Horace Hodges

English actor

Horace Hodges
Born	19 December 1863 Falmouth, Cornwall, England
Died	6 July 1951 (1951-07-07) (aged 87) Sussex, England
Occupation	Actor & writer

Horace Hodges (19 December 1863 – 6 July 1951) was a British stage and film actor and writer.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

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.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

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

^ "Hodges, Horace" Archived 2012-10-22 at the Wayback Machine, the BFI website
^ "Lots of Suspense in Maude's New Play", The New York Times, 1913-11-25
^ "Horace Hodges - Theatricalia".
^ League, The Broadway. "Horace Hodges – Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB".
^ League, The Broadway. "Grumpy – Broadway Play – Original - IBDB".
^ "Grumpy (1923) - William C. DeMille - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
^ "Grumpy (1930)". Archived from the original on 14 April 2017.
^ "Cascarrabias (1930)". Archived from the original on 14 April 2017.