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Ian Hunter

Acting

Born June 13, 1900 · Cape Town, South Africa

Died September 23, 1975

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.

Filmography27 titles

Forever and a Day

1943as Dexter Pomfret

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1938as King Richard the Lion-Heart

Gallant Sons

1940as Natural Davis

Strange Cargo

1940as Cambreau

The Devil Is a Sissy

1936as Jay Pierce

North West Frontier

1959as Sir John Wyndham

Broadway Melody of 1940

1940as Bert C. Matthews

Ziegfeld Girl

1941as Geoffrey Collis

The Little Princess

1939as Captain Crewe

The Long Voyage Home

1940as Smitty

Broadway Serenade

1939as Larry Bryant

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1941as Dr. John Lanyon

Pursuit of the Graf Spee

1956as Captain Woodhouse - H.M.S. Ajax

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1955as Sir Richard of the Lea

Edward, My Son

1949as Doctor Larry Woodhope

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1935as Theseus

Tarzan Finds a Son!

1939as Austin Lancing

A Yank at Eton

1942as Roger Carlton

Bitter Sweet

1940as Lord Shayne

The Ring

1927as Bob Corby

The Church Mouse

1934as Johnathan Steele

Andy Hardy's Private Secretary

1941as Steven V. Land

Downhill

1927as Archie

That Certain Woman

1937as Lloyd Rogers

Doctor Blood's Coffin

1961as Dr. Robert Blood, Peter's Father

Billy the Kid

1941as Eric Keating

The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case

1932as Dr. John Watson