Cedric Hardwicke
Birthday: 19 February 1893, Lye, Worcestershire, England, UK
Birth Name: Cedric Webster Hardwicke
Height: 175 cm
Sir Cedric Hardwicke, one of the great character actors in the first decades of the talking picture, was born in Lye, England on February 19, 1893. Hardwicke attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ...Show More
I once heard Shaw [George Bernard Shaw] say there are two kinds of actors: those who are happy and c Show more
I once heard Shaw [George Bernard Shaw] say there are two kinds of actors: those who are happy and confidant only in being themselves, and those who are timid and self-conscious and only at ease when they are able to take refuge in some character as far removed from themselves as possible. To the former, film acting is a joy; for the latter, it is difficult and disturbing. Hide
England is my wife. America is my mistress. It is very good sometimes to get away from one's wife.
England is my wife. America is my mistress. It is very good sometimes to get away from one's wife.
I believe that God felt sorry for actors, so he created Hollywood to give them a place in the sun an Show more
I believe that God felt sorry for actors, so he created Hollywood to give them a place in the sun and a swimming pool. The price they had to pay was to surrender their talent. Hide
[on sneak previews] Let one dim-witted schoolboy scrawl "lousy" on his card, and the entire studio m Show more
[on sneak previews] Let one dim-witted schoolboy scrawl "lousy" on his card, and the entire studio may be stampeded the following morning in an executive meeting to discuss slicing and revising the picture to shreds. On Hollywood's theory that the customer must know best, the schoolboy's "lousy" is regarded as the last word in dramatic criticism." Hide
[on his role in Sentimental Journey (1946)] I did nothing but look at the handsome bosom of Maureen Show more
[on his role in Sentimental Journey (1946)] I did nothing but look at the handsome bosom of Maureen O'Hara and listen to the murmuring of her heart through a stethoscope. Hide
[on TV commercials] The last refuge of optimism in a world of gloom.
[on TV commercials] The last refuge of optimism in a world of gloom.
By temperament, a young actor needs to be mercurial, if nothing else, able to shed misfortunes like Show more
By temperament, a young actor needs to be mercurial, if nothing else, able to shed misfortunes like a duck shedding water and to magnify a pinpoint of hope into a golden dawn. Hide
I want to be one of those reformers. I am content to makes a virtue of necessity and modestly discla Show more
I want to be one of those reformers. I am content to makes a virtue of necessity and modestly disclaim my desire to be a great reformer. I am resigned to be one of the myriad little ones; but I propose to be a very good little one. Hide
When actors are talking, they are servants of the dramatist. It is what they can show the audience w Show more
When actors are talking, they are servants of the dramatist. It is what they can show the audience when they are not talking that reveals the fine actor. Hide
My aim is to leave the theater and the screen better than I found them.
My aim is to leave the theater and the screen better than I found them.
I can't act. I have never acted. And I shall never act. What I can do is suspend my audience's power Show more
I can't act. I have never acted. And I shall never act. What I can do is suspend my audience's power of judgement till I've finished. Hide
Actors must practice restraint else think what might happen in a love scene.
Actors must practice restraint else think what might happen in a love scene.
Actors and burglars work better at night.
Actors and burglars work better at night.
Hollywood may be thickly populated, but to me it's still a bewilderness.
Hollywood may be thickly populated, but to me it's still a bewilderness.
The director's tricks are accomplished by converting plays into spectacles of love, landscape, and l Show more
The director's tricks are accomplished by converting plays into spectacles of love, landscape, and lust, and the actors into puppets. Unhappily, a lot of young actors and actresses are destroyed in the process. They are drilled to perfection in a single role, while the director tries to produce performances by direction alone. As a result, they may be ruined for anything beyond the single role. Hide
Cedric Hardwicke's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (40)
Cedric Hardwicke'S roles
Commentary
Pharaoh Seti I
Dr. Karl Strolin
