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Jack Hobbs is a Actor and Writer British born on 28 september 1893

Jack Hobbs

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Birth name John Edwin Hobbs
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 28 september 1893
Death 4 june 1968 (at 74 years)

Jack Hobbs (1893–1968) was a British stage and film actor who appeared in more than forty films. After making his debut in the 1915 silent The Yoke Hobbs appeared in a mixture of leading and supporting roles in both the silent and sound eras. He played the hero in several quota quickies of the 1930s, including All That Glitters (1936). He was cast as a smooth-talking villain in two George Formby films No Limit (1935) and It's in the Air (1938)

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Filmography of Jack Hobbs (34 films)

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Let George Do It!
Let George Do It! (1940)
, 1h22
Directed by Marcel Varnel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Comedy, Spy, Musical
Themes Spy films, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Musical films, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors George Formby, Phyllis Calvert, Bernard Lee, Garry Marsh, Coral Browne, Romney Brent
Roles Conway
Rating63% 3.188913.188913.188913.188913.18891
At the start of the Second World War, musician George Hepplewhite (George Formby) gets on a boat thinking he is on his way to Blackpool, but arrives in Bergen, Norway instead, where he is mistaken for another ukulele player. He then meets the desk girl at the hotel, Mary Wilson (Phyllis Calvert), who is a British undercover agent and thinks he is one too. The duo manage to find and break a code that the Nazis are using to sink Allied shipping. A noted sequence was a dream where George had been given a truth drug by the Nazi conductor Mendez, in which he gives Hitler a right hook.
It's in the Air
It's in the Air (1938)
, 1h27
Directed by Anthony Kimmins
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors George Formby, Jack Benny, Jack Hobbs, Garry Marsh, C. Denier Warren, Michael Shepley
Roles This script must be run from the command line
Rating62% 3.139633.139633.139633.139633.13963
This script must be run from the command line
The Show Goes On
The Show Goes On (1937)
, 1h33
Directed by Basil Dean
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Gracie Fields, Owen Nares, John Stuart, Edward Rigby, Jack Hobbs, Amy Veness
Roles Nicholson
Rating60% 3.0468853.0468853.0468853.0468853.046885
This is a semi-autobiographical film about Sally Scowcroft (Gracie Fields) who is a mill worker who is plucked from obscurity and thrust towards fame and fortune by an ailing composer (Owen Nares) who needs a singer to perform his work.
All That Glitters
All That Glitters (1936)
, 1h12
Directed by Maclean Rogers
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Jack Hobbs, Moira Lynd, Aubrey Mallalieu, Kay Walsh, Fred Duprez, John Robinson
Roles Jack Tolley

A bank manager who has successfully bought into a lucrative gold mine manages to foil the plot of some confidence tricksters who plan to swindle him out of his investment.
Car of Dreams
Car of Dreams (1935)
, 1h12
Directed by Graham Cuts
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Grete Mosheim, John Mills, Paul Graetz, Hay Plumb, Jack Hobbs
Roles Peters
Rating57% 2.86332.86332.86332.86332.8633
Vera Hart lives with her parents. Her father is an antiques salesman who loves his stock too much to sell it and therefore doesn't make any money. Through her friend Molly, Vera manages to get a job at Miller's music instrument factory in a menial job.
No Limit
No Limit (1935)
, 1h20
Directed by Monty Banks
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Road movies
Actors George Formby, Florence Desmond, Edward Rigby, Alf Goddard, Jack Hobbs, Peter Gawthorne
Roles Bert Tyldesley
Rating62% 3.146273.146273.146273.146273.14627
George Shuttleworth (Formby) is a chimney sweep from Wigan who dreams of winning the Isle of Man TT. Unfortunately, George's attempts to secure a factory ride with the Rainbow Motorcycle Company are unsuccessful and consequently he resorts to entering his own machine the "Shuttleworth Snap", a motorcycle derived from an old Rainbow machine. Whilst running the engine of his machine, George inadvertently knocks the motorcycle off its stand and crashes into the fence of his next door neighbour (Mr Hardache), who goads George about his dream of winning the T.T.
Oh No Doctor!
Oh No Doctor! (1934)
, 1h2
Origin United-kingdom
Actors Jack Hobbs, Dorothy Boyd
Roles Montagu Kent

The Last Coupon
The Last Coupon (1932)

Directed by Frank Launder
Genres Comedy
Actors Leslie Fuller, Mary Jerrold, Molly Lamont, Binnie Barnes, Gus McNaughton, Jack Hobbs
Roles Doctor Sinclair
Rating55% 2.7951652.7951652.7951652.7951652.795165
A man believes he has won the football pools and radically alters his spending habits only to find he has forgotten to post his coupon.
His Wife's Mother
His Wife's Mother (1932)
, 1h10
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Jerry Verno, Molly Lamont, Marian Dawson, Renee Gadd, Jack Hobbs, Jimmy Godden
Roles Eustace
Rating40% 2.0110252.0110252.0110252.0110252.011025
When a newly-married man's mother-in-law sees him with another woman and mistakenly believes he is having an affair, he goes to extraordinary lengths to try and convince her otherwise. With the assistance of his valet and friend he attempts to prove that she saw his double, a dangerous jewel thief.