![]() ![]() He joined the RAF and was sent to the United States to train as a pilot but the war ended before he saw service.Īt Magdalen he met two of the giants of 20th-century English literature: C S Lewis, author of the Narnia series of books and JRR Tolkien, who wrote The Lord Of The Rings.īoth were his tutors, but despite this early exposure to greatness he admitted on Desert Island Discs that he ended up with a “shabby” degree.Īt Oxford he also met his almost exact contemporary, Richard Burton, who was to become a friend until Burton’s death in 1984.īy the time he left Oxford, his acting talents were so evident that the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon took him on and he appeared in Coriolanus opposite Laurence Olivier.īurton also joined the RSC and Hardy would delight in recounting an outrageous story about Burton’s behaviour on stage – when his back was to the audience. Hardy secured a place at Magdalen College, Oxford, to read English but his studies were put on hold by the Second World War. ![]() After seeing him in the school play, he predicted: “You will be one of the greats.” ![]()
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