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Gender

Male

Birthday

1893-02-18 (132 years old)

Place of Birth

Lye, Worcestershire, England, UK

Cedric 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.

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Known For

Acting

2003

The Making of The Ten Commandments as Self (archive footage)

2001

Rope Unleashed as Self (archive footage)

1991

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Dr. Frankenstein (archive footage)

1964

The Pumpkin Eater as Mr. James - Jo's father
The Unknown as Colas

1963

Burke's Law as John Busch
The Outer Limits as Colas (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)

1962

1961

1959

The Twilight Zone as Simon Polk

1957

Baby Face Nelson as Doc Saunders (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
The Story of Mankind as High Judge
DuPont Show of the Month as Lord Hertford

1956

Helen of Troy as Priam
Gaby as Mr. Edgar Carrington
Diane as Ruggieri

1955

Richard III as King Edward IV of England
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Mr. George Utterson
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as John Anderson

1954

Bait as Prologue Speaker
Climax! as Professor Robertson
Climax! as Mr. Utterson
Climax! as Sir Francis Brittain
Climax! as Clifton Lattimer
Climax! as Danielson
Climax! as Dr, Martin Crandall

1953

Salome as Tiberius Caesar
The War of the Worlds as Commentary (voice) (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)

1952

The Green Glove as Father Goron
Botany Bay as Gov. Phillip
Caribbean as Captain Francis Barclay
Four Star Playhouse as Sir George

1951

Mr. Imperium as Bernand
The Red Skelton Show as Dr. Umlauf
The Red Skelton Show as Company Vice President J.R. Williams

1950

The White Tower as Nicholas Radcliffe
Lux Video Theatre as Robert Malcolm
Cameo Theatre as The Inca
What's My Line? as Self - Panelist

1949

Now Barabbas as Governor

1948

Rope as Mr. Henry Kentley
I Remember Mama as Mr. Hyde
The Winslow Boy as Arthur Winslow
A Woman's Vengeance as Dr. James Libbard
Song of My Heart as Grand Duke
Studio One as Sir Alaric

1947

Lured as Julian Wilde
Ivy as Inspector Orpington
Tycoon as Frederick Alexander (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)v

1946

Beware of Pity as Dr. Albert Condor
The Imperfect Lady as Lord Belmont
Sentimental Journey as Dr. Jim Miller

1945

French Town... as Narrator
The Picture of Dorian Gray as Narrator (voice)

1944

The Lodger as Robert Bonting
The Keys of the Kingdom as Monsignor at Tweedside
Wilson as Senator Henry Cabot Lodge

1943

The Cross of Lorraine as Father Sebastian
The Moon Is Down as Col. Lanser
Forever and a Day as Mr. Dabb

1942

The Ghost of Frankenstein as Dr. Ludwig Frankenstein / Dr. Henry Frankenstein (ghostly image)
Invisible Agent as Conrad Stauffer
Commandos Strike at Dawn as Admiral Bowen
Valley of the Sun as Lord Warrick (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)

1941

Suspicion as General McLaidlaw
Sundown as l'évêque Coombes

1940

Tom Brown's School Days as Dr. Thomas Arnold
The Howards of Virginia as Fleetwood Peyton
Victory as Mr. Jones

1939

On Borrowed Time as Mr. Brink
Stanley and Livingstone as Dr. David Livingstone

1937

King Solomon's Mines as Allan Quartermain
Green Light as Dean Harcourt

1936

Things to Come as Theotocopulos
Laburnum Grove as Mr. Baxley
Tudor Rose as Earl of Warwick

1935

Becky Sharp as Marquis of Steyne
Les Misérables as Bishop Bienvenue (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
Peg of Old Drury as David Garrick

1934

The King of Paris as Max Till
Jew Süss as Rabbi Gabriel
Nell Gwyn as Charles II
The Lady Is Willing as Gustav Dupont
Bella Donna as Dr. Meyer Isaacson

1933

The Ghoul as Broughton
Orders Is Orders as Brigadier

1932

Rome Express as Alistair McBane

1931

Dreyfus as Captain Alfred Dreyfus

1926

Nelson as Horatio Nelson

Directing

1943

Forever and a Day as Director