver Crocker (2016; MIWK)</ref>
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| He was seen as the irascible senior veterinary surgeon [[Donald Sinclair (veterinary surgeon)|Siegfried Farnon]] in the long-running ''[[All Creatures Great and Small (1978 TV series)|All Creatures Great and Small]]'' (1978–90), an adaptation of [[James Herriot]]'s semi-autobiographical books.<ref name=BBC40818839/>
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| Hardy also made an appearance in the 1986–88 [[ITV (TV network)|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/hot_metal/|title=Hot Metal – ITV Sitcom|website=British Comedy Guide|access-date=4 August 2017}}</ref>
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| In 1993 Hardy appeared in an episode of ''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]'', playing Andrew Baydon in "[[Twilight of the Gods (Inspector Morse)|Twilight of the Gods]]". In 1994, he played Arthur Brooke in the BBC production of ''[[Middlemarch]]''. 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 (TV series)|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/19th-april-2003/42/filming-lucky-jim|title=Filming Lucky Jim|first=Richard|last=Bradford|website=Spectator archive|date=19 April 2003|access-date=4 August 2017}}</ref>
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| 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 was nominated for a [[BAFTA]] award, but also in ''[[The Sittaford Mystery#Film, TV or theatrical adaptations|The Sittaford Mystery]]'', ''[[Bomber Harris (television film)|Bomber Harris]]'' and ''[[War and Remembrance (miniseries)|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.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lawless|first=Jill|title=70 years on from WWII, Britain remembers 'the few'|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j1KzYh4FqCKHnpj0MIMFjHv9jNAQD9HN8NEO0|agency=Associated Press|access-date=20 August 2010}}</ref> 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]].{{citation needed|date=August 2017}}
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| 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 (film)|Sense and Sensibility]]''.<ref name="guardian"/>
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| His big screen roles included Professor Krempe in ''[[Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (film)|Mary Shelley's Frankenstein]]'' and [[Minister for Magic]] [[Cornelius Fudge]] in the ''''[[Harry Potter (film series)|Harry Potter]]'' films.<ref name=BBC40818839/>
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| His voice performance as [[Robin Hood]] in ''[[Tale Spinners For Children]]'', an [[Gramophone record|LP]] from the 1960s, is considered one of the best Robin Hood renditions.<ref>"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 [http://www.artsreformation.com/talespinners/ Arts Reformation].</ref> His voice was also the voice of [[D'Artagnan]] in ''The Three Musketeers'', and of [[Frédéric Chopin]], in ''The Story of Chopin''.
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| ==Awards==
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| Hardy was appointed a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[1981 Birthday Honours]].<ref name=BBC13783739/> | |
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| ==Personal life==
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| His first marriage, in 1952, was to Elizabeth Fox, the daughter of Sir Lionel Fox; they had a son, Paul.<ref name="guardian"/> 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 half-sister of [[John R. Buckmaster|John Buckmaster]] and a sister-in-law of [[Robert Morley]]. From this marriage, which ended in 1986, Hardy had two other children,<ref name="guardian"/> one of whom is [[Justine Hardy]], a journalist, activist and psychotherapist who founded Healing Kashmir.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Meneses|first=Geeta Alvares|year=2009|title=A Humane Being|url=http://www.justinehardy.com/assets_cm/files/pdf/n074.pdf|journal=Libas International|page=74|via=Justine Hardy website|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223134739/http://www.justinehardy.com/assets_cm/files/pdf/n074.pdf|archive-date=23 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="TI isolated">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/edit-page/Kashmiris-have-felt-isolated-during-conflict/articleshow/5502439.cms?|title=Kashmiris have felt isolated during conflict|date=27 January 2010|website=The Times of India|access-date=20 December 2016}}</ref>
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| He was a close friend of actor [[Richard Burton]], whom he met at [[Oxford University]].<ref name=BBC13783739>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13783739 |title=Obituary: Robert Hardy |work=BBC News |date=3 August 2017 |access-date=3 August 2017}}</ref> He shared some memories of their wartime friendship and read extracts from Burton's newly published diaries at the [[Cheltenham Literature Festival]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/whats-on/film/harry-potter-actor-robert-hardy-277113|title=Harry Potter actor Robert Hardy dies aged 91|first=Aled|last=Thomas|website=GloucestershireLive|date=4 August 2017}}</ref>
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| 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/03a1254ff29d41ea800eaca420619e4b|title=The Picardy Affair|website=BBC|access-date=4 August 2017}}</ref> He also wrote two books on the subject of the longbow, ''Longbo A Social and Military History''<ref>[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Longbow-Military-History-Robert-Hardy/dp/1852604123 Longbo A Social and Military History]</ref> and ''The Great Warbo From Hastings to the Mary Rose'' with Matthew Strickland.<ref>Sutton Publishing 2005. {{ISBN|0-7509-3167-1}} {{ISBN|978-0750931670}}</ref> He was one of the experts consulted by the [[Archaeology|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 of London|Society of Antiquaries]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sal.org.uk/history/listoffellows/?letter=H|title=List of Fellows – H|publisher=[[Society of Antiquaries of London]]|access-date=9 May 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101003032229/http://www.sal.org.uk/history/listoffellows/?letter=H|archive-date=3 October 2010}}</ref>
