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Dennis Hoey

Actor

Dennis Hoey

Born March 29, 1893 in London, England, UKDied July 25, 196064 films

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National Velvet posterFirst watchNational Velvet19457.2as Mr. GreenfordMi Taylor is a young wanderer and opportunist who finds himself in the quiet English countryside home of the Brown family.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man poster6.2Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man1943Terror by Night poster6.6Terror by Night1946The House of Fear poster6.9The House of Fear1945The Pearl of Death poster7.1The Pearl of Death1944The Spider Woman poster7.0The Spider Woman1943Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon poster6.4Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon1942Sherlock Holmes Faces Death poster6.9Sherlock Holmes Faces Death1943The Keys of the Kingdom poster7.1The Keys of the Kingdom1944

Filmography

64 films as actor
  1. 1952Plymouth AdventureHead Constable
  2. 1952CaribbeanBurford
  3. 1951David and BathshebaJoab
  4. 1950The Kid from TexasMajor Harper
  5. 1949The Secret GardenMr. Pitcher
  6. 1949Bad Men of TombstoneMr. Smith
  7. 1948Wake of the Red WitchCapt. Munsey
  8. 1948Joan of ArcSir William Glasdale
  9. 1948RuthlessMr. Burnside
  10. 1947If Winter ComesTiny Wilson
  11. 1947Where There's LifeMinister of War Grubitch
  12. 1947Christmas EveWilliams 'Bill', Matilda's Butler
  13. 1947Golden EarringsHoff
  14. 1947Second ChanceRoger Elwood
  15. 1947The Crimson KeySteven Loring
  16. 1946The Strange WomanTim Hager
  17. 1946Roll on Texas MoonCole Gregory
  18. 1946Anna and the King of SiamSir Edward
  19. 1946She-Wolf of LondonInspector Pierce
  20. 1946Tarzan and the Leopard WomanCommissioner
  21. 1946Terror by NightInspector Lestrade
  22. 1945KittyJonathan Selby
  23. 1945A Thousand and One NightsSultan Kamar Al-Kir / Prince Hadji
  24. 1945The House of FearInspector Lestrade
  25. 1945National VelvetMr. Greenford
  26. 1944The Keys of the KingdomAlec Chisholm (uncredited)
  27. 1944The Pearl of DeathInspector Lestrade
  28. 1944Uncertain GloryFather Le Clerc
  29. 1943The Spider WomanInsp. Lestrade
  30. 1943Sherlock Holmes Faces DeathInspector Lestrade
  31. 1943Bomber's MoonGestapo Col. von Grunow
  32. 1943They Came to Blow Up AmericaCol. Taeger
  33. 1943Frankenstein Meets the Wolf ManInspector Owen
  34. 1942Sherlock Holmes and the Secret WeaponInspector Lestrade
  35. 1942CairoColonel Woodhue
  36. 1942This Above AllParsons
  37. 1942Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin BlakeLord Tarrant
  38. 1941Confirm or DenyDuffield, Ministry of Information
  39. 1941A Yank in the R.A.F.Intelligence Officer
  40. 1939A Criminal at LargeC.I. Tanner
  41. 1936Black RosesNikander
  42. 1936UncivilisedMara the White Chief
  43. 1935Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red BarnGambling Winner
  44. 1935Honeymoon for ThreeM. Daumery
  45. 1935The Mystery of the Mary CelesteTom Goodschild
  46. 1935The Immortal GentlemanSoldier / Toby Belch
  47. 1935FaustMephistopheles
  48. 1935Brewster's MillionsMario
  49. 1934I SpyMNT
  50. 1934My Old DuchessMontagu Neilson
  51. 1934Lily of KillarneyMiles-Na-Copaleen
  52. 1934Chu Chin ChowRakham, chief henchman
  53. 1933Facing the MusicCapradossi
  54. 1933The Wandering JewLord de Beaudricourt (Phase II)
  55. 1933Maid HappySir Rudolph Bartlett
  56. 1933The Good CompanionsJoe
  57. 1933BaroudCaptain Sabry
  58. 1932The Maid of the MountainsOrsino
  59. 1932Life Goes OnAnthony Carlisle
  60. 1931Love LiesCyrus Watt
  61. 1931Never Trouble TroubleStranger
  62. 1931Tell EnglandThe Chaplain, called "Padre"
  63. 1930The Man from ChicagoJimmy Donovan
  64. 1927TiptoesHotelier