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Gender

Male

Birthday

1900-06-13 (124 years old)

Place of Birth

Cape Town, South Africa

Ian Hunter

Biography:

Ian Hunter (13 June 1900 – 22 September 1975) was a British character actor.

Among dozens of film roles, his best-remembered appearances include That Certain Woman (1937) with Bette Davis, The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938, as King Richard the Lionheart), The Little Princess (1939, as Captain Reginald Crewe) and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941, as Dr. Lanyon). Hunter returned to the Robin Hood legend in the 1955 TV series The Adventures of Robin Hood in the recurring role of Sir Richard of the Lea.

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Known For

Acting

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1963

1962

Guns of Darkness as Dr. Swann

1961

Doctor Blood's Coffin as Dr. Robert Blood, Peter's Father
The Treasure of Monte Cristo as Colonel Jackson

1960

The Bulldog Breed as Admiral Sir Bryanston Blyth

1959

North West Frontier as Sir John Wyndham

1958

Rockets Galore as Air Commodore Watchorn

1957

Fortune Is a Woman as Clive Fisher

1956

The Battle of the River Plate as Captain Woodhouse - H.M.S. Ajax
The Door in the Wall as Henry Redmond
Armchair Theatre as Sir Malcolm Saville

1955

The Adventures of Robin Hood as Sir Richard of the Lea

1954

Eight O'Clock Walk as Geoffrey Tanner
Don't Blame the Stork as Sir George Redway

1953

1952

It Started in Paradise as Arthur Turner

1949

Edward, My Son as Doctor Larry Woodhope

1947

The White Unicorn as Philip Templar

1946

Bedelia as Charlie Carrington

1943

It Comes Up Love as Tom Peabody
Forever and a Day as Dexter Pomfret

1942

A Yank at Eton as Roger Carlton

1941

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Dr. John Lanyon
Come Live with Me as Barton Kendrick
Billy the Kid as Eric Keating
Smilin' Through as Reverend Owen Harding
Ziegfeld Girl as Geoffrey Collis

1940

Strange Cargo as Cambreau
Bitter Sweet as Lord Shayne
Dulcy as Gordon Daly
Gallant Sons as Natural Davis
Broadway Melody of 1940 as Bert C. Matthews

1939

The Little Princess as Captain Crewe
Tarzan Finds a Son! as Austin Lancing
Tower of London as King Edward IV
Maisie as Clifford 'Cliff' Ames
Bad Little Angel as Jim Creighton (Sentinel editor)
Broadway Serenade as Larry Bryant
Yes, My Darling Daughter as Lewis Murray

1938

The Adventures of Robin Hood as King Richard the Lion-Heart
The Sisters as William Benson
Always Goodbye as Phillip Marshall
Secrets of an Actress as Peter 'Pete' Snowden
Comet Over Broadway as Bert Ballin
Breakdowns of 1938 as Lloyd Rogers (archive footage) (uncredited)

1937

Confession as Leonide Kirow
Another Dawn as Colonel John Wister
That Certain Woman as Lloyd Rogers
Call It a Day as Roger Hilton
Stolen Holiday as Anthony Wayne
52nd Street as Rufus Rondell

1936

The Devil Is a Sissy as Jay Pierce
The White Angel as Fuller
To Mary - with Love as Bill Hallam

1935

The Phantom Light as Jim Pearce
The Girl from 10th Avenue as Geoffrey D. 'Geoff' Sherwood
Lazybones as Sir Reginald Ford
I Found Stella Parish as Keith Lockridge
Jalna as Renny Whiteoaks
A Dream Comes True as Theseus (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Morals of Marcus as Sir Marcus Ordeyne

1934

Death at Broadcasting House as Detective Inspector Gregory
Something Always Happens as Peter Middleton
The Church Mouse as Johnathan Steele
The Night of the Party as Guy Kennion
The Silver Spoon as Capt Watts-Wynyard
No Escape as Jim Brandon

1933

The Man from Toronto as Fergus Wimbush
Orders Is Orders as Capt. Harper

1932

The Water Gipsies as Fred Green
Marry Me as Robert Hart

1931

Sally in Our Alley as George Miles
Cape Forlorn as Gordon Kingsley

1930

The Valley of Ghosts as Andrew McLeod
Escape! as William Brown, the Plainclothesman

1929

Syncopation as Alexander Winston
The Thoroughbred as Allen Stockbridge

1928

Easy Virtue as The Plaintiff's Counsel
His House in Order as Hilary Jesson

1927

The Ring as Bob Corby
Downhill as Archie

1925

Confessions as Charles Oddy

1924

Not For Sale as Martin Bering