Ian Hunter

Personal Info

Birthday

June 13, 1900

Day of Death

1975-09-23

(75 years old)

Place of Birth

Cape Town, South Africa

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.

Known For

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Long Voyage Home

The Battle of the River Plate

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Jalna

Tarzan Finds a Son!

North West Frontier

The Little Princess

Filmography

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