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