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Dennis Hoey

Actor / Playwright | * 03/30/1893 († 67, 07/25/1960) | London (United Kingdom (UK))
Dennis Hoey (born Samuel David Hyams, 30 March 1893 – 25 July 1960) was a British film and stage actor, best remembered for playing Inspector Lestrade in six films of Universal's Sherlock Holmes series. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Thriller

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During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. He summons Holmes for help and the master detective proceeds to solve the crime from a long list ...

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

NR

1943 | 3.5/5 | 1h 8min
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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King David enters into an adulterous affair with the beautiful Bathsheba, which has tragic consequences for his family and Israel. ...

David and Bathsheba

PG

1951 | 3.1/5 | 2h 3min
Drama, Romance / Love, History
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Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond worth a fortune belonging to an elderly woman of wealth; but within the fir ...

Terror by Night

NR

1946 | 3.3/5 | 1h
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomous as a spider. Based on "The Sign of Four" and the ...

The Spider Woman

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1943 | 3.5/5 | 1h 3min
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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Movies with Dennis Hoey as Actor(58)

as Burford1952 Caribbean
as Joab1951 David and Bathsheba
as Major Harper1950 The Kid from Texas
as Mr. Pitcher1949 The Secret Garden
as Mr. Smith1949 Bad Men of Tombstone
as Sir William Glasdale1948 Joan of Arc
as Capt. Munsey1948 Wake of the Red Witch
as Mr. Burnside1948 Ruthless
as Roger Elwood1947 Second Chance
as Williams 'Bill', Matilda's Butler1947 Christmas Eve
as Hoff1947 Golden Earrings
as Minister of War Grubitch1947 Where There's Life
as Tiny Wilson1947 If Winter Comes
as Steven Loring1947 The Crimson Key
as Inspector Lestrade1946 Terror by Night
as Cole Gregory1946 Roll on Texas Moon
as Commissioner1946 Tarzan and the Leopard Woman
as Inspector Pierce1946 She-Wolf of London
as Sir Edward1946 Anna and the King of Siam
as Tim Hager1946 The Strange Woman
as Jonathan Selby1945 Kitty
as Sultan Kamar Al-Kir / Prince Hadji1945 A Thousand and One Nights
as Mr. Greenford1945 National Velvet
as Inspector Lestrade1945 The House of Fear
as Alec Chisholm1944 The Keys of the Kingdom
as Father Le Clerc1944 Uncertain Glory
as Inspector Lestrade1944 The Pearl of Death
as Col. Taeger1943 They Came to Blow Up America
as Gestapo Col. von Grunow1943 Bomber's Moon
as Inspector Lestrade1943 Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
as Insp. Lestrade1943 The Spider Woman
as Inspector Owen (uncredited)1943 Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
as Lord Tarrant1942 Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Inspector Lestrade1942 Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
as Parsons1942 This Above All
as Intelligence Officer1941 A Yank in the R.A.F.
as Duffield, Ministry of Information1941 Confirm or Deny
as C.I. Tanner1939 A Criminal at Large
as Gambling Winner1936 Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
as Mara the White Chief1936 Uncivilised
as Nikander1936 Black Roses
as Tom Goodschild1935 The Mystery of the Mary Celeste
as Mario1935 Brewster's Millions
as Soldier / Toby Belch1935 The Immortal Gentleman
as M. Daumery1935 Honeymoon for Three
as Rakham, chief henchman1934 Chu Chin Chow
as Montagu Neilson1934 My Old Duchess
as MNT1934 I Spy
as Capradossi1933 Facing The Music
as Lord de Beaudricourt (Phase II)1933 The Wandering Jew
as Captain Sabry1933 Baroud
as Sir Rudolph Bartlett1933 Maid Happy
as Anthony Carlisle1932 Life Goes On
as Orsino1932 The Maid of the Mountains
as The Chaplain, called "Padre"1931 Tell England
as Stranger1931 Never Trouble Trouble
as Cyrus Watt1931 Love Lies
as Hotelier1927 Tiptoes

TV Shows/Series with Dennis Hoey as Actor(1)

as Arthur Conan Doyle (segment "The Fine Art of Murder")1952 Omnibus

Full Name: Dennis Hoey
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Thursday, 03/30 1893 (March) in London (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Monday, 07/25 1960 (July) in Palm Beach (aged: 67)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN)
Dennis Hoey frequently works together with these people:
Roy William Neill (12x, Crew)
Russell A. Gausman (8x, Crew)
Nigel Bruce (7x, Actor)
Vera West (7x, Crew)
Lupino Lane (7x, Actor)
John B. Goodman (6x, Crew)
Frederick Worlock (6x, Actor)
Alfred Newman (6x, Crew)
Billy Bevan (6x, Actor)
Thomas Little (6x, Crew)
Stanley Lupino (6x, Actor)
Peter Ustinov (2x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:351516, Added: 08/15/2018, Last updated: 03/30/2024