Halliwell Hobbes

Acting · Born 1877-11-16 in Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK

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.

Filmography

• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Brig. Gen. Sir Danvers Carew
• Dracula's Daughter as Hawkins
• Platinum Blonde as Smythe
• You Can't Take It with You as Mr. DePinna
• Charlie Chan in Shanghai as Colonel Watkins, police commissioner
• The Undying Monster as Walton the Butler
• The Invisible Man's Revenge as Cleghorn, the butler
• Payment Deferred as A Prospective Tenant
• The Prince and the Pauper as Archbishop
• Canyon Passage as Clenchfield