Ian Hunter

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Known For

Acting

Born

1900-06-13

Place of Birth

Cape Town, South Africa
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Ian Hunter

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.

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Acting History

1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1963
The Mystery of the Indian Temple as Robert Talbot
1963
Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance as Robert Talbot
1962
Guns of Darkness as Dr. Swann
1961
The Queen's Guards
1961
The Treasure of Monte Cristo as Colonel Jackson
1961
Doctor Blood's Coffin as Dr. Robert Blood, Peter's Father
1960
The Bulldog Breed as Admiral Sir Bryanston Blyth
1960
Somerset Maugham Hour as Self - Host
1960
Somerset Maugham Hour as Mallowby
1959
North West Frontier as Sir John Wyndham
1958
Rockets Galore as Air Commodore Watchorn
1957
Fortune Is a Woman as Clive Fisher
1956
The Battle of the River Plate as Captain Woodhouse - H.M.S. Ajax
1956
Armchair Theatre as Sir Malcolm Saville
1956
The Door in the Wall as Henry Redmond
1955
The Adventures of Robin Hood as Sir Richard of the Lea
1954
Eight O'Clock Walk as Geoffrey Tanner
1954
Don't Blame the Stork as Sir George Redway
1953
Appointment in London as Logan
1952
It Started in Paradise as Arthur Turner
1949
Edward, My Son as Doctor Larry Woodhope
1947
The White Unicorn as Philip Templar
1947
White Cradle Inn as Anton
1946
Bedelia as Charlie Carrington
1943
It Comes Up Love as Tom Peabody
1943
Forever and a Day as Dexter Pomfret
1942
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
A Yank at Eton as Roger Carlton
1942
Safeguarding Military Information as Spy
1941
Smilin' Through as Reverend Owen Harding
1941
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Dr. John Lanyon
1941
Billy the Kid as Eric Keating
1941
Ziegfeld Girl as Geoffrey Collis
1941
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary as Steven V. Land
1941
Come Live with Me as Barton Kendrick
1940
The Long Voyage Home as Smitty
1940
Gallant Sons as Natural Davis
1940
Bitter Sweet as Lord Shayne
1940
Dulcy as Gordon Daly
1940
Strange Cargo as Cambreau
1940
Broadway Melody of 1940 as Bert C. Matthews
1939
Tower of London as King Edward IV
1939
Bad Little Angel as Jim Creighton (Sentinel editor)
1939
Maisie as Clifford 'Cliff' Ames
1939
Tarzan Finds a Son! as Austin Lancing
1939
Broadway Serenade as Larry Bryant
1939
The Little Princess as Captain Crewe
1939
Yes, My Darling Daughter as Lewis Murray
1938
Breakdowns of 1938 as Lloyd Rogers (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
Comet Over Broadway as Bert Ballin
1938
The Sisters as William Benson
1938
Secrets of an Actress as Peter 'Pete' Snowden
1938
Always Goodbye as Phillip Marshall
1938
The Adventures of Robin Hood as King Richard the Lion-Heart
1937
Breakdowns of 1937 as Self
1937
52nd Street as Rufus Rondell
1937
That Certain Woman as Lloyd Rogers
1937
Confession as Leonide Kirow
1937
Another Dawn as Colonel John Wister
1937
Call It a Day as Roger Hilton
1937
Stolen Holiday as Anthony Wayne
1936
The Devil Is a Sissy as Jay Pierce
1936
To Mary - with Love as Bill Hallam
1936
The White Angel as Fuller
1935
A Dream Comes True as Theseus (archive footage) (uncredited)
1935
I Found Stella Parish as Keith Lockridge
1935
A Midsummer Night's Dream as Theseus
1935
Jalna as Renny Whiteoaks
1935
The Phantom Light as Jim Pearce
1935
Lazybones as Sir Reginald Ford
1935
The Girl from 10th Avenue as Geoffrey D. 'Geoff' Sherwood
1935
The Morals of Marcus as Sir Marcus Ordeyne
1934
The Church Mouse as Johnathan Steele
1934
Something Always Happens as Peter Middleton
1934
No Escape as Jim Brandon
1934
Death at Broadcasting House as Detective Inspector Gregory
1934
The Night of the Party as Guy Kennion
1934
The Silver Spoon as Capt Watts-Wynyard
1933
Orders Is Orders as Capt. Harper
1933
The Man from Toronto as Fergus Wimbush
1932
Marry Me as Robert Hart
1932
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case as Dr. John Watson
1932
The Water Gipsies as Fred Green
1931
Sally in Our Alley as George Miles
1931
Cape Forlorn as Gordon Kingsley
1930
Escape! as William Brown, the Plainclothesman
1930
The Valley of Ghosts as Andrew McLeod
1929
The Thoroughbred as Allen Stockbridge
1929
Syncopation as Alexander Winston
1928
Easy Virtue as The Plaintiff's Counsel
1928
His House in Order as Hilary Jesson
1927
Downhill as Archie
1927
The Ring as Bob Corby
1925
Confessions as Charles Oddy
1924
Not For Sale as Martin Bering