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Gender

Male

Birthday

1900-06-13

Deathday

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.

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Acting

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

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		Something Always Happens as Peter Middleton
1934		The Church Mouse as Johnathan Steele
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