Dennis Hoey (1893 - 1960) دينيس هوي

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A British film and theater actor, born to Russian Jewish parents in London, England. He got married twice and had one son. He starred as Inspector Lestrade in 6 films of Sherlock Holmes series. He graduated from Brighton College, trained as an actor in joint-stock theater...Read more companies, and worked as a singer for British forces during World War I. After the war, he began acting on stage in 1918. He studied Shakespeare's theater, and for several seasons was a member of Sydney Carroll's Shakespearean repertory company. He went to Hollywood in the late thirties, working in theatre, cinema and television until the early fifties. Among his works: Joan of Arc (1948), Cairo (1942) and Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942). He died of kidney disease on July 25, 1960, at age 67.

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Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)

The Pearl of Death (1944)

Terror by Night (1946)

The House of Fear (1945)

The Spider Woman (1943)

David and Bathsheba (1951)

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  • A British film and theater actor, born to Russian Jewish parents in London, England. He got married twice and had one son. He starred as Inspector Lestrade in 6 films of Sherlock...Read more Holmes series. He graduated from Brighton College, trained as an actor in joint-stock theater companies, and worked as a singer for British forces during World War I. After the war, he began acting on stage in 1918. He studied Shakespeare's theater, and for several seasons was a member of Sydney Carroll's Shakespearean repertory company. He went to Hollywood in the late thirties, working in theatre, cinema and television until the early fifties. Among his works: Joan of Arc (1948), Cairo (1942) and Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942). He died of kidney disease on July 25, 1960, at age 67.

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  • Father of director Michael A. Hoey and grandfather of Dennis Hoey.
  • During his career (1924-1952), he made 68 feature films and 10 television works.
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  • Nationality:
  • UK
  • Birth Name:
  • Samuel David Hyams
  • Birth Country:
  • UK
  • Birth City:
  • London, City of
  • Death Country:
  • US
  • Death City:
  • Florida

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