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Gender

Male

Birthday

1877-11-16 (147 years old)

Place of Birth

Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK

Halliwell Hobbes

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.

Known For

Acting

1956

Miracle in the Rain as Ely B. Windgate

1949

That Forsyte Woman as Nicholas Forsyte

1948

The Black Arrow as Bishop of Tisbury

1947

If Winter Comes as The Coroner
Hollywood Wonderland as Grandfather (clip from "Changing of the Guard", 1936) (uncredited)

1946

Canyon Passage as Clenchfield

1944

The Invisible Man's Revenge as Cleghorn, the butler
Casanova Brown as Charles, the Butler
Gaslight as Mr. Muffin
Mr. Skeffington as Soames (uncredited)
Information Please as Lt Eberhard

1943

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death as Alfred Brunton, the butler
His Butler's Sister as Willebrandt

1942

The Undying Monster as Walton the Butler
Journey for Margaret as Mr. Barrie
To Be or Not to Be as Gen. Armstrong

1941

That Hamilton Woman as Rev. Nelson
Sunny as Johnson

1940

The Earl of Chicago as Lord Chancellor
The Sea Hawk as Astronomer
Waterloo Bridge as Vicar at St. Matthews (uncredited)
Lady with Red Hair as Divorce Judge (uncredited)

1939

Tell No Tales as Dr. Lovelake
Remember? as Butler Williams
Naughty But Nice as Dean Burton, Winfield College
Pacific Liner as Captain Mathews
Nurse Edith Cavell as British Chaplain

1938

Bulldog Drummond's Peril as Prof. Bernard Goodman
Service de Luxe as Butler
Kidnapped as Dominie Campbell
Storm Over Bengal as Sir John Galt
A Christmas Carol as Clergyman Sliding on Sidewalk (uncredited)
The Jury's Secret as John, Butler

1937

Varsity Show as Dean Meredith
Fit for a King as Count Strunsky
Maid of Salem as Jeremiah
Parnell as W.H. Smith

1936

Dracula's Daughter as Police Sgt. Hawkins
Hearts Divided as Cambaceres
Mary of Scotland as Man (uncredited)
Spendthrift as Beuhl - the Butler
Give Me Your Heart as Oliver Warren
The White Angel as Lord Raglan
Here Comes Trouble as Professor Howard
Changing of the Guard as Grandfather, the Colonel

1935

Charlie Chan in Shanghai as Colonel Watkins, police commissioner
The Right to Live as Dr. Sir Stephen Barr
Cardinal Richelieu as Father Joseph
Folies Bergère as Monsieur Paulet
Jalna as Ernest Whiteoaks
Vanessa: Her Love Story as Father of Little Girl
Captain Blood as Lord Sunderland (uncredited)

1934

She Was a Lady as George Dane
The Key as General C.O. Furlong
British Agent as Sir Walter Carrister
Father Brown, Detective as Sir Leopold Fischer
Mandalay as Col. Dawson Ames
Menace as Skinner
We Live Again as Official
Double Door as Mr. Chase
Riptide as Bollard

1933

Lady for a Day as Butler
Midnight Mary as Churchill
Captured! as British Major General
I Am Suzanne! as Dr. Lorenzo
Looking Forward as Mr. James Felton
If I Were Free as Burford-Gordon's butler
A Study in Scarlet as Malcolm Dearing

1932

Payment Deferred as A Prospective Tenant
Love Affair as Kibbee
Devil's Lottery as Lord Litchfield
Cynara as Coroner at Inquest (uncredited)
The Menace as Phillips
6 Hours to Live as Baron Emil von Sturm
Lovers Courageous as Mr. Smith
Man About Town as Hilton
Week Ends Only as Martin

1931

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Brig. Gen. Sir Danvers Carew
Platinum Blonde as Smythe
Five and Ten as Hopkins (uncredited)
The Woman Between as Barton - the Butler

1930

Charley's Aunt as Stephen Spettigue
Grumpy as Ruddick
The Right of Way as The Siegneur
Scotland Yard as Lord St. Arran

1929

Jealousy as Rigaud