Editing Edward Hardwicke

{{Short description|English actor (1932–2011)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name          = Edward Hardwicke
| image         = Edward Hardwicke (cropped).jpeg
| caption       = Hardwicke in 2008
| birth_name    = Edward Cedric Hardwicke
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1932|8|7|df=yes}}
| birth_place   = [[London]], England
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|2011|5|16|1932|8|7|df=yes}}
| death_place   = [[Chichester]], [[West Sussex]], England
| burial_place = Chichester Crematorium
| other_names   = Edward Hardwick
| years_active  = 1943–2011
| occupation    = Actor
| spouse        = Anne Iddon ({{abbr|m.|married}} 1957; {{abbr|div.|divorced}} 19??)<br />{{marriage|Prim Cotton |1995}}
| children      = 2
| parents       = [[Cedric Hardwicke]]<br />[[Helena Pickard]]
}}
'''Edward Cedric Hardwicke''' (7 August 1932 &ndash; 16 May 2011)<ref>{{cite web|last=Baker|first=Richard Anthony|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2011/sherlock-holmes-actor-hardwicke-dies/|access-date=18 December 2015|date=17 May 2011|title=Sherlock Holmes actor Hardwicke dies|website=[[The Stage]]}}</ref><ref name=Coveney/> was an English actor, who had a career on the stage and on-screen. He was best known for playing Captain Pat Grant in ''[[Colditz (1972 TV series)|Colditz]]'' (1972–73), and [[Dr. Watson]] in [[Granada Television]]'s ''[[Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV series)|Sherlock Holmes]]'' (1986–94).

==Early life==
Hardwicke was born in London, the son of actors Sir [[Cedric Hardwicke]] and [[Helena Pickard]].<ref name=Coveney>{{cite news|last=Coveney|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Coveney|title=Edward Hardwicke obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/may/18/edward-hardwicke-obituary|access-date=18 May 2011|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=18 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Edward Hardwicke - Biography|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/30369/Edward-Hardwicke/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411222734/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/30369/Edward-Hardwicke/biography|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 April 2011|access-date=22 December 2015|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2011|author=Sandra Brennan}}</ref> He began his film career in [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] at the age of 10, in [[Victor Fleming]]'s film ''[[A Guy Named Joe]]'' which starred [[Spencer Tracy]].<ref name=Coveney/> He returned to England, attended [[Stowe School]], and fulfilled his [[national service]] as a [[pilot officer]] in the [[Royal Air Force]].<ref name=Coveney/> He attended the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] (RADA) and trained as an actor.<ref name=Coveney/><ref name=bbc1>{{cite news|title=Colditz actor Edward Hardwicke dies aged 78|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13440207|access-date=18 May 2011|newspaper=[[BBC News]]|date=18 May 2011}}</ref>

==Career==
Hardwicke played at the [[Bristol Old Vic]], the [[Oxford Playhouse]] and the [[Nottingham Playhouse]] before in 1964 joining [[Laurence Olivier]]'s [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Barnes|first=Mike|title='Sherlock Holmes' Actor Edward Hardwicke dies at 78|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sherlock-holmes-actor-edward-hardwicke-189193|access-date=18 May 2011|newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=17 May 2011}}</ref> He performed regularly there for seven years. He appeared with Olivier in [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Othello]]'' and [[Henrik Ibsen|Ibsen]]'s ''[[The Master Builder]]''. He also appeared in [[Peter Shaffer]]'s ''[[The Royal Hunt of the Sun]]'' (with [[Robert Stephens]]), ''[[Charley's Aunt]]'', [[Tom Stoppard]]'s ''[[Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead|Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead]]'', [[William Congreve|Congreve]]'s ''[[The Way of the World]]'', [[Georges Feydeau]]'s ''[[A Flea in Her Ear]]'' (directed by [[Jacques Charon]] of the ''[[Comédie Française]]''), ''[[The Crucible]]'', [[Luigi Pirandello]]'s ''The Rules of the Game'', [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]]'s ''[[The Idiot (novel)|The Idiot]]'' and [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s ''[[Mrs. Warren's Profession]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hayward |first=Anthony |author-link=Anthony Hayward |title= Edward Hardwicke: Actor best known as Doctor Watson and as the 'Colditz' escape officer|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/edward-hardwicke-actor-best-known-as-dr-watson-and-as-the-colditz-escape-officer-2286618.html |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |access-date=22 December 2015}}</ref> He returned to the National in 1977 for a production of Feydeau's ''The Lady from Maxim's''.<ref name="Tel Obit" />

In 1973 he played Dr Astrov in [[Anton Chekhov]]'s ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'' opposite Peter O'Toole at the [[Bristol Old Vic]], and had an uncredited role as Charles Calthrop in the film ''[[The Day of the Jackal (film)|The Day of the Jackal]]''.<ref name="Coveney" /> In 1975 he appeared in [[Frederick Lonsdale]]'s ''[[On Approval (play)|On Approval]]'' at the [[Haymarket Theatre]], and in 1976 he played Sir Robert Chiltern in [[Oscar Wilde]]'s ''[[An Ideal Husband]]'' at the [[Yvonne Arnaud Theatre]], a production with which he toured [[Canada]].

