Halliwell Hobbes
Date of birth: 1877-11-16
Place of birth: Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Herbert Halliwell Hobbes, Halliwell Hobbs, Holliwell 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.
Movie Credits
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931-12-24
Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men - a good and an evil side. He bel
Dracula's Daughter
1936-05-11
A countess from Transylvania seeks a psychiatrist’s help to cure her vampiric cravings.
Platinum Blonde
1931-10-31
Ann Schuyler is an upper-crust socialite who bullies her reporter husband into conforming to her hig
You Can't Take It with You
1938-09-01
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony K
Charlie Chan in Shanghai
1935-10-11
When a prominent official is murdered at a banquet honoring Charle Chan, the detective and son Lee t
The Undying Monster
1942-11-27
A werewolf prowls around at night but only kills certain members of one family. It seems like just a
The Invisible Man's Revenge
1944-06-09
A fugitive, dangerous madman reaches an English village where he confronts his former partner who le
Payment Deferred
1932-11-01
Bank clerk William Marble is desperate for money to pay his family's bills. When his wealthy nephew
The Prince and the Pauper
1937-04-30
Two boys – the prince Edward and the pauper Tom – are born on the same day. Years later, when young
Canyon Passage
1946-07-17
In 1850s Oregon, a businessman is torn between his love of two very different women and his loyalty
Lady for a Day
1933-09-13
Apple Annie is an aging New York City fruit seller whose daughter Louise has been raised in a Spanis
That Forsyte Woman
1949-11-03
Soames and Irene Forsyte have a marriage of convenience. Young Jolyon Forsyte is a black sheep who r
That Hamilton Woman
1941-04-03
The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir Willi
The Right to Live
1935-01-26
A man with a broken back dies after his wife has an affair with his brother.
She Was a Lady
1934-08-22
Before his daughter can formally claim her rightful title, her father dies. Now her blue-blooded Ame
Love Affair
1932-03-17
Heiress learns to fly from aeronautical engineer. Things get complicated as their affair progresses.
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
1941-08-07
Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the jo
Devil's Lottery
1932-03-27
Intricate, soapy drama of romance, heartbreak, and murder amongst a diverse group of sweepstakes win
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940-10-11
Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleague
Midnight Mary
1933-06-30
While on trial for her life, a young woman recalls her tough upbringing and her involvement with the
The Key
1934-06-09
A British officer stationed in Ireland falls for the wife of an intelligence man.
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936-02-22
A true story about Louis Pasteur, who revolutionized medicine by proving that much disease is caused
Sunny
1941-05-30
A circus performer who falls in love with a rich car dealer's son, against her family's wishes. Feat
Tell No Tales
1939-06-12
A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save
Five and Ten
1931-06-13
John owns the largest chain of five and ten cent stores in the country. He moves his family to New Y
The Earl of Chicago
1940-01-05
A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Ear
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
1938-03-18
Drummond's wedding with Phyllis is interrupted when the inspector guarding their gifts is killed. He
British Agent
1934-09-15
In the days leading up to the Russian Revolution, Stephen Locke, a minor British diplomat in St Pete
Varsity Show
1937-09-04
Winfield College students rebel against a stodgy professor who won't permit "swing" music be played
Cynara
1932-12-24
A London barrister's marriage is under strain after his affair with a shopgirl who is out to have hi
Captured!
1933-08-19
While waiting out World War I in a German POW camp, Captain Fred Allison discovers that his oldest a
Hearts Divided
1936-06-20
Napoleon Bonaparte's younger brother, visiting the United States, falls madly in love with a young w
Charley's Aunt
1930-12-25
A student is pressured into pretending to be a classmate's Aunt so he can act as a false chaperone.
Grumpy
1930-08-01
A crotchety, old ex-attorney solves the violent theft of a priceless diamond from his nephew.
The Light That Failed
1939-12-24
A London artist struggles to complete one last painting before going blind.
