Cedric Hardwicke

Born: 1893-02-18

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.


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as Sethi
Released: 1956-10-05

Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon...

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

as Frollo
Released: 1939-12-29

Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the...

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The War of the Worlds

as Commentary (voice) (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
Released: 1953-08-13

The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they...

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1945-03-03

Posing for a portrait, Dorian Gray talks with Lord Henry Wotton, who says that men should pursue...

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Around the World in Eighty Days

as Francis Cromarty
Released: 1956-10-17

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the...

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Rope

as Mr. Henry Kentley
Released: 1948-03-11

Two young men attempt to prove they committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party for...

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Things to Come

as Theotocopulos
Released: 1936-03-31

The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a...

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Suspicion

as General McLaidlaw
Released: 1941-11-14

A wealthy and sheltered young woman elopes with a charming playboy and soon learns of his bad...

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The Ghost of Frankenstein

as Dr. Ludwig Frankenstein / Dr. Henry Frankenstein (ghostly image)
Released: 1942-03-13

Frankenstein's unscrupulous colleague, Dr. Bohmer, plans to transplant Ygor's brain so he can...

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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

as King Arthur
Released: 1949-04-18

A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1912 mechanic, to Arthurian Britain, 528 A.D., where he is...

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Les Misérables

as Bishop Bienvenue (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
Released: 1935-04-20

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a...

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Helen of Troy

as Priam
Released: 1956-01-26

Prince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen...

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The Invisible Man Returns

as Richard Cobb
Released: 1940-01-12

The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make...

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as King Edward IV of England
Released: 1955-12-13

Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback...

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The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

as Dr. Karl Strolin
Released: 1951-10-16

The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.

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The Keys of the Kingdom

as Monsignor at Tweedside
Released: 1944-12-15

A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the...

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Lured

as Julian Wilde
Released: 1947-08-28

Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has...

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Baby Face Nelson

as Doc Saunders (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
Released: 1957-12-11

Famed Depression-era gangster “Baby Face Nelson” (Mickey Rooney) robs and kills while...

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Five Weeks in a Balloon

as Fergusson
Released: 1962-08-22

Professor Fergusson plans to make aviation history by making his way across Africa by balloon....

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Invisible Agent

as Conrad Stauffer
Released: 1942-08-07

The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany in this comedy-thriller.

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The Winslow Boy

as Arthur Winslow
Released: 1948-09-24

In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his...

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The Lodger

as Robert Bonting
Released: 1944-01-19

In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the...

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Tycoon

as Frederick Alexander (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)v
Released: 1947-12-27

Engineer Johnny Munroe is enlisted to build a railroad tunnel through a mountain to reach mines....

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The Ghoul

as Broughton
Released: 1933-08-01

British Egyptologist, Professor Morlant, seeks immortality through the power of a jewel buried...

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Stanley and Livingstone

as Dr. David Livingstone
Released: 1939-08-18

When American newspaperman and adventurer Henry M. Stanley comes back from the western Indian...

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Salome

as Tiberius Caesar
Released: 1953-03-24

In the reign of emperor Tiberius, Gallilean prophet John the Baptist preaches against King Herod...

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The Pumpkin Eater

as Mr. James - Jo's father
Released: 1964-07-16

Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a...

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I Remember Mama

as Mr. Hyde
Released: 1948-03-09

Norwegian immigrant Marta Hanson keeps a firm but loving hand on her household of four children,...

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On Borrowed Time

as Mr. Brink
Released: 1939-07-07

Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather...

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King Solomon's Mines

as Allan Quartermain
Released: 1937-06-17

White hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her...

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Forever and a Day

as Mr. Dabb
Released: 1943-01-21

In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the...

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Becky Sharp

as Marquis of Steyne
Released: 1935-06-28

The first feature length film to use three-strip Technicolor film. Adapted from a play that was...

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The Moon Is Down

as Col. Lanser
Released: 1943-03-14

The story of a small town in Norway that resists German occupation during World War II. Based on...

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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

as Ralph Nickleby
Released: 1947-03-12

A fatherless boy tries to make his fortune despite interference from his rich uncle.

