Cedric Hardwicke

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born: 19/Feb/1893 (Lye, Worcestershire, England, UK)
died: 06/Aug/1964 (New York, USA) - lung ailment

[edit] Biography

Sir Cedric Webster Hardwicke was an English actor. He was born in the village of Lye, then in Worcestershire.

He trained at RADA, and, after service in World War I, he joined a repertory company in Birmingham, and played many classical roles on stage before beginning a film career which included both British and Hollywood films.

He was knighted in 1934.

Despite having played in such classics as "King Solomon's Mines" (1937), "The Winslow Boy" (1948) and Laurence Olivier's "Richard III" (1955), Hardwicke is now remembered chiefly for his role as King Arthur in the comedy/musical, "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (1949), singing "We're Busy Doing Nothing" in a trio with Bing Crosby and William Bendix and for his portrayal of the Pharaoh Seti I in Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 film "The Ten Commandments".

Hardwicke's son is the actor Edward Hardwicke, who became well-known for playing Dr. Watson on British television in the 1980s and 1990s.

Hardwicke died at the age of 71 in New York City.

(Wikipedia)