Sir Cedric Webster Hardwicke 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 Shakespeare and Shaw,
On the radio show Three Thirds of the Nation, 3 June 1942
Hardwicke in the 1937 Broadway production of The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Hardwicke portraying Egyptian Pharaoh Sethi in The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Ten Commandments is a 1956 American epic biblical adventure drama film produced, directed, and narrated by Cecil B. DeMille, shot in VistaVision, and released by Paramount Pictures. Based on the B
Cedric Hardwicke
…Arthur's Court (1949), singing Busy Doing Nothing in a trio with Bing Crosby and William Bendix, and as the Pharaoh Sethi in Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 film The Ten Commandments starring Charlton Heston as Moses. Also in 1956, Hardwicke appeared in the first episode of the second season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, titled "Wet…
Theatrical release poster by Macario Gómez Quibus
Cecil B. DeMille and his personal copy of the Bible in the film's trailer.
DeMille holds a photograph of Charlton Heston looking at Michelangelo's Moses. Heston's resemblance to the sculpture helped him win the role of Moses.
"Nefretiri ruled the glamor arena some 3,200 years ago", wrote Anne Baxter, "and it's surprising how much the ladies of that day knew about the art of stalking a man."