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Sundown

as l'évêque Coombes
Released: 1941-10-31

Englishmen fighting Nazis in Africa discover an exotic mystery woman living among the natives...

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Wing and a Prayer

as Admiral
Released: 1944-01-01

An aircraft carrier is sent on a decoy mission around the Pacific, with orders to avoid combat,...

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A Woman's Vengeance

as Dr. James Libbard
Released: 1948-03-02

A cheating husband is charged in the poisoning death of his invalid wife, in spite of other...

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Botany Bay

as Gov. Phillip
Released: 1952-12-26

Based on the story of the start of Australia's colonisation. An American medical student is...

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The White Tower

as Nicholas Radcliffe
Released: 1950-06-24

Mountain climbers in the Swiss Alps mull over past problems while trying to conquer a perilous peak.

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Wilson

as Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
Released: 1944-08-01

The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his...

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Commandos Strike at Dawn

as Admiral Bowen
Released: 1942-12-30

A gentle widower, enraged at Nazi atrocities against his peaceful Norwegian fishing village,...

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Beware of Pity

as Dr. Albert Condor
Released: 1946-07-22

A paraplegic baroness mistakes a man's pity for love - and tragedy ensues.

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Ivy

as Inspector Orpington
Released: 1947-06-26

When Ivy, an Edwardian belle, begins to like Miles, a wealthy gentleman, she is unsure of what...

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Nell Gwyn

as Charles II
Released: 1934-08-01

King Charles II first meets Nell Gwyn after seeing her do a turn at Drury Lane. They soon become...

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The Story of Mankind

as High Judge
Released: 1957-11-08

The devil and the spirit of mankind argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.

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Diane

as Ruggieri
Released: 1956-01-12

Asked by Francis I to tutor his son, Diane de Poitiers becomes the future King Henry II's...

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The Vagabond King

as Tristan
Released: 1956-08-28

Louis XI of France drafts Paris's popular "king" of criminals as Provost Marshal in his fight...

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The Howards of Virginia

as Fleetwood Peyton
Released: 1940-09-19

Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she...

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Sentimental Journey

as Dr. Jim Miller
Released: 1946-03-06

An actress becomes taken with Hitty, a young orphan prone to dreaming. Julie soon finds out that...

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Song of My Heart

as Grand Duke
Released: 1948-01-31

The portrait of Russian composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky focuses on his failed love affair.

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Tom Brown's School Days

as Dr. Thomas Arnold
Released: 1940-06-26

When private tutor Thomas Arnold (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) becomes headmaster at Rugby, a boy's...

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The Cross of Lorraine

as Father Sebastian
Released: 1943-11-12

French soldiers (Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gene Kelly) surrender to lying Nazis and are herded into a...

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Mr. Imperium

as Bernand
Released: 1951-03-02

A pretty singer/dancer is becoming an actress whereas the playboy crown prince is becoming a...

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Rome Express

as Alistair McBane
Released: 1932-10-31

The theft of a famous painting leads to murder and many suspects on a plush train speeding from...

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Caribbean

as Captain Francis Barclay
Released: 1952-09-01

Francis Barclay, a former member of the British Admiralty, who was captured in the early 1700s,...

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Bait

as Prologue Speaker
Released: 1954-02-24

A man looking for his fortune in a mine decides to tempt his partner with his much younger wife....

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The Green Glove

as Father Goron
Released: 1952-02-28

In World War II France, American soldier Michael Blake captures, then loses Nazi-collaborator...

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Victory

as Mr. Jones
Released: 1940-12-21

A hermit's idyllic life on an island is disturbed by the arrival of a bunch of cutthroats.

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Tudor Rose

as Earl of Warwick
Released: 1936-09-01

The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before...

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The Imperfect Lady

as Lord Belmont
Released: 1946-11-29

A British peer's romance with a ballerina courts scandal in 1890s London.

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Valley of the Sun

as Lord Warrick (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
Released: 1942-02-06

An Arizona frontiersman steals an Indian agent's girlfriend, followed by trouble.

