Halliwell Hobbes
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.
A Christmas Carol
as Clergyman Sliding on Sidewalk (uncredited)Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own...
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Waterloo Bridge
as Vicar at St. Matthews (uncredited)On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man...
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Gaslight
as Mr. MuffinA newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Brig. Gen. Sir Danvers CarewDr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men - a good and an evil side. He...
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Dracula's Daughter
as Police Sgt. HawkinsA countess from Transylvania seeks a psychiatrist’s help to cure her vampiric cravings.
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Captain Blood
as Lord Sunderland (uncredited)Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.
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The Sea Hawk
as AstronomerDashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love...
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You Can't Take It with You
as Mr. DePinnaAlice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with...
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Lady for a Day
as ButlerNever-wed, poor, rough around the edges Apple Annie has always written to her daughter, Louise,...
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That Hamilton Woman
as Rev. NelsonThe story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir...
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To Be or Not to Be
as Gen. ArmstrongDuring the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's...
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The Prince and the Pauper
as ArchbishopTwo boys – the prince Edward and the pauper Tom – are born on the same day. Years later, when...
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Canyon Passage
as ClenchfieldIn 1850s Oregon, a businessman is torn between his love of two very different women and his...
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Platinum Blonde
as SmytheAnne Schuyler is an upper-crust socialite who bullies her reporter husband into conforming to...
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Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
as Alfred Brunton, the butlerDuring WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his...
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The Story of Louis Pasteur
as Dr. ListerA true story about Louis Pasteur, who revolutionized medicine by proving that much disease is...
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Mary of Scotland
as Man (uncredited)The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her...
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Here Comes Mr. Jordan
as SiskBoxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on...
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The Invisible Man's Revenge
as Cleghorn, the butlerA fugitive, dangerous madman reaches an English village where he confronts his former partner...
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Mr. Skeffington
as Soames (uncredited)A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her...
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Midnight Mary
as ChurchillWhile on trial for her life, a young woman recalls her tough upbringing and her involvement with...
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Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as PurdySir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew...
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The Sin of Madelon Claudet
as RogetOut of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send...
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The Undying Monster
as Walton the ButlerA werewolf prowls around at night but only kills certain members of one family. It seems like...
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Forever and a Day
as DoctorIn World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the...
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Double Door
as Mr. ChaseA domineering money-bags' suppressed incestuous urges go into overdrive when her half-brother...
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Casanova Brown
as Charles, the ButlerCass Brown is about to marry for the second time; his first marriage, to Isabel was annulled....
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Nurse Edith Cavell
as British ChaplainBritish nurse Edith Cavell is stationed at a hospital in Brussels during World War I. When the...
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We Live Again
as OfficialNekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial,...
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Third Finger, Left Hand
as BurtonMagazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male...
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A Study in Scarlet
as Malcolm DearingIn London, a secret society led by lawyer Thaddeus Merrydew collects the assets of any of its...
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Charlie Chan in Shanghai
as Colonel Watkins, police commissionerWhen a prominent official is murdered at a banquet honoring Charle Chan, the detective and son...
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Kidnapped
as Dominie CampbellRobert Louis Stevenson's hero David Balfour joins rebel Alan Breck Stewart in 18th-century...
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Bulldog Drummond's Peril
as Prof. Bernard GoodmanDrummond's wedding with Phyllis is interrupted when the inspector guarding their gifts is...
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You Gotta Stay Happy
as MartinIndecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to...
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The Hardys Ride High
as DobbsSixth of the Judge Hardy series. Judge James K. Hardy is brought the fabulous news from attorney...
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Cynara
as Coroner at Inquest (uncredited)A London barrister's marriage is under strain after his affair with a shopgirl who is out to...
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Miracle in the Rain
as Ely B. WindgateWartime romance about a lonely man and woman who meet one rainy afternoon in New York.
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Vanessa: Her Love Story
as Father of Little GirlThe Victorian wife of a mad baron waits years for a British soldier sent to Egypt.
