Halliwell Hobbes
Known for ActingBorn 1877-11-16 — died 1962-02-20Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK
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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.
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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.
Known for
Gaslight
1944 · as Mr. Muffin
Waterloo Bridge
1940 · as Vicar at St. Matthews (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington
1944 · as Soames (uncredited)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931 · as Brig. Gen. Sir Danvers Carew
Mary of Scotland
1936 · as Man (uncredited)
British Agent
1934 · as Sir Walter Carrister
To Be or Not to Be
1942 · as Gen. Armstrong
Captain Blood
1935 · as Lord Sunderland (uncredited)
The Sea Hawk
1940 · as Astronomer
Casanova Brown
1944 · as Charles, the Butler
You Can't Take It with You
1938 · as DePinna
That Hamilton Woman
1941 · as Rev. Nelson
Riptide
1934 · as Bollard
Canyon Passage
1946 · as Clenchfield
A Christmas Carol
1938 · as Clergyman Sliding on Sidewalk (uncredited)
Dracula's Daughter
1936 · as Hawkins
Naughty but Nice
1939 · as Dean Burton, Winfield College
Parnell
1937 · as W.H. Smith