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)
If Winter Comes
as The Coroner
(1947)
Hollywood Wonderland
as Grandfather (clip from "Changing of the Guard", 1936) (uncredited)
(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)
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
as Alfred Brunton, the butler
(1943)
Forever and a Day
as Doctor
(1943)
His Butler's Sister
as Willebrandt
(1943)
(1942)
To Be or Not to Be
as Gen. Armstrong
(1942)
(1942)
Journey for Margaret
as Mr. Barrie
(1942)
The Undying Monster
as Walton the Butler
(1942)
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
as Bennett
(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)
The Light That Failed
as Doctor
(1939)
Nurse Edith Cavell
as British Chaplain
(1939)
Naughty But Nice
as Dean Burton, Winfield College
(1939)
Remember?
as Butler Williams
(1939)
Pacific Liner
as Captain Mathews
(1939)
Tell No Tales
as Dr. Lovelake
(1939)
The Hardys Ride High
as Dobbs
(1938)
You Can't Take It with You
as Mr. DePinna
(1938)
A Christmas Carol
as Clergyman Sliding on Sidewalk (uncredited)
(1938)
Kidnapped
as Dominie Campbell
(1938)
Storm Over Bengal
as Sir John Galt
(1938)
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
as Prof. Bernard Goodman
(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)
Parnell
as W.H. Smith
(1937)
Varsity Show
as Dean Meredith
(1937)
Fit for a King
as Count Strunsky
(1936)
Dracula's Daughter
as Hawkins
(1936)
The Story of Louis Pasteur
as Dr. Lister
(1936)
Mary of Scotland
as Man (uncredited)
(1936)
Spendthrift
as Beuhl - the Butler
(1936)
The White Angel
as Lord Raglan
(1936)
Changing of the Guard
as Grandfather, the Colonel
(1936)
Hearts Divided
as Cambaceres
(1936)
Give Me Your Heart
as Oliver Warren
(1936)
Here Comes Trouble
as Professor Howard
(1936)
Love Letters of a Star
as Hotchkiss
(1935)
Captain Blood
as Lord Sunderland (uncredited)
(1935)
Folies Bergère
as Monsieur Paulet
(1935)
Cardinal Richelieu
as Father Joseph
(1935)
Millions in the Air
as Theodore
(1935)
Vanessa: Her Love Story
as Father of Little Girl
(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
(1934)
Mandalay
as Col. Dawson Ames
(1934)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as First Bobby
(1934)
British Agent
as Sir Walter Carrister
(1934)
Riptide
as Bollard
(1934)
We Live Again
as Official
(1934)
Menace
as Skinner
(1934)
Father Brown, Detective
as Sir Leopold Fischer
(1934)
She Was a Lady
as George Dane
(1934)
Double Door
as Mr. Chase
(1934)
The Key
as General C.O. Furlong
(1933)
A Study in Scarlet
as Malcolm Dearing
(1933)
Lady for a Day
as Butler
(1933)
Midnight Mary
as Churchill
(1933)
Captured!
as British Major General
(1933)
The Masquerader
as Brock
(1933)
If I Were Free
as Burford-Gordon's butler
(1933)
Looking Forward
as Mr. James Felton
(1933)
I Am Suzanne!
as Dr. Lorenzo
(1933)
Should Ladies Behave
as Louis
(1932)
6 Hours to Live
as Baron Emil von Sturm
(1932)
Lovers Courageous
as Mr. Smith
(1932)
Love Affair
as Kibbee
(1932)
Payment Deferred
as A Prospective Tenant
(1932)
Cynara
as Coroner at Inquest (uncredited)
(1932)
Man About Town
as Hilton
(1932)
The Menace
as Phillips
(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)
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
as Roget
(1931)
Platinum Blonde
as Smythe
(1931)
The Bachelor Father
as Larkin
(1931)
The Lady Refuses
as Sir James (uncredited)
(1931)
The Woman Between
as Barton - the Butler
(1931)
Five and Ten
as Hopkins (uncredited)
(1930)
The Right of Way
as The Siegneur
(1930)
Grumpy
as Ruddick
(1930)
Scotland Yard
as Lord St. Arran
(1930)
Charley's Aunt
as Stephen Spettigue
(1929)
Jealousy
as Rigaud
(1929)