The Menace
1932-01-29
A man framed for murder escapes from prison in order to prove his innocence.
The Woman Between
1931-08-08
Returning after a long absence, a man learns the woman he fell in love with on the ship going home i
Remember?
1939-12-19
Sky and Linda meet on vacation and become engaged. When Sky introduces Linda to his best friend, Jef
The Right of Way
1930-12-11
Snobbish attorney Charles 'Beauty' Steele loses his wife due to his drinking and his airs at the sam
The Bachelor Father
1931-01-10
Lonely in his English country estate, Sir Basil decides to gather his grown (albeit illegitimate) ch
Fit for a King
1937-09-01
Newspaper reporter "Scoops" is sent out on assignment, to investigate the failed assassination attem
The Masquerader
1933-09-03
A drug-addicted member of Parliament needs to take time off and secretly pull his life together, so
Father Brown, Detective
1934-12-14
After notorious jewel thief Flambeau meets Evelyn Fischer during a raid on a casino, he falls deeply
Service de Luxe
1938-10-12
Glamorous and efficient Helen Murphy runs a service that will provide any type of assistance to weal
Casanova Brown
1944-08-23
Cass Brown is about to marry for the second time. His first marriage, to Isabel, was annulled. But w
If Winter Comes
1947-12-31
The small English town of Penny Green is swarming with scandal when textbook author Mark, unhappily
Mandalay
1934-02-10
Abandoned by her lover, a woman becomes the main "hostess" in a decadent nightclub, but tries to put
Scotland Yard
1930-10-19
A criminal fleeing a bank robbery has a chance encounter with a banker and his wife and takes a lock
6 Hours to Live
1932-10-15
The victim of a political assassination is brought back to life by a scientific experiment. However,
I Am Suzanne!
1933-12-25
A dancer falls in love with a puppeteer, much to the consternation of her manipulative manager. The
Should Ladies Behave
1933-12-01
A middle-aged houseguest causes romantic turmoil when he falls in love with his host's teenage daugh
Mr. Muggs Steps Out
1943-10-29
Ordered by a judge to get a job, Muggs McGinnis is hired by wealthy Mrs. Murray, who has a penchant
Lovers Courageous
1932-01-23
A daydreaming dramatist and his beloved persevere through hard times in the hope that one of his pla
Looking Forward
1933-04-28
Depression Era story set in London about a wealthy shop owner who goes bankrupt and is forced to fir
Cardinal Richelieu
1935-04-18
The cunning Cardinal Richelieu must save King Louis XIII from treachery within his inner circle.
Folies Bergère
1935-02-22
An entertainer impersonates a look-alike banker, causing comic confusion for wife and girlfriend.
Mary of Scotland
1936-07-28
The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her hal
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942-01-29
Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew Ben
Spendthrift
1936-07-22
A profligate, polo-playing playboy (Henry Fonda) is married to a beautiful but superficial heiress (
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931-10-23
Out of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send her i
Give Me Your Heart
1936-09-17
An American lawyer's wife is reunited with her child and his father, an English nobleman.
Gaslight
1944-05-04
A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
Naughty But Nice
1939-06-23
Donald Hardwick (Dick Powell) is a stuffed-shirt, classical music professor. His family and small-to
The White Angel
1936-06-25
In Victorian England, Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly change the attitude towards nurs
Pacific Liner
1939-01-06
The S. S. Arcturus sails from Shanghai to San Francisco, and Dr. Jim Craig takes the post of ship's
Menace
1934-11-22
A psychotic man stalks three innocent people whom he believes are responsible for his brother's deat
The Hardys Ride High
1939-04-21
Sixth of the Judge Hardy series. Judge James K. Hardy is brought the fabulous news from attorney Geo
We Live Again
1934-11-01
Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, i
Nurse Edith Cavell
1939-08-31
British nurse Edith Cavell is stationed at a hospital in Brussels during World War I. When the son o
Jalna
1935-08-09
A young poet, accompanied by his new bride, returns home to his large family at their Canadian farm.
