Ian Hunter - Turner Classic Movies

About

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Birth Place

Capetown, , ZA

Born

June 13, 1900

Died

September 23, 1975

Filmography

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The Queen's Guards (1963)

Guns of Darkness (1962)

The Secret of Monte Cristo (1961)

Colonel Jackson

Doctor Blood's Coffin (1961)

Dr. Robert Blood

Flame Over India (1960)

She Played with Fire (1958)

Photos & Videos

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I Found Stella Parish (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Norman Theater

I Found Stella Parish (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Quitting The Stage

Biography

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

The Queen's Guards (1963)

Guns of Darkness (1962)

The Secret of Monte Cristo (1961)

Colonel Jackson

Doctor Blood's Coffin (1961)

Dr. Robert Blood

Flame Over India (1960)

She Played with Fire (1958)

Mad Little Island (1958)

Air Commodore Watchorn

Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1957)

Capt Wwoodhouse,

Eight O'Clock Walk (1954)

Appointment In London (1953)

Edward, My Son (1949)

Dr. Larry Woodhope

Forever and a Day (1943)

Dexter [Pomfret]

It Comes Up Love (1943)

A Yank at Eton (1942)

Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941)

Ziegfeld Girl (1941)

Geoffrey Collis

Come Live with Me (1941)

Barton Kendrick

Billy the Kid (1941)

Smilin' Through (1941)

Reverend Owen Harding

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)

Dr. John Lanyon

Gallant Sons (1940)

"Natural" Davis

Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)

Bert C. Matthews

The Long Voyage Home (1940)

Strange Cargo (1940)

Bitter Sweet (1940)

Yes, My Darling Daughter (1939)

Broadway Serenade (1939)

Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)

The Little Princess (1939)

Bad Little Angel (1939)

Tower of London (1939)

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

King Richard the Lion-Heart

Comet over Broadway (1938)

Secrets of an Actress (1938)

Always Goodbye (1938)

Phillip Marshall

The Sisters (1938)

Confession (1937)

Call It a Day (1937)

52nd Street (1937)

Stolen Holiday (1937)

Another Dawn (1937)

Colonel [John] Wister

That Certain Woman (1937)

The White Angel (1936)

To Mary--With Love (1936)

William C. "Bill" Hallam

The Devil Is a Sissy (1936)

The Girl from 10th Avenue (1935)

Geoffrey Sherwood

Renny Whiteoaks

I Found Stella Parish (1935)

Keith Lockridge

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)

Theseus, Duke of Athens

Orders Is Orders (1934)

The Church Mouse (1934)

Jonathan Steele

The Night of the Party (1934)

No Escape (1934)

The Sign of Four (1932)

Water Gypsies (1932)

Syncopation (1929)

The Ring (1927)

Easy Virtue (1927)

Downhill (1927)

Visual Effects (Feature Film)

The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)

Miniatures const

Cast (Special)

Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey (1990)

Life Events

1917

Joined Army; served in France

1919

Made stage acting debut

1924

Made British film debut in "Not for Sale"

1927

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock in "The Ring" and "When Boys Leave Home"

1934

Moved to Hollywood, CA

1935

Co-starred with Bette Davis in "The Girl from 10th Avenue"

1935

Cast as the Duke in feature adaptation "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

1938

Played jovial King Richard in "The Adventures of Robin Hood"

1942

Returned to England for military service

1949

Co-starred with Spencer Tracy and Deborah Kerr in "Edward, My Son"

1964

Retired from acting following final appearance in "Highlight: The Singing Cinema"

Photo Collections

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) - Scene Stills

Here are some scene stills from the all-star Warner Bros. production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), directed by Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle.

Videos

I Found Stella Parish (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Norman Theater Opening credits and some framing by theater fans awaiting the star, from Warner Bros. I Found Stella Parish, 1935, starring Kay Francis, Ian Hunter and Paul Lukas, directed by Mervyn LeRoy.

