Jack Hobbs (actor)

Jack Hobbs
Born	28 September 1893 London United Kingdom
Died	4 June 1968 Brighton, East Sussex United Kingdom
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1915 - 1940 (film)

Jack Hobbs (1893–1968) was a British stage and film actor who appeared in more than forty films. After making his debut in the 1915 silent The Yoke Hobbs appeared in a mixture of leading and supporting roles in both the silent and sound eras. He played the hero in several quota quickies of the 1930s, including All That Glitters (1936).^[1] He was cast as a smooth-talking villain in two George Formby films No Limit (1935) and It's in the Air (1938)

Filmography

• The Yoke (1915)
• Tom Brown's Schooldays (1916)
• The Lady Clare (1919)
• The Face at the Window (1920)
• The Shuttle of Life (1920)
• Inheritance (1920)
• The Call of Youth (1921)
• The Skin Game (1921)
• The Lonely Lady of Grosvenor Square (1922)
• The Crimson Circle (1922)
• The Eleventh Commandment (1924)
• The Happy Ending (1925)
• The Flame (1926)
• Mischief (1931)
• Love Lies (1931)
• The Love Race (1931)
• Doctor Josser K.C. (1931)
• Never Trouble Trouble (1931)
• The Last Coupon (1932)
• Josser Joins the Navy (1932)
• Josser in the Army (1932)
• His Wife's Mother (1932)
• Too Many Wives (1933)
• Trouble in Store (1934)
• Oh No Doctor! (1934)
• No Limit (1935)
• Handle with Care (1935)
• Car of Dreams (1935)
• The Interrupted Honeymoon (1936)
• All That Glitters (1936)
• The Show Goes On (1937)
• Fine Feathers (1937)
• Millions (1937)
• Why Pick on Me? (1937)
• Intimate Relations (1937)
• When the Devil Was Well (1937)
• Leave It to Me (1937)
• Miracles Do Happen (1938)
• It's in the Air (1938)
• Make It Three (1938)
• Let George Do It! (1940)

References

1. Low p.289

Bibliography

• Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The British of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.

External links

• Jack Hobbs at the Internet Movie Database