Acting
Halliwell Hobbes
EN, FR cinema · 107 credits
Born
16 November 1877
Died
20 February 1962 (aged 84)
Birthplace
Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK
Also known as Herbert Halliwell Hobbes · Halliwell Hobbs · Holliwell Hobbes
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
Filmography
Miracle in the Rain
as Ely B. Windgate
That Forsyte Woman
as Nicholas Forsyte
The Black Arrow
as Bishop of Tisbury
You Gotta Stay Happy
as Martin
If Winter Comes
as The Coroner
Hollywood Wonderland
as Grandfather (clip from "Changing of the Guard", 1936) (uncredited)
Canyon Passage
as Clenchfield
The Invisible Man's Revenge
as Cleghorn, the butler
Casanova Brown
as Charles, the Butler
Gaslight
as Mr. Muffin
Mr. Skeffington
as Soames (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
as Alfred Brunton, the butler
Forever and a Day
as Doctor
His Butler's Sister
as Willebrandt
The Undying Monster
as Walton the Butler
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
as Bennett
Journey for Margaret
as Mr. Barrie
To Be or Not to Be
as Gen. Armstrong
That Hamilton Woman
as Rev. Nelson
Sunny
as Johnson
Third Finger, Left Hand
as Burton
The Earl of Chicago
as Lord Chancellor
The Sea Hawk
as Astronomer
Waterloo Bridge
as Vicar at St. Matthews (uncredited)
Lady with Red Hair
as Divorce Judge (uncredited)
Tell No Tales
as Dr. Lovelake
The Light That Failed
as Doctor
Remember?
as Butler Williams
Naughty but Nice
as Dean Burton, Winfield College
Pacific Liner
as Captain Mathews
The Hardys Ride High
as Dobbs
Nurse Edith Cavell
as British Chaplain
You Can't Take It with You
as DePinna
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
as Prof. Bernard Goodman
Service de Luxe
as Butler
Kidnapped
as Dominie Campbell
Storm Over Bengal
as Sir John Galt
A Christmas Carol
as Clergyman Sliding on Sidewalk (uncredited)
The Jury's Secret
as John, Butler
The Prince and the Pauper
as Archbishop
Varsity Show
as Dean Meredith
Fit for a King
as Count Strunsky
Maid of Salem
as Jeremiah
Parnell
as W.H. Smith
Dracula's Daughter
as Hawkins
The Story of Louis Pasteur
as Dr. Lister
Hearts Divided
as Cambaceres
Mary of Scotland
as Man (uncredited)
Spendthrift
as Beuhl - the Butler
Give Me Your Heart
as Oliver Warren
The White Angel
as Lord Raglan
Here Comes Trouble
as Professor Howard
Changing of the Guard
1936
Changing of the Guard
as Grandfather, the Colonel
Love Letters of a Star
as Hotchkiss
Charlie Chan in Shanghai
as Colonel Watkins, police commissioner
The Right to Live
as Dr. Sir Stephen Barr
Cardinal Richelieu
as Father Joseph
Folies Bergère de Paris
as Monsieur Paulet
Jalna
as Ernest Whiteoaks
Vanessa: Her Love Story
as Father of Little Girl
Captain Blood
as Lord Sunderland (uncredited)
Millions in the Air
as Theodore
She Was a Lady
as George Dane
The Key
as General C.O. Furlong
British Agent
as Sir Walter Carrister
Father Brown, Detective
as Sir Leopold Fischer
Mandalay
as Col. Dawson Ames
Menace
as Skinner
We Live Again
as Official
Double Door
as Mr. Chase
Riptide
as Bollard
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as First Bobby
Lady for a Day
as Butler
Midnight Mary
as Churchill
Captured!
as British Major General
The Masquerader
as Brock
I Am Suzanne!
as Dr. Lorenzo
Should Ladies Behave
as Louis
Looking Forward
as Mr. James Felton
If I Were Free
as Burford-Gordon's butler
A Study in Scarlet
as Malcolm Dearing
Payment Deferred
as A Prospective Tenant
Love Affair
as Kibbee
Devil's Lottery
as Lord Litchfield
Cynara
as Coroner at Inquest (uncredited)
The Menace
as Phillips
6 Hours to Live
as Baron Emil von Sturm
Lovers Courageous
as Mr. Smith
Man About Town
as Hilton
Week Ends Only
as Martin
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Brig. Gen. Sir Danvers Carew
Platinum Blonde
as Smythe
Five and Ten
as Hopkins (uncredited)
The Woman Between
as Barton the Butler
The Bachelor Father
as Larkin
The Lady Refuses
as Sir James (uncredited)
Charley's Aunt
as Stephen Spettigue
Grumpy
as Ruddick
The Right of Way
as The Siegneur
Scotland Yard
as Lord St. Arran
Lucky In Love
1929
Lucky In Love
as Earl of Balkerry
Jealousy
as Rigaud