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.
Movies & TV Shows
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To Be or Not to Be (1942) — Gen. Armstrong
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Gaslight (1944) — Mr. Muffin
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You Can't Take It with You (1938) — DePinna
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) — Brig. Gen. Sir Danvers Carew
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Captain Blood (1935) — Lord Sunderland (uncredited)
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Dracula's Daughter (1936) — Hawkins
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Waterloo Bridge (1940) — Vicar at St. Matthews (uncredited)
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The Sea Hawk (1940) — Astronomer
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A Christmas Carol (1938) — Clergyman Sliding on Sidewalk (uncredited)
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Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) — Sisk
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Lady for a Day (1933) — Butler
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Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) — Alfred Brunton, the butler
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That Hamilton Woman (1941) — Rev. Nelson
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Mr. Skeffington (1944) — Soames (uncredited)
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Canyon Passage (1946) — Clenchfield
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The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944) — Cleghorn, the butler
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Platinum Blonde (1931) — Smythe
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The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936) — Dr. Lister
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The Prince and the Pauper (1937) — Archbishop
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Mary of Scotland (1936) — Man (uncredited)
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The Undying Monster (1942) — Walton the Butler
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A Study in Scarlet (1933) — Malcolm Dearing
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Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935) — Colonel Watkins, police commissioner
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The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931) — Roget
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Midnight Mary (1933) — Churchill
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Casanova Brown (1944) — Charles, the Butler
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Journey for Margaret (1942) — Mr. Barrie
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The Lady Refuses (1931) — Sir James (uncredited)
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British Agent (1934) — Sir Walter Carrister
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Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942) — Purdy
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Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938) — Prof. Bernard Goodman
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Mandalay (1934) — Col. Dawson Ames
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Payment Deferred (1932) — A Prospective Tenant
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Double Door (1934) — Mr. Chase
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You Gotta Stay Happy (1948) — Martin
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The Woman Between (1931) — Barton the Butler
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That Forsyte Woman (1949) — Nicholas Forsyte
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Five and Ten (1931) — Hopkins (uncredited)
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Cynara (1932) — Coroner at Inquest (uncredited)
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Third Finger, Left Hand (1940) — Burton