Ian Hunter

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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.

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Known For

The Adventures of Robin Hood

King Richard the Lion-Heart

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. John Lanyon

The Little Princess

Captain Crewe

The Ring

Bob Corby

Tarzan Finds a Son!

Austin Lancing

The Long Voyage Home

Smitty

Downhill

Archie

Easy Virtue

The Plaintiff's Counsel

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1983	Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage MOVIE	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1963	The Mystery of the Indian Temple MOVIE	Robert Talbot
1963	Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance MOVIE	Robert Talbot
1962	Guns of Darkness MOVIE	Dr. Swann
1961	The Queen's Guards MOVIE	Self
1961	The Treasure of Monte Cristo MOVIE	Colonel Jackson
1961	Doctor Blood's Coffin MOVIE	Dr. Robert Blood, Peter's Father
1960	The Bulldog Breed MOVIE	Admiral Sir Bryanston Blyth
1960	Somerset Maugham Hour TV	Self - Host
1960	Somerset Maugham Hour TV	Mallowby
1959	North West Frontier MOVIE	Sir John Wyndham
1958	Rockets Galore MOVIE	Air Commodore Watchorn
1957	Fortune Is a Woman MOVIE	Clive Fisher
1956	The Battle of the River Plate MOVIE	Captain Woodhouse - H.M.S. Ajax
1956	Armchair Theatre TV	Sir Malcolm Saville
1956	Armchair Theatre TV	Self
1956	The Door in the Wall MOVIE	Henry Redmond
1955	The Adventures of Robin Hood TV	Sir Richard of the Lea
1954	Eight O'Clock Walk MOVIE	Geoffrey Tanner
1954	Don't Blame the Stork MOVIE	Sir George Redway
1953	Appointment in London MOVIE	Logan
1952	It Started in Paradise MOVIE	Arthur Turner
1949	Edward, My Son MOVIE	Doctor Larry Woodhope
1947	The White Unicorn MOVIE	Philip Templar
1947	White Cradle Inn MOVIE	Anton
1946	Bedelia MOVIE	Charlie Carrington
1943	It Comes Up Love MOVIE	Tom Peabody
1943	Forever and a Day MOVIE	Dexter Pomfret
1942	Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 MOVIE	Self
1942	A Yank at Eton MOVIE	Roger Carlton
1942	Safeguarding Military Information MOVIE	Spy
1941	Smilin' Through MOVIE	Reverend Owen Harding
1941	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde MOVIE	Dr. John Lanyon
1941	Billy the Kid MOVIE	Eric Keating
1941	Ziegfeld Girl MOVIE	Geoffrey Collis
1941	Andy Hardy's Private Secretary MOVIE	Steven V. Land
1941	Come Live with Me MOVIE	Barton Kendrick
1940	The Long Voyage Home MOVIE	Smitty
1940	Gallant Sons MOVIE	Natural Davis
1940	Bitter Sweet MOVIE	Lord Shayne
1940	Dulcy MOVIE	Gordon Daly
1940	Strange Cargo MOVIE	Cambreau
1940	Broadway Melody of 1940 MOVIE	Bert C. Matthews
1939	Tower of London MOVIE	King Edward IV
1939	Bad Little Angel MOVIE	Jim Creighton (Sentinel editor)
1939	Maisie MOVIE	Clifford 'Cliff' Ames
1939	Tarzan Finds a Son! MOVIE	Austin Lancing
1939	Broadway Serenade MOVIE	Larry Bryant
1939	The Little Princess MOVIE	Captain Crewe
1939	Yes, My Darling Daughter MOVIE	Lewis Murray
1938	Breakdowns of 1938 MOVIE	Lloyd Rogers (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938	Comet Over Broadway MOVIE	Bert Ballin
1938	The Sisters MOVIE	William Benson
1938	Secrets of an Actress MOVIE	Peter 'Pete' Snowden
1938	Always Goodbye MOVIE	Phillip Marshall
1938	The Adventures of Robin Hood MOVIE	King Richard the Lion-Heart
1937	Breakdowns of 1937 MOVIE	Self
1937	52nd Street MOVIE	Rufus Rondell
1937	That Certain Woman MOVIE	Lloyd Rogers
1937	Confession MOVIE	Leonide Kirow
1937	Another Dawn MOVIE	Colonel John Wister
1937	Call It a Day MOVIE	Roger Hilton
1937	Stolen Holiday MOVIE	Anthony Wayne
1936	The Devil Is a Sissy MOVIE	Jay Pierce
1936	To Mary - with Love MOVIE	Bill Hallam
1936	The White Angel MOVIE	Fuller
1935	A Dream Comes True MOVIE	Theseus (archive footage) (uncredited)
1935	I Found Stella Parish MOVIE	Keith Lockridge
1935	A Midsummer Night's Dream MOVIE	Theseus
1935	Jalna MOVIE	Renny Whiteoaks
1935	The Phantom Light MOVIE	Jim Pearce
1935	Lazybones MOVIE	Sir Reginald Ford
1935	The Girl from 10th Avenue MOVIE	Geoffrey D. 'Geoff' Sherwood
1935	The Morals of Marcus MOVIE	Sir Marcus Ordeyne
1934	Something Always Happens MOVIE	Peter Middleton
1934	The Church Mouse MOVIE	Johnathan Steele
1934	No Escape MOVIE	Jim Brandon
1934	Death at Broadcasting House MOVIE	Detective Inspector Gregory
1934	The Night of the Party MOVIE	Guy Kennion
1934	The Silver Spoon MOVIE	Capt Watts-Wynyard
1933	Orders Is Orders MOVIE	Capt. Harper
1933	The Man from Toronto MOVIE	Fergus Wimbush
1932	Marry Me MOVIE	Robert Hart
1932	The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case MOVIE	Dr. John Watson
1932	The Water Gipsies MOVIE	Fred Green
1931	Sally in Our Alley MOVIE	George Miles
1931	Cape Forlorn MOVIE	Gordon Kingsley
1930	Escape! MOVIE	William Brown, the Plainclothesman
1930	The Valley of Ghosts MOVIE	Andrew McLeod
1929	The Thoroughbred MOVIE	Allen Stockbridge
1929	Syncopation MOVIE	Alexander Winston
1928	Easy Virtue MOVIE	The Plaintiff's Counsel
1928	His House in Order MOVIE	Hilary Jesson
1927	Downhill MOVIE	Archie
1927	The Ring MOVIE	Bob Corby
1925	Confessions MOVIE	Charles Oddy
1924	Not For Sale MOVIE	Martin Bering

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