Halliwell Hobbes

Actor

About

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Also Known As

Halliwell Hobbs

Birth Place

Stratford-upon-Avon, England, GB

Born

November 16, 1877

Died

February 20, 1962

Filmography

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Miracle in the Rain (1956)

Commodore Eli B. "Windy" Windgate

You Gotta Stay Happy (1949)

That Forsyte Woman (1949)

Nicholas Forsyte

The Black Arrow (1948)

Bishop of Tilsbury

If Winter Comes (1948)

Canyon Passage (1946)

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Key, The (1934) -- (Movie Clip) There's A Character In Dickens

Key, The (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Fancy Me Forgetting You?

Biography

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Miracle in the Rain (1956)

Commodore Eli B. "Windy" Windgate

You Gotta Stay Happy (1949)

That Forsyte Woman (1949)

Nicholas Forsyte

The Black Arrow (1948)

Bishop of Tilsbury

If Winter Comes (1948)

Canyon Passage (1946)

Casanova Brown (1944)

Gaslight (1944)

The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)

Mr. Skeffington (1944)

Forever and a Day (1943)

Mr. Muggs Steps Out (1943)

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)

[Alfred] Brunton

His Butler's Sister (1943)

To Be or Not to Be (1942)

Son of Fury (1942)

The War Against Mrs. Hadley (1942)

Journey for Margaret (1942)

The Undying Monster (1942)

Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)

That Hamilton Woman (1941)

Reverend Nelson

Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941)

Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)

The Light That Failed (1940)

The Earl of Chicago (1940)

Lord Chancellor

The Sea Hawk (1940)

Waterloo Bridge (1940)

The Hardys Ride High (1939)

Pacific Liner (1939)

Captain Mathews

Tell No Tales (1939)

Doctor Lovelake

Naughty but Nice (1939)

Remember? (1939)

Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)

English chaplain

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938)

Professor Bernard Goodman

The Jury's Secret (1938)

John [the butler]

You Can't Take It with You (1938)

Storm over Bengal (1938)

Kidnapped (1938)

Dominie Campbell

A Christmas Carol (1938)

Service De Luxe (1938)

The Prince and the Pauper (1937)

Fit for a King (1937)

Maid of Salem (1937)

Jeremiah [Adams]

Varsity Show (1937)

Hearts Divided (1936)

Spendthrift (1936)

The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)

Give Me Your Heart (1936)

Here Comes Trouble (1936)

Professor Howard

The White Angel (1936)

Love Letters of a Star (1936)

Rose-Marie (1936)

Dracula's Daughter (1936)

Folies Bergère de Paris (1935)

Monsieur Paulet

The Right to Live (1935)

Sir Stephen Barr

Cardinal Richelieu (1935)

Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935)

Chief of police [Colonel Watkins]

Vanessa: Her Love Story (1935)

Man with little girl

Millions in the Air (1935)

Mandalay (1934)

Col. Dawson Ames

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)

All Men Are Enemies (1934)

[Henry] Clarendon

Double Door (1934)

She Was a Lady (1934)

I Am Suzanne! (1934)

British Agent (1934)

Sir Walter Carrister

Father Brown, Detective (1934)

Sir Leopold Fischer

Madame Du Barry (1934)

English ambassador

We Live Again (1934)

Looking Forward (1933)

Should Ladies Behave (1933)

The Masquerader (1933)

Midnight Mary (1933)

A Study in Scarlet (1933)

Lady for a Day (1933)

John the butler

Captured! (1933)

Devil's Lottery (1932)

Lord Litchfield

Forbidden (1932)

Lovers Courageous (1932)

Mr. [John] Smith

Man About Town (1932)

Payment Deferred (1932)

A prospective tenant

The Menace (1932)

Phillips [also known as Grumpy]

Love Affair (1932)

6 Hours to Live (1932)

Baron Emil von Sturm

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)

Brigadier-General Carew

Week Ends Only (1932)

Five and Ten (1931)

The Bachelor Father (1931)

The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)

The Woman Between (1931)

The Right of Way (1931)

Platinum Blonde (1931)

Butler [Smythe]

Scotland Yard (1930)

Charley's Aunt (1930)

Stephen Spettigue

Jealousy (1929)

Lucky In Love (1929)

Earl of Balkerry

Cast (Short)

Changing of the Guard (1936)

Life Events

1898

British stage acting debut

1923

Moved to US

Videos

Key, The (1934) -- (Movie Clip) There's A Character In Dickens Hard to make a better scene for a William Powell entrance, as British officer Bill Tenant, arriving in 1920 Dublin, Arthur Aylesworth his aide, Dawn O’Day (actually the young Anne Shirley) the flower girl, and Arthur Treacher flakking for the general, Halliwell Hobbes, who is secretly an old pal, early in The Key, 1934.

