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)
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)
The Sea Hawk
as Astronomer
(1940)
Waterloo Bridge
as Vicar at St. Matthews (uncredited)
(1940)
Lady with Red Hair
as Divorce Judge (uncredited)
(1940)
Third Finger, Left Hand
as Burton
(1940)
The Earl of Chicago
as Lord Chancellor
(1939)
Naughty But Nice
as Dean Burton, Winfield College
(1939)
The Light That Failed
as Doctor
(1939)
Nurse Edith Cavell
as British Chaplain
(1939)
The Hardys Ride High
as Dobbs
(1939)
Pacific Liner
as Captain Mathews
(1939)
Tell No Tales
as Dr. Lovelake
(1939)
Remember?
as Butler Williams
(1938)
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
as Prof. Bernard Goodman
(1938)
You Can't Take It with You
as Mr. DePinna
(1938)
A Christmas Carol
as Clergyman Sliding on Sidewalk (uncredited)
(1938)
Storm Over Bengal
as Sir John Galt
(1938)
The Jury's Secret
as John, Butler
(1938)
Kidnapped
as Dominie Campbell
(1938)
Service de Luxe
as Butler
(1937)
Maid of Salem
as Jeremiah
(1937)
The Prince and the Pauper
as Archbishop
(1937)
Fit for a King
as Count Strunsky
(1937)
Parnell
as W.H. Smith
(1937)
Varsity Show
as Dean Meredith
(1936)
Dracula's Daughter
as Hawkins
(1936)
Mary of Scotland
as Man (uncredited)
(1936)
The Story of Louis Pasteur
as Dr. Lister
(1936)
Spendthrift
as Beuhl - the Butler
(1936)
Give Me Your Heart
as Oliver Warren
(1936)
Here Comes Trouble
as Professor Howard
(1936)
Love Letters of a Star
as Hotchkiss
(1936)
Hearts Divided
as Cambaceres
(1936)
The White Angel
as Lord Raglan
(1936)
Changing of the Guard
as Grandfather, the Colonel
(1935)
Captain Blood
as Lord Sunderland (uncredited)
(1935)
Charlie Chan in Shanghai
as Colonel Watkins, police commissioner
(1935)
Cardinal Richelieu
as Father Joseph
(1935)
Millions in the Air
as Theodore
(1935)
The Right to Live
as Dr. Sir Stephen Barr
(1935)
Vanessa: Her Love Story
as Father of Little Girl
(1935)
Jalna
as Ernest Whiteoaks
(1935)
Folies Bergère
as Monsieur Paulet
(1934)
Riptide
as Bollard
(1934)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as First Bobby
(1934)
British Agent
as Sir Walter Carrister
(1934)
The Key
as General C.O. Furlong
(1934)
We Live Again
as Official
(1934)
She Was a Lady
as George Dane
(1934)
Mandalay
as Col. Dawson Ames
(1934)
Menace
as Skinner
(1934)
Double Door
as Mr. Chase
(1934)
Father Brown, Detective
as Sir Leopold Fischer
(1933)
Lady for a Day
as Butler
(1933)
A Study in Scarlet
as Malcolm Dearing
(1933)
Captured!
as British Major General
(1933)
Looking Forward
as Mr. James Felton
(1933)
The Masquerader
as Brock
(1933)
Midnight Mary
as Churchill
(1933)
If I Were Free
as Burford-Gordon's butler
(1933)
I Am Suzanne!
as Dr. Lorenzo
(1933)
Should Ladies Behave
as Louis
(1932)
Cynara
as Coroner at Inquest (uncredited)
(1932)
Payment Deferred
as A Prospective Tenant
(1932)
Love Affair
as Kibbee
(1932)
6 Hours to Live
as Baron Emil von Sturm
(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
(1932)
The Menace
as Phillips
(1931)
The Lady Refuses
as Sir James (uncredited)
(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 Woman Between
as Barton - the Butler
(1931)
The Bachelor Father
as Larkin
(1931)
Five and Ten
as Hopkins (uncredited)
(1930)
Scotland Yard
as Lord St. Arran
(1930)
The Right of Way
as The Siegneur
(1930)
Grumpy
as Ruddick
(1930)
Charley's Aunt
as Stephen Spettigue
(1929)
(1929)
Jealousy
as Rigaud