Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 16, 1877
Died
Feb 20, 1962
Place of Birth
Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK
Credits
107 titles
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
Filmography
Miracle in the Rain
Ely B. Windgate
That Forsyte Woman
Nicholas Forsyte
You Gotta Stay Happy
Martin
The Black Arrow
Bishop of Tisbury
If Winter Comes
The Coroner
Hollywood Wonderland
Grandfather (clip from "Changing of the Guard", 1936) (uncredited)
Canyon Passage
Clenchfield
Casanova Brown
Charles, the Butler
The Invisible Man's Revenge
Cleghorn, the butler
Mr. Skeffington
Soames (uncredited)
Gaslight
Mr. Muffin
Information Please
Lt Eberhard
His Butler's Sister
Willebrandt
Mr. Muggs Steps Out
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Alfred Brunton, the butler
Forever and a Day
Doctor
Journey for Margaret
Mr. Barrie
The Undying Monster
Walton the Butler
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
Bennett
To Be or Not to Be
Gen. Armstrong
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Purdy
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Sisk
Sunny
Johnson
That Hamilton Woman
Rev. Nelson
Lady with Red Hair
Divorce Judge (uncredited)
Third Finger, Left Hand
Burton
The Sea Hawk
Astronomer
Waterloo Bridge
Vicar at St. Matthews (uncredited)
The Earl of Chicago
Lord Chancellor
The Light That Failed
Doctor
Remember?
Butler Williams
Nurse Edith Cavell
British Chaplain
Naughty but Nice
Dean Burton, Winfield College
Tell No Tales
Dr. Lovelake
The Hardys Ride High
Dobbs
Pacific Liner
Captain Mathews
A Christmas Carol
Clergyman Sliding on Sidewalk (uncredited)
Storm Over Bengal
Sir John Galt
Service de Luxe
Butler
You Can't Take It with You
DePinna
Kidnapped
Dominie Campbell
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
Prof. Bernard Goodman
The Jury's Secret
John, Butler
Varsity Show
Dean Meredith
Fit for a King
Count Strunsky
Parnell
W.H. Smith
The Prince and the Pauper
Archbishop
Maid of Salem
Jeremiah
Love Letters of a Star
Hotchkiss
Give Me Your Heart
Oliver Warren