Halliwell Hobbes
Actor
Biography
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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.
Filmography
Gaslight
as Mr. Muffin 1944
You Can't Take It with You
as Mr. DePinna 1938
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Brig. Gen. Sir Danvers Carew 1931
Captain Blood
as Lord Sunderland (uncredited) 1935
Dracula's Daughter
as Hawkins 1936
Waterloo Bridge
as Vicar at St. Matthews (uncredited) 1940
A Christmas Carol
as Clergyman Sliding on Sidewalk (uncredited) 1938
The Sea Hawk
as Astronomer 1940
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
as Sisk 1941
Lady for a Day
as Butler 1933
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
as Alfred Brunton, the butler 1943
That Hamilton Woman
as Rev. Nelson 1941
Mr. Skeffington
as Soames (uncredited) 1944
Canyon Passage
as Clenchfield 1946
The Invisible Man's Revenge
as Cleghorn, the butler 1944
Platinum Blonde
as Smythe 1931