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Biography
Halliwell Hobbes (16 November 1877; Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire – 20 February 1962; Santa Monica, California) was an English actor.
Life
His stage debut was as a member of Frank Benson's company 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 old 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. He married Nancie B. Marsland. He increased the sunkenness of his cheeks by having his four 12-year-molars removed. When he died from a heart attack he was buried at the Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles.
Career
Partial filmography
- Lucky in Love (1929)
- Jealousy (1929)
- Charley's Aunt (1930)
- The Bachelor Father (1931)
- The Right of Way (1931)
- The Lady Refuses (1931)
- The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)
- Platinum Blonde (1931)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
- Love Affair (1932)
- Payment Deferred (1932)
- Cynara (1932)
- Six Hours to Live (1932)
- Week Ends Only (1932)
- Devil's Lottery (1932)
- The Masquerader (1933)
- Looking Forward (1933)
- A Study in Scarlet (1933)
- Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
- Riptide (1934)
- Cardinal Richelieu (1935)
- Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935)
- Folies Bergère de Paris (1935)
- Millions in the Air (1935)
- The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
- Hearts Divided (1936)
- The White Angel (1936)
- Maid of Salem (1937)
- The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
- Storm Over Bengal (1938)
- Service de Luxe (1938)
- You Can't Take It With You (1938)
- The Light That Failed (1939)
- Naughty but Nice (1939)
- The Sea Hawk (1940)
- Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)
- Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
- That Hamilton Woman (1941)
- Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
- The Undying Monster (1942)
- Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
- Gaslight (1944)
- The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)
- Casanova Brown (1944)
- Canyon Passage (1946)
- The Black Arrow (1948)
Broadway
- And Then There Were None (1943)
- Murder on the Nile/Hidden Horizon (1944–45)