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Cedric Hardwicke, born Cedric Webster Hardwicke on 19 February 1893 in Worcestershire, was a British film director, film producer, and stage and film actor. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began his career in 1913. Hardwicke was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, was knighted as a Knight Bachelor, and holds a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His son was Edward Hardwicke. He died of pulmonary emphysema on 6 August 1964 in New York City and is buried at Golders Green Crematorium.
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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…
Known for
- The Making of The Ten Commandments — Self (archive footage)2003
- Rope Unleashed — Self (archive footage)2001
- Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook — Dr. Frankenstein (archive footage)1991
- The Pumpkin Eater — Mr. James - Jo's father1964
- The Unknown — Colas1964
- Burke's Law — John Busch1963
- The Outer Limits — Colas (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)1963
- Five Weeks in a Balloon — Fergusson1962
- The Gertrude Berg Show — Professor Crayton1961
- The Twilight Zone — Simon Polk1959
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Cedric
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Worcestershire
- Place of death
- New York City
- Child
- Edward Hardwicke
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Cedric Hardwicke fsa 8b09659.jpg
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- Commons category
- Cedric Hardwicke
- date of birth
- 1893-02-19
- date of death
- 1964-08-06
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- Cedric Hardwicke
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
- cause of death
- pulmonary emphysema
- place of burial
- Golders Green Crematorium
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1913-00-00
- birth name
- Cedric Webster Hardwicke
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