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.
Acted in 104
1950s
- 1956
Miracle in the Rain
Ely B. Windgate
1940s
- 1949
That Forsyte Woman
Nicholas Forsyte
- 1948
You Gotta Stay Happy
Martin
The Black Arrow
Bishop of Tisbury
- 1947
If Winter Comes
The Coroner
Hollywood Wonderland
Grandfather (clip from "Changing of the Guard", 1936) (uncredited)
- 1946
- 1944
The Invisible Man's Revenge
Cleghorn, the butler
- 1943
His Butler's Sister
Willebrandt
Mr. Muggs Steps Out
Movie
Forever and a Day
Doctor
- 1942
Journey for Margaret
Mr. Barrie
The Undying Monster
Walton the Butler
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
Bennett
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Purdy
- 1941
Sunny
Johnson
- 1940
Lady with Red Hair
Divorce Judge (uncredited)
Third Finger, Left Hand
Burton
1930s
- 1939
The Light That Failed
Doctor
Remember?
Butler Williams
Nurse Edith Cavell
British Chaplain
Naughty but Nice
Dean Burton, Winfield College
Tell No Tales
Dr. Lovelake
The Hardys Ride High
Dobbs
Pacific Liner
Captain Mathews
- 1938
Storm Over Bengal
Sir John Galt
Service de Luxe
Butler
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
Prof. Bernard Goodman
The Jury's Secret
John, Butler
- 1937
Varsity Show
Dean Meredith
Fit for a King
Count Strunsky
Parnell
W.H. Smith
The Prince and the Pauper
Archbishop
Maid of Salem
Jeremiah
- 1936
Love Letters of a Star
Hotchkiss
Give Me Your Heart
Oliver Warren
Spendthrift
Beuhl - the Butler
The White Angel
Lord Raglan
Hearts Divided
Cambaceres
Dracula's Daughter
Hawkins
Here Comes Trouble
Professor Howard
- 1935
Captain Blood
Lord Sunderland (uncredited)
Millions in the Air
Theodore
Charlie Chan in Shanghai
Colonel Watkins, police commissioner
Jalna
Ernest Whiteoaks
Cardinal Richelieu
Father Joseph
Vanessa: Her Love Story
Father of Little Girl
Folies Bergère de Paris
Monsieur Paulet
The Right to Live
Dr. Sir Stephen Barr
- 1934
Father Brown, Detective
Sir Leopold Fischer
Menace
Skinner
She Was a Lady
George Dane
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
First Bobby
The Key
General C.O. Furlong
Double Door
Mr. Chase
Mandalay
Col. Dawson Ames
- 1933
I Am Suzanne!
Dr. Lorenzo
Should Ladies Behave
Louis
If I Were Free
Burford-Gordon's butler
Lady for a Day
Butler
The Masquerader
Brock
Captured!
British Major General
Midnight Mary
Churchill
Looking Forward
Mr. James Felton
- 1932
Cynara
Coroner at Inquest (uncredited)
Payment Deferred
A Prospective Tenant
6 Hours to Live
Baron Emil von Sturm
Week Ends Only
Martin
Man About Town
Hilton
Devil's Lottery
Lord Litchfield
Love Affair
Kibbee
The Menace
Phillips
Lovers Courageous
Mr. Smith
- 1931
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Roget
The Woman Between
Barton the Butler
Five and Ten
Hopkins (uncredited)
The Lady Refuses
Sir James (uncredited)
The Bachelor Father
Larkin
- 1930
Charley's Aunt
Stephen Spettigue
The Right of Way
The Siegneur
Scotland Yard
Lord St. Arran
Grumpy
Ruddick
1920s
- 1929
Jealousy
Rigaud