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Acting
Birthday:
June 13, 1900
Place of Birth:
Cape Town, South Africa
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Ian Hunter
Biography
Ian Hunter (13 June 1900 – 22 September 1975) was a British character actor.
Among dozens of film roles, his best-remembered appearances include That Certain Woman (1937) with Bette Davis, The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938, as King Richard the Lionheart), The Little Princess (1939, as Captain Reginald Crewe) and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941, as Dr. Lanyon). Hunter returned to the Robin Hood legend in the 1955 TV series The Adventures of Robin Hood in the recurring role of Sir Richard of the Lea.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1963 | The Mystery of the Indian Temple | Robert Talbot |
| 1963 | Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance | Robert Talbot |
| 1962 | Guns of Darkness | Dr. Swann |
| 1961 | Doctor Blood's Coffin | Dr. Robert Blood, Peter's Father |
| 1961 | The Treasure of Monte Cristo | Colonel Jackson |
| 1961 | The Queen's Guards | |
| 1960 | The Bulldog Breed | Admiral Sir Bryanston Blyth |
| 1959 | North West Frontier | Sir John Wyndham |
| 1958 | Rockets Galore | Air Commodore Watchorn |
| 1957 | Fortune Is a Woman | Clive Fisher |
| 1956 | The Battle of the River Plate | Captain Woodhouse - H.M.S. Ajax |
| 1956 | The Door in the Wall | Henry Redmond |
| 1954 | Eight O'Clock Walk | Geoffrey Tanner |
| 1954 | Don't Blame the Stork | Sir George Redway |
| 1953 | Appointment in London | Logan |
| 1952 | It Started in Paradise | Arthur Turner |
| 1949 | Edward, My Son | Doctor Larry Woodhope |
| 1947 | White Cradle Inn | Anton |
| 1947 | The White Unicorn | Philip Templar |
| 1946 | Bedelia | Charlie Carrington |
| 1943 | It Comes Up Love | Tom Peabody |
| 1943 | Forever and a Day | Dexter Pomfret |
| 1942 | A Yank at Eton | Roger Carlton |
| 1942 | Safeguarding Military Information | Spy |
| 1942 | Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 | |
| 1941 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Dr. John Lanyon |
| 1941 | Come Live with Me | Barton Kendrick |
| 1941 | Andy Hardy's Private Secretary | Steven V. Land |
| 1941 | Billy the Kid | Eric Keating |
| 1941 | Smilin' Through | Reverend Owen Harding |
| 1941 | Ziegfeld Girl | Geoffrey Collis |
| 1940 | Strange Cargo | Cambreau |
| 1940 | The Long Voyage Home | Smitty |
| 1940 | Bitter Sweet | Lord Shayne |
| 1940 | Dulcy | Gordon Daly |
| 1940 | Gallant Sons | Natural Davis |
| 1940 | Broadway Melody of 1940 | Bert C. Matthews |
| 1939 | The Little Princess | Captain Crewe |
| 1939 | Tarzan Finds a Son! | Austin Lancing |
| 1939 | Tower of London | King Edward IV |
| 1939 | Maisie | Clifford 'Cliff' Ames |
| 1939 | Bad Little Angel | Jim Creighton (Sentinel editor) |
| 1939 | Broadway Serenade | Larry Bryant |
| 1939 | Yes, My Darling Daughter | Lewis Murray |
| 1938 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | King Richard the Lion-Heart |
| 1938 | The Sisters | William Benson |
| 1938 | Always Goodbye | Phillip Marshall |
| 1938 | Secrets of an Actress | Peter 'Pete' Snowden |
| 1938 | Comet Over Broadway | Bert Ballin |
| 1938 | Breakdowns of 1938 | Lloyd Rogers (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Confession | Leonide Kirow |
| 1937 | Another Dawn | Colonel John Wister |
| 1937 | That Certain Woman | Lloyd Rogers |
| 1937 | Call It a Day | Roger Hilton |
| 1937 | Stolen Holiday | Anthony Wayne |
| 1937 | Breakdowns of 1937 | Self |
| 1937 | 52nd Street | Rufus Rondell |
| 1936 | The Devil Is a Sissy | Jay Pierce |
| 1936 | The White Angel | Fuller |
| 1936 | To Mary - with Love | Bill Hallam |
| 1935 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Theseus |
| 1935 | The Phantom Light | Jim Pearce |
| 1935 | The Girl from 10th Avenue | Geoffrey D. 'Geoff' Sherwood |
| 1935 | Lazybones | Sir Reginald Ford |
| 1935 | I Found Stella Parish | Keith Lockridge |
| 1935 | Jalna | Renny Whiteoaks |
| 1935 | A Dream Comes True | Theseus (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1935 | The Morals of Marcus | Sir Marcus Ordeyne |
| 1934 | Death at Broadcasting House | Detective Inspector Gregory |
| 1934 | Something Always Happens | Peter Middleton |
| 1934 | The Church Mouse | Johnathan Steele |
| 1934 | The Night of the Party | Guy Kennion |
| 1934 | The Silver Spoon | Capt Watts-Wynyard |
| 1934 | No Escape | Jim Brandon |
| 1933 | The Man from Toronto | Fergus Wimbush |
| 1933 | Orders Is Orders | Capt. Harper |
| 1932 | The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case | Dr. John Watson |
| 1932 | The Water Gipsies | Fred Green |
| 1932 | Marry Me | Robert Hart |
| 1931 | Sally in Our Alley | George Miles |
| 1931 | Cape Forlorn | Gordon Kingsley |
| 1930 | The Valley of Ghosts | Andrew McLeod |
| 1930 | Escape! | William Brown, the Plainclothesman |
| 1929 | Syncopation | Alexander Winston |
| 1929 | The Thoroughbred | Allen Stockbridge |
| 1928 | Easy Virtue | The Plaintiff's Counsel |
| 1928 | His House in Order | Hilary Jesson |
| 1927 | The Ring | Bob Corby |
| 1927 | Downhill | Archie |
| 1925 | Confessions | Charles Oddy |
| 1924 | Not For Sale | Martin Bering |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Somerset Maugham Hour | Self - Host |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Sir Malcolm Saville |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Sir Richard of the Lea |