Kidnapped
1938-05-27
Robert Louis Stevenson's hero David Balfour joins rebel Alan Breck Stewart in 18th-century Scotland
Maid of Salem
1937-02-12
When a young woman named Barbara Clarke has an affair with adventurer Roger Coverman, it causes a sc
Here Comes Trouble
1936-02-21
Donovan unknowingly becomes tangled up with jewel thieves when Evelyn Howard gives him a cigarette l
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942-08-07
Wealthy American society matron, Stella Hadley refuses to sacrifice her material comforts to aid the
The Black Arrow
1948-03-18
A young British nobleman comes back from fighting in the War of the Roses to discover that his fathe
Week Ends Only
1932-06-19
A recently impoverished but formerly wealthy young woman ends up working as a nightclub hostess. The
Man About Town
1932-05-22
In a plan to trap potential enemy spies in Washington, an American secret agent sets up a gambling h
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
1943-09-17
During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his servic
Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935-03-01
The Victorian wife of a mad baron waits years for a British soldier sent to Egypt.
The Sea Hawk
1940-08-10
Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with D
Waterloo Bridge
1940-05-17
On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he
Lady with Red Hair
1940-11-30
An actress hopes to regain her lost son by making it to the top.
Journey for Margaret
1942-12-17
An American newspaperman and his wife, end up in London after several retreats in the opening days
Mr. Skeffington
1944-05-25
A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth
Forever and a Day
1943-01-21
In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral
Storm Over Bengal
1938-11-14
This being a Republic picture, it should come as no surprise that Storm Over Bengal was filmed in it
If I Were Free
1933-12-01
A recently divorced interior decorator falls in love with a married barrister.
Changing of the Guard
1936-06-05
On New Year's Eve, a girl is told a story by her grandfather about his days in a military regiment;
Miracle in the Rain
1956-03-31
Wartime romance about a lonely man and woman who meet one rainy afternoon in New York.
Lucky In Love
1929-08-16
Michael O'More, an American who lives in Ireland with his uncle, a horsetrainer for the Earl of Balk
A Christmas Carol
1938-12-16
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable e
Captain Blood
1935-12-26
Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.
To Be or Not to Be
1942-03-06
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's effor
Double Door
1934-05-04
In 1910 Manhattan, Victoria Van Brett, a bitter spinster heiress lives an isolated life with her sis
Riptide
1934-03-29
Mary is an impetuous romantic who marries British aristocrat Lord Philip Rexford on a whim. Their ma
Love Letters of a Star
1936-11-08
A woman commits suicide after being blackmailed, and her husband resolves to kill the man responsibl
His Butler's Sister
1943-11-26
Aspiring singer Ann Carter visits her stepbrother in New York, hoping to make it on Broadway.
The Jury's Secret
1938-01-16
A reporter covering a murder trial guesses that the murderer of a ruthless businessman is her ex-fia
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934-08-15
Bulldog Drummond finds himself immersed in another adventure when he stumbles upon a corpse in the m
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948-10-28
Indecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to face th
Hollywood Wonderland
1947-08-09
Two tour guides take visitors on a promotional tour of Warner Bros.' studios.
A Study in Scarlet
1933-05-14
In London, a secret society led by lawyer Thaddeus Merrydew collects the assets of any of its deceas
Information Please
1944-03-01
Instructional military film that shows the many deceptive ways that Germans might extract valuable i
Jealousy
1929-09-13
Yvonne, proprietor of a Paris gown shop, marries Pierre, a poor artist, concealing from him an affai
Parnell
1937-06-04
Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell struggles to free his country from English rule, but his re
Millions in the Air
1935-12-12
The daughter of a radio-program sponsor wants to get on the air too, but her father doesn't allow it
The Lady Refuses
1931-03-08
A wealthy London nobleman hires a pretty but poor young woman to distract his playboy son from marry