Job Actor
Years active 1913-64
Top Roles General McLaidlaw, King Edward IV of England, Monsignor at Tweedside, Allan Quatermain, Dr. James Libbard
Top GenresDrama, Romance, Historical, Adventure, Film Adaptation, War
Top TopicsBook-Based, World War II, Period Piece
Top Collaborators (Producer), (Director), (Director), (Director)
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Cedric Hardwicke Overview:

Character actor, Cedric Hardwicke, was born Cedric Webster Hardwicke on Feb 19, 1893 in Lye, Worcestershire. Hardwicke died at the age of 71 on Aug 6, 1964 in New York City, NY and was laid to rest in Golders Green Crematorium Cemetery in Golders Green, Greater London, England.

MINI BIO:

Scholarly-looking English actor with imposing, fruitily booming voice, a former medical student and army officer who took to the London stage in the early thirties and played some choice theatre and film roles. He went to America in 1938, at first with some success as a character star, but then in progressively inferior parts. His last film role, however, was one of his best. Knighted in 1934.

(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Character Actors: an Illustrated Directory).

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He was honored with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the categories of Motion Pictures and Television.

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Cedric Hardwicke Quotes:

General McLaidlaw: Good heavens! You can't expect me to remember every detail about everybody, can you?


Dr. Thomas Arnold: A new boy is always important. He may be an influence for good or for evil.


Patrick 'Patsy' O'Brien: Well, you never know what you can do 'til you try.
Allan Quartermaine: While you're trying, your poor sister's peacefully passing away in Kilkenny.
Kathleen 'Kathy' O'Brien: Allan Quartermain, it was a lie about me father's sister.
Allan Quartermaine: I know. I've met the Irish before.


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He was awarded Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 1934 King George V's Honours List for his services to drama.

He was reputedly George Bernard Shaw's favourite actor.

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