Halliwell Hobbes

Nov 16, 1877 - Feb 20, 1962 (84 years old) in Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK

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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.

Known For

Bulldog Drummond's Peril

Prof. Bernard Goodman

You Can't Take It with You

Mr. DePinna

Dracula's Daughter

Police Sgt. Hawkins

Waterloo Bridge

Vicar at St. Matthews (uncredited)

The Sea Hawk

Astronomer

Gaslight

Mr. Muffin

Mr. Skeffington

Soames (uncredited)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Brig. Gen. Sir Danvers Carew

Lady for a Day

Butler

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

Alfred Brunton, the butler

Credits

Miracle in the Rain 1956

Ely B. Windgate

★ 6.7
That Forsyte Woman 1949

Nicholas Forsyte

★ 5.9
You Gotta Stay Happy 1948

Martin

★ 6.5
The Black Arrow 1948

Bishop of Tisbury

★ 5.2
If Winter Comes 1947

The Coroner

★ 6.6
Hollywood Wonderland 1947

Grandfather (clip from "Changing of the Guard", 1936) (uncredited)

★ 6.7
Canyon Passage 1946

Clenchfield

★ 6.6
Casanova Brown 1944

Charles, the Butler

★ 6.3
The Invisible Man's Revenge 1944

Cleghorn, the butler

★ 5.6
Mr. Skeffington 1944

Soames (uncredited)

★ 6.7
Gaslight 1944

Mr. Muffin

★ 7.5
Information Please 1944

Lt Eberhard

★ NR
His Butler's Sister 1943

Willebrandt

★ 7.1
Mr. Muggs Steps Out 1943

★ NR
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death 1943

Alfred Brunton, the butler

★ 6.8
Forever and a Day 1943

Doctor

★ 7.4
Journey for Margaret 1942

Mr. Barrie

★ 6.6
The Undying Monster 1942

Walton the Butler

★ 5.7
The War Against Mrs. Hadley 1942

Bennett

★ 5.2
To Be or Not to Be 1942

Gen. Armstrong

★ 7.8
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake 1942

Purdy

★ 7.2
Here Comes Mr. Jordan 1941

Sisk

★ 7
Sunny 1941

Johnson

★ 5.5
That Hamilton Woman 1941

Rev. Nelson

★ 7.1
Lady with Red Hair 1940

Divorce Judge (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Third Finger, Left Hand 1940

Burton

★ 6.8
The Sea Hawk 1940

Astronomer

★ 7.1
Waterloo Bridge 1940

Vicar at St. Matthews (uncredited)

★ 7.5
The Earl of Chicago 1940

Lord Chancellor

★ 5.6
The Light That Failed 1939

Doctor

★ 6
Remember? 1939

Butler Williams

★ 5.8
Nurse Edith Cavell 1939

British Chaplain

★ 6.4
Naughty But Nice 1939

Dean Burton, Winfield College

★ 6.2
Tell No Tales 1939

Dr. Lovelake

★ 5.3
The Hardys Ride High 1939

Dobbs

★ 5.8
Pacific Liner 1939

Captain Mathews

★ 5.3
A Christmas Carol 1938

Clergyman Sliding on Sidewalk (uncredited)

★ 7
Storm Over Bengal 1938

Sir John Galt

★ 5.3
Service de Luxe 1938

Butler

★ 6.5
You Can't Take It with You 1938

Mr. DePinna

★ 7.5
Kidnapped 1938

Dominie Campbell

★ 4.7
Bulldog Drummond's Peril 1938

Prof. Bernard Goodman

★ 5.7
The Jury's Secret 1938

John, Butler

★ 3
Varsity Show 1937

Dean Meredith

★ 6.2
Fit for a King 1937

Count Strunsky

★ 5
Parnell 1937

W.H. Smith

★ 4.6
The Prince and the Pauper 1937

Archbishop

★ 6.8
Maid of Salem 1937

Jeremiah

★ 5.9
Love Letters of a Star 1936

Hotchkiss

★ NR
Give Me Your Heart 1936

Oliver Warren

★ 6
Mary of Scotland 1936

Man (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Spendthrift 1936

Beuhl - the Butler

★ 5
The White Angel 1936

Lord Raglan

★ 8
Hearts Divided 1936

Cambaceres

★ 5
Changing of the Guard 1936

Grandfather, the Colonel

★ 1
Dracula's Daughter 1936

Police Sgt. Hawkins

★ 5.9
The Story of Louis Pasteur 1936

Dr. Lister

★ 6.8
Here Comes Trouble 1936

Professor Howard

★ NR
Captain Blood 1935

Lord Sunderland (uncredited)

★ 7.2
Millions in the Air 1935

Theodore

★ NR
Charlie Chan in Shanghai 1935

Colonel Watkins, police commissioner

★ 6.6
Jalna 1935

Ernest Whiteoaks

★ 4.8
Cardinal Richelieu 1935

Father Joseph

★ 7.4
Vanessa: Her Love Story 1935

Father of Little Girl

★ 6
Folies Bergère 1935

Monsieur Paulet

★ 5.6
The Right to Live 1935

Dr. Sir Stephen Barr

★ 5.1
Father Brown, Detective 1934

Sir Leopold Fischer

★ 6.5
Menace 1934

Skinner

★ 6.5
We Live Again 1934

Official

★ 6.5
British Agent 1934

Sir Walter Carrister

★ 5.5
She Was a Lady 1934

George Dane

★ NR
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back 1934

First Bobby

★ 5.3
The Key 1934

General C.O. Furlong

★ 4.9
Double Door 1934

Mr. Chase

★ 6.8
Riptide 1934

Bollard

★ 6.2
Mandalay 1934

Col. Dawson Ames

★ 5.9
I Am Suzanne! 1933

Dr. Lorenzo

★ 6.2
Should Ladies Behave 1933

Louis

★ 4.3
If I Were Free 1933

Burford-Gordon's butler

★ 5
Lady for a Day 1933

Butler

★ 7
The Masquerader 1933

Brock

★ 4.8
Captured! 1933

British Major General

★ 5.6
Midnight Mary 1933

Churchill

★ 6.9
A Study in Scarlet 1933

Malcolm Dearing

★ 5.5
Looking Forward 1933

Mr. James Felton

★ 6.2
Cynara 1932

Coroner at Inquest (uncredited)

★ 4.8
Payment Deferred 1932

A Prospective Tenant

★ 5.9
6 Hours to Live 1932

Baron Emil von Sturm

★ 5
Week Ends Only 1932

Martin

★ NR
Man About Town 1932

Hilton

★ NR
Devil's Lottery 1932

Lord Litchfield

★ NR
Love Affair 1932

Kibbee

★ 5.6
The Menace 1932

Phillips

★ 4.5
Lovers Courageous 1932

Mr. Smith

★ 5.8
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1931

Brig. Gen. Sir Danvers Carew

★ 7.2
Platinum Blonde 1931

Smythe

★ 6.7
The Sin of Madelon Claudet 1931

Roget

★ 5.9
The Woman Between 1931

Barton - the Butler

★ 5.3
Five and Ten 1931

Hopkins (uncredited)

★ 6.2
The Bachelor Father 1931

Larkin

★ 6
Charley's Aunt 1930

Stephen Spettigue

★ 5
The Right of Way 1930

The Siegneur

★ 5.2
Scotland Yard 1930

Lord St. Arran

★ NR
Grumpy 1930

Ruddick

★ 4
Jealousy 1929

Rigaud

★ NR
Lucky In Love 1929

★ NR