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| In February 2013, Hardy withdrew from his scheduled performance as Winston Churchill in [[Peter Morgan]]'s play, ''[[The Audience (2013 play)|The Audience]]'', after suffering cracked ribs as the result of a fall.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21584842|title=Robert Hardy withdraws from Churchill role in Helen Mirren play|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=26 February 2013|access-date=26 February 2013}}</ref>
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| Hardy died on 3 August 2017, aged 91, at [[Denville Hall]], a home for retired actors.<ref name=BBC40818839>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40818839|title=Harry Potter actor Robert Hardy dies at 91|date=3 August 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=3 August 2017|language=en-GB}}</ref>
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| ==TV and filmography==
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| ===Films===
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| |1958 ||''[[Torpedo Run]]'' || Lieutenant Redley ||
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| |1962 ||''[[A Question of Fact]]''||Colin Gardiner || with [[Ursula Jeans]]
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| |1965 ||''[[The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (film)|The Spy Who Came in from the Cold]]'' || Dick Carlton ||
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| |rowspan=2|1967 ||''[[How I Won the War]]'' || British General ||
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| |''[[Berserk!]]'' || Detective Supt. Brooks ||
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| |1971 ||''[[10 Rillington Place]]'' ||[[Malcolm Morris]] ||
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| |rowspan=2|1972 ||''[[Young Winston]]'' || Prep School Headmaster ||
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| |''[[Demons of the Mind]]'' || Zorn ||
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| |rowspan=5|1973||''[[Psychomania]]'' ||Chief Inspector Hesseltine ||
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| |''Escape to Nowhere'' || Chief of M.I.5's assistant ||
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| |''[[Gawain and the Green Knight (1973 film)|Gawain and the Green Knight]]'' || Sir Bertilak ||
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| |''[[Yellow Dog (film)|Yellow Dog]]'' || Alexander ||
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| |''[[Dark Places (1973 film)|Dark Places]]'' || Edward Foster / Andrew Marr ||
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| |1974 || ''[[The Slap (film)|The Slap]]'' || Robert ||
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| |1984 ||''[[The Shooting Party]]'' || Lord Bob Lilburn ||
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| |1988 ||''[[Paris by Night (film)|Paris by Night]]'' || Adam Gillvray ||
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| |1994 ||''[[Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (film)|Mary Shelley's Frankenstein]]'' || Professor Krempe ||
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| |rowspan=2|1995 ||''[[A Feast at Midnight]]'' || Headmaster ||
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| |''[[Sense and Sensibility (film)|Sense and Sensibility]]'' ||Sir John Middleton ||
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| |1997 ||''[[Mrs Dalloway (film)|Mrs. Dalloway]]'' || Sir William Bradshaw ||
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| |rowspan=3|1998 ||''[[The Tichborne Claimant (film)|The Tichborne Claimant]]'' || Lord Rivers ||
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| |''[[The Barber of Siberia]]'' || Forsten ||
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| |''[[An Ideal Husband (1998 film)|An Ideal Husband]]''|| Lord Caversham ||
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| |rowspan=3|2002 ||''[[Thunderpants]]'' || Doctor ||
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| |''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' || [[Cornelius Fudge]] ||
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| |''[[The Gathering (2002 film)|The Gathering]]'' || The Bishop ||
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| |rowspan=2|2004 ||''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' || Cornelius Fudge ||
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| |''Making Waves'' || Father Parry ||
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| |rowspan=2|2005 ||''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' || Cornelius Fudge ||
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| |''[[Lassie (2005 film)|Lassie]]'' ||Judge Murray ||
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| |2007 ||''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]] '' || Cornelius Fudge ||
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| |2008 ||''Framed'' || Provost ||
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| |2009 ||''Old Harry'' ||Old Harry ||
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| |2015 ||''Joseph's Reel''|| Old Joseph || Short film
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| |rowspan=2|2017 ||''Snapshot Wedding'' || Donald ||Pre-production
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| |''In Familia'' || Ashton Leonard ||
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| ===Television===
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| *''[[David Copperfield (1956 TV serial)|David Copperfield]]'' (1956) ... [[David Copperfield (character)|David Copperfield]]
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| *''[[An Age of Kings]]'' (1960)
