Sir Cedric Hardwicke, one of the great character actors in the first decades of the talking picture, was born in Lye, England on February 19, 1893. Hardwicke attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and made his stage debut in 1912. His career was interrupted by military service in World War I, but he returned to the stage in 1922 with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, distinguishing himself as Caesar in George Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra, which was his ticket to the London stage. For his distinguished work on the stage and in films, he was knighted by King George V in 1934, a time when very few actors received such an honor.
Hardwicke first performed on the American stage in 1936 and emigrated to the United States permanently after spending the 1948 season with the Old Vic. Hardwicke's success on stage and in films and television was abetted by his resonant voice and aristocratic bearing. Among the major films he appeared in were Les Misérables (1935), Stanley and Livingstone (1939), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), Suspicion (1941), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949), and The Ten Commandments (1956).
His last film was The Pumpkin Eater (1964) in 1964. Cedric Hardwicke died on August 6, 1964 in New York City, New York.
Neil and Alice Bennett are the core of a wealthy family on vacation in Mexico until a distant emergency cuts their trip short. When one relative disrupts the family's tight-knit order, simmering tensions rise to the fore.
Diane fills her days helping others and desperately attempting to bond with her drug-addicted son. As these pieces of her existence begin to fade, she finds herself confronting memories she'd sooner forget than face.
A homicide detective goes undercover as a patient to investigate a psychotherapist he believes is linked to a strange double murder. As his therapy sessions continue the line between fantasy and reality begins to blur.
Moses, raised as a prince of Egypt in the Pharaoh's household, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people from slavery.
asSethi
1956 |
Helen of Troyas Priam
1955 |
Richard IIIas King Edward IV of England
1954 |
Baitas Prologue Speaker
1953 |
Salomeas Tiberius Caesar
1952 |
Botany Bayas Gov. Phillips
1952 |
Caribbeanas Captain Francis Barclay
1952 |
The Green Gloveas Father Goron
1951 |
Mr. Imperiumas Bernand
1951 |
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommelas Dr. Karl Strolin
1950 |
The White Toweras Dr. Nicholas Radcliffe
1949 |
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Courtas King Arthur
1949 |
Now Barabbasas Governor
1948 |
A Woman's Vengeanceas Dr. James Libbard
1948 |
I Remember Mamaas Mr. Jonahan Hyde
1948 |
Song of My Heartas Grand Duke
1948 |
The Winslow Boyas Arthur Winslow
1948 |
Ropeas Mr. Kentley
1947 |
Ivyas Police Inspector Orpington
1947 |
Luredas Julian Wilde
1947 |
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nicklebyas Ralph Nickleby
