Arthur Hohl
Arthur Hohl | |
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Los Angeles, California , U.S. | |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1924–1949 |
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
Spouse |
Jessie E. Gray (m. 1920) |
Arthur Hohl (May 21, 1889 – March 10, 1964) was an American stage and motion-picture character actor.
Formative years and family
Born in
In 1920, Hohl married Jessie E. Gray, who survived him when he died in 1964. The couple had no children.[1]
Career
Hohl's two performances seen most often today are as Pete, the nasty boat engineer who tells the local sheriff about Julie (
Among his other notable roles were as Olivier, King Louis XI's right-hand man, in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), as the real estate agent in Charlie Chaplin's Monsieur Verdoux (1947), and as Journet, a bereaved innkeeper who seeks to avenge his daughter's murder in the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes film The Scarlet Claw (1944). Hohl also played a Christian named Titus (no relation to Titus Andronicus) in Cecil B. DeMille's religious epic The Sign of the Cross (1932).
Many sources claim that Hohl played a monk in the 1943 film classic The Song of Bernadette, but he is nowhere to be seen in the finished film.
Hohl also appeared on the
Filmography
- Wolfe and Montcalm (1924) as Gen. James Wolfe
- The Puritans (1924)
- It Is the Law (1924) as Albert Woodruff / Sniffer
- The Cheat (1931) as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
- The Night of June 13 (1932) as Prosecuting Attorney
- The Sign of the Cross (1932) as Titus
- Island of Lost Souls (1932) as Montgomery
- The Crime of the Century (1933) as Announcer (uncredited)
- Infernal Machine (1933) as Ship's Captain
- The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933) as Herman Malvin
- The Silk Express (1933) as Wallace Myton
- Private Detective 62 (1933) as Hogan
- The Narrow Corner (1933) as Captain Nichols
- Baby Face (1933) as Ed Sipple
- Captured! (1933) as Cocky
- Brief Moment (1933) as Steve Walsh
- Wild Boys of the Road (1933) as Dr. Heckel
- Footlight Parade (1933) as Frazer
- The Kennel Murder Case (1933) as Gamble - the Butler
- Man's Castle (1933) as Bragg
- College Coach (1933) as Seymour Young
- The World Changes (1933) as Mr. Patten
- Massacre (1934) as Dr. Turner
- As the Earth Turns (1934) as George
- Jimmy the Gent (1934) as Joe
- A Modern Hero (1934) as Homer Flint
- The Defense Rests (1934) as James Randolph
- Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934) as Dr. Sothern
- Girl in Danger (1934) as Albert Beckett
- Among the Missing (1934) as Gordon
- Cleopatra (1934) as Brutus
- Lady by Choice (1934) as Kendall
- Against the Law (1934) as Kelly
- Jealousy (1934) as Mike Callahan
- Romance in Manhattan (1935) as Halsey J. Pander
- The Whole Town's Talking (1935) as Detective Sergeant Boyle
- In Spite of Danger (1935) as Steve Lynch
- I'll Love You Always (1935) as Jergens
- Eight Bells (1935) as Williams
- One Frightened Night (1935) as Arthur Proctor
- Village Tale (1935) as Elmer Stevenson
- Unknown Woman (1935) as Lansing
- After the Dance (1935) as Louie
- Atlantic Adventure (1935) as Frank Julian
- Case of the Missing Man(1935) as Steve
- Guard That Girl (1935) as Reynolds
- Super-Speed (1935) as Philip Morton
- We're Only Human (1935) as Conroy (uncredited)
- If You Could Only Cook (1935) as Lawyer John Martin
- The Lone Wolf Returns (1935) as Undetermined Supporting Role (scenes deleted)
- It Had to Happen (1936) as Honest John Pelkey
- Show Boat (1936) as Pete
- Forgotten Faces (1936) as Hi-Jack Eddie
- The Devil-Doll (1936) as Victor Radin
- Lloyd's of London (1936) as First Captain
- The Road Back (1937) as Heinrich
- Slave Ship(1937) as Grimes
- Mountain Music (1937) as Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
- Trapped by G-Men (1937) as Henchman Blackie
- Hot Water (1937) as Walter Whittaker
- The Bad Man of Brimstone (1937) as 'Doc' Laramie
- Penitentiary (1938) as Finch (uncredited)
- Kidnapped (1938) as Riach
- Crime Takes a Holiday (1938) as Joe Whitehead
- Stablemates (1938) as Mr. Gale
- Boy Slaves (1939) as Sheriff
- You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939) as Burr
- Help Wanted (1939) as Graham - Head of Employment Agency (uncredited)
- They Shall Have Music (1939) as Miller
- Fugitive at Large (1939) as Curtis
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939) as Bassick
- Blackmail (1939) as Rawlins
- Two Thoroughbreds (1939) as Thaddeus Carey
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) as Olivier
- 20 Mule Team (1940) as Salters
- Blondie Has Servant Trouble (1940) as Eric Vaughn
- Men of Boys Town (1941) as Guard
- Ride on Vaquero (1941) as Sheriff Johnny Burns
- We Go Fast (1941) as Hold-Up Man
- Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942) as Captain Greenough
- Moontide (1942) as Jennings
- Whispering Ghosts (1942) as Inspector Norris
- City Without Men (1943) as Convict (uncredited)
- Idaho (1943) as Spike Madagan
- The Woman of the Town (1943) as Robert Wright
- The Spider Woman (1944) as Adam Gilflower
- The Scarlet Claw (1944) as Emile Journet
- The Eve of St. Mark (1944) as Sheep-Wagon Driver (uncredited)
- Shadows in the Night (1944) as Riggs (uncredited)
- Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944) as Barker (uncredited)
- Mystery of the River Boat (1944) as Clayton
- Salome, Where She Danced (1945) as Bartender
- The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
- The Frozen Ghost (1945) as Skeptic
- Love Letters (1945) as Jupp (uncredited)
- Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945) sa Dvar Svenson (uncredited)
- The Yearling(1946) as Arch Forrester (uncredited)
- Monsieur Verdoux (1947) as Real Estate Agent
- It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) as Brady - Gates Patrolman (uncredited)
- The Vigilantes Return (1947) as Sheriff
- The Three Musketeers (1948) as Dragon Rouge Host (uncredited)
- You Gotta Stay Happy (1948) as Cemetery Man
- Down to the Sea in Ships (1949) as Blair (uncredited) (final film role)
References
- ^ "Arthur Hohl – Broadway to Hollywood, Double-Dealers All the Way". Immortal Ephemera. May 21, 2015.
- ^ "Twelfth Night – Broadway Play – 1930 Revival | IBDB".
External links
- Arthur Hohl at IMDb
- Arthur Hohl at the Internet Broadway Database