People
Halliwell Hobbes
- Name: Halliwell Hobbes
- Birthday: 1877-11-16
- Also known as: Herbert Halliwell Hobbes,Halliwell Hobbs,Holliwell Hobbes
- Place of birth: Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK
- Popularity: 2.81
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... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Miracle in the Rain as Ely B. Windgate | 1956-03-31 |
| That Forsyte Woman as Nicholas Forsyte | 1949-11-03 |
| You Gotta Stay Happy as Martin | 1948-10-28 |
| The Black Arrow as Bishop of Tisbury | 1948-03-18 |
| If Winter Comes as The Coroner | 1947-12-31 |
| Hollywood Wonderland as Grandfather (clip from "Changing of the Guard", 1936) (uncredited) | 1947-08-09 |
| Canyon Passage as Clenchfield | 1946-07-17 |
| Casanova Brown as Charles, the Butler | 1944-08-23 |
| The Invisible Man's Revenge as Cleghorn, the butler | 1944-06-09 |
| Mr. Skeffington as Soames (uncredited) | 1944-05-25 |
| Gaslight as Mr. Muffin | 1944-05-04 |
| Information Please as Lt Eberhard | 1944-03-01 |
| His Butler's Sister as Willebrandt | 1943-11-26 |
| Mr. Muggs Steps Out | 1943-10-29 |
| Sherlock Holmes Faces Death as Alfred Brunton, the butler | 1943-09-17 |
| Forever and a Day as Doctor | 1943-01-21 |
| Journey for Margaret as Mr. Barrie | 1942-12-17 |
| The Undying Monster as Walton the Butler | 1942-11-27 |
| The War Against Mrs. Hadley as Bennett | 1942-08-07 |
| To Be or Not to Be as Gen. Armstrong | 1942-03-05 |
| Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake as Purdy | 1942-01-29 |
| Here Comes Mr. Jordan as Sisk | 1941-08-07 |
| Sunny as Johnson | 1941-05-30 |
| That Hamilton Woman as Rev. Nelson | 1941-04-03 |
| Lady with Red Hair as Divorce Judge (uncredited) | 1940-11-30 |
| Third Finger, Left Hand as Burton | 1940-10-11 |
| The Sea Hawk as Astronomer | 1940-08-10 |
| Waterloo Bridge as Vicar at St. Matthews (uncredited) | 1940-05-17 |
| The Earl of Chicago as Lord Chancellor | 1940-01-05 |
| The Light That Failed as Doctor | 1939-12-24 |
| Remember? as Butler Williams | 1939-12-19 |
| Nurse Edith Cavell as British Chaplain | 1939-08-31 |
| Naughty But Nice as Dean Burton, Winfield College | 1939-06-23 |
| Tell No Tales as Dr. Lovelake | 1939-06-12 |
| The Hardys Ride High as Dobbs | 1939-04-21 |
| Pacific Liner as Captain Mathews | 1939-01-06 |
| A Christmas Carol as Clergyman Sliding on Sidewalk (uncredited) | 1938-12-16 |
| Storm Over Bengal as Sir John Galt | 1938-11-14 |
| Service de Luxe as Butler | 1938-10-12 |
| You Can't Take It with You as Mr. DePinna | 1938-09-01 |
| Kidnapped as Dominie Campbell | 1938-05-27 |
| Bulldog Drummond's Peril as Prof. Bernard Goodman | 1938-03-18 |
| The Jury's Secret as John, Butler | 1938-01-16 |
| Varsity Show as Dean Meredith | 1937-09-04 |
| Fit for a King as Count Strunsky | 1937-09-01 |
| The Prince and the Pauper as Archbishop | 1937-04-30 |
| Maid of Salem as Jeremiah | 1937-02-12 |
| Love Letters of a Star as Hotchkiss | 1936-11-08 |
| Give Me Your Heart as Oliver Warren | 1936-09-17 |
| Mary of Scotland as Man (uncredited) | 1936-07-28 |
| Spendthrift as Beuhl - the Butler | 1936-07-22 |
| The White Angel as Lord Raglan | 1936-06-25 |
| Hearts Divided as Cambaceres | 1936-06-20 |
| Changing of the Guard as Grandfather, the Colonel | 1936-06-05 |
| Dracula's Daughter as Police Sgt. Hawkins | 1936-05-11 |
| The Story of Louis Pasteur as Dr. Lister | 1936-02-22 |
| Here Comes Trouble as Professor Howard | 1936-02-21 |
| Captain Blood as Lord Sunderland (uncredited) | 1935-12-26 |
| Charlie Chan in Shanghai as Colonel Watkins, police commissioner | 1935-10-11 |
| Jalna as Ernest Whiteoaks | 1935-08-09 |
| Cardinal Richelieu as Father Joseph | 1935-04-18 |
| Vanessa: Her Love Story as Father of Little Girl | 1935-03-01 |
| Folies Bergère as Monsieur Paulet | 1935-02-22 |
| The Right to Live as Dr. Sir Stephen Barr | 1935-01-26 |
| Father Brown, Detective as Sir Leopold Fischer | 1934-12-14 |
| Menace as Skinner | 1934-11-22 |
| We Live Again as Official | 1934-11-01 |
| British Agent as Sir Walter Carrister | 1934-09-15 |
| She Was a Lady as George Dane | 1934-08-22 |
| Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back as First Bobby | 1934-08-15 |
| The Key as General C.O. Furlong | 1934-06-09 |
| Double Door as Mr. Chase | 1934-05-04 |
| Riptide as Bollard | 1934-03-29 |
| Mandalay as Col. Dawson Ames | 1934-02-10 |
| I Am Suzanne! as Dr. Lorenzo | 1933-12-25 |
| Should Ladies Behave as Louis | 1933-12-01 |
| If I Were Free as Burford-Gordon's butler | 1933-12-01 |
| Lady for a Day as Butler | 1933-09-13 |
| The Masquerader as Brock | 1933-09-03 |
| Captured! as British Major General | 1933-08-19 |
| Midnight Mary as Churchill | 1933-06-30 |
| A Study in Scarlet as Malcolm Dearing | 1933-05-14 |
| Looking Forward as Mr. James Felton | 1933-04-28 |
| Cynara as Coroner at Inquest (uncredited) | 1932-12-24 |
| Payment Deferred as A Prospective Tenant | 1932-11-01 |
| 6 Hours to Live as Baron Emil von Sturm | 1932-10-15 |
| Week Ends Only as Martin | 1932-06-19 |
| Man About Town as Hilton | 1932-05-22 |
| Devil's Lottery as Lord Litchfield | 1932-03-27 |
| Love Affair as Kibbee | 1932-03-17 |
| The Menace as Phillips | 1932-01-29 |
| Lovers Courageous as Mr. Smith | 1932-01-23 |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Brig. Gen. Sir Danvers Carew | 1931-12-24 |
| Platinum Blonde as Smythe | 1931-10-31 |
| The Sin of Madelon Claudet as Roget | 1931-10-23 |
| The Woman Between as Barton - the Butler | 1931-08-08 |
| Five and Ten as Hopkins (uncredited) | 1931-06-13 |
| The Bachelor Father as Larkin | 1931-01-10 |
| Charley's Aunt as Stephen Spettigue | 1930-12-25 |
| The Right of Way as The Siegneur | 1930-12-11 |
| Scotland Yard as Lord St. Arran | 1930-10-19 |
| Grumpy as Ruddick | 1930-08-01 |
| Jealousy as Rigaud | 1929-09-13 |
| Lucky In Love | 1929-08-16 |
