Name: Robert Hardy
Date of Birth: 29 October 1925 His ex-wife, Sally Pearson, is Gladys Cooper's daughter. He became an expert on the longbow when he played Henry V at Stratford. He became a longbow/weapons consultant for the Mary Rose Trust when that 16th c. warship was recovered at Portsmouth, England, UK Was a good friend of actor Richard Burton. Appointed CBE in the 1981 Queen's Birthday Honours List. Spoke at the funeral of "James Herriot". Herriot was the psuedonym of Alf Wight (due to legal requirements of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons) and Hardy and Wight became close friends over the years of the "All Creatures" series, adapted from Wight's books. ... He is one of the patrons of the Wensleydale Railway, a group that has been set up to re-open the mainly derelict line between Northallerton and Garsdale in Yorkshire, because of his connection with the area from when he played Siegfried Farnon in "All Creatures Great and Small" (1978). Has played British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in five separate films ("Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years" (1981), The Woman He Loved (1988) (TV), "War and Remembrance" (1988), "Bomber Harris" (1989) (TV)Agatha Christie Marple: The Sittaford Mystery (2006) (TV) as well as the fictitious Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge in the Harry Potter series. He has also played Winston Churchill's World War II ally and friend twice, American President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Read more Robert Hardy movies (actor)
Agatha Christie Marple: The Sittaford Mystery [No links available]
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