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Ian Hunter

Ian Hunter

Born: 1900-06-13 • Cape Town, South Africa

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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Filmography
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage poster
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 • Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Mystery of the Indian Temple poster
The Mystery of the Indian Temple
1963 • Robert Talbot
Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance poster
Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance
1963 • Robert Talbot
Guns of Darkness poster
Guns of Darkness
1962 • Dr. Swann
The Queen's Guards poster
The Queen's Guards
1961
The Treasure of Monte Cristo poster
The Treasure of Monte Cristo
1961 • Colonel Jackson
Doctor Blood's Coffin poster
Doctor Blood's Coffin
1961 • Dr. Robert Blood, Peter's Father
The Bulldog Breed poster
The Bulldog Breed
1960 • Admiral Sir Bryanston Blyth
North West Frontier poster
North West Frontier
1959 • Sir John Wyndham
Rockets Galore poster
Rockets Galore
1958 • Air Commodore Watchorn
Fortune Is a Woman poster
Fortune Is a Woman
1957 • Clive Fisher
The Battle of the River Plate poster
The Battle of the River Plate
1956 • Captain Woodhouse - H.M.S. Ajax
The Door in the Wall poster
The Door in the Wall
1956 • Henry Redmond
Eight O'Clock Walk poster
Eight O'Clock Walk
1954 • Geoffrey Tanner
No Image
Don't Blame the Stork
1954 • Sir George Redway
Appointment in London poster
Appointment in London
1953 • Logan
It Started in Paradise poster
It Started in Paradise
1952 • Arthur Turner
Edward, My Son poster
Edward, My Son
1949 • Doctor Larry Woodhope
The White Unicorn poster
The White Unicorn
1947 • Philip Templar
White Cradle Inn poster
White Cradle Inn
1947 • Anton
Bedelia poster
Bedelia
1946 • Charlie Carrington
It Comes Up Love poster
It Comes Up Love
1943 • Tom Peabody
Forever and a Day poster
Forever and a Day
1943 • Dexter Pomfret
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 poster
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
A Yank at Eton poster
A Yank at Eton
1942 • Roger Carlton
Safeguarding Military Information poster
Safeguarding Military Information
1942 • Spy
Smilin' Through poster
Smilin' Through
1941 • Reverend Owen Harding
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde poster
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941 • Dr. John Lanyon
Billy the Kid poster
Billy the Kid
1941 • Eric Keating
Ziegfeld Girl poster
Ziegfeld Girl
1941 • Geoffrey Collis
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary poster
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
1941 • Steven V. Land
Come Live with Me poster
Come Live with Me
1941 • Barton Kendrick
The Long Voyage Home poster
The Long Voyage Home
1940 • Smitty
Gallant Sons poster
Gallant Sons
1940 • Natural Davis
Bitter Sweet poster
Bitter Sweet
1940 • Lord Shayne
Dulcy poster
Dulcy
1940 • Gordon Daly
Strange Cargo poster
Strange Cargo
1940 • Cambreau
Broadway Melody of 1940 poster
Broadway Melody of 1940
1940 • Bert C. Matthews
Tower of London poster
Tower of London
1939 • King Edward IV
Bad Little Angel poster
Bad Little Angel
1939 • Jim Creighton (Sentinel editor)
Maisie poster
Maisie
1939 • Clifford 'Cliff' Ames
Tarzan Finds a Son! poster
Tarzan Finds a Son!
1939 • Austin Lancing
Broadway Serenade poster
Broadway Serenade
1939 • Larry Bryant
The Little Princess poster
The Little Princess
1939 • Captain Crewe
Yes, My Darling Daughter poster
Yes, My Darling Daughter
1939 • Lewis Murray
Breakdowns of 1938 poster
Breakdowns of 1938
1938 • Lloyd Rogers (archive footage) (uncredited)
Comet Over Broadway poster
Comet Over Broadway
1938 • Bert Ballin
The Sisters poster
The Sisters
1938 • William Benson
Secrets of an Actress poster
Secrets of an Actress
1938 • Peter 'Pete' Snowden
Always Goodbye poster
Always Goodbye
1938 • Phillip Marshall
The Adventures of Robin Hood poster
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938 • King Richard the Lion-Heart
Breakdowns of 1937 poster
Breakdowns of 1937
1937 • Self
52nd Street poster
52nd Street
1937 • Rufus Rondell
That Certain Woman poster
That Certain Woman
1937 • Lloyd Rogers
Confession poster
Confession
1937 • Leonide Kirow
Another Dawn poster
Another Dawn
1937 • Colonel John Wister
Call It a Day poster
Call It a Day
1937 • Roger Hilton
Stolen Holiday poster
Stolen Holiday
1937 • Anthony Wayne
The Devil Is a Sissy poster
The Devil Is a Sissy
1936 • Jay Pierce
To Mary - with Love poster
To Mary - with Love
1936 • Bill Hallam
The White Angel poster
The White Angel
1936 • Fuller
A Dream Comes True poster
A Dream Comes True
1935 • Theseus (archive footage) (uncredited)
I Found Stella Parish poster
I Found Stella Parish
1935 • Keith Lockridge
A Midsummer Night's Dream poster
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1935 • Theseus
Jalna poster
Jalna
1935 • Renny Whiteoaks
The Phantom Light poster
The Phantom Light
1935 • Jim Pearce
Lazybones poster
Lazybones
1935 • Sir Reginald Ford
The Girl from 10th Avenue poster
The Girl from 10th Avenue
1935 • Geoffrey D. 'Geoff' Sherwood
The Morals of Marcus poster
The Morals of Marcus
1935 • Sir Marcus Ordeyne
Something Always Happens poster
Something Always Happens
1934 • Peter Middleton
The Church Mouse poster
The Church Mouse
1934 • Johnathan Steele
No Image
No Escape
1934 • Jim Brandon
Death at Broadcasting House poster
Death at Broadcasting House
1934 • Detective Inspector Gregory
The Night of the Party poster
The Night of the Party
1934 • Guy Kennion
No Image
The Silver Spoon
1934 • Capt Watts-Wynyard
Orders Is Orders poster
Orders Is Orders
1933 • Capt. Harper
The Man from Toronto poster
The Man from Toronto
1933 • Fergus Wimbush
Marry Me poster
Marry Me
1932 • Robert Hart
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case poster
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
1932 • Dr. John Watson
The Water Gipsies poster
The Water Gipsies
1932 • Fred Green
Sally in Our Alley poster
Sally in Our Alley
1931 • George Miles
Cape Forlorn poster
Cape Forlorn
1931 • Gordon Kingsley
Escape! poster
Escape!
1930 • William Brown, the Plainclothesman
No Image
The Valley of Ghosts
1930 • Andrew McLeod
The Thoroughbred poster
The Thoroughbred
1929 • Allen Stockbridge
Syncopation poster
Syncopation
1929 • Alexander Winston
Easy Virtue poster
Easy Virtue
1928 • The Plaintiff's Counsel
No Image
His House in Order
1928 • Hilary Jesson
Downhill poster
Downhill
1927 • Archie
The Ring poster
The Ring
1927 • Bob Corby
No Image
Confessions
1925 • Charles Oddy
Not For Sale poster
Not For Sale
1924 • Martin Bering