Robert Hardy Biography (1925-)

Born October 29, 1925, in Cheltenham, England; son of Henry Harrison and Jocelyn (maiden name, Dugdale) Hardy; married Elizabeth Fox (marriage ended); married Sally Pearson. Education: Attended Magdalen College, Oxford. Addresses: Contact-- Chatto & Linnit, Globe Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London W.1, England. Career: Actor. Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, England, member, 1949. Mary Rose Trust, longbow and weapons consultant. Addresses: Contact: Chatto & Linnit, Globe Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London W.1, England.

Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor
Birth Details: October 29, 1925; Cheltenham, England

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
Claudio, Much Ado about Nothing, Phoenix Theatre, London, 1952
Dick Frewer, The River Line, Lyric (Hammersmith) Theatre, then Strand Theatre, both London, 1952
Lord Chamberlin, Henry VIII, Old Vic Theatre, London, 1953
Laertes, Hamlet, Old Vic Theatre, 1954
Sebastian, Twelfth Night, Old Vic Theatre, 1954
Titus Lartius, Coriolanus, Old Vic Theatre, 1954
Ariel, The Tempest, Old Vic Theatre, 1954
Duncan, Macbeth, Old Vic Theatre, 1954
Dumaine, Love's Labour's Lost, Old Vic Theatre, 1954
Hortensio, The Taming of the Shrew, Old Vic Theatre, 1954
Thomas Mowbray and the Bishop of Carlisle, Richard II, Old Vic Theatre, 1955
Prince Henry, Henry IV, Parts I and II, Old Vic Theatre, 1955
Admetus, A Life in the Sun, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1955
Martin, Someone Waiting, John Golden Theatre, New York City, 1956
Lieutenant Willis Seward Keith, The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, Hippodrome, London, 1956
Byron, Camino Real, Phoenix Theatre, 1957
Jeremy Paget, Four Winds, Cort Theater, New York City, 1957
King of France, All's Well That Ends Well, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1959
Oberon, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, 1959
Sicinius Velutus, Coriolanus, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, 1959
Edmund, King Lear, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, 1959
Rosmer, Rosmerholm, Comedy Theatre, London, 1960
Count, The Rehearsal, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, then Globe Theatre,both London, 1961
Martin Lynch-Gibbon, A Severed Head, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, thenCriterion Theatre, London, 1963
Title role, Henry V, Ravinia Theatre, Illinois, 1964
Title role, Hamlet, Ravinia Theatre, 1964
Sir Harry Wildari, The Constant Couple, Prospect Productions, NewTheatre, 1967
Robert, I've See You Cut Lemons, Fortune Theatre, London, 1969
Dr. Wicksteed, Habeas Corpus, Lyric Theatre, 1974
Major Tours
Pierre, The Captain's Lamp,1955
Film Appearances
Lieutenant Redley, Torpedo Run, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1958
Carlton, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Paramount, 1965
Detective Superintendent Brooks, Berserk(also known as Circus of Blood and Circus of Terror), Columbia, 1967
British general, How I Won the War, United Artists, 1967
Chief Inspector Hesseltine, Pyschomania(also known as The DeathWheelers, The Frog, and The Living Dead), Scotia, 1971
Zorn, Demons of the Mind(also known as Blood Evil, BloodWill Have Blood, and Nightmare of Terror), Cinemation, 1971
Malcolm Morris, 10 Rillington Place, Columbia, 1971
Headmaster, Young Winston, Columbia, 1972
The assistant, Le Silencieux(also known as Escape to Nowhere and The Silent One), [France and Italy], 1972
Professor Dirkson, Night of the Lepus, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1972
Sir Bertilac, Gawain and the Green Knight(also known as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight), United Artists, 1973
Alexander, Yellow Dog, Akari, 1973
Edward/Andrew, Dark Places, Cinerama, 1974
Robert, La Gifle(also known as The Slap and Lo Schiaffo), Gaumont, 1974
Lord Bob Liburn, The Shooting Party, European Classics, 1984
Paris by Night, Cineplex Odeon Films, 1988
Year of the Comet, Columbia, 1992

