One my fave actors . One could vastly improve one's English just by listening to him talk while using one's dictionary of course . Perfect grammar . Loved him in All Creatures Great & Small , etc...
1 posted on
08/06/2017 9:41:26 PM PDT by
sushiman
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RIP, Mr. Farnum. He was totally fabulous in the role of Siegfried. He WAS Siegfried. I watched the episodes on Youtube, totally entranced.
3 posted on
08/06/2017 9:56:35 PM PDT by
EinNYC
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I liked him as Sir John Middleton in Sense & Sensibility, and Mr. Brooke in Middlemarch.
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Off for one last visit to Mother’s....
5 posted on
08/06/2017 10:04:44 PM PDT by
llevrok
(A group of baboons is called a "congress." Just sayin' .....)
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More than just an actor
While playing Henry V, Hardy developed an interest in medieval warfare, and in 1963 he wrote and presented an acclaimed television documentary on the subject of the Battle of Agincourt.[16] He also wrote two books on the subject of the longbow, Longbow: A Social and Military History,[17] and The Great Warbow; From Hastings to the Mary Rose with Matthew Strickland.[18] He was one of the experts consulted by the archaeologist responsible for raising the Mary Rose. He was Master of the Worshipful Company of Bowyers of the City of London from 1988 to 1990. In 1996 he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.[19]
7 posted on
08/06/2017 10:05:52 PM PDT by
Oztrich Boy
(Winter is coming)
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A fine, versatile British actor who will be fondly remembered for his many roles on screen and stage.
Rest in peace, Robert.
A life well lived
His children Emma, Justine and Paul said in the statement: "Dad is also remembered as a meticulous linguist, a fine artist, a lover of music and a champion of literature, as well a highly respected historian, and a leading specialist on the longbow.
"He was an essential part of the team that raised the great Tudor warship The Mary Rose."
9 posted on
08/06/2017 10:43:07 PM PDT by
henbane
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Very sad, but after all, 91. He was also a world-renowned expert on the English longbow.
14 posted on
08/07/2017 2:53:24 AM PDT by
Tax-chick
(You can't read all day if you don't start early in the morning.)
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A committed Ricardian, the foremost expert on the long bow, a great actor with a very long career and charming as hell. Some people have just got it all! RIP, Robert Hardy!
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