Editing Cedric Hardwicke

{{Short description|English actor (1893–1964)}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = [[Sir]]
| name          = Cedric Hardwicke
| image         = Cedric Hardwicke fsa 8b09659.jpg
| caption       = On the radio show ''Three Thirds of the Nation'', 3 June 1942
| birth_name    = Cedric Webster Hardwicke
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1893|2|19|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Lye, West Midlands|Lye]], [[Stourbridge]], [[Worcestershire]], England
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1964|8|6|1893|2|19|df=y}}
| death_place   = [[New York City]], U.S.
| resting_place =
| spouse        = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Helena Pickard]]|1928|1948|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Mary Scott|1950|1961|end=divorced}}
}}
| children      = 2, including [[Edward Hardwicke]]
| years_active  = 1912–1964
| occupation    = Actor
}}
'''Sir Cedric Webster Hardwicke''' (19 February 1893 – 6 August 1964) 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 [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] and [[George Bernard Shaw|Shaw]], and his film work included leading roles in several adapted literary classics.

==Early life==
Hardwicke was born in [[Lye, West Midlands|Lye]], [[Worcestershire]] (now [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]]) to Edwin Webster Hardwicke and his wife, Jessie (née Masterson). He initially attended Stourbridge Grammar School moving to [[Bridgnorth Grammar School]] in Shropshire in September 1907 until July 1911. He intended to train as a doctor but failed to pass the necessary examinations.<ref name=ww>[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U51345 "Hardwicke, Sir Cedric Webster"], ''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edition, [[Oxford University Press]], December 2012; accessed 20 March 2013 {{subscription required}}</ref> He turned to the theatre and trained at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] (RADA).<ref name=who>Parker, pp. 714–15</ref>

===Military service===
Hardwicke enlisted at the outbreak of the [[World War I|First World War]]. He served with the [[London Scottish (regiment)|London Scottish]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/film-people-first-world-war|title = Roll of honour: 15 movie legends who served in the First World War}}</ref> from 1914 to 1921 as an officer in the Judge Advocate's branch of the [[British Army]] in [[Western Front (World War I)|France]].<ref name=ww/> He was one of the last members of the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War I)|British Expeditionary Force]] to leave France. According to the ''Daily Mirror'' 1 January 1934, Hardwicke was one of the officers who escorted [[The Unknown Warrior]] from France, on [[HMS Verdun (L93)|HMS ''Verdun'']].<ref>Michael Gavaghan in The Story of the Unknown Warrior: 11 November 1920 (London: M. and L. Publications, 1995)</ref>

==Career==
===Stage===
[[File:The-Amazing-Dr-Clitterhouse-Stage-1937.jpg|thumb|Hardwicke in the 1937 Broadway production of ''[[The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (play)|The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse]]'']]

Hardwicke made his first appearance on stage at the [[Lyceum Theatre, London|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.<ref name=who/> During this 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]]''.<ref name=who/> In 1913, he joined [[Frank Benson (actor)|Benson's Company]] and toured in the provinces, South Africa, and Rhodesia.<ref name=who/> 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 ''[[Macbeth]]'', Tranio in ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'', the gravedigger in ''[[Hamlet]]'', and other roles.<ref name=who/>

After serving in the British Army in WWI, he resumed his acting career. In January 1922, he joined the [[Birmingham Repertory Theatre|Birmingham Repertory Company]], playing a range of parts from the drooping young lover Faulkland in ''[[The Rivals]]'' to the roistering Sir Toby Belch in ''[[Twelfth Night]]''.<ref name=who/>

He played many classical roles on stage, appearing at London's top theatres, making his name on the stage performing works by [[George Bernard Shaw]], who said that Hardwicke was his fifth favourite actor after the four [[Marx Brothers]]. As one of the leading Shavian actors of his generation, Hardwicke starred in ''[[Caesar and Cleopatra (play)|Caesar and Cleopatra]]'', ''[[Pygmalion (play)|Pygmalion]]'', ''[[The Apple Cart]]'', ''[[Candida (play)|Candida]]'', ''Too True to Be Good'', and ''[[Man and Superman|Don Juan in Hell]]'', making such an impression that at the age of 41 he became the youngest actor to be [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Blum |first=Daniel |title=Daniel Blum's Screen World |year=1966 |publisher=Biblo-Moser |isbn=0819603066 |pages=220 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EQrtw8lzEg8C&dq=%22youngest+actor+ever++to+be+knighted%22&pg=PA220}}</ref> (this occurred in the 1934 New Year's Honours; [[Laurence Olivier]] subsequently took the record in 1947 when he was knighted at the age of 40). Other stage successes included ''[[The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (play)|The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse]]'', ''[[Antigone (Anouilh)|Antigone]]'' and ''[[A Majority of One]]'', winning a [[Tony Award]] nomination for his performance as a Japanese diplomat.<ref name="ibdb"/>

