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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.
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Filmography
all 109
Movies 108
TV Shows 1
Ely B. Windgate
Miracle in the Rain (1956)
Movie
Nicholas Forsyte
That Forsyte Woman (1949)
Movie
Martin
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Movie
Bishop of Tisbury
The Black Arrow (1948)
Movie
The Coroner
If Winter Comes (1947)
Movie
Grandfather (clip from "Changing of the Guard" (1936))
Hollywood Wonderland (1947)
Movie
Clenchfield
Canyon Passage (1946)
Movie
Charles, the Butler
Casanova Brown (1944)
Movie
Cleghorn
The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)
Movie
5.15
Soames (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
Movie
Mr. Mufflin
Gaslight (1944)
Movie
3.5
Leutnant Eberhard
Information Please (1944)
Movie
Willebrandt
His Butler's Sister (1943)
Movie
Mr. Muggs Steps Out (1943)
Movie
Brunton
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
Movie
4.83
Franz Liszt
Heavenly Music (1943)
Movie
Doctor
Forever and a Day (1943)
Movie
Mr. Barrie
Journey for Margaret (1942)
Movie
Walton, the Butler
The Undying Monster (1942)
Movie
Bennett
The War Against Mrs. Hadley (1942)
Movie
Gen. Armstrong
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Movie
3.5
Purdy
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
Movie
Sisk
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
Movie
Johnson
Sunny (1941)
Movie
Rev. Nelson
That Hamilton Woman (1941)
Movie
Divorce Judge (uncredited)
Lady with Red Hair (1940)
Movie
Burton
Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)
Movie
Astronomer
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Movie
Vicar at St. Matthews (uncredited)
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Movie
Lord Chancellor
The Earl of Chicago (1940)
Movie
Doctor
The Light That Failed (1939)
Movie
Butler Williams
Remember? (1939)
Movie
British Chaplain
Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)
Movie
Dean Burton, Winfield College
Naughty But Nice (1939)
Movie
Dr. Lovelake
Tell No Tales (1939)
Movie
Dobbs
The Hardys Ride High (1939)
Movie
Captain Mathews
Pacific Liner (1939)
Movie
Clergyman Sliding on Sidewalk (uncredited)
A Christmas Carol (1938)
Movie
6.25
Sir John Galt
Storm Over Bengal (1938)
Movie
Butler
Service de Luxe (1938)
Movie
Mr. DePinna
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Movie
6
Jim, Best Man
Ann and Harold (1938)
TV
Dominie Campbell
Kidnapped (1938)
Movie
Professor Bernard Goodman
Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938)
Movie
John, The Butler
The Jury's Secret (1938)
Movie
Dean Meredith
Varsity Show (1937)
Movie
Count Strunsky
Fit for a King (1937)
Movie
Archbishop
The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
Movie
Jeremiah
Maid of Salem (1937)
Movie
Hotchkiss
Love Letters of a Star (1936)
Movie
Oliver
Give Me Your Heart (1936)
Movie
Man (uncredited)
Mary of Scotland (1936)
Movie
Beuhl - the Butler
Spendthrift (1936)
Movie
Lord Raglan
The White Angel (1936)
Movie
Cambaceres
Hearts Divided (1936)
Movie
Grandfather, the Colonel
Changing of the Guard (1936)
Movie
Hawkins
Dracula's Daughter (1936)
Movie
5.53
Dr. Lister
The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
Movie
Prof. Howard
Here Comes Trouble (1936)
Movie
Lord Sunderland (uncredited)
Captain Blood (1935)
Movie
6
Theodore
Millions in the Air (1935)
Movie
Chief of Police
Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935)
Movie
4.73
Uncle Ernest Whiteoak
Jalna (1935)
Movie
Father Joseph
Cardinal Richelieu (1935)
Movie
Father of Little Girl
Vanessa: Her Love Story (1935)
Movie
Monsieur Paulet
Folies Bergère (1935)
Movie
Dr. Sir Stephen Barr
The Right to Live (1935)
Movie
Sir Leopold Fischer
Father Brown, Detective (1934)
Movie
Skinner
Menace (1934)
Movie
Official
We Live Again (1934)
Movie
Sir Walter Carrister
British Agent (1934)
Movie
George Dane
She Was a Lady (1934)
Movie
First Bobby
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
Movie
General C.O. Furlong
The Key (1934)
Movie
Mr. Chase
Double Door (1934)
Movie
Clarendon
All Men Are Enemies (1934)
Movie
Bollard
Riptide (1934)
Movie
Col. Dawson Ames
Mandalay (1934)
Movie
Dr. Lorenzo
I Am Suzanne! (1933)
Movie
Louis
Should Ladies Behave (1933)
Movie
Burford-Gordon's butler
If I Were Free (1933)
Movie
Butler
Lady for a Day (1933)
Movie
Brock
The Masquerader (1933)
Movie
British Major General
Captured! (1933)
Movie
Churchill
Midnight Mary (1933)
Movie
6
Malcolm Dearing
A Study in Scarlet (1933)
Movie
5.29
Mr. James Felton
Looking Forward (1933)
Movie
Coroner at Inquest (uncredited)
Cynara (1932)
Movie
A Prospective Tenant
Payment Deferred (1932)
Movie
Baron Emil von Sturm
6 Hours to Live (1932)
Movie
Martin
Week Ends Only (1932)
Movie
Hilton
Man About Town (1932)
Movie
Lord Litchfield
Devil's Lottery (1932)
Movie
Kibbee
Love Affair (1932)
Movie
Phillips
The Menace (1932)
Movie
Mr. Smith
Lovers Courageous (1932)
Movie
Brigadier-General Carew
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Movie
6.17
Butler
Platinum Blonde (1931)
Movie
6
Roget
The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)
Movie
Barton - The Butler
The Woman Between (1931)
Movie
Hopkins (uncredited)
Five and Ten (1931)
Movie
Sir James - Lawyer
The Lady Refuses (1931)
Movie
Larkin, the Butler
The Bachelor Father (1931)
Movie
Stephen Spettigue
Charley's Aunt (1930)
Movie
The Siegneur
The Right of Way (1930)
Movie
Lord St. Arran
Scotland Yard (1930)
Movie
Ruddick
Grumpy (1930)
Movie
Rigaud
Jealousy (1929)
Movie
Earl of Balkerry
Lucky In Love (1929)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1877-11-16
Deathday1962-02-20 (84 years old)
Birth PlaceStratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
Also Known AsHerbert Halliwell Hobbes, Halliwell Hobbs, Holliwell Hobbes
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