Ian Hunter

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian Hunter, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1955 • as Sir Richard of the Lea

Easy Virtue

1928 • as The Plaintiff's Counsel

The Little Princess

1939 • as Captain Crewe

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1938 • as King Richard the Lion-Heart

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1941 • as Dr. John Lanyon

Ziegfeld Girl

1941 • as Geoffrey Collis

Filmography

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 2/25/1983

1963

The Mystery of the Indian Temple

as Robert Talbot

Movie - Released: 11/20/1963

Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance

as Robert Talbot

Movie - Released: 11/6/1963

1962

Guns of Darkness

as Dr. Swann

Movie - Released: 7/19/1962

1961

Doctor Blood's Coffin

as Dr. Robert Blood, Peter's Father

Movie - Released: 1/1/1961

The Treasure of Monte Cristo

as Colonel Jackson

Movie - Released: 6/22/1961

The Queen's Guards

Movie - Released: 10/17/1961

1960

The Bulldog Breed

as Admiral Sir Bryanston Blyth

Movie - Released: 12/13/1960

1959

North West Frontier

as Sir John Wyndham

Movie - Released: 10/13/1959

1958

Rockets Galore

as Air Commodore Watchorn

Movie - Released: 10/19/1958

1957

Fortune Is a Woman

as Clive Fisher

Movie - Released: 3/13/1957

1956

The Battle of the River Plate

as Captain Woodhouse - H.M.S. Ajax

Movie - Released: 10/30/1956

The Door in the Wall

as Henry Redmond

Movie - Released: 6/29/1956

Armchair Theatre

as Sir Malcolm Saville

TV - Released: 7/8/1956

1955

The Adventures of Robin Hood

as Sir Richard of the Lea

TV - Released: 9/26/1955

1954

Eight O'Clock Walk

as Geoffrey Tanner

Movie - Released: 3/16/1954

Movie

Don't Blame the Stork

as Sir George Redway

Movie - Released: 1/1/1954

1953

Appointment in London

as Logan

Movie - Released: 2/17/1953

1952

It Started in Paradise

as Arthur Turner

Movie - Released: 10/28/1952

1949

Edward, My Son

as Doctor Larry Woodhope

Movie - Released: 3/1/1949

1947

White Cradle Inn

as Anton

Movie - Released: 2/28/1947

The White Unicorn

as Philip Templar

Movie - Released: 10/29/1947

1946

Bedelia

as Charlie Carrington

Movie - Released: 7/8/1946

1943

It Comes Up Love

as Tom Peabody

Movie - Released: 4/9/1943

Forever and a Day

as Dexter Pomfret

Movie - Released: 1/21/1943

1942

A Yank at Eton

as Roger Carlton

Movie - Released: 9/1/1942

Safeguarding Military Information

as Spy

Movie - Released: 1/16/1942

Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

Movie - Released: 10/5/1942

1941

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Dr. John Lanyon

Movie - Released: 8/12/1941

Come Live with Me

as Barton Kendrick

Movie - Released: 1/31/1941

Andy Hardy's Private Secretary

as Steven V. Land

Movie - Released: 2/21/1941

Billy the Kid

as Eric Keating

Movie - Released: 5/30/1941

Smilin' Through

as Reverend Owen Harding

Movie - Released: 10/1/1941

Ziegfeld Girl

as Geoffrey Collis

Movie - Released: 4/25/1941

1940

Strange Cargo

as Cambreau

Movie - Released: 3/1/1940

The Long Voyage Home

as Smitty

Movie - Released: 11/16/1940

Bitter Sweet

as Lord Shayne

Movie - Released: 11/8/1940

Dulcy

as Gordon Daly

Movie - Released: 10/4/1940

Gallant Sons

as Natural Davis

Movie - Released: 11/15/1940

Broadway Melody of 1940

as Bert C. Matthews

Movie - Released: 2/9/1940

1939

The Little Princess

as Captain Crewe

Movie - Released: 3/17/1939

Tarzan Finds a Son!

as Austin Lancing

Movie - Released: 6/16/1939

Tower of London

as King Edward IV

Movie - Released: 11/17/1939

Maisie

as Clifford 'Cliff' Ames

Movie - Released: 6/22/1939

Bad Little Angel

as Jim Creighton (Sentinel editor)

