Halliwell Hobbes
Herbert Halliwell Hobbes was an English actor.
Early years
Hobbes's schooling came at Trinity College in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Career
Hobbes's stage debut was as a member of Frank Benson's company, in the role of Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet in 1898. In 1908 and 1910 he played Prince Michael in The Prince and the Beggar Maid at the Lyceum Theatre in London.
Of his performance in a 1923 production of Ferenc Molnar's The Swan, Benjamin De Casseres wrote:
Hobbes moved back to Broadway by the mid-1940s, 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 heart ailment caused Hobbes to retire in 1956.
Personal life
In 1915, Hobbes married Nancie Brenda Marsland, an actress. They had one son, actor Peter Hobbes.
Death
After Hobbes died from a heart attack on February 20, 1962, he was buried at the Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles.
Filmography
Lucky in Love as Earl of Balkerry Jealousy as RigaudGrumpy as RuddickCharley's Aunt as Stephen SpettigueThe Bachelor Father as Larkin, the ButlerThe Right of Way as The SiegneurThe Lady Refuses as Sir James - Lawyer Five and Ten as Hopkins The Woman Between as Barton - the ButlerThe Sin of Madelon Claudet as RogetPlatinum Blonde as ButlerDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Brig. Gen. Danvers CarewForbidden as Florist Lovers Courageous as Mr. SmithThe Menace as PhillipsLove Affair as KibbeeDevil's Lottery as Lord LitchfieldMan About Town as HiltonWeek Ends Only as MartinSix Hours to Live as Baron Emil von SturmPayment Deferred as A Prospective TenantCynara as Coroner at InquestLooking Forward as Mr. James FeltonA Study in Scarlet as DearingMidnight Mary as ChurchillCaptured! as British Major GeneralThe Masquerader as BrockLady for a Day as ButlerIf I Were Free as Burford - Gordon's Butler Should Ladies Behave as LouisI Am Suzanne as Dr. LorenzoMandalay as Col. Dawson AmesRiptide as BollardAll Men Are Enemies as ClarendonDouble Door as Mr. ChaseThe Key as General C.O. FurlongMadame Du Barry as English AmbassadorBulldog Drummond Strikes Back as First BobbyShe Was a Lady as George DaneBritish Agent as Sir Walter CarristerWe Live Again as Official Menace as SkinnerFather Brown, Detective as Sir Leopold FischerThe Right to Live as Sir Stephen BarrFolies Bergère de Paris as Monsieur PauletVanessa: Her Love Story as Father of Little Girl Cardinal Richelieu as Father JosephJalna as Uncle Ernest WhiteoakCharlie Chan in Shanghai as Chief of PoliceMillions in the Air as TheodoreCaptain Blood as Lord Sunderland Rose Marie as Mr. Gordon Here Comes Trouble as Prof. HowardThe Story of Louis Pasteur as Dr. ListerDracula's Daughter as HawkinsChanging of the Guard as Grandfather, the Colonel Hearts Divided as CambaceresThe White Angel as Lord RaglanSpendthrift as Beuhl - the ButlerMary of Scotland as Minor Role Give Me Your Heart as OliverLove Letters of a Star as HotchkissMaid of Salem as JeremiahThe Prince and the Pauper as ArchbishopParnell as W.H. Smith Fit for a King as Count StrunskyVarsity Show as Dean MeredithThe Jury's Secret as John, The ButlerBulldog Drummond's Peril as Professor Bernard GoodmanKidnapped as Dominie CampbellYou Can't Take It With You as DePinnaService de Luxe as ButlerStorm Over Bengal as Sir John GaltA Christmas Carol as Clergyman Sliding on Sidewalk Pacific Liner as Captain MathewsThe Hardys Ride High as Dobbs, the ButlerTell No Tales as Dr. LovelakeNaughty but Nice as Dean Burton, Winfield CollegeNurse Edith Cavell as English ChaplainRemember? as Butler WilliamsThe Light That Failed as DoctorThe Earl of Chicago as Lord ChancellorWaterloo Bridge as Vicar at St. Matthews The Sea Hawk as AstronomerThird Finger, Left Hand as BurtonLady with Red Hair as Divorce Judge That Hamilton Woman as Rev. NelsonSunny as Johnson Here Comes Mr. Jordan as SiskDr. Kildare's Wedding Day as Minister Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake as PurdyTo Be or Not to Be as General ArmstrongThe War Against Mrs. Hadley as BennettThe Undying Monster as Walton, the ButlerJourney for Margaret as Mr. BarrieForever and a Day as DoctorSherlock Holmes Faces Death as BruntonMr. Muggs Steps Out as Charney, the ButlerHis Butler's Sister as Willebrandt Gaslight as Mr. MuffinMr. Skeffington as Soames The Invisible Man's Revenge as CleghornCasanova Brown as CharlesInformation Please as Leutnant Eberhard Canyon Passage as ClenchfieldIf Winter Comes as The CoronerThe Black Arrow as Bishop of TisburyYou Gotta Stay Happy as MartinThat Forsyte Woman as Nicholas ForsyteMiracle in the Rain as Ely B. 'Windy' Windgate
And Then There Were None