Key, The (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Fancy Me Forgetting You? Deciding to take a room because of a tune heard upstairs, Willliam Powell as British officer Bill, newly assigned to Dublin, 1920, finds out his neighbors are old friend Andy (Colin Clive), an intelligence officer, and wife Norah (Edna Best), whom he also knows, in The Key, 1934.

You Can't Take It With You (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Home Sweet Home This ensemble scene featuring Donald Meek, Lionel Barrymore, Ann Miller, Dub Taylor, Spring Byington and others illuminates the Sycamore household in Frank Capra's You Can't Take It With You, 1938.

Christmas Carol, A (1938) -- (Movie Clip) My Name Is Scrooge Nephew Fred (Barry MacKay) is bidding farewell to Cratchit (Gene Lockhart) when two do-gooders (Halliwell Hobbes, Charles Coleman) solicit Scrooge (Reginald Owen) in MGM's A Christmas Carol, 1938.

British Agent (1934) -- (Movie Clip) This Red Millenium Days after the Bolshevik coup in Petrograd, stranded British diplomat Locke (Leslie Howard), charged with placating the new government, meets charming militant Elena (Kay Francis), whom he rescued earlier, in British Agent, 1934.

Folies Bergere De Paris (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Kissing Is Not Hygenic Having left the stage teasing his impression of socialite Baron Cassini, Maurice Chevalier as singer Charlier is assaulted by partner Mimi (Ann Sothern), then appears as the baron, accompanied by Merle Oberon in her first Hollywood film, 20th Century Fox's Folies Bergere De Paris, 1935.

Payment Deferred (1932) -- Movie Clip) Rough Luck And No Mistake Insolvent Londoners Willie and Annie Marble (Charles Laughton) are certain the caller (Ray Milland) greeted by daughter Winnie (Maureen O’Sullivan) will be a bailiff with bad news, and stunned to discover he’s a well-heeled long-lost relative, early in MGM’s Payment Deferred, 1932.

Journey For Margaret (1942) -- (Movie Clip) You Won't Leave Me? Young Margaret (O’Brien, in her first starring role) and Peter (William Severn) have grown so attached that American newsman John (Robert Young) finds he can’t leave them with the generous London couple (Halliwell Hobbes, Doris Lloyd) who’ve agreed to adopt them, in MGM’s Journey For Margaret, 1942.

Platinum Blonde (1931) -- (Movie Clip) Baby-Kins Reporter Stew Smith (Robert Williams) is looking to return incriminating letters to society gal Ann Schuyler (Jean Harlow) who's taken by surprise in Frank Capra's Platinum Blonde, 1931.

Jalna (1935) -- (Movie Clip) A Bride At Jalna Smooth technique from director John Cromwell, surveying characters on an upcoming wedding, first Kay Johnson with Ian Hunter, Jessie Ralph, C. Aubrey Smith and Halliwell Hobbes, then Nigel Bruce, with Molly Lamont and Theodore Newton then young George Offerman Jr., in Jalna, 1935.

Jalna (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Never Missed A Meal Unusual and graceful opening sequence, with credits, from director John Cromwell, introducing mostly the supporting cast, Jessie Ralph as "Gran" stealing, from the Canada-based family drama Jalna, 1935.

Pacific Liner -- (Movie Clip) Open, Shanghai Opening credits and the introduction of the captain (Halliwell Hobbes) and not-too-motivated Doctor Craig (Chester Morris), in R-K-O's Pacific Liner, 1939, directed by Lew Landers.

Gaslight (1944) - (Re-issue Trailer) A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion in Gaslight (1944), starring Ingrid Bergman.

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