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Henry Hull

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Henry Hull

Born October 2, 1890 in Louisville, Kentucky, USADied March 8, 197778 films

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Henry Watterson Hull (October 3, 1890 – March 8, 1977) was an American character actor most noted for playing the lead in Universal Pictures's Werewolf of London (1935). The film flopped, but has since come to be highly regarded.

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Lifeboat posterFirst watchLifeboat19447.4as Charles J. RittenhouseDuring World War II, a small group of survivors is stranded in a lifeboat together after the ship they were traveling on is destroyed by a German U-boat.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
High Sierra poster7.1High Sierra1941The Chase poster7.1The Chase1966The Fountainhead poster6.8The Fountainhead1949Portrait of Jennie poster7.2Portrait of Jennie1948Objective, Burma! poster6.9Objective, Burma!1945Boys Town poster6.8Boys Town1938The Return of Frank James poster6.4The Return of Frank James1940Jesse James poster6.6Jesse James1939

Filmography

78 films as actor
  1. 1966The ChaseBriggs
  2. 1965The Fool KillerDirty Jim Jelliman
  3. 1961Master of the WorldPrudent
  4. 1959The Oregon TrailGeorge Seton
  5. 1958The BuccaneerEzra Peavey
  6. 1958The Sheriff of Fractured JawMajor Masters
  7. 1958Bitter HeritageOld Henry
  8. 1958The Proud RebelJudge Morley
  9. 1957The Buckskin LadyDr. James Goldsboro ('Doc') Medley
  10. 1956Kentucky RiflePreacher Bently
  11. 1955Man with the GunMarshal Lee Sims
  12. 1953Thunder Over the PlainsLt. Col. Chandler
  13. 1953InfernoSam Elby
  14. 1953The Last PosseOllie Stokely
  15. 1952The Treasure of Lost CanyonCousin Lucius Cooke
  16. 1951Hollywood StoryPhilip Ferrara / Vincent St. Clair
  17. 1950The Return of Jesse JamesHank Younger
  18. 1949Song of SurrenderDeacon Parry
  19. 1949The Great Dan PatchDan Palmer
  20. 1949The FountainheadHenry Cameron
  21. 1949Colorado TerritoryFred Winslow
  22. 1949The Great GatsbyDan Cody
  23. 1949RimfireNathaniel Greeley
  24. 1949El PasoHenry Jeffers
  25. 1948Portrait of JennieEke
  26. 1948Fighter SquadronBrig. Gen. Mike McCready
  27. 1948The Walls of JerichoJefferson Norman
  28. 1948Belle Starr's DaughterThe Old Marshal (uncredited)
  29. 1948Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!Milt Dominy
  30. 1948On Our Merry WayDying Man (deleted sequence) (uncredited)
  31. 1947Mourning Becomes ElectraSeth Beckwith
  32. 1947Deep ValleyCliff Saul
  33. 1947High BarbareeDr. William G. Brooke
  34. 1945Objective, Burma!Mark Williams
  35. 1944Goodnight, SweetheartJeff Parker
  36. 1944LifeboatCharles J. Rittenhouse
  37. 1943The Woman of the TownInky Wilkinson
  38. 1943Seeds of FreedomGuerilla leader
  39. 1943The West Side KidSam Winston
  40. 1941High Sierra'Doc' Banton
  41. 1940The Return of Frank JamesMajor Rufus Cobb
  42. 1940My Son, My Son!Dermot O’Riordan
  43. 1939Judge Hardy and SonDr. Jones
  44. 1939Nick Carter, Master DetectiveJohn A. Keller
  45. 1939Bad Little AngelRed Wilks
  46. 1939Babes in ArmsMadox
  47. 1939Stanley and LivingstoneJames Gordon Bennett, Jr.
  48. 1939Miracles for SaleDave Duvallo
  49. 1939The Return of the Cisco KidColonel Joshua Bixby
  50. 1939The Spirit of CulverDoc Allen
  51. 1939Jesse JamesMaj. Rufus Cobb
  52. 1938The Great WaltzFranz Josef
  53. 1938Boys TownDave Morris
  54. 1938Port of Seven SeasUncle Elzear
  55. 1938Paradise for ThreeSepp
  56. 1938Three ComradesDr. Becker
  57. 1938Yellow JackDr. Jesse Lazear
  58. 1935Werewolf of LondonDr. Wilfred Glendon
  59. 1935Transient LadySen. Hamp Baxter
  60. 1934Great ExpectationsAbel Magwitch
  61. 1934Famous Scenes from PagliacciPagliacci
  62. 1934MidnightNolan
  63. 1933The Devil's MateChaplin
  64. 1930Matinee IdleFrank the Actor
  65. 1925The WrongdoersJimmy Nolan
  66. 1925Wasted Lives
  67. 1924For Woman's FavorThe Fool / The Lover
  68. 1924The Hoosier SchoolmasterRalph Hartsook
  69. 1924RouletteJimmy Moore
  70. 1923A Bride for a KnightJimmy Poe
  71. 1923The Last MomentHercules Napolean Cameron
  72. 1922One Exciting NightJohn Fairfax
  73. 1919Tom's Little Star
  74. 1918Little WomenJohn Brooke
  75. 1917The VolunteerJonathan Mendenhall
  76. 1917Rasputin, the Black MonkKerensky
  77. 1917The Family HonorAnthony Wayne
  78. 1917A Square DealMark Dunbar