{"id":109921,"date":"2017-08-04T07:19:20","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T11:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=109921"},"modified":"2017-08-04T07:19:20","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T11:19:20","slug":"robert-hardy-cornelius-fudge-in-harry-potter-dies-at-91","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/04\/robert-hardy-cornelius-fudge-in-harry-potter-dies-at-91\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Hardy, Cornelius Fudge in ‘Harry Potter’, dies at 91"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ROBERT HARDY as Cornelius Fudge (foreground) and MICHAEL GAMBON as Headmaster Albus Dumbledore in Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.” (Warner Bros. photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LONDON\u2014Robert Hardy, a veteran British stage and screen actor who played Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge in the \u201cHarry Potter\u201d movies, has died. He was 91.<\/p>\n

His family said Hardy died Thursday after \u201ca tremendous life: a giant career in theatre, television and film spanning more than 70 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Born in 1925, Hardy served in the Royal Air Force during World War II and studied at Oxford University, where he became friends with another aspiring actor, Richard Burton.<\/p>\n

He began his career after the war in Shakespearean roles onstage in Stratford-upon-Avon.<\/p>\n

Between 1978 and 1990, Hardy played the eccentric veterinarian Siegfried Farnon in \u201cAll Creatures Great and Small,\u201d a popular TV series based on James Herriot’s books about rural life in the Yorkshire Dales.<\/p>\n

Hardy played British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in at least half a dozen films and TV series, including the miniseries \u201cWinston Churchill: The Wilderness Years\u201d and \u201cWar and Remembrance.\u201d He also played U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Churchill’s wartime ally, in both British and French TV series.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Hardy’s family said he was also \u201ca 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

They said he was part of the team that raised the Tudor warship the Mary Rose, which sank off England’s south coast in 1545.<\/p>\n

\u201cGruff, elegant, twinkly and always dignified, he is celebrated by all who knew him and loved him, and everyone who enjoyed his work,\u201d the family said.<\/p>\n

Hardy is survived by his children Paul, Justine and Emma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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