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The Earl of Chicago
as Lord ChancellorA behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the...
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Journey for Margaret
as Mr. BarrieAn American newspaperman and his wife, end up in London after several retreats in the opening...
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Menace
as SkinnerA psychotic man stalks three innocent people whom he believes are responsible for his brother's...
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The Right to Live
as Dr. Sir Stephen BarrA man with a broken back dies after his wife has an affair with his brother.
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British Agent
as Sir Walter CarristerIn the days leading up to the Russian Revolution, Stephen Locke, a minor British diplomat in St...
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The Light That Failed
as DoctorA London artist struggles to complete one last painting before going blind.
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The War Against Mrs. Hadley
as BennettWealthy American society matron, Stella Hadley refuses to sacrifice her material comforts to aid...
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Five and Ten
as Hopkins (uncredited)John owns the largest chain of five and ten cent stores in the country. He moves his family to...
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Looking Forward
as Mr. James FeltonDepression Era story set in London about a wealthy shop owner who goes bankrupt and is forced to...
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Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as First BobbyBulldog Drummond finds himself immersed in another adventure when he stumbles upon a corpse in...
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Hollywood Wonderland
as Grandfather (clip from "Changing of the Guard", 1936) (uncredited)Two tour guides take visitors on a promotional tour of Warner Bros.' studios.
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Tell No Tales
as Dr. LovelakeA newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could...
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Sunny
as JohnsonSunny is a 1941 film American film directed by Herbert Wilcox. It was adapted by Sig Herzig from...
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Riptide
as BollardMary is an impetuous romantic who marries British aristocrat Lord Philip Rexford on a whim....
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Father Brown, Detective
as Sir Leopold FischerAfter notorious jewel thief Flambeau meets Evelyn Fischer during a raid on a casino, he falls...
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Charley's Aunt
as Stephen SpettigueA student is pressured into pretending to be a classmate's Aunt so he can act as a false chaperone.
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Cardinal Richelieu
as Father JosephThe cunning Cardinal Richelieu must save King Louis XIII from treachery within his inner circle.
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Love Affair
as KibbeeHeiress learns to fly from aeronautical engineer. Things get complicated as their affair progresses.
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Captured!
as British Major GeneralWhile waiting out World War I in a German POW camp, Captain Fred Allison discovers that his...
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Hearts Divided
as CambaceresNapoleon Bonaparte's younger brother, visiting the United States, falls madly in love with a...
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The Black Arrow
as Bishop of TisburyA young British nobleman comes back from fighting in the War of the Roses to discover that his...
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Spendthrift
as Beuhl - the ButlerA profligate, polo-playing playboy (Henry Fonda) is married to a beautiful but superficial...
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Parnell
as W.H. SmithIrish politician Charles Stewart Parnell struggles to free his country from English rule, but...
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Maid of Salem
as JeremiahWhen a young woman named Barbara Clarke has an affair with adventurer Roger Coverman, it causes...
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Folies Bergère
as Monsieur PauletAn entertainer impersonates a look-alike banker, causing comic confusion for wife and girlfriend.
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Remember?
as Butler WilliamsSky and Linda meet on vacation and become engaged. When Sky introduces Linda to his best friend,...
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If Winter Comes
as The CoronerThe small English town of Penny Green is swarming with scandal when textbook author Mark,...
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Lovers Courageous
as Mr. SmithA daydreaming dramatist and his beloved persevere through hard times in the hope that one of his...
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The Woman Between
as Barton - the ButlerReturning after a long absence, a man learns the woman he fell in love with on the ship going...
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The Right of Way
as The SiegneurSnobbish attorney Charles 'Beauty' Steele loses his wife due to his drinking and his airs at the...
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The Jury's Secret
as John, ButlerA reporter covering a murder trial guesses that the murderer of a ruthless businessman is her...
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If I Were Free
as Burford-Gordon's butlerA recently divorced interior decorator falls in love with a married barrister.
