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 mens 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 mid1940 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
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