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)
His Butler's Sister
as Willebrandt
(1943)
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
as Alfred Brunton, the butler
(1943)
Forever and a Day
as Doctor
(1943)
(1942)
Journey for Margaret
as Mr. Barrie
(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
(1941)
That Hamilton Woman
as Rev. Nelson
(1941)
Sunny
as Johnson
(1941)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
as Sisk
(1940)
The Earl of Chicago
as Lord Chancellor
(1940)
Third Finger, Left Hand
as Burton
(1940)
Lady with Red Hair
as Divorce Judge (uncredited)
(1940)
Waterloo Bridge
as Vicar at St. Matthews (uncredited)
(1940)
The Sea Hawk
as Astronomer
(1939)
The Hardys Ride High
as Dobbs
(1939)
Pacific Liner
as Captain Mathews
(1939)
Remember?
as Butler Williams
(1939)
Tell No Tales
as Dr. Lovelake
(1939)
The Light That Failed
as Doctor
(1939)
Nurse Edith Cavell
as British Chaplain
(1939)
Naughty But Nice
as Dean Burton, Winfield College
(1938)
A Christmas Carol
as Clergyman Sliding on Sidewalk (uncredited)
(1938)
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
as Prof. Bernard Goodman
(1938)
The Jury's Secret
as John, Butler
(1938)
Service de Luxe
as Butler
(1938)
Storm Over Bengal
as Sir John Galt
(1938)
Kidnapped
as Dominie Campbell
(1938)
You Can't Take It with You
as Mr. DePinna
(1937)
The Prince and the Pauper
as Archbishop
(1937)
Varsity Show
as Dean Meredith
(1937)
Maid of Salem
as Jeremiah
(1937)
Parnell
as W.H. Smith
(1937)
Fit for a King
as Count Strunsky
(1936)
Here Comes Trouble
as Professor Howard
(1936)
Love Letters of a Star
as Hotchkiss
(1936)
Spendthrift
as Beuhl - the Butler
(1936)
Give Me Your Heart
as Oliver Warren
(1936)
The White Angel
as Lord Raglan
(1936)
Hearts Divided
as Cambaceres
(1936)
The Story of Louis Pasteur
as Dr. Lister
(1936)
Mary of Scotland
as Man (uncredited)
(1936)
Dracula's Daughter
as Hawkins
(1936)
Changing of the Guard
as Grandfather, the Colonel
(1935)
Cardinal Richelieu
as Father Joseph
(1935)
Captain Blood
as Lord Sunderland (uncredited)
(1935)
The Right to Live
as Dr. Sir Stephen Barr
(1935)
Vanessa: Her Love Story
as Father of Little Girl
(1935)
Millions in the Air
as Theodore
(1935)
Jalna
as Ernest Whiteoaks
(1935)
Folies Bergère
as Monsieur Paulet
(1935)
Charlie Chan in Shanghai
as Colonel Watkins, police commissioner
(1934)
Father Brown, Detective
as Sir Leopold Fischer
(1934)
Double Door
as Mr. Chase
(1934)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as First Bobby
(1934)
We Live Again
as Official
(1934)
Mandalay
as Col. Dawson Ames
(1934)
The Key
as General C.O. Furlong
(1934)
Menace
as Skinner
(1934)
Riptide
as Bollard
(1934)
British Agent
as Sir Walter Carrister
(1934)
She Was a Lady
as George Dane
(1933)
Should Ladies Behave
as Louis
(1933)
I Am Suzanne!
as Dr. Lorenzo
(1933)
A Study in Scarlet
as Malcolm Dearing
(1933)
Looking Forward
as Mr. James Felton
(1933)
Midnight Mary
as Churchill
(1933)
The Masquerader
as Brock
(1933)
Lady for a Day
as Butler
(1933)
Captured!
as British Major General
(1933)
If I Were Free
as Burford-Gordon's butler
(1932)
Week Ends Only
as Martin
(1932)
Lovers Courageous
as Mr. Smith
(1932)
6 Hours to Live
as Baron Emil von Sturm
(1932)
Cynara
as Coroner at Inquest (uncredited)
(1932)
The Menace
as Phillips
(1932)
Love Affair
as Kibbee
(1932)
Payment Deferred
as A Prospective Tenant
(1932)
Devil's Lottery
as Lord Litchfield
(1932)
Man About Town
as Hilton
(1931)
The Bachelor Father
as Larkin
(1931)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Brig. Gen. Sir Danvers Carew
(1931)
The Lady Refuses
as Sir James (uncredited)
(1931)
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
as Roget
(1931)
Platinum Blonde
as Smythe
(1931)
Five and Ten
as Hopkins (uncredited)
(1931)
The Woman Between
as Barton - the Butler
(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)