From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Halliwell Hobbes (16 November 1877 in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire – 20 February 1962 in Santa Monica, California) was an English actor. His stage debut was as a member of Frank Benson's company 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. He married Nancie B. Marsland. He increased the sunkenness of his cheeks by having his four 12-year-molars removed. When he died from a heart attack he was buried at the Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles.
Movie | Miracle in the Rain | Ely B. Windgate | 1956-03-31 |
Movie | That Forsyte Woman | Nicholas Forsyte | 1949-11-03 |
Movie | The Black Arrow | Bishop of Tisbury | 1948-03-18 |
Movie | You Gotta Stay Happy | Martin | 1948-10-28 |
Movie | Hollywood Wonderland | Grandfather (clip from "Changing of the Guard", 1936) (uncredited) | 1947-08-09 |
Movie | If Winter Comes | The Coroner | 1947-12-31 |
Movie | Canyon Passage | Clenchfield | 1946-07-17 |
Movie | Information Please | Lt Eberhard | 1944-03-01 |
Movie | Casanova Brown | Charles, the Butler | 1944-08-23 |
Movie | Gaslight | Mr. Muffin | 1944-05-04 |
Movie | Mr. Skeffington | Soames (uncredited) | 1944-05-25 |
Movie | The Invisible Man's Revenge | Cleghorn, the butler | 1944-06-09 |
Movie | Forever and a Day | Doctor | 1943-01-21 |
Movie | Sherlock Holmes Faces Death | Alfred Brunton, the butler | 1943-09-17 |
Movie | His Butler's Sister | Willebrandt | 1943-11-26 |
Movie | Mr. Muggs Steps Out | 1943-10-29 | |
Movie | To Be or Not to Be | Gen. Armstrong | 1942-03-06 |
Movie | The War Against Mrs. Hadley | Bennett | 1942-08-07 |
Movie | Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake | Purdy | 1942-01-29 |
Movie | The Undying Monster | Walton the Butler | 1942-11-27 |
Movie | Journey for Margaret | Mr. Barrie | 1942-12-17 |
Movie | That Hamilton Woman | Rev. Nelson | 1941-04-03 |
Movie | Sunny | Johnson | 1941-05-30 |
Movie | Here Comes Mr. Jordan | Sisk | 1941-08-07 |
Movie | The Earl of Chicago | Lord Chancellor | 1940-01-05 |
Movie | Waterloo Bridge | Vicar at St. Matthews (uncredited) | 1940-05-17 |
Movie | The Sea Hawk | Astronomer | 1940-08-10 |
Movie | Third Finger, Left Hand | Burton | 1940-10-11 |
Movie | Lady with Red Hair | Divorce Judge (uncredited) | 1940-11-30 |
Movie | The Hardys Ride High | Dobbs | 1939-04-21 |
Movie | Pacific Liner | Captain Mathews | 1939-01-06 |
Movie | Tell No Tales | Dr. Lovelake | 1939-06-12 |
Movie | Naughty But Nice | Dean Burton, Winfield College | 1939-06-23 |
Movie | The Light That Failed | Doctor | 1939-12-24 |
Movie | Remember? | Butler Williams | 1939-12-19 |
Movie | Nurse Edith Cavell | British Chaplain | 1939-08-31 |
Movie | Bulldog Drummond's Peril | Prof. Bernard Goodman | 1938-03-18 |
Movie | The Jury's Secret | John, Butler | 1938-01-16 |
Movie | Kidnapped | Dominie Campbell | 1938-05-27 |
Movie | You Can't Take It with You | Mr. DePinna | 1938-09-01 |
Movie | A Christmas Carol | Clergyman Sliding on Sidewalk (uncredited) | 1938-12-16 |
Movie | Storm Over Bengal | Sir John Galt | 1938-11-14 |
Movie | Service de Luxe | Butler | 1938-10-12 |
Movie | Maid of Salem | Jeremiah | 1937-02-12 |
Movie | Parnell | W.H. Smith | 1937-06-04 |
Movie | The Prince and the Pauper | Archbishop | 1937-04-30 |