Headmaster, A Feast at Midnight, LIVE Entertainment, 1994
Professor Krempe, Frankenstein(also known as Mary Shelley'sFrankenstein), TriStar, 1994
Sir John Middleton, Sense and Sensibility, Columbia, 1995
Lord Rivers, The Tichborne Claimant, Redbus Film Distribution, 1997
Sir William Bradshaw, Mrs. Dalloway(also known as Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway), First Look Pictures Releasing, 1997
Forsten, The Barber of Siberia(also known as Le Barbier de Siberie, Il Barbiere di Siberia, and Sibirsky Tsiryul'nik),Intermedia Film Distribution/Worldwide Distribution, 1998
Lord Caversham, An Ideal Husband,1998
Television Appearances
Movies
Orsino, Twelfth Night,1957
The Lady Is a Liar(also known as Theatre 625: The Lady Is a Liar), 1968
Pontius Pilate, Son of Man(also known as Wednesday Play: Son ofMan), 1969
Getting In(also known as Thirty-Minute Theatre: Getting In), 1971
Von Ribbentrop, The Gathering Storm(also known as Churchill: The Gathering Storm and Walk with Destiny), 1974
The Secret Agent,1975
Caesar and Claretta(also known as Private Affairs: Caesar and Claretta), 1975
Title role, Fothergill,1981
King Richard, The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood, CBS, 1984
Jenny's War, syndicated, 1985
Churchill, The Woman He Loved, CBS, 1988
Dr. Price, Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Holiday Affair, NBC, 1988
Siegfried Farnon, All Creatures Great and Small: Brotherly Love,1990
Charles Augustus Milverton, The Master Blackmailer,1991
Viscount Berryann, Nancherrow(also known as Rosamunde Pilcher--Das Grosse Erbe), 1999
Miniseries
An Age of Kings,1960
Coriolanus, The Spread of the Eagle(also known as Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, and Julius Caesar), 1963
Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester, Elizabeth R,1971
Asquith, Shoulder to Shoulder,1974
Prince Albert, Edward the King(also known as Edward the Seventh and The Royal Victorians), 1975
Title role, Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years,1981
Herr Klein, The Far Pavilions(also known as Blade of Steel), HBO, 1984
Winston Churchill, War and Remembrance, ABC, 1989
Dr. Parnell, Gulliver's Travels, NBC, 1996
Chancellor Griswold, The 10th Kingdom, NBC, 2000
Series
Alex Stewart, The Troubleshooters(also known as Mogul), 1966-67 and 1969
Abwehr Sergeant Gratz, Manhunt,1969
S. to S.,1974
Siegfried Farnon, All Creatures Great and Small,1977-79
Russell Span/Terrence "Twiggy" Rathbone, Hot Metal,1986
Episodic
"The Knight Who Owned Buckskin," Buckskin,1959
Hoffman, "A Memory of Evil," The Baron,1966
Walter Faber, "The Desperate Diplomat," The Saint,1968
Himself, The Morecambe and Wise Show,1969
Dr. Sanders, "Heart: No Choice for the Donor," Strange Report,1971
George Duggan, "A Lady of Virtue," The Duchess of Duke Street,1976
Lord Belville, "To Catch a Thief," Raffles,1977
Major Brutt, "The Death of a Heart," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1985
General Tilney, "Northanger Abbey," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1987
Fairfax, "Death by Misadventure," Bulman,1987
Narrator, "The Pied Piper of Hamelin," Long Ago and Far Away(animated), PBS, 1989
"Richard Burton: In from the Cold" (also known as "In from the Cold"), Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1989
Charles Augustus Milverton, "Sherlock Holmes: The Master Blackmailer," Mystery! PBS, 1993
Robert Cavendish, "Dead Man's 11," Midsomer Murders,1993
Arthur Brooke, "Middlemarch," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1994
Judge Sutcliffe, "Legal Systems," Look at the State We're In!1995
Sir Herbert Hamilton, Bramwell II,1996
Sir Herbert Hamilton, "Bramwell," Mobil Masterpiece Theatre, PBS,1996
Andrew Baydon, "Twilight of the Gods" (also known as "Inspector Morse, Series IX: Twilight of the Gods"), Mystery! PBS, 1996
Voice of Abraham, "Abraham," Testament: The Bible in Animation, HBO, 1997
Also appeared as George Bosworth, "Vision of Crime," The Veil.
Specials
Sir Toby Belch, Twelfth Night(also known as BBC Television Shakespeare: Twelfth Night), BBC, 1980
Title role, Winston Churchill, PBS, 1986
Voice, The Churchills, PBS, 1996
Host, Castle Ghosts of England, The Learning Channel, 1996
Host, Castle Ghosts of Wales, The Learning Channel, 1997
Host, Castle Ghosts of Scotland, The Learning Channel, 1997
Host, Castle Ghosts of Ireland, The Learning Channel, 1997
WRITINGS
Screenplays
Author of the documentaries Horses in Our Blood, The Longbow, and The Picardy Affair.
Other Writings
Author of the book Longbow: A Social and Military History.

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Mike Walling

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A truly wonderful actor with the ability to add 'presence' to any role.

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