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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
A Christmas Carol
(1938)
Clergyman Sliding on Sidewalk (uncredited)
To Be or Not to Be
(1942)
Gen. Armstrong
Gaslight
(1944)
Mr. Muffin
You Can't Take It with You
(1938)
Mr. DePinna
That Hamilton Woman
(1941)
Rev. Nelson
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
(1941)
Sisk
Waterloo Bridge
(1940)
Vicar at St. Matthews (uncredited)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(1931)
Brig. Gen. Sir Danvers Carew
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
(1943)
Alfred Brunton, the butler
The Prince and the Pauper
(1937)
Archbishop
Captain Blood
(1935)
Lord Sunderland (uncredited)
Mary of Scotland
(1936)
Man (uncredited)
Dracula's Daughter
(1936)
Police Sgt. Hawkins
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
(1931)
Roget
The Sea Hawk
(1940)
Astronomer
Mr. Skeffington
(1944)
Soames (uncredited)
Full Filmography
Acting
Lucky In Love
(1929)
Jealousy
(1929)
Rigaud
Grumpy
(1930)
Ruddick
The Right of Way
(1930)
The Siegneur
Scotland Yard
(1930)
Lord St. Arran
Charley's Aunt
(1930)
Stephen Spettigue
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(1931)
Brig. Gen. Sir Danvers Carew
Platinum Blonde
(1931)
Smythe
The Woman Between
(1931)
Barton - the Butler
The Bachelor Father
(1931)
Larkin
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
(1931)
Roget
Five and Ten
(1931)
Hopkins (uncredited)
Payment Deferred
(1932)
A Prospective Tenant
Love Affair
(1932)
Kibbee
Cynara
(1932)
Coroner at Inquest (uncredited)
The Menace
(1932)
Phillips
6 Hours to Live
(1932)
Baron Emil von Sturm
Lovers Courageous
(1932)
Mr. Smith
Man About Town
(1932)
Hilton
Week Ends Only
(1932)
Martin
Devil's Lottery
(1932)
Lord Litchfield
Lady for a Day
(1933)
Butler
Midnight Mary
(1933)
Churchill
Captured!
(1933)
British Major General
The Masquerader
(1933)
Brock
I Am Suzanne!
(1933)
Dr. Lorenzo
Should Ladies Behave
(1933)
Louis
Looking Forward
(1933)
Mr. James Felton
If I Were Free
(1933)
Burford-Gordon's butler
A Study in Scarlet
(1933)
Malcolm Dearing
The Key
(1934)
General C.O. Furlong
British Agent
(1934)
Sir Walter Carrister
Father Brown, Detective
(1934)
Sir Leopold Fischer
Mandalay
(1934)
Col. Dawson Ames
Menace
(1934)
Skinner
Double Door
(1934)
Mr. Chase
Riptide
(1934)
Bollard
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
(1934)
First Bobby
She Was a Lady
(1934)
George Dane
We Live Again
(1934)
Official
Charlie Chan in Shanghai
(1935)
Colonel Watkins, police commissioner
The Right to Live
(1935)
Dr. Sir Stephen Barr
Cardinal Richelieu
(1935)
Father Joseph
Folies Bergère
(1935)
Monsieur Paulet
Jalna
(1935)
Ernest Whiteoaks
Vanessa: Her Love Story
(1935)
Father of Little Girl
Captain Blood
(1935)
Lord Sunderland (uncredited)
Dracula's Daughter
(1936)
Police Sgt. Hawkins
The Story of Louis Pasteur
(1936)
Dr. Lister
Hearts Divided
(1936)
Cambaceres
Mary of Scotland
(1936)
Man (uncredited)
Spendthrift
(1936)
Beuhl - the Butler
Give Me Your Heart
(1936)
Oliver Warren
The White Angel
(1936)
Lord Raglan
Here Comes Trouble
(1936)
Professor Howard
Changing of the Guard
(1936)
Grandfather, the Colonel
Love Letters of a Star
(1936)
Hotchkiss
The Prince and the Pauper
(1937)
Archbishop
Varsity Show
(1937)
Dean Meredith
Fit for a King
(1937)
Count Strunsky
Maid of Salem
(1937)
Jeremiah
You Can't Take It with You
(1938)
Mr. DePinna
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
(1938)
Prof. Bernard Goodman
Service de Luxe
(1938)
Butler
Kidnapped
(1938)
Dominie Campbell
Storm Over Bengal
(1938)
Sir John Galt
A Christmas Carol
(1938)
Clergyman Sliding on Sidewalk (uncredited)
The Jury's Secret
(1938)
John, Butler
Tell No Tales
(1939)
Dr. Lovelake
The Light That Failed
(1939)
Doctor
Remember?
(1939)
Butler Williams
Naughty But Nice
(1939)
Dean Burton, Winfield College
Nurse Edith Cavell
(1939)
British Chaplain
Pacific Liner
(1939)
Captain Mathews
The Hardys Ride High
(1939)
Dobbs
Third Finger, Left Hand
(1940)
Burton
The Earl of Chicago
(1940)
Lord Chancellor
The Sea Hawk
(1940)
Astronomer
Waterloo Bridge
(1940)
Vicar at St. Matthews (uncredited)
Lady with Red Hair
(1940)
Divorce Judge (uncredited)
That Hamilton Woman
(1941)
Rev. Nelson
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
(1941)
Sisk
Sunny
(1941)
Johnson
The Undying Monster
(1942)
Walton the Butler
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
(1942)
Purdy
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
(1942)
Bennett
Journey for Margaret
(1942)
Mr. Barrie
To Be or Not to Be
(1942)
Gen. Armstrong
Forever and a Day
(1943)
Doctor
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
(1943)
Alfred Brunton, the butler
His Butler's Sister
(1943)
Willebrandt
Mr. Muggs Steps Out
(1943)
The Invisible Man's Revenge
(1944)
Cleghorn, the butler
Casanova Brown
(1944)
Charles, the Butler
Gaslight
(1944)
Mr. Muffin
Mr. Skeffington
(1944)
Soames (uncredited)
Information Please
(1944)
Lt Eberhard
Canyon Passage
(1946)
Clenchfield
If Winter Comes
(1947)
The Coroner
Hollywood Wonderland
(1947)
Grandfather (clip from "Changing of the Guard", 1936) (uncredited)
The Black Arrow
(1948)
Bishop of Tisbury
You Gotta Stay Happy
(1948)
Martin
That Forsyte Woman
(1949)
Nicholas Forsyte
Miracle in the Rain
(1956)
Ely B. Windgate