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Carleton Hobbs est un Acteur Britannique né le 18 juin 1898 à Farnborough (Royaume-uni)
Carleton Percy Hobbs (18 June 1898 – 31 July 1978) was an English actor with many film, radio and television appearances. He portrayed Sherlock Holmes in 80 radio adaptations between 1952 and 1969, and also starred in the radio adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Sword of Honour.
Hobbs was born in Farnborough, Hampshire, into a military family and himself served in the First World War. He trained at RADA and worked in London theatres through the 1920s, but by the next decade had become a specialist radio actor. His first broadcast was in 1925 as Hastings in She Stoops to Conquer. The Marlow, Henry Oscar, then a more experienced broadcaster, pointed him back towards the microphone when necessary during transmission. In 1934 he married Gwladys M. Mathews.
For most of his broadcasting career he was a freelance, with the exception of the wartime period when the BBC formed its original Drama Repertory Company that could be moved out of London and away from the bombing. Hobbs was predictably on its strength, as was his regular future Dr Watson, Norman Shelley. In fact, Hobbo – as everyone called him – had played Dr. Watson before he played Holmes, in a wartime production of The Boscombe Valley Mystery with Arthur Wontner as the sleuth.
His own Holmes became a familiar performance after the war, at first in children's programming, later in the general services. Despite Hobbs's acidulated voice and his often trenchant or sardonic delivery, his rendering of the great detective now sounds somewhat avuncular – perhaps because of its original youthful audience, perhaps by comparison with later performances in the role, which became freer and more eccentric. Norman Shelley said after his long-time colleague's death: "There was only one thing for Hobbo ... the best and nothing less than the best."
Apart from Holmes, he seldom played the top lead – exceptions being the title role in King John and Hieronimo in The Spanish Tragedy.
As a regular in Children's Hour – usually in the "For Older Listeners" scheduling – he played, among much else, many of the parts in the "Alice" stories, some several times. One of his most distinctive characterisations was Kipling's Cat That Walked By Himself.
Another "non-human" voice, in adult drama, was his Lizard in Henry Reed's The Streets of Pompeii. He loved being in Reed's "Hilda Tablet" plays. He could do plain men like Major Liconda in Maugham's The Sacred Flame, and could convey great vulnerability which he did as simple old Adam in As You Like It, played both on radio and on record.
Hobbs did a good deal of television, and often played judges as he memorably did in Pennies From Heaven. Other TV appearances included Lord Peter Wimsey, A Life of Bliss, Strange Report and I, Claudius. He had a small role as a freemason in the BBC 1972 version of "War and Peace".
A liitle surprisingly, but indicating his versatility, he was in the original London stage production of John Osborne's Luther. He was a great verse reader, and his impeccable French was a great asset, especially in his many bookings on the Third Programme, later Radio Three. A younger colleague, Frank Duncan, spoke of his "wonderful attention to detail, and beautiful delicate craftsmanship."
One of the last parts in his fifty-year broadcasting career was Shakespeare's Justice Robert Shallow from Henry IV, Part 2.
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Nom de naissance Carleton Percy Hobbs
Nationalité Royaume-uni
Naissance 18 juin 1898 à Farnborough (Royaume-uni)
Mort 31 juillet 1978 (à 80 ans) à Londres (Royaume-uni)
Nationalité Royaume-uni
Naissance 18 juin 1898 à Farnborough (Royaume-uni)
Mort 31 juillet 1978 (à 80 ans) à Londres (Royaume-uni)
Hobbs was born in Farnborough, Hampshire, into a military family and himself served in the First World War. He trained at RADA and worked in London theatres through the 1920s, but by the next decade had become a specialist radio actor. His first broadcast was in 1925 as Hastings in She Stoops to Conquer. The Marlow, Henry Oscar, then a more experienced broadcaster, pointed him back towards the microphone when necessary during transmission. In 1934 he married Gwladys M. Mathews.
For most of his broadcasting career he was a freelance, with the exception of the wartime period when the BBC formed its original Drama Repertory Company that could be moved out of London and away from the bombing. Hobbs was predictably on its strength, as was his regular future Dr Watson, Norman Shelley. In fact, Hobbo – as everyone called him – had played Dr. Watson before he played Holmes, in a wartime production of The Boscombe Valley Mystery with Arthur Wontner as the sleuth.
His own Holmes became a familiar performance after the war, at first in children's programming, later in the general services. Despite Hobbs's acidulated voice and his often trenchant or sardonic delivery, his rendering of the great detective now sounds somewhat avuncular – perhaps because of its original youthful audience, perhaps by comparison with later performances in the role, which became freer and more eccentric. Norman Shelley said after his long-time colleague's death: "There was only one thing for Hobbo ... the best and nothing less than the best."
Apart from Holmes, he seldom played the top lead – exceptions being the title role in King John and Hieronimo in The Spanish Tragedy.
As a regular in Children's Hour – usually in the "For Older Listeners" scheduling – he played, among much else, many of the parts in the "Alice" stories, some several times. One of his most distinctive characterisations was Kipling's Cat That Walked By Himself.
