The son of the famous English actor of theater and cinema Sir Cedric Hardwick and actress Helena Picard. He was born on August 7, 1932 in London. He spent part of his childhood in Hollywood, where his father starred. There, at the age of ten, he first appeared on the screen in the episodic role of an English schoolboy in the fantastic military drama A Guy Named Joe (1943, dir. Richard Fleming). On his return to England, he graduated from high school, then served in the Air Force from 1951 to 1952.
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The son of the famous English actor of theater and cinema Sir Cedric Hardwick and actress Helena Picard. He was born on August 7, 1932 in London. He spent part of his childhood in Hollywood, where his father starred. There, at the age of ten, he first appeared on the screen in the episodic role of an English schoolboy in the fantastic military drama A Guy Named Joe (1943, dir. Richard Fleming). On his return to England, he graduated from high school, then served in the Air Force from 1951 to 1952. After training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Hardwicke began his career as a professional actor - he played in many theater groups, including the Old Vic branch of the theater in Bristol, in the Oxford Playhouse, and in 1964 he joined the National Theatre troupe under the direction of Lawrence Olivier.
For several years spent at the National Theatre, Hardwick was engaged in such productions as William Shakespeare's Othello, Peter Chaplain's Sun Hunting, Peter Chaplain's (1970) by Henry Szadorbejer, Gildenz in "The Dead" (1970) and "Grastobeston" by Thomas Ikrastonz in "Stayev in "Shaus" by William "Shaus" (Grastoge" by Georglain, "St.) He later played Astrov in Chekhov’s Uncle Van on the stage of Bristol’s Old Vic (1973) and Sir Robert Chiltern in Oscar Wilde’s The Perfect Husband at the Yvonne Arnault Theatre (1976). Since the mid-fifties, Hardwicke has occasionally appeared on the television screen in various television plays or individual episodes of series. For the first time he became known to a wide audience thanks to the series “The Wizard” (1972), which told about English prisoners of war during the Second World War, in which he played Captain Pat Grant. As a rule, he got small characteristic roles and just supporting roles, sometimes episodic. He starred in The Day of the Jackal (1973, Fred Zinneman), The Black Mill (1974, Don Siegel), and Random Work (1978, Peter Medack). The most famous role of the actor was Dr. Watson in the series based on the works of Arthur Conan Doyle “The Return of Sherlock Holmes” (1986-1988), “Notes of Sherlock Holmes” (1991-1993), “Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes” (1994), in which the famous detective played actor Jeremy Brett. Dr. Watson, played by Hardwick, appeared before the audience as a calm, unflappable and very polite English gentleman. In 1988-1989, Brett and Hardwick also played their heroes on the stage in the play The Mystery of Sherlock Holmes. The series itself was quite popular, went until the mid-nineties and was stopped only after the death of Jeremy Brett.
In 2001, the actor played Arthur Winslow in the play “Son of Winslow” by Terence Rattigan at the Chichester Festival Theatre, repeating the role that his father once performed in the British film of the same name in 1948. In a long list of acting works by Edward Hardwick in the film - the director of the correctional school in the social drama "Give him!" (1991, dir. Peter Medack), Warney Lewis, brother of the famous writer Clive Staples Lewis in the biographical film "Land of Shadows" (1993, dir. Richard Attenborough), Lord Stanley in the film adaptation of Shakespeare's "Richard III" with the participation of Ian McKellen (1995, dir. Richard Loncrane), Lord Arondel in the historical drama "Elizabeth" (1998, "Roman's Brown" (2005), "Shl's Respears" in Peter Cowfield, "Shl's" (Mr.) "Mr. Cowfield" (Mr.) ). The actor currently lives with his wife in Normandy, France. One of his daughters, Claire Hardwicke, became an actress, played in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and starred in several films.
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