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Gaby

as Mr. Edgar Carrington
Released: 1956-05-09

A ballerina resorts to prostitution when her fiance is reported killed in World War II.

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Nelson

as Horatio Nelson
Released: 1926-10-12

Recounts some highlights in the career of Admiral Nelson, including his battles with the French...

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The Power and the Prize

as Mr. Carew
Released: 1956-09-26

An ambitious executive jeopardizes his career to marry a European refugee.

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Jew Süss

as Rabbi Gabriel
Released: 1934-10-13

A historical satire critical of the rising tide of Anti-Semitism in Germany. Based on the novel...

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French Town...

as Narrator
Released: 1945-01-01

Portrait of a small French town following its liberation during World War II.

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Green Light

as Dean Harcourt (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
Released: 1937-02-20

A brilliant young surgeon takes the blame for a colleague when a botched surgery causes a...

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Rope Unleashed

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2001-03-06

A short documentary about the filming of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Rope'. Interviews with screenwriter...

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Peg of Old Drury

as David Garrick
Released: 1935-08-27

a biopic of eighteenth-century Irish actress Peg Woffington. It was based on the play Masks and...

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Now Barabbas

as Governor
Released: 1949-05-24

A prison governor deals with a variety of different prisoners, including a charming murderer.

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The Unknown

as Colas
Released: 1964-05-04

After two women poison to death the blackmailer who has been tormenting them, they wind up at...

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Bella Donna

as Dr. Meyer Isaacson
Released: 1934-12-11

That old theatrical war-horse Bella Donna (previously filmed in America by Alla Nazimova) was...

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The Lady Is Willing

as Gustav Dupont
Released: 1934-08-10

In this comedy-mystery, a private detective helps three businessmen get even with the man who...

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Dreyfus

as Captain Alfred Dreyfus
Released: 1931-04-18

In 1894, French officer Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted for the treasonous acts of another...

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Laburnum Grove

as Mr. Baxley
Released: 1936-11-16

To rid himself of his sponging relatives a man tells them he is really a forger which causes...

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Mr. George Utterson
Released: 1955-07-28

Adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic. Part of Chrysler sponsored series "Climax!"

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Orders Is Orders

as Brigadier
Released: 1933-07-18

A brash American movie producer arrives at an army base in England wanting to shoot a movie and...

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The Twilight Zone

as Simon Polk
First aired: 1959-10-02

A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science...

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Matinee Theater

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-10-31

Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of...

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Robert Montgomery Presents

as uncredited
First aired: 1950-01-30

Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC...

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Burke's Law

as John Busch
First aired: 1963-09-20

Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on...

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The Outer Limits

as Colas (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
First aired: 1963-09-16

The Outer Limits is an anthology tv series of self-contained sci-fi-horror stories, sometimes...

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Climax!

as Professor Robertson
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Climax!

as Mr. Utterson
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Climax!

as Sir Francis Brittain
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Climax!

as Clifton Lattimer
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Climax!

as Danielson
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Climax!

as Dr, Martin Crandall
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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The Red Skelton Show

as Company Vice President J.R. Williams
First aired: 1951-09-30

The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades,...

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The Red Skelton Show

as Dr. Umlauf
First aired: 1951-09-30

The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades,...

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Studio One

as Sir Alaric
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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What's My Line?

as Self
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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This Is Your Life

as Self
First aired: 1952-10-01

This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally...

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Your Show of Shows

as uncredited
First aired: 1950-02-25

Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United...

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Mr. Princey
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as John Anderson
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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DuPont Show of the Month

as Lord Hertford
First aired: 1957-09-29

DuPont Show of the Month is an acclaimed 90-minute television anthology series that aired...

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Suspense

as uncredited
First aired: 1949-01-06

An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program,...

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Dr. Fu Manchu

as uncredited
First aired: 1956-09-03

The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu is a syndicated American television series that aired in 1956....

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as John O'Fell
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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General Electric Theater

as uncredited
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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The Motorola Television Hour

as uncredited
First aired: 1953-11-03

The Motorola Television Hour is an hour-long anthology series which alternated bi-weekly with...

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