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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...
Highest rated appearances
The Black Arrow
as Bishop of Tisbury

The Light That Failed
as Doctor

Remember?
as Butler Williams

Nurse Edith Cavell
as British Chaplain

Naughty but Nice
as Dean Burton, Winfield College

Tell No Tales
as Dr. Lovelake

The Hardys Ride High
as Dobbs

Pacific Liner
as Captain Mathews

A Christmas Carol
as Clergyman Sliding on Sidewalk (uncredited)

Storm Over Bengal
as Sir John Galt

Service de Luxe
as Butler

You Can't Take It with You
as DePinna

Kidnapped
as Dominie Campbell

Bulldog Drummond's Peril
as Prof. Bernard Goodman

The Jury's Secret
as John, Butler

Varsity Show
as Dean Meredith

Fit for a King
as Count Strunsky

Parnell
as W.H. Smith

The Prince and the Pauper
as Archbishop

Maid of Salem
as Jeremiah

Love Letters of a Star
as Hotchkiss

Give Me Your Heart
as Oliver Warren

Mary of Scotland
as Man (uncredited)

Spendthrift
as Beuhl - the Butler

The White Angel
as Lord Raglan

Hearts Divided
as Cambaceres
Changing of the Guard
as Grandfather, the Colonel

Dracula's Daughter
as Hawkins

The Story of Louis Pasteur
as Dr. Lister

Here Comes Trouble
as Professor Howard

Captain Blood
as Lord Sunderland (uncredited)

Millions in the Air
as Theodore

Charlie Chan in Shanghai
as Colonel Watkins, police commissioner

Jalna
as Ernest Whiteoaks

Cardinal Richelieu
as Father Joseph

Vanessa: Her Love Story
as Father of Little Girl

Folies Bergère de Paris
as Monsieur Paulet

The Right to Live
as Dr. Sir Stephen Barr

Father Brown, Detective
as Sir Leopold Fischer

Menace
as Skinner

We Live Again
as Official

British Agent
as Sir Walter Carrister

She Was a Lady
as George Dane

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as First Bobby

The Key
as General C.O. Furlong

Double Door
as Mr. Chase

Riptide
as Bollard

Mandalay
as Col. Dawson Ames

I Am Suzanne!
as Dr. Lorenzo

Should Ladies Behave
as Louis

If I Were Free
as Burford-Gordon's butler

Lady for a Day
as Butler

The Masquerader
as Brock

Captured!
as British Major General

Midnight Mary
as Churchill

A Study in Scarlet
as Malcolm Dearing

Looking Forward
as Mr. James Felton

Cynara
as Coroner at Inquest (uncredited)

Payment Deferred
as A Prospective Tenant

6 Hours to Live
as Baron Emil von Sturm

Week Ends Only
as Martin

Man About Town
as Hilton

Devil's Lottery
as Lord Litchfield

Love Affair
as Kibbee

The Menace
as Phillips

Lovers Courageous
as Mr. Smith

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Brig. Gen. Sir Danvers Carew

Platinum Blonde
as Smythe

The Sin of Madelon Claudet
as Roget

The Woman Between
as Barton the Butler

Five and Ten
as Hopkins (uncredited)

The Lady Refuses
as Sir James (uncredited)

The Bachelor Father
as Larkin

Charley's Aunt
as Stephen Spettigue

The Right of Way
as The Siegneur

Scotland Yard
as Lord St. Arran

Grumpy
as Ruddick