Another "non-human" voice, in adult drama, was his Lizard in Henry Reed's The Streets of Pompeii. He loved being in Reed's "Hilda Tablet" plays. He could do plain men like Major Liconda in Maugham's The Sacred Flame, and could convey great vulnerability which he did as simple old Adam in As You Like It, played both on radio and on record.
Hobbs did a good deal of television, and often played judges as he memorably did in Pennies From Heaven. Other TV appearances included Lord Peter Wimsey, A Life of Bliss, Strange Report and I, Claudius. He had a small role as a freemason in the BBC 1972 version of "War and Peace".
A liitle surprisingly, but indicating his versatility, he was in the original London stage production of John Osborne's Luther. He was a great verse reader, and his impeccable French was a great asset, especially in his many bookings on the Third Programme, later Radio Three. A younger colleague, Frank Duncan, spoke of his "wonderful attention to detail, and beautiful delicate craftsmanship."
One of the last parts in his fifty-year broadcasting career was Shakespeare's Justice Robert Shallow from Henry IV, Part 2.
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Le Manoir des fantasmes (1973)
, 1h31Réalisé par Don Sharp
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Fantastique, Horreur
Acteurs Christopher Lee, Joan Collins, Herbert Lom, Jane Birkin, Robert Hardy, Jean Marsh
Rôle Old Marr
Note58%
L'héritier d'un meurtrier est possédé par l'esprit de celui-ci : investissant le manoir familial, d'étranges visions, lourdes de menaces, commencent très vite à le hanter. En parallèle, quelques membres du voisinage, visiblement intéressés, mettent tout en œuvre pour attirer son amitié. D'abord courtois et indécis, le héros se prête au jeu, mais comme happé par le passé qui resurgit, il ne tarde pas à perdre pied, voire à sombrer dangereusement dans la démence...
La Maison qui tue (1971)
, 1h40Réalisé par Peter Duffell
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie horrifique, Fantasy, Horreur
Thèmes Fantômes, Comédie horrifique
Acteurs Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Nyree Dawn Porter, Denholm Elliott, Jon Pertwee, Joss Ackland
Note64%
Un acteur, star du cinéma d'horreur dénommé Paul Henderson a mystérieusement disparu. L'inspecteur Holloway, mandaté par Scotland Yard, se rend immédiatement sur place pour enquêter.
L'Arnaqueuse (1970)
, 1h35Réalisé par Peter Hall
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie, Policier
Thèmes Hold up
Acteurs Ursula Andress, Stanley Baker, David Warner, T.P. McKenna, Joan Benham, Julian Orchard
Rôle Elderly Peer
Note63%
M. Graham, un directeur de banque adjoint qui travaille dans le West End de Londres, est mécontent de sa vie ennuyeuse. Il rencontre Lady Britt Dorset, une aristocrate dépensière. Ils élaborent un plan, avec son mari, Lord Nicholas Dorset, pour voler 300 000 £ à la banque. Leur plan doit être adopté le jour où le gérant joue au golf. Il s'agit de Lord Dorset, se faisant passer pour un inspecteur de banque, substituant de l'argent contrefait à de l'argent réel qu'il place dans le coffre de Britt. Le stratagème échoue presque lorsqu'un véritable inspecteur arrive, mais une deuxième opportunité se présente et Lady Dorset s'enfuit avec les fonds. Cependant, elle ne se présente pas pour la répartition prévue du butin, et Graham et Lord Dorset se rendent compte qu'ils ont été doublés. Imperturbables, ils commencent à planifier un autre vol pour l'année suivante.
Death in the Hand (1948)
, 43minutesOrigine Royaume-uni
Acteurs Esmé Percy, Ernest Jay, Carleton Hobbs, John Le Mesurier, Shelagh Fraser, Norman Shelley
Rôle Chairman
Les 39 Marches (1935)
, 1h21Réalisé par Alfred Hitchcock
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Thriller, Action, Espionnage, Policier
Thèmes Espionnage, Transport, Automobile, Le train, Road movie, Film de poursuite, Mariage
Acteurs Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle, Peggy Ashcroft, John Laurie
Rôle Fake Police Officer (uncredited)
Note75%
À Londres, le Canadien Richard Hannay rencontre, au terme d'un spectacle musical interrompu bien singulièrement, une demoiselle qui se prétend poursuivie. Il accepte de la cacher chez lui, où l'on assassine cette dernière. Craignant d'être accusé, il comprend qu'il ne pourra prouver son innocence de ce meurtre que s'il s'implique dans une intrigue d'espionnage. Il n'a que deux indices, une phrase qu'elle lui a dite, « les 39 marches », et le nom d'un lieu en Écosse…
The Clairvoyant (1935)
, 1h21Réalisé par Maurice Elvey
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Thriller, Romance
Acteurs Claude Rains, Fay Wray, Jane Baxter, Mary Clare, Athole Stewart, C. Denier Warren
Rôle Racing Commentator (uncredited)
Note65%
Rains plays Maximus ("King of the Mind Readers"), who with the help of his wife, Rene (Fay Wray), and their secret code, performs an English music hall mind-reading act. Then, one night, he notices Christine Shawn (Jane Baxter), a beautiful woman in the audience, and his act begins to turn into reality. He is able to tell a man what is in his letter without any assistance.