Acting

Halliwell Hobbes

Born 1877-11-16

Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK

Department: Acting

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.

1941

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Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (107 titles)

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