Halliwell Hobbes

Biography

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.

Most Known For

Gaslight

as Mr. Muffin

Parnell

as W.H. Smith

Riptide

as Bollard

Mr. Skeffington

as Soames (uncredited)

Platinum Blonde

as Smythe

Casanova Brown

as Charles, the Butler

You Can't Take It with You

as Mr. DePinna

A Christmas Carol

as Clergyman Sliding on Sidewalk (uncredited)

British Agent

as Sir Walter Carrister

Folies Bergère de Paris

as Monsieur Paulet

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Brig. Gen. Sir Danvers Carew

To Be or Not to Be

as Gen. Armstrong

Waterloo Bridge

as Vicar at St. Matthews (uncredited)

Captain Blood

as Lord Sunderland (uncredited)

Dracula's Daughter

as Hawkins

Midnight Mary

as Churchill

The Sea Hawk

as Astronomer

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

as Sisk

The Invisible Man's Revenge

as Cleghorn, the butler

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

as Alfred Brunton, the butler