Name: Timothy Sydney Robert Hardy
Date of Birth: 29th October 1925
Place of Birth: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Height: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
Timothy Sydney Robert Hardy was born to to Jocelyn Dugdale and Henry Harrison Hardy in Cheltenham, England on October 29th, 1925. He was educated at Rugby School and Oxford University where he earned his a degree in English.
Robert Hardy began his career as an actor appearing as Henry V on stage and in
An Age of Kings on TV. While playing Henry V, Hardy developed an interest in medieval warfare. Because of this he later he wrote an acclaimed television documentary on the Battle of Agincourt and has written two books on the Longbow and The Great War Bow'. Television viewers remember him best as Siegfried Farnon in
"All Creatures Great and Small" but his most critically acclaimed performance was as Winston Churchhill in a mini series called
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Although he isn't a well know actor in Hollywood, we all know him as the pompus Cornelius Fudge in the Harry Potter films.
Interesting Facts:
- He became an expert on the longbow when he played Henry V at Stratford
- He was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 1981
- He was one of the experts consulted by the archaeologists responsible for raising the Mary Rose
Recent Filmography:
- Quick Slip Me a Bride (2008) (pre-production)
- Framed (2007) Role: Provost
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) Role: Cornelius Fudge
- Goodbye Mr Snuggles (2006) Role: Mr. Stiles
- Marple: The Sittaford Mystery (2006) (TV) Role: Winston Churchill
- Grand Charles, Le (2006) (TV) Role: Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Lassie (2005) Role: Judge Murray
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) Role: Cornelius Fudge
- Making Waves (2004/I) Role: Father Parry
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) Role: Cornelius Fudge
- Death in Holy Orders (2003) Role: Father Martin Petrie
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Imdb.
Contact Information:
Robert Hardy
c/o Chatto & Linnit
Prince Of Wales Conventry Street
London
W1V 7FE
England
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Hardy, Robert – Cornelius Fudge 