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That Forsyte Woman
as Nicholas ForsyteSoames and Irene Forsyte have a marriage of convenience. Young Jolyon Forsyte is a black sheep...
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Devil's Lottery
as Lord LitchfieldIntricate, soapy drama of romance, heartbreak, and murder amongst a diverse group of sweepstakes...
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Naughty But Nice
as Dean Burton, Winfield CollegeDonald Hardwick (Dick Powell) is a stuffed-shirt, classical music professor. His family and...
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Varsity Show
as Dean MeredithWinfield College students rebel against a stodgy professor who won't permit "swing" music be...
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Storm Over Bengal
as Sir John GaltThis being a Republic picture, it should come as no surprise that Storm Over Bengal was filmed...
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The Menace
as PhillipsA man framed for murder escapes from prison in order to prove his innocence.
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Payment Deferred
as A Prospective TenantBank clerk William Marble is desperate for money to pay his family's bills. When his wealthy...
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Jalna
as Ernest WhiteoaksA young poet, accompanied by his new bride, returns home to his large family at their Canadian farm.
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Give Me Your Heart
as Oliver WarrenAn American lawyer's wife is reunited with her child and his father, an English nobleman.
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The Bachelor Father
as LarkinLonely in his English country estate, Sir Basil decides to gather his grown (albeit...
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Mandalay
as Col. Dawson AmesAbandoned by her lover, a woman becomes the main "hostess" in a decadent nightclub, but tries to...
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Lady with Red Hair
as Divorce Judge (uncredited)An actress hopes to regain her lost son by making it to the top.
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The White Angel
as Lord RaglanIn Victorian England, Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly change the attitude towards...
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His Butler's Sister
as WillebrandtAspiring singer Ann Carter visits her stepbrother in New York, hoping to make it on Broadway.
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Grumpy
as RuddickAn exhaustingly cantankerous old man solves a jewel robbery.
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Fit for a King
as Count StrunskyNewspaper reporter "Scoops" is sent out on assignment, to investigate the failed assassination...
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Should Ladies Behave
as LouisA middle-aged houseguest causes romantic turmoil when he falls in love with his host's teenage...
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6 Hours to Live
as Baron Emil von SturmA murder victim is brought back to life by a scientific experiment. However, the effects only...
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Love Letters of a Star
as HotchkissA woman commits suicide after being blackmailed, and her husband resolves to kill the man...
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Pacific Liner
as Captain MathewsThe S. S. Arcturus sails from Shanghai to San Francisco, and Dr. Jim Craig takes the post of...
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Service de Luxe
as ButlerGlamorous and efficient Helen Murphy runs a service that will provide any type of assistance to...
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I Am Suzanne!
as Dr. LorenzoA dancer falls in love with a puppeteer, much to the consternation of her manipulative manager. ...
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The Masquerader
as BrockA drug-addicted member of Parliament needs to take time off and secretly pull his life together,...
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Mr. Muggs Steps Out
as uncreditedOrdered by a judge to get a job, Muggs McGinnis is hired by wealthy Mrs. Murray, who has a...
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Scotland Yard
as Lord St. ArranA criminal fleeing a bank robbery has a chance encounter with a banker and his wife and takes a...
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Here Comes Trouble
as Professor HowardDonovan unknowingly becomes tangled up with jewel thieves when Evelyn Howard gives him a...
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Jealousy
as RigaudYvonne, proprietor of a Paris gown shop, marries Pierre, a poor artist, concealing from him an...
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The Key
as General C.O. FurlongA British officer stationed in Ireland falls for the wife of an intelligence man.
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She Was a Lady
as George DaneBefore his daughter can formally claim her rightful title, her father dies. Now her blue-blooded...
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Week Ends Only
as MartinA recently impoverished but formerly wealthy young woman ends up working as a nightclub hostess....
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Man About Town
as HiltonIn a plan to trap potential enemy spies in Washington, an American secret agent sets up a...
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Lucky In Love
as uncreditedMichael O'More, an American who lives in Ireland with his uncle, a horsetrainer for the Earl of...
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