I Found Stella Parish (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Quitting The Stage Disguised as an older lady on board ship, title character (Kay Francis) bumps into inquisitive journalist Lockridge (Ian Hunter) who's beginning to catch the scent, in Mervyn LeRoy's I Found Stella Parish, 1935.

That Certain Woman (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Nice Day For The Ducks Ian Hunter is lawyer Rogers, intervening to stop creepy reporter Whitaker (Hugh O’Connell) from printing a story about the personal history of his much valued secretary Mary (Bette Davis), when his friend, and her would-be boyfriend, Henry Fonda as playboy Jack, turns up, early in That Certain Woman, 1937.

Strange Cargo (1940) -- (Movie Clip) You Didn't See That Saloon girl Julie (Joan Crawford), kicked off the prison island, again rejects "Pig" (Peter Lorre) but not Marfeu (Bernard Nedell), as Moll (Albert Dekker) clobbers Verne (Clark Gable) and threatens Cambreau (Ian Hunter), staging the big escape, in Frank Borzage's Strange Cargo, 1940.

Strange Cargo (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Kinship With The Dead Inmate Telez (Eduardo Ciannelli) with his bible, visited by the beatific Cambreau (Ian Hunter), who has inexplicably appeared among the convicts in the French colonial prison, literate Hessler (Paul Lukas), then re-captured Verne (Clark Gable) getting involved, in Frank Borzage's Strange Cargo, 1940.

That Certain Woman (1937) -- (Movie Clip) I Was Trying To Make You Famous Writer-Director Edmund Goulding opens his remake of his 1929 Gloria Swanson picture, directing Bette Davis for the first time as Mary Donnell, Mary Phillips her friend, Norman Willis accompanying them on a secret errand, craven reporter Whitaker (Hugh O’Connell) spying, in That Certain Woman, 1937, co-starring Henry Fonda.

Ring, The (1927) -- (Movie Clip) One Round Jack Opening sequences, brilliance from Alfred Hitchcock guiding his then-novice cameraman Jack Cox, some repugnant carnival events, and the introduction of the three principals, Lillian Hall-Davis, Ian Hunter, and Carl Brisson as “One-Round Jack,” from the silent boxing drama The Ring, 1927.

Ring, The (1927) -- (Movie Clip) Jack's Met His Man With crafty shooting by director Alfred Hitchcock, Ian Hunter as Bob, gentleman challenger, agrees to take on boxer “One-Round” Jack (Carl Brisson), the main carnival attraction, who’s clobbered all comers, mainly due to interest in his ticket-taker girlfriend, (Lillian Hall-Davis), early in The Ring, 1927.

Ring, The (1927) -- (Movie Clip) I'll Take My Revenge Sort of in good fun, at the wedding party for his sparring partner Jack (Carl Brisson) and wife (Lillian Hall-Davis), romantic rival and affluent boxer Bob (Ian Hunter) acts jovial, director Alfred Hitchcock playng tensions, Gordon Harker the inebriated trainer, in The Ring, 1927.

Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Voci Di Primavera Andy (Mickey Rooney) is at the window while Kathryn (Grayson, in her MGM debut) and brother Harry (Todd Karns) undertake a song to cheer up their devoted, educated but unlucky widowed dad (Ian Hunter), a compositon by Gaetano Donizetti, in Andy Hardy’s Private Secretary, 1941.

Ring, The (1927) -- (Movie Clip) I Thought You Said You'd Fight For Her Alfred Hitchcock with an advanced sequence from his boxing melodrama, challenger Jack (Carl Brisson) boils as his wife Mabel (Lillian Hall-Davis) enjoys a dance party with charming champ Bob (Ian Hunter), in The Ring, 1927.

That Certain Woman (1937) -- (Movie Clip) I've Done A Lot With Polo Ponies Henry Fonda as footloose Jack, heir to his father’s fortune, at the end of an evening of trying to persuade Mary (Bette Davis) to marry him, turned down but not giving up, then seeking advice from his friend, her employer Lloyd (Ian Hunter), who begins to explain, in That Certain Woman, 1937.

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