Halliwell Hobbes
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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.
Acting
Movie
To Be or Not to Be
as Gen. Armstrong
1942
Movie
Gaslight
as Mr. Muffin
1944
Movie
You Can't Take It with You
as DePinna
1938
Movie
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Brig. Gen. Sir Danvers Carew
1931
Movie
Captain Blood
as Lord Sunderland (uncredited)
1935
Movie
Dracula's Daughter
as Hawkins
1936
Movie
Waterloo Bridge
as Vicar at St. Matthews (uncredited)
1940
Movie
The Sea Hawk
as Astronomer
1940
Movie
A Christmas Carol
as Clergyman Sliding on Sidewalk (uncredited)
1938
Movie
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
as Sisk
1941
Movie
Lady for a Day
as Butler
1933
Movie
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
as Alfred Brunton, the butler
1943
Movie
That Hamilton Woman
as Rev. Nelson
1941
Movie
Mr. Skeffington
as Soames (uncredited)
1944
Movie
Canyon Passage
as Clenchfield
1946
Movie
The Invisible Man's Revenge
as Cleghorn, the butler
1944
Movie
Platinum Blonde
as Smythe
1931
Movie
The Story of Louis Pasteur
as Dr. Lister
1936
Movie
The Prince and the Pauper
as Archbishop
1937
Movie
Mary of Scotland
as Man (uncredited)
1936
Movie
The Undying Monster
as Walton the Butler
1942
Movie
A Study in Scarlet
as Malcolm Dearing
1933
Movie
Charlie Chan in Shanghai
as Colonel Watkins, police commissioner
1935
Movie
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
as Roget
1931