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Ian Hunter
Ian Hunter

Ian Hunter

ActingBorn June 13, 1900Died September 23, 1975 (age 75)Cape Town, South Africa

Biography

Ian Hunter (13 June 1900 – 22 September 1975) was a British character actor. Among dozens of film roles, his best-remembered appearances include That Certain Woman (1937) with Bette Davis, The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938, as King Richard the Lionheart), The Little Princess (1939, as Captain Reginald Crewe) and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941, as Dr. Lanyon). Hunter returned to the Robin Hood legend in the 1955 TV series The Adventures of Robin Hood in the recurring role of Sir Richard of the Lea. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian Hunter, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1963Movie
1963Movie
1962
Guns of Darkness

as Dr. Swann

Movie
1961Movie
1961
Doctor Blood's Coffin

as Dr. Robert Blood, Peter's Father

Movie
1960
The Bulldog Breed

as Admiral Sir Bryanston Blyth

Movie
1960
Somerset Maugham Hour

as Self - Host

TV
1960TV
1959
North West Frontier

as Sir John Wyndham

Movie
1958
Rockets Galore

as Air Commodore Watchorn

Movie
1957
Fortune Is a Woman

as Clive Fisher

Movie
1956
The Battle of the River Plate

as Captain Woodhouse - H.M.S. Ajax

Movie
1956
Armchair Theatre

as Sir Malcolm Saville

TV
1956
The Door in the Wall

as Henry Redmond

Movie
1955
The Adventures of Robin Hood

as Sir Richard of the Lea

TV
1954
Eight O'Clock Walk

as Geoffrey Tanner

Movie
1954
Don't Blame the Stork

as Sir George Redway

Movie
1953Movie
1952
It Started in Paradise

as Arthur Turner

Movie
1949
Edward, My Son

as Doctor Larry Woodhope

Movie
1947
The White Unicorn

as Philip Templar

Movie
1947Movie
1946
Bedelia

as Charlie Carrington

Movie
1943
It Comes Up Love

as Tom Peabody

Movie
1943
Forever and a Day

as Dexter Pomfret

Movie
1942
A Yank at Eton

as Roger Carlton

Movie
1942Movie
1941
Smilin' Through

as Reverend Owen Harding

Movie
1941
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Dr. John Lanyon

Movie
1941
Billy the Kid

as Eric Keating

Movie
1941
Ziegfeld Girl

as Geoffrey Collis

Movie
1941Movie
1941
Come Live with Me

as Barton Kendrick

Movie
1940Movie
1940
Gallant Sons

as Natural Davis

Movie
1940
Bitter Sweet

as Lord Shayne

Movie
1940
Dulcy

as Gordon Daly

Movie
1940
Strange Cargo

as Cambreau

Movie
1940
Broadway Melody of 1940

as Bert C. Matthews

Movie
1939
Tower of London

as King Edward IV

Movie
1939
Bad Little Angel

as Jim Creighton (Sentinel editor)

Movie
1939
Maisie

as Clifford 'Cliff' Ames

Movie
1939
Tarzan Finds a Son!

as Austin Lancing

Movie
1939
Broadway Serenade

as Larry Bryant

Movie
1939
The Little Princess

as Captain Crewe

Movie
1939Movie
1938
Breakdowns of 1938

as Lloyd Rogers (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1938
Comet Over Broadway

as Bert Ballin

Movie
1938
The Sisters

as William Benson

Movie
1938
Secrets of an Actress

as Peter 'Pete' Snowden

Movie
1938
Always Goodbye

as Phillip Marshall

Movie
1938
The Adventures of Robin Hood

as King Richard the Lion-Heart

Movie
1937Movie
1937
52nd Street

as Rufus Rondell

Movie
1937
That Certain Woman

as Lloyd Rogers

Movie
1937
Confession

as Leonide Kirow

Movie
1937
Another Dawn

as Colonel John Wister

Movie
1937
Call It a Day

as Roger Hilton

Movie
1937
Stolen Holiday

as Anthony Wayne

Movie
1936Movie
1936
To Mary - with Love

as Bill Hallam

Movie
1936Movie
1935
A Dream Comes True

as Theseus (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1935
I Found Stella Parish

as Keith Lockridge

Movie
1935Movie
1935
Jalna

as Renny Whiteoaks

Movie
1935
The Phantom Light

as Jim Pearce

Movie
1935
Lazybones

as Sir Reginald Ford

Movie
1935
The Girl from 10th Avenue

as Geoffrey D. 'Geoff' Sherwood

Movie
1935
The Morals of Marcus

as Sir Marcus Ordeyne

Movie
1934
Something Always Happens

as Peter Middleton

Movie
1934
The Church Mouse

as Johnathan Steele

Movie
1934
No Escape

as Jim Brandon

Movie
1934
Death at Broadcasting House

as Detective Inspector Gregory

Movie
1934Movie
1934
The Silver Spoon

as Capt Watts-Wynyard

Movie
1933
Orders Is Orders

as Capt. Harper

Movie
1933
The Man from Toronto

as Fergus Wimbush

Movie
1932
Marry Me

as Robert Hart

Movie
1932
The Water Gipsies

as Fred Green

Movie
1931
Sally in Our Alley

as George Miles

Movie
1931
Cape Forlorn

as Gordon Kingsley

Movie
1930
Escape!

as William Brown, the Plainclothesman

Movie
1930
The Valley of Ghosts

as Andrew McLeod

Movie
1929
The Thoroughbred

as Allen Stockbridge

Movie
1929
Syncopation

as Alexander Winston

Movie
1928
Easy Virtue

as The Plaintiff's Counsel

Movie
1928
His House in Order

as Hilary Jesson

Movie
1927
Downhill

as Archie

Movie
1927
The Ring

as Bob Corby

Movie
1925
Confessions

as Charles Oddy

Movie
1924
Not For Sale

as Martin Bering

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJune 13, 1900
Day of DeathSeptember 23, 1975
Place of BirthCape Town, South Africa
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