Hayford Hobbs (25 August 1890 - 10 January 1957) was a leading British film actor of the silent era and later became a film director. He was born in London, England, in 1891. He made his first screen appearance in the 1915 film ''The Third Generation'' and appeared in his last film ''

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'' in 1929. The following year he directed his first film, a documentary about London.

Filmography

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The Firm of Girdlestone ''The Firm of Girdlestone'' is a novel by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was first published in 1890 by Chatto and Windus in London, England. In 1915 a silent film adaptation '' The Firm of Girdlestone'' was made. A 1958 BBC televisio ...

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'' (1915) * '' The Sons of Satan'' (1915) * '' The Heart of a Child'' (1915) * ''The Third Generation'' (1915) * ''

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'' (1915) * '' The Heart of Sister Ann'' (1915) * '' When Knights Were Bold'' (1916) * '' The Man in Motley'' (1916) * '' The Hypocrites'' (1916) * ''

The Princess of Happy Chance ''The Princess of Happy Chance'' is a 1917 British silent romance film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Elisabeth Risdon, Gerald Ames and Hayford Hobbs. The screenplay concerns a Princess who tries to avoid an upcoming marriage. It was ba ...

'' (1916) * '' Trouble for Nothing'' (1916) * '' The King's Daughter'' (1916) * '' The Grit of a Jew'' (1917) * ''

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'' (1917) * '' Love's Old Sweet Song'' (1917) * ''

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'' (1917) * '' The Gay Lord Quex'' (1917) * ''

Dombey and Son ''Dombey and Son'' is a novel by English author Charles Dickens. It follows the fortunes of a shipping firm owner, who is frustrated at the lack of a son to follow him in his footsteps; he initially rejects his daughter's love before eventual ...

'' (1917) * '' The Wages of Sin'' (1918) * '' Hindle Wakes'' (1918) * ''

The Top Dog ''The Top Dog'' is a 1918 British silent drama film directed by Arrigo Bocchi and starring Kenelm Foss, Mary Odette and Hayford Hobbs.Goble p.987 It was made at Catford Studios. Cast * Kenelm Foss as Jerry Perris * Mary Odette as Margaret D ...

'' (1918) * '' The Slave'' (1918) * ''

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'' (1918) * ''

The Man and the Moment ''The Man and the Moment'' is a formerly lost 1929 part-talkie romantic comedy film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Billie Dove. The film is mainly a silent film, with talking sequences as well as a synchronized music score and sound ...

'' (1918) * ''

Peace, Perfect Peace ''Peace, Perfect Peace'' is a 1918 British silent drama film directed by Arrigo Bocchi and starring Hayford Hobbs, Mary Odette and Mary Marsh Allen.Low p.298 The Armistice that ends the First World War allows French and British soldiers to re ...

'' (1918) * ''

Victory and Peace ''Victory and Peace'' is a 1918 British silent war film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Matheson Lang, Marie Lohr, and James Carew. The film was produced by the National War Aims Committee that was set up in 1917 to focus on domestic ...

'' (1918) * '' The Polar Star'' (1919) * ''

Whosoever Shall Offend ''Whosoever Shall Offend'' is a 1919 British silent crime film directed by Arrigo Bocchi and starring Kenelm Foss, Mary Odette and Mary Marsh Allen.Low p.479 The screenplay concerns a man murders his wife in Italy and then tries to marry a ...

'' (1919) * '' When It Was Dark'' (1919) * ''

The Romance of Old Bill ''The Romance of Old Bill'' is a 1918 British silent comedy war directed by George Pearson and starring Charles Rock, Arthur Cleave and Hugh E. Wright. It was made at Twickenham Studios. It is based on the play '' The Better 'Ole'', with the s ...

'' (1919) * '' Splendid Folly'' (1919) * '' Not Guilty'' (1919) * '' Fettered'' (1919) * ''

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'' (1920) * '' The Manchester Man'' (1920) * '' The Glad Eye'' (1920) * '' The Breed of the Treshams'' (1920) * ''

The Ever Open Door ''The Ever Open Door'' is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Fred Goodwins and starring Hayford Hobbs, Daphne Glenne and Margaret Hope. It was based on the play '' The Ever Open Door'' by George R. Sims, a leading Victorian writer ...

'' (1920) * '' A Bachelor Husband'' (1920) * '' Castles in Spain'' (1920) * '' In the Night'' (1922) * '' A Rough Passage'' (1922) * '' The Strangers' Banquet'' (1922) * ''

The Prisoner ''The Prisoner'' is a 1967 British television series about an unnamed British intelligence agent who is abducted and imprisoned in a mysterious coastal village, where his captors designate him as Number Six and try to find out why he abruptl ...

'' (1923) * ''

Bucking the Barrier ''Bucking the Barrier'' is a 1923 American drama film directed by Colin Campbell and written by John Stone. The film stars Dustin Farnum, Arline Pretty, Léon Bary, Colin Chase, Hayford Hobbs and Sidney D'Albrook. The film was released on Apri ...

'' (1923) * ''

Her Dangerous Path ''Her Dangerous Path'' is a 1923 American adventure film serial directed by Roy Clements. Cast * Edna Murphy as Corinne Grant * Charley Chase as Glen Harper (as Charles Parrott) * Hayford Hobbs as Donald Bartlett * William F. Moran as Dr. P ...

'' (1923) * '' Flames of Desire'' (1924) * ''

That Man Jack! ''That Man Jack!'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by William James Craft and starring Bob Custer, Mary Beth Milford, and Hayford Hobbs. Plot As described in a film magazine reviews, when Anita Leland’s team runs away from ...

'' (1925) * '' Wasted Lives'' (1925) * '' The Midnight Limited'' (1926) * '' The Flag Lieutenant'' (1926) * '' The Luck of the Navy'' (1927) * ''

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'' (1928) * '' The Ringer'' (1928) * '' Smashing Through'' (1929) * '' The Devil's Maze'' (1929) * ''

'' (1929) * '' The Third Eye'' (1929)

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* 1890s births 1957 deaths English male film actors English male silent film actors British film directors 20th-century English male actors {{UK-film-actor-stub