Cedric Hardwicke

Sir Cedric Hardwicke belongs to that breed of English actor whose theatre roots ran deeper than anything Hollywood gave him. When I read that his career stretched over fifty years and leaned on Shakespeare and Shaw, I picture the kind of craftsman studios borrowed to lend gravitas. The knighthood and the Walk of Fame star tell you he was respected on both sides of the Atlantic, even if modern audiences mostly meet him through old literary adaptations. There's something I admire about an actor who was a stage authority first and a screen presence second; the discipline shows in everything filmed.

Name (English)

Cedric Hardwicke

Name (Japanese)

セドリック・ハードウィック

Reading

せどりっく・はーどうぃっく

Born

February 19, 1893 – August 6, 1964

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Snake

Origin

Worcestershire, United Kingdom

Occupation

film director / film producer / stage actor / film actor / actor

Awards & achievements

• Knight Bachelor
• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BB%E3%83%89%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF

Tags

• film director
• film producer
• stage actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.