Sir Cedric Webster Hardwicke KBE (19 February 1893 - 6 August 1964) was a noted English actor.
Hardwicke was born in the village of Lye, in Warwickshire, England, the son of Edwin Webster Hardwicke by his spouse Jessie (née Masterson). He attended Bridgnorth Grammar School in Shropshire and then trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). He made his first appearance on stage at London's Lyceum Theatre in 1912 during the run of Frederick...
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Sir Cedric Webster Hardwicke KBE (19 February 1893 - 6 August 1964) was a noted English actor.
Hardwicke was born in the village of Lye, in Warwickshire, England, the son of Edwin Webster Hardwicke by his spouse Jessie (née Masterson). He attended Bridgnorth Grammar School in Shropshire and then trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). He made his first appearance on stage at London's Lyceum Theatre in 1912 during the run of Frederick Melville's melodrama The Monk and the Woman, when he took up the part of Brother John. During that year he was at Her Majesty's Theatre understudying, and subsequently appeared at the Garrick Theatre in Charles Klein's play Find the Woman, and Trust the People. In 1913 he joined Benson's Company and toured in the provinces, South Africa, and Rhodesia. During 1914 he toured with Miss Darragh (Letitia Marion Dallas, d.1917) in Laurence Irving's play The Unwritten Law, and he appeared at the Old Vic in 1914 as Malcolm in Shakespeare's Macbeth,...
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