RIP.
Posted on 08/04/2017 7:29:20 AM PDT by Cecily
Robert Hardy was a rascal. A man of unbridled enthusiasm, with a voice like butter melting on a hot crumpet, he would tell his scurrilous anecdotes in perfectly composed prose, as if reading aloud.
His language was so erudite, his grammar so meticulously correct, that it was hard to reconcile the sound of his educated voice with the sheer mischief of his favourite stories.
The actor, who has died aged 91, became a household name as eccentric vet Siegfried Farnon, whom he played for 12 years in the BBC1 series All Creatures Great And Small, and for his portrayals of Winston Churchill — Hardy claimed he held the world record, for being Churchill in 12 different TV, film and stage productions.
To younger audiences, he was best known as the Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge, in four Harry Potter films. It was Hardy’s love of ribald stories, told with a gleeful lack of embarrassment, that eventually cost him that role, he believed.
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I loved watching All Creatures Great and Small when my local PBS station ran it way back when.
It seemed odd for such an accomplished actor to play a country vet, but for some reason Hardy made it work.
(I also thought Peter Davison as his assistant was cute as a button.)
RIP Robert Hardy.
Hardy was fantastic as Henry V in BBC’s “An Age of Kings.” It’s available on DVD as a set.
Long bow expert and consultant for the Mary Rose Museum.
RIP.
RIP.
May the angels sing him home
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