Ian Hunter
Known For
Acting
Born
1900-06-13 in Cape Town, South Africa
Died
1975-09-23
Biography
Ian Hunter (13 June 1900 – 22 September 1975) was a British character actor. Among dozens of film roles, his best-remembered appearances include That Certain Woman (1937) with Bette Davis, The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938, as King Richard the Lionheart), The Little Princess (1939, as Captain Reginald Crewe) and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941, as Dr. Lanyon). Hunter returned to the Robin Hood legend in the 1955 TV series The Adventures of Robin Hood in the recurring role of Sir Richard of the Lea. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian Hunter, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sir Richard of the Lea
Easy Virtue
as The Plaintiff's Counsel
Escape!
as William Brown, the Plainclothesman
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as King Richard the Lion-Heart
Ziegfeld Girl
as Geoffrey Collis
Somerset Maugham Hour
as Self - Host
Somerset Maugham Hour
as Mallowby
Confessions
as Charles Oddy
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. John Lanyon
The Battle of the River Plate
as Captain Woodhouse - H.M.S. Ajax
The Little Princess
as Captain Crewe
Not For Sale
as Martin Bering
North West Frontier
as Sir John Wyndham
The Long Voyage Home
as Smitty
Appointment in London
as Logan
Forever and a Day
as Dexter Pomfret
The Ring
as Bob Corby
Downhill
as Archie
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Theseus
Breakdowns of 1938
as Lloyd Rogers (archive footage) (uncredited)