Halliwell Hobbes

Acting

Born November 16, 1877, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

Filmography

• 1956Miracle in the Rain — Ely B. Windgate
• 1949That Forsyte Woman — Nicholas Forsyte
• 1948The Black Arrow — Bishop of Tisbury
• 1948You Gotta Stay Happy — Martin
• 1947Hollywood Wonderland — Grandfather (clip from "Changing of the Guard", 1936) (uncredited)
• 1947If Winter Comes — The Coroner
• 1946Canyon Passage — Clenchfield
• 1944Casanova Brown — Charles, the Butler
• 1944Gaslight — Mr. Muffin
• 1944Information Please — Lt Eberhard
• 1944Mr. Skeffington — Soames (uncredited)
• 1944The Invisible Man's Revenge — Cleghorn, the butler
• 1943Forever and a Day — Doctor
• 1943His Butler's Sister — Willebrandt
• 1943Mr. Muggs Steps Out
• 1943Sherlock Holmes Faces Death — Alfred Brunton, the butler
• 1942Journey for Margaret — Mr. Barrie
• 1942Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake — Purdy
• 1942The Undying Monster — Walton the Butler
• 1942The War Against Mrs. Hadley — Bennett
• 1942To Be or Not to Be — Gen. Armstrong
• 1941Here Comes Mr. Jordan — Sisk
• 1941Sunny — Johnson
• 1941That Hamilton Woman — Rev. Nelson
• 1940Lady with Red Hair — Divorce Judge (uncredited)
• 1940The Earl of Chicago — Lord Chancellor
• 1940The Sea Hawk — Astronomer
• 1940Third Finger, Left Hand — Burton
• 1940Waterloo Bridge — Vicar at St. Matthews (uncredited)
• 1939Naughty but Nice — Dean Burton, Winfield College
• 1939Nurse Edith Cavell — British Chaplain
• 1939Pacific Liner — Captain Mathews
• 1939Remember? — Butler Williams
• 1939Tell No Tales — Dr. Lovelake
• 1939The Hardys Ride High — Dobbs
• 1939The Light That Failed — Doctor
• 1938A Christmas Carol — Clergyman Sliding on Sidewalk (uncredited)
• 1938Bulldog Drummond's Peril — Prof. Bernard Goodman
• 1938Kidnapped — Dominie Campbell
• 1938Service de Luxe — Butler
• 1938Storm Over Bengal — Sir John Galt
• 1938The Jury's Secret — John, Butler
• 1938You Can't Take It with You — DePinna
• 1937Fit for a King — Count Strunsky
• 1937Maid of Salem — Jeremiah
• 1937Parnell — W.H. Smith
• 1937The Prince and the Pauper — Archbishop
• 1937Varsity Show — Dean Meredith
• 1936Changing of the Guard — Grandfather, the Colonel
• 1936Dracula's Daughter — Hawkins
• 1936Give Me Your Heart — Oliver Warren
• 1936Hearts Divided — Cambaceres
• 1936Here Comes Trouble — Professor Howard
• 1936Love Letters of a Star — Hotchkiss
• 1936Mary of Scotland — Man (uncredited)
• 1936Spendthrift — Beuhl - the Butler
• 1936The Story of Louis Pasteur — Dr. Lister
• 1936The White Angel — Lord Raglan
• 1935Captain Blood — Lord Sunderland (uncredited)
• 1935Cardinal Richelieu — Father Joseph
• 1935Charlie Chan in Shanghai — Colonel Watkins, police commissioner
• 1935Folies Bergère de Paris — Monsieur Paulet
• 1935Jalna — Ernest Whiteoaks
• 1935Millions in the Air — Theodore
• 1935The Right to Live — Dr. Sir Stephen Barr
• 1935Vanessa: Her Love Story — Father of Little Girl
• 1934British Agent — Sir Walter Carrister
• 1934Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back — First Bobby
• 1934Double Door — Mr. Chase
• 1934Father Brown, Detective — Sir Leopold Fischer
• 1934Mandalay — Col. Dawson Ames
• 1934Menace — Skinner
• 1934Riptide — Bollard
• 1934She Was a Lady — George Dane
• 1934The Key — General C.O. Furlong
• 1934We Live Again — Official
• 1933A Study in Scarlet — Malcolm Dearing
• 1933Captured! — British Major General
• 1933I Am Suzanne! — Dr. Lorenzo
• 1933If I Were Free — Burford-Gordon's butler
• 1933Lady for a Day — Butler
• 1933Looking Forward — Mr. James Felton
• 1933Midnight Mary — Churchill
• 1933Should Ladies Behave — Louis
• 1933The Masquerader — Brock
• 19326 Hours to Live — Baron Emil von Sturm
• 1932Cynara — Coroner at Inquest (uncredited)
• 1932Devil's Lottery — Lord Litchfield
• 1932Love Affair — Kibbee
• 1932Lovers Courageous — Mr. Smith
• 1932Man About Town — Hilton
• 1932Payment Deferred — A Prospective Tenant
• 1932The Menace — Phillips
• 1932Week Ends Only — Martin
• 1931Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Brig. Gen. Sir Danvers Carew
• 1931Five and Ten — Hopkins (uncredited)
• 1931Platinum Blonde — Smythe
• 1931The Bachelor Father — Larkin
• 1931The Lady Refuses — Sir James (uncredited)
• 1931The Sin of Madelon Claudet — Roget
• 1931The Woman Between — Barton the Butler
• 1930Charley's Aunt — Stephen Spettigue
• 1930Grumpy — Ruddick
• 1930Scotland Yard — Lord St. Arran
• 1930The Right of Way — The Siegneur
• 1929Jealousy — Rigaud
• 1929Lucky In Love — Earl of Balkerry