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Sir Cedric Webster Hardwicke (19 February 1893 – 6 August 1964) was an English stage and film actor whose career spanned over 50 years. His theatre work included notable performances in productions of the plays of Shakespeare and Shaw , and his film work included leading roles in several adapted literary classics.
Hardwicke was born in London, the son of actors Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Helena Pickard. [2] [3] He began his film career in Hollywood at the age of 10, in Victor Fleming's film A Guy Named Joe which starred Spencer Tracy. [2] He returned to England, attended Stowe School, and fulfilled his national service as a pilot officer in the Royal Air ...
Lye is the birthplace of the actor Sir Cedric Hardwicke, [10] who is commemorated by a sculpture by Tim Tolkien, commissioned by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council.The memorial takes the form of a giant filmstrip, the illuminated cut metal panels illustrating scenes from some of his best-known films which include The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Things to Come, and The Ghost of Frankenstein.
When saying farewell to Jefferson (played as an adult by Richard Carlson), Matt is tricked into meeting several members of high society, including the snobbish, wealthy royalist Fleetwood Peyton (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) and his beautiful sister, Jane (Martha Scott). The Peytons snub him when they discover he's a common farmer and not a landed ...
Set in small-town America, the film stars Lionel Barrymore, Beulah Bondi and Sir Cedric Hardwicke. Barrymore plays crotchety wheelchair-using Julian Northrup ("Gramps"), who smokes a smelly pipe, cherishes a smelly dog, prefers fishing to churchgoing, occasionally takes a nip of "tonic" and indulges in mild profanity.
King Edward IV of England (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) has been placed on the throne with the help of his brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Sir Laurence Olivier).After Edward's coronation in the Great Hall, with his brothers George and Richard watching, he leaves with his wife and sons.
The supporting cast is equally delicious, including Edward G. Robinson sounding like he’s in a gangster movie and still stealing every scene he’s in as the traitorous Dathan, Vincent Price as ...
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is a 1949 American comedy musical film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Sir Cedric Hardwicke and William Bendix.