Ian Hunter
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1900-06-13
Day of Death
1975-09-23 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Cape Town, South Africa
Ian Hunter
Biography
Ian Hunter (13 June 1900 – 22 September 1975) was a British character actor.
Among dozens of film roles, his best-remembered appearances include That Certain Woman (1937) with Bette Davis, The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938, as King Richard the Lionheart), The Little Princess (1939, as Captain Reginald Crewe) and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941, as Dr. Lanyon). Hunter returned to the Robin Hood legend in the 1955 TV series The Adventures of Robin Hood in the recurring role of Sir Richard of the Lea.
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Known For
Acting
(1983)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1963)
Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance
as Robert Talbot
(1963)
The Mystery of the Indian Temple
as Robert Talbot
(1962)
Guns of Darkness
as Dr. Swann
(1961)
Doctor Blood's Coffin
as Dr. Robert Blood, Peter's Father
(1961)
(1961)
The Treasure of Monte Cristo
as Colonel Jackson
(1960)
The Bulldog Breed
as Admiral Sir Bryanston Blyth
(1959)
North West Frontier
as Sir John Wyndham
(1958)
Rockets Galore
as Air Commodore Watchorn
(1957)
Fortune Is a Woman
as Clive Fisher
(1956)
The Battle of the River Plate
as Captain Woodhouse - H.M.S. Ajax
(1956)
The Door in the Wall
as Henry Redmond
(1954)
Eight O'Clock Walk
as Geoffrey Tanner
(1954)
Don't Blame the Stork
as Sir George Redway
(1953)
Appointment in London
as Logan
(1952)
It Started in Paradise
as Arthur Turner
(1949)
Edward, My Son
as Doctor Larry Woodhope
(1947)
The White Unicorn
as Philip Templar
(1947)
White Cradle Inn
as Anton
(1946)
Bedelia
as Charlie Carrington
(1943)
Forever and a Day
as Dexter Pomfret
(1943)
It Comes Up Love
as Tom Peabody
(1942)
A Yank at Eton
as Roger Carlton
(1942)
(1942)
(1941)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. John Lanyon
(1941)
Ziegfeld Girl
as Geoffrey Collis
(1941)
Come Live with Me
as Barton Kendrick
(1941)
Billy the Kid
as Eric Keating
(1941)
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
as Steven V. Land
(1941)
Smilin' Through
as Reverend Owen Harding
(1940)
Broadway Melody of 1940
as Bert C. Matthews
(1940)
The Long Voyage Home
as Smitty
(1940)
Strange Cargo
as Cambreau
(1940)
Bitter Sweet
as Lord Shayne
(1940)
Gallant Sons
as Natural Davis
(1940)
Dulcy
as Gordon Daly
(1939)
The Little Princess
as Captain Crewe
(1939)
Tarzan Finds a Son!
as Austin Lancing
(1939)
Maisie
as Clifford 'Cliff' Ames
(1939)
Broadway Serenade
as Larry Bryant
(1939)
Tower of London
as King Edward IV
(1939)
Yes, My Darling Daughter
as Lewis Murray
(1939)
Bad Little Angel
as Jim Creighton (Sentinel editor)
(1938)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as King Richard the Lion-Heart
(1938)
The Sisters
as William Benson
(1938)
Always Goodbye
as Phillip Marshall
(1938)
Secrets of an Actress
as Peter 'Pete' Snowden
(1938)
Breakdowns of 1938
as Lloyd Rogers (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1938)
Comet Over Broadway
as Bert Ballin
(1937)
Confession
as Leonide Kirow
(1937)
Another Dawn
as Colonel John Wister
(1937)
Call It a Day
as Roger Hilton
(1937)
Stolen Holiday
as Anthony Wayne
(1937)
Breakdowns of 1937
as Self
(1937)
That Certain Woman
as Lloyd Rogers
(1937)
52nd Street
as Rufus Rondell
(1936)
The Devil Is a Sissy
as Jay Pierce
(1936)
The White Angel
as Fuller
(1936)
To Mary - with Love
as Bill Hallam
(1935)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Theseus
(1935)
A Dream Comes True
as Theseus (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1935)
Lazybones
as Sir Reginald Ford
(1935)
Jalna
as Renny Whiteoaks
(1935)
The Phantom Light
as Jim Pearce
(1935)
I Found Stella Parish
as Keith Lockridge
(1935)
The Girl from 10th Avenue
as Geoffrey D. 'Geoff' Sherwood
(1935)
The Morals of Marcus
as Sir Marcus Ordeyne
(1934)
Death at Broadcasting House
as Detective Inspector Gregory
(1934)
Something Always Happens
as Peter Middleton
(1934)
The Church Mouse
as Johnathan Steele
(1934)
The Night of the Party
as Guy Kennion
(1934)
No Escape
as Jim Brandon
(1934)
The Silver Spoon
as Capt Watts-Wynyard
(1933)
The Man from Toronto
as Fergus Wimbush
(1933)
Orders Is Orders
as Capt. Harper
(1932)
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
as Dr. John Watson
(1932)
Marry Me
as Robert Hart
(1932)
The Water Gipsies
as Fred Green
(1931)
Cape Forlorn
as Gordon Kingsley
(1931)
Sally in Our Alley
as George Miles
(1930)
Escape!
as William Brown, the Plainclothesman
(1930)
The Valley of Ghosts
as Andrew McLeod
(1929)
Syncopation
as Alexander Winston
(1929)
The Thoroughbred
as Allen Stockbridge
(1928)
Easy Virtue
as The Plaintiff's Counsel
(1928)
His House in Order
as Hilary Jesson
(1927)
The Ring
as Bob Corby
(1927)
Downhill
as Archie
(1925)
Confessions
as Charles Oddy
(1924)
Not For Sale
as Martin Bering