Robert Hardy

Robert Hardy

October 29, 1925 · 100 years old

One of England's most successful and enduring character actors, with a prolific screen career on television and in films, Robert Hardy was acclaimed for his versatility and the depth of his performances. Born in Cheltenham in 1925, he studied at Oxford University and, in 1949, he joined the Shakesp…

Known For

16 titles
1
Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

1995 · 2h 16m · Movie

In Georgian era England, wealthy Mr. Dashwood dies leaving his second wife and three daughters destitute. The ladies move to a modest cottage where the two older daughters vie for the attention of various suitors in search of true...

7.7
2
Frankenstein

Frankenstein

1994 · 2h 3m · Movie

When the brilliant but unorthodox scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man that he has created, the Creature escapes and later swears revenge.

6.3
3
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

1965 · 1h 52m · Movie

Instead of coming in from field work during the Cold War and taking a desk job, British intelligence agent Alec Leamas chooses to take on another assignment.

7.5
4
The Barber of Siberia

The Barber of Siberia

1998 · 3h 0m · Movie

At the turn of the century, a young Russian cadet falls in love with an American beauty, endangering his career and even their lives.

7.7
5
10 Rillington Place

10 Rillington Place

1971 · 1h 51m · Movie

What happened to the women at 10 Rillington Place? The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving Timothy Evans.

7.5
6
The Gathering

The Gathering

2003 · 1h 32m · Movie

Amnesiac Cassie Grant has a premonition that someone or something wants the family that's helping her recover dead. She investigates the secrets of the town they live in and uncovers darkness, both human and supernatural.

5.6
7
Thunderpants

Thunderpants

2002 · 1h 27m · Movie

An 11-year-old boy's amazing ability to break wind leads him first to fame and then to death row, before it helps him to fulfill his ambition of becoming an astronaut.

3.8
8
Mrs Dalloway

Mrs Dalloway

1997 · 1h 37m · Movie

In 1923 London, socialite Clarissa Dalloway's well-planned party is overshadowed by the return of an old suitor she had known thirty-three years earlier.

6.5
9
Young Winston

Young Winston

1972 · 2h 4m · Movie

Complex family relationships, as well as a combat experience, form the personality of the future world-known politician.

6.7
10
How I Won the War

How I Won the War

1967 · 1h 49m · Movie

An inept British World War II commander leads his troops through a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.

5.5
11
Torpedo Run

Torpedo Run

1958 · 1h 38m · Movie

A submarine commander is forced to blow up a Japanese ship with prisoners.

6.4
12
Demons of the Mind

Demons of the Mind

1972 · 1h 29m · Movie

A physician discovers that two children are being kept virtually imprisoned in their house by their father. He investigates, and discovers a web of sex, incest, and Satanic possession.

5.3
13
The Master Blackmailer

The Master Blackmailer

1992 · 1h 42m · Movie

Holmes and Watson attempt to break the grip of a ruthless blackmailer of their clients.

7.4
14
Dark Places

Dark Places

1973 · 1h 31m · Movie

After the original owner dies in a mental asylum, a man moves into an abandoned mansion with a sordid history. Meanwhile, a few locals conspire to steal a large amount of money, said to be hidden somewhere on the premises.

5.8
15
Escape to Nowhere

Escape to Nowhere

1973 · 1h 57m · Movie

Who is Anton Haliakov, who has just been abducted by the M.I.5 in London? A Soviet scientist apparently. But sixteen years before the man had another identity, Clément Tibère, and another nationality, French. So what led him to be...

6.9
16
The Stalls of Barchester

The Stalls of Barchester

1971 · 45m · Movie

While cataloging the library of Barchester Cathedral, a scholar finds a diary detailing the events surrounding the mysterious death of an Archdeacon some 50 years earlier. The first of the BBC's famed 'A Ghost Story for Christmas'.

6.8