Halliwell Hobbes

Halliwell Hobbes

Halliwell Hobbes (16 November 1877 in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire – 20 February 1962 in Santa Monica, California) was an English actor. His stage debut was as a member of Frank Benson's company in 1898, playing in Shakespearean rep alongside actors such as Ellen Terry and Mrs Patrick Campbell. His earliest American work was as an actor and director from 1906, before moving to Hollywood in early 1929 (aged 51) to play older men's roles such as clerics, butlers, doctors, lords and diplomats. Receiving fewer film roles during the 1940s (though he still managed to have been in over 100 films by 1949), he moved back to Broadway by mid-1940, appearing in Romeo and Juliet as Lord Capulet and continuing there until late 1955. By 1950 he had moved to American television in the diverse playhouse format. He married Nancie B. Marsland. He increased the sunkenness of his cheeks by having his four 12-year-molars removed. When he died from a heart attack he was buried at the Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles.

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Movies starring Halliwell Hobbes (107)

The Black Arrow (1948)

Bishop Of Tisbury

Hollywood Wonderland (1947)

Grandfather (Clip From "Changing Of The Guard", 1936) (Uncredited)

Casanova Brown (1944)

Charles, The Butler

Mr. Skeffington (1944)

Soames (Uncredited)

Gaslight (1944)

Mr. Muffin

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)

Alfred Brunton, The Butler

Lady with Red Hair (1940)

Divorce Judge (Uncredited)

Waterloo Bridge (1940)

Vicar At St. Matthews (Uncredited)

Remember? (1939)

Butler Williams

Naughty But Nice (1939)

Dean Burton, Winfield College

Pacific Liner (1939)

Captain Mathews

A Christmas Carol (1938)

Clergyman Sliding On Sidewalk (Uncredited)

Kidnapped (1938)

Dominie Campbell

Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938)

Prof. Bernard Goodman

Varsity Show (1937)

Dean Meredith

Fit for a King (1937)

Count Strunsky

Parnell (1937)

W.h. Smith

Mary of Scotland (1936)

Man (Uncredited)

Spendthrift (1936)

Beuhl - The Butler

Changing of the Guard (1936)

Grandfather, The Colonel

Captain Blood (1935)

Lord Sunderland (Uncredited)

Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935)

Colonel Watkins, Police Commissioner

Jalna (1935)

Ernest Whiteoaks

Vanessa: Her Love Story (1935)

Father Of Little Girl

The Right to Live (1935)

Dr. Sir Stephen Barr

British Agent (1934)

Sir Walter Carrister

The Key (1934)

General C.o. Furlong

Mandalay (1934)

Col. Dawson Ames

If I Were Free (1933)

Burford-Gordon's Butler

Captured! (1933)

British Major General

Looking Forward (1933)

Mr. James Felton

Cynara (1932)

Coroner At Inquest (Uncredited)

Payment Deferred (1932)

A Prospective Tenant

6 Hours to Live (1932)

Baron Emil Von Sturm

Devil's Lottery (1932)

Lord Litchfield

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

Brig. Gen. Sir Danvers Carew

The Woman Between (1931)

Barton The Butler

Five and Ten (1931)

Hopkins (Uncredited)

The Lady Refuses (1931)

Sir James (Uncredited)

Charley's Aunt (1930)

Stephen Spettigue

Scotland Yard (1930)

Lord St. Arran

Lucky In Love (1929)

Earl Of Balkerry

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