Edward Hardwicke

 ( 1932 Births ) 

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. In 1975 he appeared in Frederick Lonsdale's 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 opposite Anthony Hopkins in Shadowlands, directed by Richard Attenborough.

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

Hardwicke played Judas Iscariot in the Dennis Potter TV play Son of Man (1969). He became familiar to television audiences in the 1970s drama series Colditz, in which he played Pat Grant, a character based on the real-life war hero Pat Reid. He then played Arthur in the sitcom 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, facing off against Nanette Newman.

David Burke suggested Hardwicke as his successor in the role of Doctor Watson in the Granada Television adaptations of the Sherlock Holmes stories in 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,

• 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) as Montano
• A Flea in Her Ear (1968) as Pierre Chandebisse, Victor's Nephew
• Journey into Darkness (1968, TV) as Frank Yarrow
• Otley (1968) as Lambert
• The Reckoning (1970) as Mitchell
• The Day of the Jackal (1973) as Charles Calthrop (uncredited)
• The Black Windmill (1974) as Mike McCarthy
• Full Circle (1977) as Captain Paul Winter
• The Odd Job (1978) as Inspector Black
• Venom (1981) as Lord Dunning
• (1985) as Pierre Dubois
• Titus Andronicus (1985, TV) as Marcus
• Let Him Have It (1991) as Approved School Principal
• Shadowlands (1993) as Warren Lewis
• Richard III (1995) as Lord Thomas Stanley
• The Scarlet Letter (1995) as Gov. John Bellingham
• Hollow Reed (1996) as High Court Judge
• Elizabeth (1998) as Earl of Arundel
• Parting Shots (1999) as Dr Joseph
• Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999) as Zachariah
• David Copperfield (2000) as Mr Wickfield
• Enigma (2001) as Oliver Heaviside
• 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) as Mr. Brownlow (final film)

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

• Interview with Edward Hardwicke - British Library sound recording