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Cedric Hardwicke

Acting

Born February 19, 1893 · Worcestershire

Died August 6, 1964

Also known as Cedrick Hardwicke · Sir Cedric Hardwicke · Sir Cedrick Hardwicke

Biography

Sir Cedric Webster Hardwicke (19 February 1893 – 6 August 1964) was a noted English stage and film actor whose career spanned nearly fifty years. Hardwicke's theatre work included notable performances in productions of the plays of William Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw, and his film work included leading roles in a number of adapted literary classics. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cedric Hardwicke, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Knight Bachelor
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Tony AwardBest Actor in a Play · 1959 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

The Twilight Zone

1959as Simon Polk

Rope

1948as Mr. Henry Kentley

The Outer Limits

1963as Colas (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)

The Ten Commandments

1956as Sethi

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as John Anderson

On Borrowed Time

1939as Mr. Brink

Forever and a Day

1943as Mr. Dabb

The Red Skelton Show

1951as Company Vice President J.R. Williams

Tom Brown's School Days

1940as Dr. Thomas Arnold

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1939as Frollo

Richard III

1955as King Edward IV of England

I Remember Mama

1948as Mr. Hyde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

1945as Narrator (voice)

The Keys of the Kingdom

1944as Monsignor at Tweedside

Suspicion

1941as General McLaidlaw

Les Misérables

1935as Bishop Bienvenue (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)

What's My Line?

1950as Self - Panelist

The Winslow Boy

1948as Arthur Winslow

The War of the Worlds

1953as Commentary (voice)

Four Star Playhouse

1952as Sir George

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948as Self

Peg of Old Drury

1935as David Garrick

The Pumpkin Eater

1964as Mr. James - Jo's father

Around the World in 80 Days

1956as Francis Cromarty

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

1947as Ralph Nickleby

Lux Video Theatre

as Robert Malcolm

The Lodger

1944as Robert Bonting

Things to Come

1936as Theotocopulos

The Green Glove

1952as Father Goron

The Cross of Lorraine

1943as Father Sebastian

The Power and the Prize

1956as Mr. Carew

Helen of Troy

1956as Priam

Lured

1947as Julian Wilde

The Invisible Man Returns

1940as Richard Cobb

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

1949as King Arthur

Valley of the Sun

1942as Lord Warrick

Diane

1956as Ruggieri

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1955as Mr. George Utterson

Salome

1953as Tiberius Caesar

The Ghost of Frankenstein

1942as Dr. Ludwig Frankenstein / Dr. Henry Frankenstein (ghostly image)

Becky Sharp

1935as Marquis of Steyne

Jew Süss

1934as Rabbi Gabriel

Tycoon

1947as Frederick Alexander (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)v

Wilson

1944as Senator Henry Cabot Lodge

Sundown

1941as l'évêque Coombes

The Ghoul

1933as Broughton

Commandos Strike at Dawn

1942as Admiral Bowen

Five Weeks in a Balloon

1962as Fergusson

King Solomon's Mines

1937as Allan Quartermain

Mr. Imperium

1951as Bernand