Halliwell Hobbes
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1877-11-16
Day of Death
1962-02-20 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK
Halliwell Hobbes
Biography
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.
Known For
Acting
(1956)
Miracle in the Rain
as Ely B. Windgate
(1949)
That Forsyte Woman
as Nicholas Forsyte
(1948)
The Black Arrow
as Bishop of Tisbury
(1948)
You Gotta Stay Happy
as Martin
(1947)
Hollywood Wonderland
as Grandfather (clip from "Changing of the Guard", 1936) (uncredited)
(1947)
If Winter Comes
as The Coroner
(1946)
Canyon Passage
as Clenchfield
(1944)
Gaslight
as Mr. Muffin
(1944)
The Invisible Man's Revenge
as Cleghorn, the butler
(1944)
Mr. Skeffington
as Soames (uncredited)
(1944)
Casanova Brown
as Charles, the Butler
(1944)
Information Please
as Lt Eberhard
(1943)
Forever and a Day
as Doctor
(1943)
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
as Alfred Brunton, the butler
(1943)
His Butler's Sister
as Willebrandt
(1943)
(1942)
To Be or Not to Be
as Gen. Armstrong
(1942)
(1942)
The Undying Monster
as Walton the Butler
(1942)
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
as Bennett
(1942)
Journey for Margaret
as Mr. Barrie
(1941)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
as Sisk
(1941)
That Hamilton Woman
as Rev. Nelson
(1941)
Sunny
as Johnson
(1940)
Waterloo Bridge
as Vicar at St. Matthews (uncredited)
(1940)
The Sea Hawk
as Astronomer
(1940)
Third Finger, Left Hand
as Burton
(1940)
Lady with Red Hair
as Divorce Judge (uncredited)
(1940)
The Earl of Chicago
as Lord Chancellor
(1939)
Nurse Edith Cavell
as British Chaplain
(1939)
Remember?
as Butler Williams
(1939)
The Hardys Ride High
as Dobbs
(1939)
Tell No Tales
as Dr. Lovelake
(1939)
The Light That Failed
as Doctor
(1939)
Naughty But Nice
as Dean Burton, Winfield College
(1939)
Pacific Liner
as Captain Mathews
(1938)
You Can't Take It with You
as Mr. DePinna
(1938)
A Christmas Carol
as Clergyman Sliding on Sidewalk (uncredited)
(1938)
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
as Prof. Bernard Goodman
(1938)
Kidnapped
as Dominie Campbell
(1938)
Storm Over Bengal
as Sir John Galt
(1938)
The Jury's Secret
as John, Butler
(1938)
Service de Luxe
as Butler
(1937)
The Prince and the Pauper
as Archbishop
(1937)
Maid of Salem
as Jeremiah
(1937)
Varsity Show
as Dean Meredith
(1937)
Parnell
as W.H. Smith
(1937)
Fit for a King
as Count Strunsky
(1936)
Dracula's Daughter
as Police Sgt. Hawkins
(1936)
Mary of Scotland
as Man (uncredited)
(1936)
The Story of Louis Pasteur
as Dr. Lister
(1936)
The White Angel
as Lord Raglan
(1936)
Spendthrift
as Beuhl - the Butler
(1936)
Love Letters of a Star
as Hotchkiss
(1936)
Hearts Divided
as Cambaceres
(1936)
Give Me Your Heart
as Oliver Warren
(1936)
Changing of the Guard
as Grandfather, the Colonel
(1936)
Here Comes Trouble
as Professor Howard
(1935)
Captain Blood
as Lord Sunderland (uncredited)
(1935)
Folies Bergère
as Monsieur Paulet
(1935)
Cardinal Richelieu
as Father Joseph
(1935)
Charlie Chan in Shanghai
as Colonel Watkins, police commissioner
(1935)
The Right to Live
as Dr. Sir Stephen Barr
(1935)
Jalna
as Ernest Whiteoaks
(1935)
Vanessa: Her Love Story
as Father of Little Girl
(1935)
Millions in the Air
as Theodore
(1934)
The Key
as General C.O. Furlong
(1934)
Riptide
as Bollard
(1934)
Menace
as Skinner
(1934)
British Agent
as Sir Walter Carrister
(1934)
Mandalay
as Col. Dawson Ames
(1934)
We Live Again
as Official
(1934)
She Was a Lady
as George Dane
(1934)
Double Door
as Mr. Chase
(1934)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as First Bobby
(1934)
Father Brown, Detective
as Sir Leopold Fischer
(1933)
Lady for a Day
as Butler
(1933)
Midnight Mary
as Churchill
(1933)
A Study in Scarlet
as Malcolm Dearing
(1933)
Captured!
as British Major General
(1933)
I Am Suzanne!
as Dr. Lorenzo
(1933)
If I Were Free
as Burford-Gordon's butler
(1933)
Looking Forward
as Mr. James Felton
(1933)
The Masquerader
as Brock
(1933)
Should Ladies Behave
as Louis
(1932)
Cynara
as Coroner at Inquest (uncredited)
(1932)
Love Affair
as Kibbee
(1932)
Payment Deferred
as A Prospective Tenant
(1932)
6 Hours to Live
as Baron Emil von Sturm
(1932)
The Menace
as Phillips
(1932)
Lovers Courageous
as Mr. Smith
(1932)
Man About Town
as Hilton
(1932)
Week Ends Only
as Martin
(1932)
Devil's Lottery
as Lord Litchfield
(1931)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Brig. Gen. Sir Danvers Carew
(1931)
Platinum Blonde
as Smythe
(1931)
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
as Roget
(1931)
The Woman Between
as Barton - the Butler
(1931)
Five and Ten
as Hopkins (uncredited)
(1931)
The Bachelor Father
as Larkin
(1930)
Grumpy
as Ruddick
(1930)
The Right of Way
as The Siegneur
(1930)
Scotland Yard
as Lord St. Arran
(1930)
Charley's Aunt
as Stephen Spettigue
(1929)
Jealousy
as Rigaud
(1929)