Celebrity Biographies
Robert Hardy
He had an extensive career in theater and film since the 1950s, and played Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt on several occasions, but he will be best remembered for his role as Cornelius Fudge, Minister of Magic in the Harry saga. Potter. The actor passed away on August 3, 2017 at the age of 91 at Denville Hall, a London residence for retired actors.
“Grumpy, elegant and always dignified, he will be remembered by all those who knew and loved him and those who enjoyed his work,” explains the statement released by his children Emma, Justine and Paul. “Dad will also be remembered as a meticulous linguist, a brilliant artist, a lover of music and a champion of literature.” “Very sad to learn of the death of Robert Hardy,” said JK Rowling, creator of the boy wizard. “He was a very talented actor and everyone who worked with him loved him.”
Born on October 29, 1925 in Cheltenham, Timothy Sydney Robert Hardy was the son of the headmaster of a prestigious school. He studied at Oxford, where he graduated with honors. He made his stage debut with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1949, and subsequently moved to London’s West End, to work on performances of great texts, such as “Much Ado About Nothing”.
He achieved enormous popularity in his country thanks to the careful BBC series, after starring in David Copperfield , an adaptation of Charles Dickens ‘s 1956 play. He was also Henry V in An Age of Kings , and a businessman in The Troubleshooters . His compatriots keep in their memory above all All Creatures Great and Small , an adaptation of James Herriot’s semi-autobiographical books, where he was a hot-tempered veterinarian.
He brought Churchill to life seven times, in the telefilms Churchill: 100 Days that Saved Britain , Bomber Harris and The Woman He Loved , the series Miss Marple , and the well-remembered miniseries War Memories, Churchill’s People and Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years . In 2013, she brought the president back to life in Peter Morgan ‘s successful play “The Audience”, but had to leave after injuring her ribs in a fall. He was cast twice as Roosevelt, in the series Le Grand Charles and the telefilm Bertie and Elizabeth .
In cinema, he excelled in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold , where he shared the screen with Richard Burton , his great friend since they studied together. He also in The Rillington Place Strangler , Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and Sense and Sensibility . He was added to the Harry Potter franchise in the second part, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets , although he appears in three other installments.
In 1981, Robert Hardy was honored by Queen Elizabeth II as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his artistic merits. Multi-talented, he wrote the documentaries Henry V , and Gordon of Khartoum and the series Horses in our Blood . He also published two books, “Longbow” and “The Great War-Bow”, about medieval warfare. Divorced in 1961 from Elizabeth Fox, a wealthy heiress with whom he had his first child, he was married to Sally Pearson until 1986.