About Cedric Hardwicke
Sir Cedric Webster Hardwicke was an English stage and film actor whose career spanned over 50 years. His theatre work included notable performances in productions of the plays of Shakespeare and Shaw, and his film work included leading roles in several adapted literary classics. Hardwicke enlisted at the outbreak of the First World War. Hardwicke made his first appearance on stage at the Lyceum Theatre, London in 1912 during the run of Frederick Melville's melodrama The Monk and the Woman, when he took over the part of Brother John. Hardwicke's first appearance in a British film was in 1931, and from the late 1930s, he was in great demand in Hollywood. Also in 1956, Hardwicke appeared in the first episode of the second season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, titled "Wet Saturday", in which he portrayed Mr.
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