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

Waterloo Bridge

Gaslight

To Be or Not to Be

Mr. Skeffington

Captain Blood

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The Invisible Man's Revenge

You Can't Take It with You

All Movies (107)

• Miracle in the Rain1956 · as Ely B. Windgate
• That Forsyte Woman1949 · as Nicholas Forsyte
• You Gotta Stay Happy1948 · as Martin
• The Black Arrow1948 · as Bishop of Tisbury
• If Winter Comes1947 · as The Coroner
• Hollywood Wonderland1947 · as Grandfather (clip from "Changing of the Guard", 1936) (uncredited)
• Canyon Passage1946 · as Clenchfield
• Casanova Brown1944 · as Charles, the Butler
• The Invisible Man's Revenge1944 · as Cleghorn, the butler
• Mr. Skeffington1944 · as Soames (uncredited)
• Gaslight1944 · as Mr. Muffin
• Information Please1944 · as Lt Eberhard
• His Butler's Sister1943 · as Willebrandt
• Mr. Muggs Steps Out1943
• Sherlock Holmes Faces Death1943 · as Alfred Brunton, the butler
• Forever and a Day1943 · as Doctor
• Journey for Margaret1942 · as Mr. Barrie
• The Undying Monster1942 · as Walton the Butler
• The War Against Mrs. Hadley1942 · as Bennett
• To Be or Not to Be1942 · as Gen. Armstrong
• Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake1942 · as Purdy
• Here Comes Mr. Jordan1941 · as Sisk
• Sunny1941 · as Johnson
• That Hamilton Woman1941 · as Rev. Nelson
• Lady with Red Hair1940 · as Divorce Judge (uncredited)
• Third Finger, Left Hand1940 · as Burton
• The Sea Hawk1940 · as Astronomer
• Waterloo Bridge1940 · as Vicar at St. Matthews (uncredited)
• The Earl of Chicago1940 · as Lord Chancellor
• The Light That Failed1939 · as Doctor
• Remember?1939 · as Butler Williams
• Nurse Edith Cavell1939 · as British Chaplain
• Naughty But Nice1939 · as Dean Burton, Winfield College
• Tell No Tales1939 · as Dr. Lovelake
• The Hardys Ride High1939 · as Dobbs
• Pacific Liner1939 · as Captain Mathews
• A Christmas Carol1938 · as Clergyman Sliding on Sidewalk (uncredited)
• Storm Over Bengal1938 · as Sir John Galt
• Service de Luxe1938 · as Butler
• You Can't Take It with You1938 · as DePinna
• Kidnapped1938 · as Dominie Campbell
• Bulldog Drummond's Peril1938 · as Prof. Bernard Goodman
• The Jury's Secret1938 · as John, Butler
• Varsity Show1937 · as Dean Meredith
• Fit for a King1937 · as Count Strunsky
• Parnell1937 · as W.H. Smith
• The Prince and the Pauper1937 · as Archbishop
• Maid of Salem1937 · as Jeremiah
• Love Letters of a Star1936 · as Hotchkiss
• Give Me Your Heart1936 · as Oliver Warren
• Mary of Scotland1936 · as Man (uncredited)
• Spendthrift1936 · as Beuhl - the Butler
• The White Angel1936 · as Lord Raglan
• Hearts Divided1936 · as Cambaceres
• Changing of the Guard1936 · as Grandfather, the Colonel
• Dracula's Daughter1936 · as Hawkins
• The Story of Louis Pasteur1936 · as Dr. Lister
• Here Comes Trouble1936 · as Professor Howard
• Captain Blood1935 · as Lord Sunderland (uncredited)
• Millions in the Air1935 · as Theodore
• Charlie Chan in Shanghai1935 · as Colonel Watkins, police commissioner
• Jalna1935 · as Ernest Whiteoaks
• Cardinal Richelieu1935 · as Father Joseph
• Vanessa: Her Love Story1935 · as Father of Little Girl
• Folies Bergère de Paris1935 · as Monsieur Paulet
• The Right to Live1935 · as Dr. Sir Stephen Barr
• Father Brown, Detective1934 · as Sir Leopold Fischer
• Menace1934 · as Skinner
• We Live Again1934 · as Official
• British Agent1934 · as Sir Walter Carrister
• She Was a Lady1934 · as George Dane
• Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back1934 · as First Bobby
• The Key1934 · as General C.O. Furlong
• Double Door1934 · as Mr. Chase
• Riptide1934 · as Bollard
• Mandalay1934 · as Col. Dawson Ames
• I Am Suzanne!1933 · as Dr. Lorenzo
• Should Ladies Behave1933 · as Louis
• If I Were Free1933 · as Burford-Gordon's butler
• Lady for a Day1933 · as Butler
• The Masquerader1933 · as Brock
• Captured!1933 · as British Major General
• Midnight Mary1933 · as Churchill
• A Study in Scarlet1933 · as Malcolm Dearing
• Looking Forward1933 · as Mr. James Felton
• Cynara1932 · as Coroner at Inquest (uncredited)
• Payment Deferred1932 · as A Prospective Tenant
• 6 Hours to Live1932 · as Baron Emil von Sturm
• Week Ends Only1932 · as Martin
• Man About Town1932 · as Hilton
• Devil's Lottery1932 · as Lord Litchfield
• Love Affair1932 · as Kibbee
• The Menace1932 · as Phillips
• Lovers Courageous1932 · as Mr. Smith
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde1931 · as Brig. Gen. Sir Danvers Carew
• Platinum Blonde1931 · as Smythe
• The Sin of Madelon Claudet1931 · as Roget
• The Woman Between1931 · as Barton the Butler
• Five and Ten1931 · as Hopkins (uncredited)
• The Lady Refuses1931 · as Sir James (uncredited)
• The Bachelor Father1931 · as Larkin
• Charley's Aunt1930 · as Stephen Spettigue
• The Right of Way1930 · as The Siegneur
• Scotland Yard1930 · as Lord St. Arran
• Grumpy1930 · as Ruddick
• Jealousy1929 · as Rigaud
• Lucky In Love1929 · as Earl of Balkerry