Cedric Hardwicke

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1893-02-18 (71 years old)

Deathday

1964-08-06

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cedric Hardwicke, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1948

Rope

as Mr. Henry Kentley

1942

The Ghost of Frankenstein

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

1936

Things to Come

as Theotocopulos

1956

1947

Lured

as Julian Wilde

1941

Suspicion

as General McLaidlaw

2001

Rope Unleashed

as Self (archive footage)

1933

The Ghoul

as Broughton

1953

Salome

as Tiberius Caesar

1942

Invisible Agent

as Conrad Stauffer

1940

1944

The Lodger

as Robert Bonting

1939

On Borrowed Time

as Mr. Brink

1957

Baby Face Nelson

as Doc Saunders (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)

1956

1957

1955

Richard III

as King Edward IV of England

1948

I Remember Mama

as Mr. Hyde

1940

Tom Brown's School Days

as Dr. Thomas Arnold

1937

King Solomon's Mines

as Allan Quartermain

1952

The Green Glove

as Father Goron

1935

Becky Sharp

as Marquis of Steyne

1935

Les Misérables

as Bishop Bienvenue (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)

1947

Ivy

as Inspector Orpington

1934

1954

Bait

as Prologue Speaker

1944

The Keys of the Kingdom

as Monsignor at Tweedside

1940

The Howards of Virginia

as Fleetwood Peyton

1944

1964

The Pumpkin Eater

as Mr. James - Jo's father

1944

Wilson

as Senator Henry Cabot Lodge

1950

The White Tower

as Nicholas Radcliffe

1947

Tycoon

as Frederick Alexander (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)v

1941

Sundown

as l'évêque Coombes

1943

The Cross of Lorraine

as Father Sebastian

1948

The Winslow Boy

as Arthur Winslow

1948

A Woman's Vengeance

as Dr. James Libbard

1939

Stanley and Livingstone

as Dr. David Livingstone

1946

Beware of Pity

as Dr. Albert Condor

1942

Commandos Strike at Dawn

as Admiral Bowen

1956

Gaby

as Mr. Edgar Carrington

1943

The Moon Is Down

as Col. Lanser

1937

Green Light

as Dean Harcourt

1991

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

as Dr. Frankenstein (archive footage)

1949

Now Barabbas

as Governor

1932

Rome Express

as Alistair McBane

1952

Botany Bay

as Gov. Phillip

1956

1934

Jew Süss

as Rabbi Gabriel

1952

Caribbean

as Captain Francis Barclay

1956

Diane

as Ruggieri

1942

Valley of the Sun

as Lord Warrick (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)

1946

The Imperfect Lady

as Lord Belmont

1936

Laburnum Grove

as Mr. Baxley

1935

Peg of Old Drury

as David Garrick

1946

Sentimental Journey

as Dr. Jim Miller

1945

French Town...

as Narrator

1926

Nelson

as Horatio Nelson

1956

1945

The Picture of Dorian Gray

as Narrator (voice)

1964

The Unknown

as Colas

1934

Nell Gwyn

as Charles II

1934

The Lady Is Willing

as Gustav Dupont

1936

Tudor Rose

as Earl of Warwick

1940

Victory

as Mr. Jones

1943

1955

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Mr. George Utterson

1951

Mr. Imperium

as Bernand

1931

Dreyfus

as Captain Alfred Dreyfus

1934

Bella Donna

as Dr. Meyer Isaacson

1962

1933

Orders Is Orders

as Brigadier

1948

Song of My Heart

as Grand Duke

1953

The War of the Worlds

as Commentary (voice) (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)

2003

The Making of The Ten Commandments

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1943

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