In 1993 he played the role of [[C. S Lewis]]'s brother [[Warren Lewis|Warnie]] opposite [[Anthony Hopkins]] in ''[[Shadowlands (1993 film)|Shadowlands]]'', directed by [[Richard Attenborough]].

In 1995 he appeared in [[Ian McKellen]]'s updated [[Richard III (1995 film)|film]] of ''Richard III''. His father, Sir [[Cedric Hardwicke]], had appeared in the [[Laurence Olivier]] 1955 [[Richard III (1955 film)|film version]].

In 2001 he played Arthur Winslow in ''[[The Winslow Boy]]'' at the [[Chichester Festival Theatre]], a role played by his father in the 1948 [[The Winslow Boy (1948 film)|film]].<ref name=Coveney/>

===TV and ''Sherlock Holmes''===
Hardwicke had a small role in "[[The Greek Interpreter]]" episode of the 1968 series ''[[Sherlock Holmes (1965 TV series)|Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes]]'' featuring [[Peter Cushing]] as [[Sherlock Holmes]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Redmond|first=Christopher|title=Sherlock Holmes Handbook: Second Edition|publisher=[[Dundurn Press]]|year=2009|page=244|isbn=9781459718982}}</ref>

Hardwicke played [[Judas Iscariot]] in the [[Dennis Potter]] TV play ''[[Son of Man (play)|Son of Man]]'' (1969). He became familiar to television audiences in the 1970s drama series ''[[Colditz (1972 TV series)|Colditz]]'', in which he played Pat Grant, a character based on the real-life war hero [[Pat Reid]].<ref name=Coveney/><ref name="Tel Obit"/> He then played Arthur in the sitcom ''[[My Old Man (TV series)|My Old Man]]''. In 1978 he appeared as Bellcourt in the last filmed episode of ''[[The Sweeney]]'', "Hearts and Minds".

In 1990 he was a contestant on ''[[Cluedo (British game show)|Cluedo]]'', facing off against [[Nanette Newman]].

[[David Burke (British actor)|David Burke]] suggested Hardwicke as his successor in the role of [[Doctor Watson]] in the [[Granada Television]] adaptations of the [[Canon of Sherlock Holmes|Sherlock Holmes stories]] in ''[[Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV series)|The Return of Sherlock Holmes]]'' series, alongside [[Jeremy Brett]] as Holmes. Hardwicke played the role for eight years from 1986 to 1994, his first episode being "The Empty House" and his last "The Cardboard Box". He portrayed a very calm and attentive Watson,<ref name="tele1">{{cite book |author=Peter Haining |title=The Television Sherlock Holmes |year=1994 |publisher=Virgin Books |pages=175 |isbn=0863697933 |author-link=Peter Haining (author) }}</ref> somewhat intolerant of Holmes's more outlandish moods, and became permanently associated with it, also playing it on the [[West End theatre|West End]] stage with Brett in ''The Secret of Sherlock Holmes'' in 1989.<ref name="Tel Obit"/> That same year, he also directed ''[[Going On]]'' by [[Charles Dennis]] at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
[[File:Edward Hardwicke in The Goodbye Plane.jpg|thumb|Edward Hardwicke as Leonard in ''The Goodbye Plane'' (2003)]]
His other television appearances were numerous, and included: ''[[Holocaust (miniseries)|Holocaust]]'' (1978), ''[[Oppenheimer (TV series)|Oppenheimer]]'' (1980), ''[[Strangers and Brothers (TV series)|Strangers and Brothers]]'' (1984),  ''[[Lovejoy]]'' (1992), ''[[Dangerfield (TV series)|Dangerfield]]'' (1996), ''[[The Ruth Rendell Mysteries]]'' (1997), ''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]'' (1999), ''[[David Copperfield (2000 film)|David Copperfield]]'' (2000), ''The Goodbye Plane'' (2003), ''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot]]'' (2004), ''[[Fanny Hill (TV serial)|Fanny Hill]]'' (2007), ''[[Holby City]]'', ''[[Shameless (British TV series)|Shameless]]'' (2010) as a [[World War II]] veteran, and ''[[Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em]]'' (1978).

