Robert Hardy

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.

29 October 1925

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Born in the same month (October 1925): Bernard Hepton • Czesław Kiszczak • Denis Lazure • Dominick Dunne • Dory Previn • Emilio Eduardo Massera • Gail Davis • Haim Hefer • Jane Connell • John Pople • Luciano Berio • Margaret Thatcher • Monica Sims • Oralia Domínguez • Ramiz Alia • Zoot Sims