Movie - Released: 10/27/1939

Broadway Serenade

as Larry Bryant

Movie - Released: 4/7/1939

Yes, My Darling Daughter

as Lewis Murray

Movie - Released: 2/25/1939

1938

The Adventures of Robin Hood

as King Richard the Lion-Heart

Movie - Released: 5/13/1938

The Sisters

as William Benson

Movie - Released: 10/14/1938

Always Goodbye

as Phillip Marshall

Movie - Released: 6/24/1938

Secrets of an Actress

as Peter 'Pete' Snowden

Movie - Released: 9/10/1938

Comet Over Broadway

as Bert Ballin

Movie - Released: 12/3/1938

Breakdowns of 1938

as Lloyd Rogers (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 12/31/1938

1937

Confession

as Leonide Kirow

Movie - Released: 8/19/1937

Another Dawn

as Colonel John Wister

Movie - Released: 6/26/1937

That Certain Woman

as Lloyd Rogers

Movie - Released: 8/30/1937

Call It a Day

as Roger Hilton

Movie - Released: 4/17/1937

Stolen Holiday

as Anthony Wayne

Movie - Released: 2/6/1937

Breakdowns of 1937

as Self

Movie - Released: 12/31/1937

52nd Street

as Rufus Rondell

Movie - Released: 11/19/1937

1936

The Devil Is a Sissy

as Jay Pierce

Movie - Released: 9/18/1936

The White Angel

as Fuller

Movie - Released: 6/25/1936

To Mary - with Love

as Bill Hallam

Movie - Released: 8/1/1936

1935

A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Theseus

Movie - Released: 10/9/1935

The Phantom Light

as Jim Pearce

Movie - Released: 8/5/1935

The Girl from 10th Avenue

as Geoffrey D. 'Geoff' Sherwood

Movie - Released: 6/1/1935

Lazybones

as Sir Reginald Ford

Movie - Released: 6/23/1935

I Found Stella Parish

as Keith Lockridge

Movie - Released: 11/16/1935

Jalna

as Renny Whiteoaks

Movie - Released: 8/9/1935

A Dream Comes True

as Theseus (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 12/31/1935

The Morals of Marcus

as Sir Marcus Ordeyne

Movie - Released: 2/11/1935

1934

Death at Broadcasting House

as Detective Inspector Gregory

Movie - Released: 11/1/1934

Something Always Happens

as Peter Middleton

Movie - Released: 12/10/1934

The Church Mouse

as Johnathan Steele

Movie - Released: 12/10/1934

The Night of the Party

as Guy Kennion

Movie - Released: 7/16/1934

Movie

The Silver Spoon

as Capt Watts-Wynyard

Movie - Released: 6/4/1934

Movie

No Escape

as Jim Brandon

Movie - Released: 11/26/1934

1933

The Man from Toronto

as Fergus Wimbush

Movie - Released: 1/1/1933

Orders Is Orders

as Capt. Harper

Movie - Released: 7/18/1933

1932

The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case

as Dr. John Watson

Movie - Released: 5/12/1932

The Water Gipsies

as Fred Green

Movie - Released: 3/21/1932

Marry Me

as Robert Hart

Movie - Released: 10/5/1932

1931

Sally in Our Alley

as George Miles

Movie - Released: 7/9/1931

Cape Forlorn

as Gordon Kingsley

Movie - Released: 1/8/1931

1930

Movie

The Valley of Ghosts

as Andrew McLeod

Movie - Released: 3/21/1930

Escape!

as William Brown, the Plainclothesman

Movie - Released: 8/28/1930

1929

Syncopation

as Alexander Winston

Movie - Released: 3/23/1929

The Thoroughbred

as Allen Stockbridge

Movie - Released: 8/19/1929

1928

Easy Virtue

as The Plaintiff's Counsel

Movie - Released: 4/1/1928

Movie

His House in Order

as Hilary Jesson

Movie - Released: 2/24/1928

1927

The Ring

as Bob Corby

Movie - Released: 9/28/1927

Downhill

as Archie

Movie - Released: 10/24/1927

1925

Movie

Confessions

as Charles Oddy

Movie - Released: 6/1/1925

1924

Not For Sale

as Martin Bering

Movie - Released: 9/30/1924