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| *''The Spread of the Eagle'' (1963) .... Coriolanus
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| *''[[The Troubleshooters]]'' (1966–1970)
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| *''[[The Baron (TV series)|The Baron]]'' (1966), episode "A Memory of Evil"
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| *''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]'' (1968), season 6, episode 4, "The Desperate Diplomat" .... Walter Faber
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| *''[[Manhunt (1969 TV series)|Manhunt]]'' (1969) .... Abwehr Sgt Graz
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| *''[[Elizabeth R]]'' (1971) .... [[Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester|Robert Dudley]]
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| *''[[The Stalls of Barchester]]'' (1971)... Dr. Haynes
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| *''[[The Incredible Robert Baldick]]'' (1972) .... Sir Robert Baldick
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| *''[[The Gathering Storm (1974 film)|The Gathering Storm]]'' (1974) .... [[Joachim von Ribbentrop]]
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| *''[[Edward the Seventh]]'' (1975) .... [[Albert, Prince Consort]]
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| *''[[Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)|Upstairs, Downstairs]]'' (1975), season 5, episode 8, "[[Such A Lovely Man]]"
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| *''[[The Duchess of Duke Street]]'' (1976) Episode: "A Lady of Virtue" ... George Duggan
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| *''[[All Creatures Great and Small (1978 TV series)|All Creatures Great and Small]]'' (1978–1980 and 1988–1990; entire series) .... Siegfried Farnon
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| *''[[Twelfth Night]]'' (1980)
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| *''[[The Pied Piper of Hamelin]]'' (1980), narrator of BAFTA winning animation by [[Cosgrove Hall Films]]
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| *''[[Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years]]'' (1981), Winston Churchill
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| *''[[The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood]]'' (1984) .... King Richard
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| *''[[Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV series)|The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes]]'', episode "The Master Blackmailer" (1992) .... [[The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton|Charles Augustus Milverton]]
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| *''[[Jenny's War]]'' (1985) .... Klein
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| *''[[Hot Metal]]'' (1986–1988) .... Terence "Twiggy" Rathbone
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| *''[[Northanger Abbey (1987 film)|Northanger Abbey]]'' (1987) .... General Tilney
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| *''[[War and Remembrance (miniseries)|War and Remembrance]]'' (1988) .... [[Winston Churchill]]
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| *''[[Middlemarch (1994 TV serial)|Middlemarch]]'' (1994) .... Mr. Brooke
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| *''[[Gulliver's Travels (miniseries)|Gulliver's Travels]]'' (1996) ....TV Mini-Series, Dr. Parnell
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| *''[[Castle Ghosts of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland (documentary series)|Castle Ghosts of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland]]'' (1997) .... Host
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| *''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]'' (1993), season 7, episode 3, "[[Twilight of the Gods (Inspector Morse)|Twilight of the Gods]]"
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| *''[[Midsomer Murders]]'' (1999), season 2, episode 3, "Dead Man's Eleven" - Robert Cavendish
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| *''[[The 10th Kingdom]]'' (2000) .... Chancellor Griswold
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| *''[[The Lost World (2001 film)|The Lost World]]'' (2001) .... Professor Illingworth
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| *''[[Foyle's War]]'', "The German Woman"
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| * ''[[The Falklands Play]]'' (2002) .... [[Anthony Parsons]] (HM Ambassador to the UN)
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| * ''[[Lucky Jim (2003 film)|Lucky Jim]]'' (2003) .... Professor Neddy Welch
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| *''[[Spooks (TV series)|Spooks]]'' (2003), second series, episode 4, "Blood and Money" .... Governor of the Bank of England
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| *''[[Making Waves (TV series)|Making Waves]]'' (2004)
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| *''[[Agatha Christie's Marple]]'', series 2, episode 4, "The Sittaford Mystery" (2006) .... Winston Churchill
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| *''[[Little Dorrit (TV series)|Little Dorrit]]'' (2008)
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| *''[[Margaret (2009 film)|Margaret]]'' (2009) .... Willie Whitelaw
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| *''[[Lewis (TV series)|Lewis]]'', series 4, episode 2, "Dark Matter" (2010)
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| *''Churchill: 100 Days That Saved Britain'' (2015) .... Winston Churchill
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| ==References==
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| ==External links==
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| *{{IMDb name|0362735}}
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| *[http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=7439 Robert Hardy](Aveleyman)
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