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Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 13, 1900
Died
September 23, 1975
Place of Birth
Cape Town, South Africa
Ian Hunter
0.3 Popularity
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
6.5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
4.3
Robert Talbot
The Mystery of the Indian Temple
1963
4.0
Robert Talbot
Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance
1963
6.0
Dr. Swann
Guns of Darkness
1962
4.8
The Queen's Guards
1961
3.3
Colonel Jackson
The Treasure of Monte Cristo
1961
5.1
Dr. Robert Blood, Peter's Father
Doctor Blood's Coffin
1961
5.7
Admiral Sir Bryanston Blyth
The Bulldog Breed
1960
🎬
0.0
Self - Host
Somerset Maugham Hour
1960
🎬
0.0
Mallowby
Somerset Maugham Hour
1960
Credits
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
6.5
The Mystery of the Indian Temple
as Robert Talbot
1963
4.3
Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance
as Robert Talbot
1963
4.0
Guns of Darkness
as Dr. Swann
1962
6.0
The Queen's Guards
1961
4.8
The Treasure of Monte Cristo
as Colonel Jackson
1961
3.3
Doctor Blood's Coffin
as Dr. Robert Blood, Peter's Father
1961
5.1
The Bulldog Breed
as Admiral Sir Bryanston Blyth
1960
5.7
🎬
Somerset Maugham Hour
as Self - Host
1960
0.0
🎬
Somerset Maugham Hour
as Mallowby
1960
0.0
North West Frontier
as Sir John Wyndham
1959
6.8
Rockets Galore
as Air Commodore Watchorn
1958
6.0
Fortune Is a Woman
as Clive Fisher
1957
6.8
The Battle of the River Plate
as Captain Woodhouse - H.M.S. Ajax
1956
6.3
Armchair Theatre
as Sir Malcolm Saville
1956
5.8
The Door in the Wall
as Henry Redmond
1956
5.8
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sir Richard of the Lea
1955
6.3
Eight O'Clock Walk
as Geoffrey Tanner
1954
6.7
🎬
Don't Blame the Stork
as Sir George Redway
1954
0.0
Appointment in London
as Logan
1953
6.4
It Started in Paradise
as Arthur Turner
1952
5.0
Edward, My Son
as Doctor Larry Woodhope
1949
6.4
The White Unicorn
as Philip Templar
1947
7.5
White Cradle Inn
as Anton
1947
6.2
Bedelia
as Charlie Carrington
1946
4.6
It Comes Up Love
as Tom Peabody
1943
2.3
Forever and a Day
as Dexter Pomfret
1943
7.4
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
6.0
A Yank at Eton
as Roger Carlton
1942
6.0
Safeguarding Military Information
as Spy
1942
5.0
Smilin' Through
as Reverend Owen Harding
1941
6.0
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. John Lanyon
1941
6.5
Billy the Kid
as Eric Keating
1941
5.0
Ziegfeld Girl
as Geoffrey Collis
1941
6.5
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
as Steven V. Land
1941
5.4
Come Live with Me
as Barton Kendrick
1941
6.8
The Long Voyage Home
as Smitty
1940
6.6
Gallant Sons
as Natural Davis
1940
7.2
Bitter Sweet
as Lord Shayne
1940
5.8
Dulcy
as Gordon Daly
1940
5.8
Strange Cargo
as Cambreau
1940
7.0
Broadway Melody of 1940
as Bert C. Matthews
1940
6.7
Tower of London
as King Edward IV
1939
6.0
Bad Little Angel
as Jim Creighton (Sentinel editor)
1939
4.9
Maisie
as Clifford 'Cliff' Ames
1939
4.4
Tarzan Finds a Son!
as Austin Lancing
1939
6.1
Broadway Serenade
as Larry Bryant
1939
6.2
The Little Princess
as Captain Crewe
1939
6.7
Yes, My Darling Daughter
as Lewis Murray
1939
3.3
Breakdowns of 1938
as Lloyd Rogers (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
4.7
Comet Over Broadway
as Bert Ballin
1938
5.0
The Sisters
as William Benson
1938
5.8
Secrets of an Actress
as Peter 'Pete' Snowden
1938
5.6
Always Goodbye
as Phillip Marshall
1938
6.8
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as King Richard the Lion-Heart
1938
7.5
Breakdowns of 1937
as Self
1937
6.0
52nd Street
as Rufus Rondell
1937
0.0
That Certain Woman
as Lloyd Rogers
1937
5.4
Confession
as Leonide Kirow
1937
6.1
Another Dawn
as Colonel John Wister
1937
6.2
Call It a Day
as Roger Hilton
1937
5.0
Stolen Holiday
as Anthony Wayne
1937
6.1
The Devil Is a Sissy
as Jay Pierce
1936
6.9
To Mary - with Love
as Bill Hallam
1936
4.5
The White Angel
as Fuller
1936
7.2
A Dream Comes True
as Theseus (archive footage) (uncredited)
1935
5.5
I Found Stella Parish
as Keith Lockridge
1935
7.0
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Theseus
1935
6.3
Jalna
as Renny Whiteoaks
1935
4.0
The Phantom Light
as Jim Pearce
1935
5.4
Lazybones
as Sir Reginald Ford
1935
6.3
The Girl from 10th Avenue
as Geoffrey D. 'Geoff' Sherwood
1935
6.5
The Morals of Marcus
as Sir Marcus Ordeyne
1935
0.0
Something Always Happens
as Peter Middleton
1934
6.0
The Church Mouse
as Johnathan Steele
1934
4.7
🎬
No Escape
as Jim Brandon
1934
0.0
Death at Broadcasting House
as Detective Inspector Gregory
1934
5.8
The Night of the Party
as Guy Kennion
1934
5.4
🎬
The Silver Spoon
as Capt Watts-Wynyard
1934
0.0
Orders Is Orders
as Capt. Harper
1933
0.0
The Man from Toronto
as Fergus Wimbush
1933
4.0
Marry Me
as Robert Hart
1932
0.0
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
as Dr. John Watson
1932
4.6
The Water Gipsies
as Fred Green
1932
6.0
Sally in Our Alley
as George Miles
1931
4.5
Cape Forlorn
as Gordon Kingsley
1931
7.5
Escape!
as William Brown, the Plainclothesman
1930
6.3
🎬
The Valley of Ghosts
as Andrew McLeod
1930
10.0
The Thoroughbred
as Allen Stockbridge
1929
0.0
Syncopation
as Alexander Winston
1929
5.0
Easy Virtue
as The Plaintiff's Counsel
1928
5.3
🎬
His House in Order
as Hilary Jesson
1928
0.0
Downhill
as Archie
1927
5.7
The Ring
as Bob Corby
1927
5.9
🎬
Confessions
as Charles Oddy
1925
0.0
Not For Sale
as Martin Bering
1924
0.0