Cedric Dawe


Cedric Dawe was a British art director. He worked on the set design of over sixty films during his career, spending many years working for ABPC at the company's Elstree and Welwyn Studios. He was praised for his realistic designs for Lance Comfort's 1947 film noir Temptation Harbour. Towards the end of his career he also worked in television, as art director on series such as Colonel March of Scotland Yard, Department S and The Saint.
While under employment at Elstree in the 1930s, he along with Duncan Sutherland and Peter Proud worked under the direction of Clarence Elder.

Selected filmography

Freedom of the Seas The Student's Romance Mimi Living Dangerously Ourselves Alone The Price of Folly The Dominant Sex The Terror The Outsider Yes, Madam? Temptation Harbour Once Upon a Dream Traveller's Joy So Long at the Fair Another Man's Poison Home to Danger The Happy Family Street Corner