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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 16, 1877
Place of Birth:
Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK
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Halliwell Hobbes
Biography
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Halliwell Hobbes (16 November 1877 – 20 February 1962) was an English actor. His stage debut was 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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Miracle in the Rain | Ely B. Windgate |
| 1949 | That Forsyte Woman | Nicholas Forsyte |
| 1948 | The Black Arrow | Bishop of Tisbury |
| 1948 | You Gotta Stay Happy | Martin |
| 1947 | If Winter Comes | The Coroner |
| 1947 | Hollywood Wonderland | Grandfather (clip from "Changing of the Guard", 1936) (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Canyon Passage | Clenchfield |
| 1944 | The Invisible Man's Revenge | Cleghorn, the butler |
| 1944 | Casanova Brown | Charles, the Butler |
| 1944 | Gaslight | Mr. Muffin |
| 1944 | Mr. Skeffington | Soames (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Information Please | Lt Eberhard |
| 1943 | Mr. Muggs Steps Out | |
| 1943 | Sherlock Holmes Faces Death | Alfred Brunton, the butler |
| 1943 | Forever and a Day | Doctor |
| 1943 | His Butler's Sister | Willebrandt |
| 1942 | The Undying Monster | Walton the Butler |
| 1942 | Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake | Purdy |
| 1942 | The War Against Mrs. Hadley | Bennett |
| 1942 | Journey for Margaret | Mr. Barrie |
| 1942 | To Be or Not to Be | Gen. Armstrong |
| 1941 | That Hamilton Woman | Rev. Nelson |
| 1941 | Here Comes Mr. Jordan | Sisk |
| 1941 | Sunny | Johnson |
| 1940 | Third Finger, Left Hand | Burton |
| 1940 | The Earl of Chicago | Lord Chancellor |
| 1940 | The Sea Hawk | Astronomer |
| 1940 | Waterloo Bridge | Vicar at St. Matthews (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Lady with Red Hair | Divorce Judge (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Tell No Tales | Dr. Lovelake |
| 1939 | The Light That Failed | Doctor |
| 1939 | Remember? | Butler Williams |
| 1939 | Naughty But Nice | Dean Burton, Winfield College |
| 1939 | Pacific Liner | Captain Mathews |
| 1939 | The Hardys Ride High | Dobbs |
| 1939 | Nurse Edith Cavell | British Chaplain |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You | Mr. DePinna |
| 1938 | Bulldog Drummond's Peril | Prof. Bernard Goodman |
| 1938 | Service de Luxe | Butler |
| 1938 | Kidnapped | Dominie Campbell |
| 1938 | Storm Over Bengal | Sir John Galt |
| 1938 | A Christmas Carol | Clergyman Sliding on Sidewalk (uncredited) |
| 1938 | The Jury's Secret | John, Butler |
| 1937 | The Prince and the Pauper | Archbishop |
| 1937 | Varsity Show | Dean Meredith |
| 1937 | Fit for a King | Count Strunsky |
| 1937 | Maid of Salem | Jeremiah |
| 1937 | Parnell | W.H. Smith |
| 1936 | Dracula's Daughter | Hawkins |
| 1936 | The Story of Louis Pasteur | Dr. Lister |
| 1936 | Hearts Divided | Cambaceres |
| 1936 | Mary of Scotland | Man (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Spendthrift | Beuhl - the Butler |
| 1936 | Give Me Your Heart | Oliver Warren |
| 1936 | The White Angel | Lord Raglan |
| 1936 | Here Comes Trouble | Professor Howard |
| 1936 | Changing of the Guard | Grandfather, the Colonel |
| 1936 | Love Letters of a Star | Hotchkiss |
| 1935 | Charlie Chan in Shanghai | Colonel Watkins, police commissioner |
| 1935 | The Right to Live | Dr. Sir Stephen Barr |
| 1935 | Cardinal Richelieu | Father Joseph |
| 1935 | Folies Bergère | Monsieur Paulet |
| 1935 | Jalna | Ernest Whiteoaks |
| 1935 | Vanessa: Her Love Story | Father of Little Girl |
| 1935 | Captain Blood | Lord Sunderland (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Millions in the Air | Theodore |
| 1934 | She Was a Lady | George Dane |
| 1934 | The Key | General C.O. Furlong |
| 1934 | British Agent | Sir Walter Carrister |
| 1934 | Father Brown, Detective | Sir Leopold Fischer |
| 1934 | Mandalay | Col. Dawson Ames |
| 1934 | Menace | Skinner |
| 1934 | We Live Again | Official |
| 1934 | Double Door | Mr. Chase |
| 1934 | Riptide | Bollard |
| 1934 | Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back | First Bobby |
| 1933 | Lady for a Day | Butler |
| 1933 | Midnight Mary | Churchill |
| 1933 | Captured! | British Major General |
| 1933 | The Masquerader | Brock |
| 1933 | I Am Suzanne! | Dr. Lorenzo |
| 1933 | Should Ladies Behave | Louis |
| 1933 | Looking Forward | Mr. James Felton |
| 1933 | If I Were Free | Burford-Gordon's butler |
| 1933 | A Study in Scarlet | Malcolm Dearing |
| 1932 | Payment Deferred | A Prospective Tenant |
| 1932 | Love Affair | Kibbee |
| 1932 | Devil's Lottery | Lord Litchfield |
| 1932 | Cynara | Coroner at Inquest (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Menace | Phillips |
| 1932 | 6 Hours to Live | Baron Emil von Sturm |
| 1932 | Lovers Courageous | Mr. Smith |
| 1932 | Week Ends Only | Martin |
| 1932 | Man About Town | Hilton |
| 1931 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Brig. Gen. Sir Danvers Carew |
| 1931 | Platinum Blonde | Smythe |
| 1931 | Five and Ten | Hopkins (uncredited) |
| 1931 | The Woman Between | Barton - the Butler |
| 1931 | The Bachelor Father | Larkin |
| 1931 | The Sin of Madelon Claudet | Roget |
| 1931 | The Lady Refuses | Sir James (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Charley's Aunt | Stephen Spettigue |
| 1930 | Grumpy | Ruddick |
| 1930 | The Right of Way | The Siegneur |
| 1930 | Scotland Yard | Lord St. Arran |
| 1929 | Lucky In Love | |
| 1929 | Jealousy | Rigaud |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
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