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Robert Hardy RIP


Jan McNulty

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I was sad to see the news that the venerable actor Robert Hardy has passed away at the age of 91.  He was a wonderful screen actor.  I regret I never saw him on stage.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40818839

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/aug/03/robert-hardy-harry-potter-actor-dies

 

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/robert-hardy-dead-harry-potter-star-dies-aged-85-a3603536.html

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I find it rather insulting to him that all the papers could call him was a "Harry Potter actor". He was hardly off screen in various historical dramas through the 1970s and 80s. He was also a toxophilite and consulted with the Mary Rose Trust about the bows, arrows and other weapons found on board the ship.

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My son is good friends with his grandson; they were at prep school together during the Harry Potter years - major credibility points for him at the time!  His Churchill was memorable, but I imagine for many on this forum the first association may be All Creatures Great and Small, where he was wonderfully testy.

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