Halliwell Hobbes

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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.

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

First Bobby

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Sisk

Jealousy

Rigaud

The Earl of Chicago

Lord Chancellor

I Am Suzanne!

Dr. Lorenzo

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

Alfred Brunton, the butler

Gaslight

Mr. Muffin

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Brig. Gen. Sir Danvers Carew

Captain Blood

Lord Sunderland (uncredited)

Grumpy

Ruddick

The Prince and the Pauper

Archbishop

The Sea Hawk

Astronomer

The Invisible Man's Revenge

Cleghorn, the butler

His Butler's Sister

Willebrandt

Midnight Mary

Churchill

A Study in Scarlet

Malcolm Dearing

Menace

Skinner

Changing of the Guard

Grandfather, the Colonel

Cardinal Richelieu

Father Joseph

Remember?

Butler Williams

To Be or Not to Be

Gen. Armstrong

Waterloo Bridge

Vicar at St. Matthews (uncredited)

Canyon Passage

Clenchfield

The Right of Way

The Siegneur

We Live Again

Official

Hollywood Wonderland

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

A Christmas Carol

Clergyman Sliding on Sidewalk (uncredited)

Kidnapped

Dominie Campbell

Storm Over Bengal

Sir John Galt

Bulldog Drummond's Peril

Prof. Bernard Goodman

The Hardys Ride High

Dobbs

The Jury's Secret

John, Butler

Love Affair

Kibbee

The White Angel

Lord Raglan

The Right to Live

Dr. Sir Stephen Barr

Pacific Liner

Captain Mathews

Cynara

Coroner at Inquest (uncredited)

Journey for Margaret

Mr. Barrie

Mary of Scotland

Man (uncredited)

Mandalay

Col. Dawson Ames

Spendthrift

Beuhl - the Butler

Tell No Tales

Dr. Lovelake

Third Finger, Left Hand

Burton

Looking Forward

Mr. James Felton

The Black Arrow

Bishop of Tisbury

The Light That Failed

Doctor

Lady with Red Hair

Divorce Judge (uncredited)

Dracula's Daughter

Hawkins

Folies Bergère

Monsieur Paulet

The Menace

Phillips

You Gotta Stay Happy

Martin

Give Me Your Heart

Oliver Warren

The Masquerader

Brock

Riptide

Bollard

You Can't Take It with You

Mr. DePinna

The Bachelor Father

Larkin

Should Ladies Behave

Louis

Millions in the Air

Theodore

Vanessa: Her Love Story

Father of Little Girl

The Lady Refuses

Sir James (uncredited)

Jalna

Ernest Whiteoaks

Captured!

British Major General

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

Purdy

The War Against Mrs. Hadley

Bennett

Scotland Yard

Lord St. Arran

Mr. Skeffington

Soames (uncredited)

Week Ends Only

Martin

Lady for a Day

Butler

The Undying Monster

Walton the Butler

The Story of Louis Pasteur

Dr. Lister

Double Door

Mr. Chase

6 Hours to Live

Baron Emil von Sturm

Forever and a Day

Doctor

Nurse Edith Cavell

British Chaplain

That Hamilton Woman

Rev. Nelson

Lucky In Love

Hearts Divided

Cambaceres

Here Comes Trouble

Professor Howard

The Sin of Madelon Claudet

Roget

If Winter Comes

The Coroner

Lovers Courageous

Mr. Smith

Varsity Show

Dean Meredith

Maid of Salem

Jeremiah

Father Brown, Detective

Sir Leopold Fischer

Naughty But Nice

Dean Burton, Winfield College

British Agent

Sir Walter Carrister

Mr. Muggs Steps Out

Payment Deferred

A Prospective Tenant

The Woman Between

Barton - the Butler

Fit for a King

Count Strunsky

Devil's Lottery

Lord Litchfield

Sunny

Johnson

Love Letters of a Star

Hotchkiss

Casanova Brown

Charles, the Butler

Charley's Aunt

Stephen Spettigue

Parnell

W.H. Smith

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