Movie | Varsity Show | Dean Meredith | 1937-09-04 |
Movie | Fit for a King | Count Strunsky | 1937-09-01 |
Movie | Dracula's Daughter | Police Sgt. Hawkins | 1936-05-11 |
Movie | Changing of the Guard | Grandfather, the Colonel | 1936-06-05 |
Movie | The Story of Louis Pasteur | Dr. Lister | 1936-02-22 |
Movie | Here Comes Trouble | Professor Howard | 1936-02-21 |
Movie | Hearts Divided | Cambaceres | 1936-06-20 |
Movie | Spendthrift | Beuhl - the Butler | 1936-07-22 |
Movie | The White Angel | Lord Raglan | 1936-06-25 |
Movie | Give Me Your Heart | Oliver Warren | 1936-09-17 |
Movie | Love Letters of a Star | Hotchkiss | 1936-11-08 |
Movie | Mary of Scotland | Man (uncredited) | 1936-07-28 |
Movie | Folies Bergère | Monsieur Paulet | 1935-02-22 |
Movie | The Right to Live | Dr. Sir Stephen Barr | 1935-01-26 |
Movie | Vanessa: Her Love Story | Father of Little Girl | 1935-03-01 |
Movie | Cardinal Richelieu | Father Joseph | 1935-04-18 |
Movie | Charlie Chan in Shanghai | Colonel Watkins, police commissioner | 1935-10-11 |
Movie | Captain Blood | Lord Sunderland (uncredited) | 1935-12-26 |
Movie | Jalna | Ernest Whiteoaks | 1935-08-09 |
Movie | The Key | General C.O. Furlong | 1934-06-09 |
Movie | Double Door | Mr. Chase | 1934-05-04 |
Movie | Mandalay | Col. Dawson Ames | 1934-02-10 |
Movie | Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back | First Bobby | 1934-08-15 |
Movie | Riptide | Bollard | 1934-03-29 |
Movie | Menace | Skinner | 1934-11-22 |
Movie | Father Brown, Detective | Sir Leopold Fischer | 1934-12-14 |
Movie | She Was a Lady | George Dane | 1934-08-22 |
Movie | We Live Again | Official | 1934-11-01 |
Movie | British Agent | Sir Walter Carrister | 1934-09-15 |
Movie | Midnight Mary | Churchill | 1933-06-30 |
Movie | Captured! | British Major General | 1933-08-19 |
Movie | Looking Forward | Mr. James Felton | 1933-04-28 |
Movie | A Study in Scarlet | Malcolm Dearing | 1933-05-14 |
Movie | Lady for a Day | Butler | 1933-09-13 |
Movie | The Masquerader | Brock | 1933-09-03 |
Movie | Should Ladies Behave | Louis | 1933-12-01 |
Movie | I Am Suzanne! | Dr. Lorenzo | 1933-12-25 |
Movie | If I Were Free | Burford-Gordon's butler | 1933-12-01 |
Movie | Love Affair | Kibbee | 1932-03-17 |
Movie | The Menace | Phillips | 1932-01-29 |
Movie | Man About Town | Hilton | 1932-05-22 |
Movie | Lovers Courageous | Mr. Smith | 1932-01-23 |
Movie | Cynara | Coroner at Inquest (uncredited) | 1932-12-24 |
Movie | Week Ends Only | Martin | 1932-06-19 |
Movie | Payment Deferred | A Prospective Tenant | 1932-11-01 |
Movie | 6 Hours to Live | Baron Emil von Sturm | 1932-10-15 |
Movie | Five and Ten | Hopkins (uncredited) | 1931-06-13 |
Movie | The Bachelor Father | Larkin | 1931-01-10 |
Movie | The Woman Between | Barton - the Butler | 1931-08-08 |
Movie | The Sin of Madelon Claudet | Roget | 1931-10-23 |
Movie | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Brig. Gen. Sir Danvers Carew | 1931-12-24 |
Movie | Platinum Blonde | Smythe | 1931-10-31 |
Movie | Grumpy | Ruddick | 1930-08-01 |
Movie | Scotland Yard | Lord St. Arran | 1930-10-19 |
Movie | The Right of Way | The Siegneur | 1930-12-11 |
Movie | Charley's Aunt | Stephen Spettigue | 1930-12-25 |
Movie | Lucky In Love | 1929-08-16 | |
Movie | Jealousy | Rigaud | 1929-09-13 |