In 1928, whilst appearing with [[Edith Day]], [[Paul Robeson]] and [[Alberta Hunter]] in the London production of ''[[Show Boat]]'', he married actress Helena Pickard.<ref name="times"/>

In December 1935, Hardwicke was elected Rede Lecturer to [[Cambridge University]] for 1936, he took as his subject "The Drama Tomorrow".<ref name=dnb>W. A. Darlington, W. A. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33704Hardwicke profile], rev. K.D. Reynolds, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edition, January 2008, accessed 20 March 2013 {{ODNBsub}}<!-- ISBN needed --></ref> In the late 1930s, he moved to the U.S., initially for film work. In the early 1940s, he continued his stage career on tours and in New York.<ref name=dnb/>

In 1944, Hardwicke returned to Britain, again touring, and reappeared on the London stage, at the [[Westminster Theatre]], on 29 March 1945, as Richard Varwell in a revival of [[Eden Phillpotts|Eden]] and [[Adelaide Phillpotts]]' comedy ''[[Yellow Sands (play)|Yellow Sands]]'', and subsequently toured in this on the continent. He returned to America late in 1945 and appeared with [[Ethel Barrymore]] in December in a revival of Shaw's ''[[Pygmalion (play)|Pygmalion]]'', and continued on the New York stage the following year. In 1946, he starred opposite [[Katharine Cornell]] as King Creon in her production of [[Jean Anouilh]]'s adaptation of the Greek tragedy ''Antigone''.<ref name="ibdb"/><ref>Mosel, "Leading Lady: The World and Theatre of Katharine Cornell"</ref>

In 1948, he joined the [[Old Vic]] Company at the [[Noël Coward Theatre|New Theatre]] to play Sir Toby Belch, Doctor Faustus, and Gaev in ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'', but according to critic and biographer W.A. Darlington, "it was about this time that he confessed to a friend that he was finding the competition in London too hot for him", and he moved permanently to the U.S.<ref name=dnb/> In 1951–52, he appeared on Broadway in Shaw's ''Don Juan in Hell'' with [[Agnes Moorehead]], [[Charles Boyer]] and [[Charles Laughton]].<ref name="ibdb">{{IBDB name|44113}}</ref>

===Film and television work===
Hardwicke's first appearance in a British film was in 1931, and from the late 1930s, he was in great demand in Hollywood. He played [[David Livingstone]] opposite [[Spencer Tracy]]'s [[Henry Morton Stanley]] in ''[[Stanley and Livingstone]]'' in 1939, and also played the evil [[Frollo]] in the [[remake]] of ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' starring [[Charles Laughton]] the same year. In 1940, he played Mr. Jones in a [[Victory (1940 film)|screen version]] of [[Joseph Conrad]]'s novel ''[[Victory (novel)|Victory]]''. He starred as the unfortunate Ludwig von Frankenstein in ''[[The Ghost of Frankenstein]]'' (1942) alongside [[Lon Chaney Jr.]] as [[Frankenstein's monster]] and [[Bela Lugosi]] as [[Igor (character)|Ygor]].<ref name="imdb"/>

[[File:Sir Cedric Hardwicke in The Ten Commandments trailer.jpg|thumb|Hardwicke portraying Egyptian Pharaoh Sethi in ''[[The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]]'' (1956)]]
Hardwicke played in films such as ''[[Les Misérables (1935 film)|Les Misérables]]'' (1935) with [[Fredric March]] and Charles Laughton, the first ever three-strip [[Technicolor]] film ''[[Becky Sharp (film)|Becky Sharp]]'' (1935), ''[[King Solomon's Mines (1937 film)|King Solomon's Mines]]'' (1937), ''[[The Keys of the Kingdom (film)|The Keys of the Kingdom]]'' (1944), ''[[The Winslow Boy (1948 film)|The Winslow Boy]]'' (1948), [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[Rope (film)|Rope]]'' (1948) with [[James Stewart]], and Olivier's ''[[Richard III (1955 film)|Richard III]]'' (1955). He was featured as [[King Arthur]] in the comedy/musical ''[[A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949 film)|A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court]]'' (1949), singing ''Busy Doing Nothing'' in a trio with [[Bing Crosby]] and [[William Bendix]], and as the Pharaoh [[Seti I|Sethi]] in [[Cecil B. DeMille]]'s 1956 film ''[[The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]]'' starring [[Charlton Heston]] as [[Moses]].<ref name="imdb">{{IMDb name|0362567}}</ref>

