Biographies: Dennis Hoey - Actor

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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 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.

• 7 November 2021
• farah ashraf