Horace Hodges Explained

Horace Hodges
Birth Date:	19 December 1863
Birth Place:	Falmouth, Cornwall, England
Death Place:	Sussex, England
Occupation:	Actor & writer

Horace Hodges (19 December 1863 – 6 July 1951) was a British stage and film actor and writer.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Hodges was the author (with Thomas Wigney Percyval) of the play Grumpy which saw a Broadway production in 1913, a silent film version in 1923, and a sound version in 1930, with a Spanish film version Cascarrabias in the same year.^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Selected filmography

• Escape (1930) - Gentleman
• Other People's Sins (1931) - Carfax
• A Night in Montmartre (1931) - Lucien Borell
• After Dark (1933) - Thaddeus Cattermole Brompton
• Summer Lightning (1933) - Lord Emsworth
• Rolling in Money (1934) - Earl of Addleton
• Summer Lightning (1933) - Johnnie Lee
• Old Faithful (1935) - Bill Brunning
• Birds of a Feather (1936) - Lord Cheverton
• Three Maxims (1936) - Mike
• London Melody (1937) - Father Donnelly
• The Show Goes On (1937) - Sam Bishop
• Follow Your Star (1938) - Mr. Wilmot
• Jamaica Inn (1939) - Chadwick - Sir Humphrey's Butler (final film role)

Notes and References

1. http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/98287 "Hodges, Horace"
2. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1913/11/25/100288961.pdf "Lots of Suspense in Maude's New Play"
3. Web site: Horace Hodges - Theatricalia.
4. Web site: Horace Hodges – Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB. The Broadway. League.
5. Web site: Grumpy – Broadway Play – Original - IBDB. The Broadway. League.
6. Web site: Grumpy (1923) - William C. DeMille - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie.
7. Web site: Grumpy (1930). https://web.archive.org/web/20170414082519/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ab9a10c. dead. 14 April 2017.
8. Web site: Cascarrabias (1930). https://web.archive.org/web/20170414082633/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6fd30d8f. dead. 14 April 2017.