He appeared in a [[Alfred Hitchcock Presents season 2|1956]] episode of ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' titled ''Wet Saturday'' in which he portrayed Mr. Princey, an aristocratic gentleman who tries to cover up a murder to avoid public scandal. On 6 March 1958, he guest-starred on the TV series ''[[The Ford Show]]'' starring [[Tennessee Ernie Ford]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/the-tennessee-ernie-ford-show/march.../summary.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204193022/http://www.tv.com/the-tennessee-ernie-ford-show/march.../summary.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 February 2013|title=''The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show''|publisher=tv.com|access-date=25 November 2010}}</ref>

In 1961, he co-starred with [[Gertrude Berg]] in the [[Four Star Television]] [[situation comedy]], ''[[Mrs. G. Goes to College]]'' (retitled ''[[The Gertrude Berg Show]]'' at mid-season). The series was cancelled after one season.

===Radio===
In 1945, Hardwicke played [[Sherlock Holmes]] in a BBC Radio dramatisation of ''[[The Adventure of the Speckled Band|The Speckled Band]]'', opposite [[Finlay Currie]] as [[Dr. Watson]]. Years later, Hardwicke's son [[Edward Hardwicke|Edward]] played Watson in the acclaimed [[Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV series)|Granada series]].

Hardwicke played the titular role in a short-lived revival of the ''[[Bulldog Drummond (radio program)|Bulldog Drummond]]'' radio program on the [[Mutual Broadcasting System]], which ran 3 January 1954 to 28 March 1954.<ref name="dunningota">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fi5wPDBiGfMC&dq=%22Bulldog+Drummond,+crime+drama%22&pg=PA123 |last=Dunning |first=John |author-link=John Dunning (detective fiction author) |title=On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio |date=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York, NY |isbn=978-0-19-507678-3 |page=123 |edition=Revised |access-date=2019-09-22}}</ref>

==Personal life==
In 1928, he married the English actress [[Helena Pickard]].<ref name=times>{{cite news |title=Deaths |issue=49962; col D |page=7 |work=[[The Times]] |date=22 September 1944}}</ref> They divorced in 1948; their son was actor [[Edward Hardwicke]]. His second marriage, which produced a son, Michael, and likewise ended in divorce, was to actress, Mary Scott (1921–2009), from 1950 to 1961.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://documents.latimes.com/cedric-hardwicke-dies-new-york/ |title=Cedric Hardwicke dies in New York |access-date=24 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630015356/http://documents.latimes.com/cedric-hardwicke-dies-new-york/ |archive-date=30 June 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

A lifelong heavy smoker, he suffered from [[emphysema]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/08/07/sir-cedric-hardwicke-is-dead.html |title=Sir Cedric Hardwicke is Dead - the New York Times |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=28 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027074951/http://www.nytimes.com/1964/08/07/sir-cedric-hardwicke-is-dead.html |archive-date=27 October 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and died 6 August 1964 at the age of 71 in New York from [[chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]].<ref name=lat>{{cite news|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/sir-cedric-hardwicke/ |title=Sir Cedric Hardwicke - Hollywood Star Walk|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=17 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/8108128741/Sir-Cedric-Hardwicke/ |title=Overview for Sir Cedric Hardwicke|website=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=17 January 2020}}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Hardwicke's body was flown back to England; after a memorial service he was cremated at [[Golders Green Crematorium]] in north London, where his ashes were scattered.

