Acting · Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK · Born November 16, 1877
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.
MovieMiracle in the Rain
1956
as Ely B. Windgate
MovieThat Forsyte Woman
1949
as Nicholas Forsyte
MovieYou Gotta Stay Happy
1948
as Martin
MovieThe Black Arrow
1948
as Bishop of Tisbury
MovieIf Winter Comes
1947
as The Coroner
MovieHollywood Wonderland
1947
as Grandfather (clip from "Changing of the Guard", 1936) (uncredited)
MovieCanyon Passage
1946
as Clenchfield
MovieCasanova Brown
1944
as Charles, the Butler
MovieThe Invisible Man's Revenge
1944
as Cleghorn, the butler
MovieMr. Skeffington
1944
as Soames (uncredited)
MovieGaslight
1944
as Mr. Muffin
Information Please
1944
as Lt Eberhard
MovieHis Butler's Sister
1943
as Willebrandt
MovieMr. Muggs Steps Out
1943
MovieSherlock Holmes Faces Death
1943
as Alfred Brunton, the butler
MovieForever and a Day
1943
as Doctor
MovieJourney for Margaret
1942
as Mr. Barrie
MovieThe Undying Monster
1942
as Walton the Butler
MovieThe War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942
as Bennett
MovieTo Be or Not to Be
1942
as Gen. Armstrong
MovieSon of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
as Purdy
MovieHere Comes Mr. Jordan
1941
as Sisk
MovieSunny
1941
as Johnson
MovieThat Hamilton Woman
1941
as Rev. Nelson
MovieLady with Red Hair
1940
as Divorce Judge (uncredited)
MovieThird Finger, Left Hand
1940
as Burton
MovieThe Sea Hawk
1940
as Astronomer
MovieWaterloo Bridge
1940
as Vicar at St. Matthews (uncredited)
MovieThe Earl of Chicago
1940
as Lord Chancellor
MovieThe Light That Failed
1939
as Doctor
MovieRemember?
1939
as Butler Williams
MovieNurse Edith Cavell
1939
as British Chaplain
MovieNaughty but Nice
1939
as Dean Burton, Winfield College
MovieTell No Tales
1939
as Dr. Lovelake
MovieThe Hardys Ride High
1939
as Dobbs
MoviePacific Liner
1939
as Captain Mathews
MovieA Christmas Carol
1938
as Clergyman Sliding on Sidewalk (uncredited)
MovieStorm Over Bengal
1938
as Sir John Galt
MovieService de Luxe
1938
as Butler
MovieYou Can't Take It with You
1938
as DePinna
MovieKidnapped
1938
as Dominie Campbell
MovieBulldog Drummond's Peril
1938
as Prof. Bernard Goodman
MovieThe Jury's Secret
1938
as John, Butler
MovieVarsity Show
1937
as Dean Meredith
MovieFit for a King
1937
as Count Strunsky
MovieParnell
1937
as W.H. Smith
MovieThe Prince and the Pauper
1937
as Archbishop
MovieMaid of Salem
1937
as Jeremiah
MovieLove Letters of a Star
1936
as Hotchkiss
MovieGive Me Your Heart
1936
as Oliver Warren
MovieMary of Scotland
1936
as Man (uncredited)
MovieSpendthrift
1936
as Beuhl - the Butler
MovieThe White Angel
1936
as Lord Raglan
MovieHearts Divided
1936
as Cambaceres
Changing of the Guard
1936
as Grandfather, the Colonel
MovieDracula's Daughter
1936
as Hawkins
MovieThe Story of Louis Pasteur
1936
as Dr. Lister
MovieHere Comes Trouble
1936
as Professor Howard
MovieCaptain Blood
1935
as Lord Sunderland (uncredited)
Millions in the Air
1935
as Theodore
MovieCharlie Chan in Shanghai
1935
as Colonel Watkins, police commissioner
MovieJalna
1935
as Ernest Whiteoaks
MovieCardinal Richelieu
1935
as Father Joseph
MovieVanessa: Her Love Story
1935
as Father of Little Girl
MovieFolies Bergère de Paris
1935
as Monsieur Paulet
MovieThe Right to Live
1935
as Dr. Sir Stephen Barr
MovieFather Brown, Detective
1934
as Sir Leopold Fischer
MovieMenace
1934
as Skinner
MovieWe Live Again
1934
as Official
MovieBritish Agent
1934
as Sir Walter Carrister
MovieShe Was a Lady
1934
as George Dane
MovieBulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934
as First Bobby
MovieThe Key
1934
as General C.O. Furlong
MovieDouble Door
1934
as Mr. Chase
MovieRiptide
1934
as Bollard
MovieMandalay
1934
as Col. Dawson Ames
MovieI Am Suzanne!
1933
as Dr. Lorenzo
MovieShould Ladies Behave
1933
as Louis
MovieIf I Were Free
1933
as Burford-Gordon's butler
MovieLady for a Day
1933
as Butler
MovieThe Masquerader
1933
as Brock
MovieCaptured!
1933
as British Major General
MovieMidnight Mary
1933
as Churchill
MovieA Study in Scarlet
1933
as Malcolm Dearing
MovieLooking Forward
1933
as Mr. James Felton
MovieCynara
1932
as Coroner at Inquest (uncredited)
MoviePayment Deferred
1932
as A Prospective Tenant
Movie6 Hours to Live
1932
as Baron Emil von Sturm
MovieWeek Ends Only
1932
as Martin
MovieMan About Town
1932
as Hilton
MovieDevil's Lottery
1932
as Lord Litchfield
MovieLove Affair
1932
as Kibbee
MovieThe Menace
1932
as Phillips
MovieLovers Courageous
1932
as Mr. Smith
MovieDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931
as Brig. Gen. Sir Danvers Carew
MoviePlatinum Blonde
1931
as Smythe
MovieThe Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931
as Roget
MovieThe Woman Between
1931
as Barton the Butler
MovieFive and Ten
1931
as Hopkins (uncredited)
MovieThe Lady Refuses
1931
as Sir James (uncredited)
MovieThe Bachelor Father
1931
as Larkin
MovieCharley's Aunt
1930
as Stephen Spettigue
MovieThe Right of Way
1930
as The Siegneur
MovieScotland Yard
1930
as Lord St. Arran
MovieGrumpy
1930
as Ruddick
MovieJealousy
1929
as Rigaud
Lucky In Love
1929
as Earl of Balkerry
