Halliwell Hobbes
Biography
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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.
Filmography
Miracle in the Rain
1956
as Ely B. Windgate
That Forsyte Woman
1949
as Nicholas Forsyte
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948
as Martin
The Black Arrow
1948
as Bishop of Tisbury
If Winter Comes
1947
as The Coroner
Hollywood Wonderland
1947
as Grandfather (clip from "Changing of the Guard", 1936) (uncredited)
Canyon Passage
1946
as Clenchfield
Casanova Brown
1944
as Charles, the Butler
The Invisible Man's Revenge
1944
as Cleghorn, the butler
Mr. Skeffington
1944
as Soames (uncredited)
Gaslight
1944
as Mr. Muffin
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Information Please
1944
as Lt Eberhard
His Butler's Sister
1943
as Willebrandt
Mr. Muggs Steps Out
1943
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
1943
as Alfred Brunton, the butler
Forever and a Day
1943
as Doctor
Journey for Margaret
1942
as Mr. Barrie
The Undying Monster
1942
as Walton the Butler
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942
as Bennett
To Be or Not to Be
1942
as Gen. Armstrong
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
as Purdy
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
1941
as Sisk
Sunny
1941
as Johnson
That Hamilton Woman
1941
as Rev. Nelson