==Legacy==
Hardwicke left two volumes of memoirs: ''Let's Pretend: Recollections and Reflections of a Lucky Actor'', 1932 and ''A Victorian in Orbit: The Irreverent Memoirs'' (as told to James Brough), 1961.<ref name=ww/> He is commemorated by a sculpture by [[Tim Tolkien]] at Lye, commissioned by the [[Metropolitan Borough of Dudley|Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council]]. The memorial takes the form of a giant filmstrip, the illuminated cut metal panels illustrating scenes from some of Hardwicke's better-known roles, which include ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'', ''[[Things to Come]]'', and ''[[The Ghost of Frankenstein]]''. Unveiled in November 2005, it is located at Lye Cross where he lived as a child. [[Thorns Community College|Thorns School and Community College]] in neighbouring [[Quarry Bank]] has renamed its drama theatre in his honour as the Hardwicke Theatre.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bev|first=Holder|title=Actor Edward Hardwicke's legacy will live on in theatre|date=18 May 2011 |url=http://www.stourbridgenews.co.uk/news/9035154.Actor_Edward_Hardwicke_s_legacy_will_live_on_in_theatre/|publisher=Stourbridge News (Newsquest (Midlands South) Ltd)|access-date=21 July 2012}}</ref>

Hardwicke has a motion pictures star and a television star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref name=lat/>