===Filmography===
*''[[A Guy Named Joe]]'' (1943) as George - English Boy (film debut, uncredited)
*''[[Hell Below Zero]]'' (1954) as Ulvik
*''[[The Men of Sherwood Forest]]'' (1954) as Outlaw (uncredited)
*''[[Othello (1965 British film)|Othello]]'' (1965) as [[List of Shakespearean characters (L-Z)#M|Montano]]
*''[[A Flea in Her Ear (film)|A Flea in Her Ear]]'' (1968) as Pierre Chandebisse, Victor's Nephew
*''[[Journey into Darkness (film)|Journey into Darkness]]'' (1968, TV) as Frank Yarrow 
*''[[Otley (film)|Otley]]'' (1968) as Lambert
*''[[The Reckoning (1970 film)|The Reckoning]]'' (1970) as Mitchell
*''[[The Day of the Jackal (film)|The Day of the Jackal]]'' (1973) as Charles Calthrop (uncredited)
*''[[The Black Windmill]]'' (1974) as Mike McCarthy
*''[[Full Circle (1977 film)|Full Circle]]'' (1977) as Captain Paul Winter
*''[[The Odd Job]]'' (1978) as Inspector Black
*''[[Venom (1981 film)|Venom]]'' (1981) as Lord Dunning
*''[[Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend]]'' (1985) as Pierre Dubois
*''[[BBC Television Shakespeare#Titus Andronicus|Titus Andronicus]]'' (1985, TV) as [[List of Shakespearean characters (L-Z)#M|Marcus]]
*''[[Let Him Have It]]'' (1991) as Approved School Principal
*''[[Shadowlands (1993 film)|Shadowlands]]'' (1993) as [[Warren Lewis|Warnie Lewis]]
*''[[Richard III (1995 film)|Richard III]]'' (1995) as [[Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby|Lord Thomas Stanley]]
*''[[The Scarlet Letter (1995 film)|The Scarlet Letter]]'' (1995) as Gov. John Bellingham
*''[[Hollow Reed]]'' (1996) as High Court Judge
*''[[Elizabeth (film)|Elizabeth]]''  (1998) as [[Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel|Earl of Arundel]]
*''[[Parting Shots]]'' (1999) as Dr Joseph
*''[[Mary, Mother of Jesus (film)|Mary, Mother of Jesus]]'' (1999) as [[Zechariah (New Testament figure)|Zachariah]] 
*''[[David Copperfield (2000 film)|David Copperfield]]'' (2000) as Mr Wickfield
*''[[Enigma (2001 film)|Enigma]]'' (2001) as [[Oliver Heaviside]]
*''[[The Gathering Storm (2002 film)|The Gathering Storm]]'' (2002) as Mr Wood
*''The Goodbye Plane'' (2003) as Leonard
*''[[Love Actually]]'' (2003) as Sam's Grandfather
*''[[The Hollow]]'' (2004 TV Agatha Christie's Poirot) as Sir Henry Angkatell
*''[[Oliver Twist (2005 film)|Oliver Twist]]'' (2005) as [[Mr. Brownlow]] (final film)

Hardwicke also provided narration for several films. He voiced Major Swift in the [[Xbox 360]] game ''[[Fable III]]''.

==Personal life==
Hardwicke had two daughters, Kate and Emma, by his first marriage to Anne Iddon (died 2000), which ended in divorce.<ref name="Tel Obit">{{cite news|date=17 May 2011 |title=Edward Hardwicke: Obituary|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/8519646/Edward-Hardwicke.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=18 December 2015 }}</ref> He was married to Prim Cotton from 1994 until his death.<ref name=Coveney />

Hardwicke lived in [[Chichester]].<ref name=Coveney /> On 16 May 2011, he died of cancer at a hospice in the city, with his remains handled at the Chichester Crematorium.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&q=Edward+Hardwicke&pg=PA403 |title = Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed|isbn = 9781476625997|last1 = Wilson|first1 = Scott|date = 19 August 2016| publisher=McFarland }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=d'Souza |first=Sav |date=19 May 2011 |title=Sherlock Holmes actor Edward Hardwicke dies aged 78
 |url=http://www.metro.co.uk/tv/863743-sherlock-holmes-actor-edward-hardwicke-dies-aged-78 |newspaper=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |access-date=22 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/19/arts/television/edward-hardwicke-watson-on-sherlock-holmes-series-dies-at-78.html?ref=obituaries|title=Edward Hardwicke, Dr. Watson on TV Series, Is Dead at 78|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=18 May 2011|access-date=22 December 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0362570}}
*[http://sounds.bl.uk/View.aspx?item=024M-C1142X000190-0100V0.xml Interview with Edward Hardwicke] - British Library sound recording

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