Horace Hodges
{{Short description|English actor (1863–1951)}}
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| birth_date = 19 December 1863
| birth_place = Falmouth, Cornwall, England
| death_date = {{death-date and age|6 July 1951|19 December 1863}}
| death_place = Sussex, England
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| occupation = Actor & writer
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Horace Hodges (19 December 1863 – 6 July 1951) was a British stage and film actor and writer.[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/98287 "Hodges, Horace"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022153403/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/98287 |date=2012-10-22 }}, the BFI website[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1913/11/25/100288961.pdf "Lots of Suspense in Maude's New Play"], The New York Times, 1913-11-25{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/ay1/horace-hodges|title=Horace Hodges - Theatricalia|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/horace-hodges-45284|title=Horace Hodges – Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB|first=The Broadway|last=League|publisher=}}
Hodges was the author (with Thomas Wigney Percyval) of the play Grumpy which saw a Broadway production in 1913, a silent film version in 1923, and a sound version in 1930, with a Spanish film version Cascarrabias in the same year.{{cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/grumpy-7740|title=Grumpy – Broadway Play – Original - IBDB|first=The Broadway|last=League|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/grumpy-v93959|title=Grumpy (1923) - William C. DeMille - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ab9a10c|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414082519/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ab9a10c|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 April 2017|title=Grumpy (1930)|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6fd30d8f|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414082633/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6fd30d8f|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 April 2017|title=Cascarrabias (1930)|publisher=}}
Selected filmography
- Escape (1930) - Gentleman
- Other People's Sins (1931) - Carfax
- A Night in Montmartre (1931) - Lucien Borell
- After Dark (1933) - Thaddeus Cattermole Brompton
- Summer Lightning (1933) - Lord Emsworth
- Rolling in Money (1934) - Earl of Addleton
- Summer Lightning (1933) - Johnnie Lee
- Old Faithful (1935) - Bill Brunning
- Birds of a Feather (1936) - Lord Cheverton
- Three Maxims (1936) - Mike
- London Melody (1937) - Father Donnelly
- The Show Goes On (1937) - Sam Bishop
- Follow Your Star (1938) - Mr. Wilmot
- Jamaica Inn (1939) - Chadwick - Sir Humphrey's Butler (final film role)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0388166}}
- {{IBDB name|45284}}
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Category:English male stage actors
Category:English male film actors
Category:20th-century English male actors
Category:20th-century English dramatists and playwrights
Category:Actors from Falmouth, Cornwall
Category:Male actors from Cornwall
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