==Filmography==
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* ''[[Nelson (1926 film)|Nelson]]'' (1926) as [[Horatio Nelson]] (film debut)
* ''[[Dreyfus (1931 film)|Dreyfus]]'' (1931) as [[Alfred Dreyfus|Captain Alfred Dreyfus]] 
* ''[[Rome Express]]'' (1932) as Alistair McBane
* ''[[The Ghoul (1933 film)|The Ghoul]]'' (1933) as Broughton
* ''[[Orders Is Orders]]'' (1934) as Brigadier
* ''[[Bella Donna (1934 film)|Bella Donna]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Nell Gwynn (1934 film)|Nell Gwyn]]'' (1934) as [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] 
* ''[[The Lady Is Willing (1934 film)|The Lady Is Willing]]'' (1934) as Gustav Dupont
* ''[[Jew Suss (1934 film)|Jew Süss]]'' (1934) as Rabbi Gabriel
* ''[[The King of Paris (1934 film)|The King of Paris]]'' (1934) as Max Till
* ''[[Les Misérables (1935 film)|Les Misérables]]'' (1935) as Bishop Bienvenu
* ''[[Becky Sharp (film)|Becky Sharp]]'' (1935) as Marquis of Steyne
* ''[[Peg of Old Drury]]'' (1935) as David Garrick
* ''[[Things to Come]]'' (1936) as Theotocopulos
* ''[[Tudor Rose (film)|Tudor Rose]]'' (1936) as Earl of Warwick 
* ''[[Laburnum Grove]]'' (1936) as Mr. Baxley
* ''[[Green Light (1937 film)|Green Light]]'' (1937) as Dean Harcourt
* ''[[King Solomon's Mines (1937 film)|King Solomon's Mines]]'' (1937) as [[Allan Quatermain|Allan Quartermain]] 
* ''[[On Borrowed Time]]'' (1939) as [[Personifications of death|Mr. Brink]] 
* ''[[Stanley and Livingstone]]'' (1939) as [[David Livingstone]] 
* ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' (1939) as Frollo
* ''[[The Invisible Man Returns]]'' (1940) as Richard Cobb 
* ''[[Tom Brown's School Days (1940 film)|Tom Brown's School Days]]'' (1940) as [[Thomas Arnold|Dr. Thomas Arnold]] 
* ''[[The Howards of Virginia]]'' (1940) as Fleetwood Peyton
* ''[[Victory (1940 film)|Victory]]'' (1940) as Mr. Jones
* ''[[Sundown (1941 film)|Sundown]]'' (1941) as Bishop Coombes
* ''[[Suspicion (1941 film)|Suspicion]]'' (1941) as General McLaidlaw
* ''[[Valley of the Sun (film)|Valley of the Sun]]'' (1942) as Lord Warrick 
* ''[[The Ghost of Frankenstein]]'' (1942) as Ludwig Frankenstein/[[Victor Frankenstein|Henry Frankenstein]] 
* ''[[Invisible Agent]]'' (1942) as Conrad Stauffer
* ''[[Commandos Strike at Dawn]]'' (1942) as Admiral Bowen
* ''[[Forever and a Day (1943 film)|Forever and a Day]]'' (1943) as Mr. Dabb
* ''[[The Moon Is Down (film)|The Moon Is Down]]'' (1943) as Colonel Lanser
* ''[[The Cross of Lorraine]]'' (1943) as Father Sebastian
* ''[[The Lodger (1944 film)|The Lodger]]'' (1944) as Robert Bonting
* ''[[Wilson (1944 film)|Wilson]]'' (1944) as [[Henry Cabot Lodge|Senator Henry Cabot Lodge]] 
* ''[[Wing and a Prayer]]'' (1944) as Admiral 
* ''[[Three Sisters of the Moors]]'' (1944, short) as Reverend Bronte 
* ''[[The Keys of the Kingdom (film)|The Keys of the Kingdom]]'' (1944) as Monsignor at Tweedside 
* ''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945 film)|The Picture of Dorian Gray]]'' (1945) as Narrator 
* ''[[Sentimental Journey (film)|Sentimental Journey]]'' (1946) as Jim Miller
* ''[[Beware of Pity]]'' (1946) as Albert Condor
* ''[[The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947 film)|Nicholas Nickleby]]'' (1947) as Ralph Nickleby
* ''[[The Imperfect Lady (1947 film)|The Imperfect Lady]]'' (1947) as Lord Belmont
* ''[[Ivy (1947 film)|Ivy]]'' (1947) as Police Inspector Orpington
* ''[[Lured]]'' (1947) as Julian Wilde 
* ''[[Tycoon (1947 film)|Tycoon]]'' (1947) as Alexander
* ''[[A Woman's Vengeance]]'' (1948) as James Libbard
* ''[[Song of My Heart]]'' (1948) as Grand Duke 
* ''[[I Remember Mama (film)|I Remember Mama]]'' (1948) as Mr. Hyde
* ''[[The Winslow Boy (1948 film)|The Winslow Boy]]'' (1948) as Arthur Winslow
* ''[[Rope (film)|Rope]]'' (1948) as Henry Kentley
* ''[[A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949 film)|A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court]]'' (1949) as Lord Pendragon / [[King Arthur]]
* ''[[Now Barabbas]]'' (1949) as Governor
* ''[[The White Tower (film)|The White Tower]]'' (1950) as Nicholas Radcliffe 
* ''[[You Belong to My Heart]]'' (1951) as Bernand
* ''[[The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel|The Desert Fox]]'' (1951) as Karl Strolin
* ''[[The Green Glove]]'' (1952) as Father Goron
* ''[[Caribbean Gold]]'' (1952) as Captain Francis Barclay
* ''[[Botany Bay (film)|Botany Bay]]'' (1953) as Governor Phillips 
* ''[[Salome (1953 film)|Salome]]'' (1953) as [[Tiberius|Tiberius Caesar]] 
* ''[[The War of the Worlds (1953 film)|The War of the Worlds]]'' (1953) as Commentary (voice)
* ''[[Bait (1954 film)|Bait]]'' (1954) as Prologue Speaker 
* ''[[Richard III (1955 film)|Richard III]]'' (1955) as [[Edward IV of England|King Edward IV of England]]
*''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' (1956) (Season 2 Episode 1 (No 40 in the series: "Wet Saturday") as Mr. Princey
* ''[[Diane (1956 film)|Diane]]'' (1956) as Ruggieri
* ''[[Helen of Troy (film)|Helen of Troy]]'' (1956) as Priam 
* ''[[Gaby (film)|Gaby]]'' (1956) as Mr. Edgar Carrington
* ''[[The Vagabond King (1956 film)|The Vagabond King]]'' (1956) as Tristan
* ''[[The Power and the Prize]]'' (1956) as Mr. Carew
* ''[[The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]]'' (1956) as [[Seti I|Sethi]]
* ''[[Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)|Around the World in 80 Days]]'' (1956) as Sir Francis Cromarty
*''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' (1957) (Season 2 Episode 33: "A Man Greatly Beloved") as "John Anderson"
* ''[[The Story of Mankind (film)|The Story of Mankind]]'' (1957) as [[God in Christianity|High Judge]]
* ''[[Baby Face Nelson (film)|Baby Face Nelson]]'' (1957) as Doc Saunders 
* ''[[Five Weeks in a Balloon (film)|Five Weeks in a Balloon]]'' (1962) as Fergusson
* ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|Twilight Zone]]'' (November 14,1963) (Season 5 Episode 8: "Uncle Simon") as Uncle Simon
* ''[[The Pumpkin Eater]]'' (1964) as Mr. James - Jo's father (posthumous release; final film role)
* ''[[The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]'' (1964) as Colas in "The Forms of Things Unknown" (posthumous release; final role) {{div col end}}

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''Let's Pretend: Recollections and Reflections of a Lucky Actor'', foreword by [[Barry Vincent Jackson|Sir Barry Jackson]], (1932) Grayson & Grayson
*{{cite book |last=Parker |first=John |edition=Tenth revised |title=Who's Who in the Theatre |location=London |publisher=Pitman |year=1947 |oclc=6344958}}

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