Dennis Hoey
Know for: Acting
Born: 1893-03-29
Place of birth: London, England, UK
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Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
Grave robbers open the grave of the wolf man and awaken him. He doesn't like the idea of being immortal and killing people when the moon is full so...
A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)
An American pilot impulsively joins His Majesty's Royal Air Force in Britain in an attempt to impress his ex-girlfriend.
The Spider Woman (1943)
Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as...
Terror by Night (1946)
Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond worth a fortune...
The House of Fear (1945)
The Good Comrades are a collection of varied gentlemen who crave one thing - solitude. They reside at Drearcliff House, ancestral home of their...
The Strange Woman (1946)
In early 19th century New England, an unscrupulous woman uses her beauty and wits to seduce, deceive and control the men around her.
The Pearl of Death (1944)
The famous Borgia Pearl, a valuable gem with a history of bringing murder and misfortune to its owner since the days of the Borgias, is brought to...
Wake of the Red Witch (1948)
Captain Ralls fights Dutch shipping magnate Mayrant Sidneye for the woman he loves, Angelique Desaix, and for a fortune in gold aboard the Red Witch.
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a...
Ruthless (1948)
Horace Vendig always gets what he wants. Even as a poor youth, he charmed his way into high society by getting the father of his friend, Martha, to...
She-Wolf of London (1946)
A young heiress finds evidence suggesting that at night she acts under the influence of a family curse and has begun committing ghastly murders in a...
Where There's Life (1947)
In a far off country, their king is critically wounded after an assassination attempt and the only heir is a timid New York radio personality,...
Second Chance (1947)
Jewel thieves battle investigators.
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. He summons Holmes for help and the master...
Roll on Texas Moon (1946)
To get the Delaney ranch Cole's henchman Anders has started a phony range war between the cattlemen and sheepmen. After killing Delaney, he tries to...
Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946)
A tribe devoted to the leopard cult is dedicated to preventing civilization from moving further into Africa.
Christmas Eve (1947)
The greedy nephew of eccentric Matilda Reid seeks to have her judged incompetent so he can administer her wealth, but she will be saved if her three...
Golden Earrings (1947)
A British colonel escapes from the Gestapo to the Black Forest and poses as a Gypsy's mate.
The Man from Chicago (1930)
'American motor bandit takes over London garage and club.' (British Film Catalogue)
Black Roses (1936)
Released in Germany as Schwarze Rosen, Black Roses represented the return to UFA studios of British musical comedy favorite Lillian Harvey, after...
Uncivilised (1936)
A white authoress, looking for a story in the outback, is kidnapped by an Afghan slaver, betrothed to a white jungle-man, and menaced by a jealous...
If Winter Comes (1947)
The small English town of Penny Green is swarming with scandal when textbook author Mark, unhappily married to the shrewish Mabel, cultivates a...
The Crimson Key (1947)
Larry Morgan, a private detective, is hired by a woman who wants Larry to trail her husband. The husband is murdered and, shortly afterwards, the...
Caribbean (1952)
Francis Barclay, a former member of the British Admiralty, who was captured in the early 1700s, and sold into slavery, by Andrew McAllister, and...
They Came to Blow Up America (1943)
Based on a true incident that occurred in 1942 when nine Nazi saboteurs were put ashore on the coast of Long Island, New York, by submarine, with...
Tiptoes (1927)
A silent film version of the Gershwin stage musical
David and Bathsheba (1951)
King David enters into an adulterous affair with the beautiful Bathsheba, which has tragic consequences for his family and Israel.
Tell England (1931)
In England, two young friends, confronted with the outbreak of World War I, enlist together to serve in the same company on the battle-field.
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)
In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he...
Honeymoon for Three (1935)
In this musical comedy, the trouble begins when a carefree playboy steals the virtue of a young French maiden and is forced to marry her when her...
Love Lies (1931)
Love Lies is a 1932 British musical comedy film directed by Lupino Lane and starring Stanley Lupino, Dorothy Boyd and Jack Hobbs. It was made by...
Plymouth Adventure (1952)
During the Mayflower pilgrims' long voyage across the Atlantic Ocean on their way to America, Captain Christopher Jones falls in love with William...
Facing The Music (1933)
A joyful medley of farce, romance, song and slapstick starring Stanley Lupino as an impressionable youth whose pursuit of an opera singer’s...
Bomber's Moon (1943)
An American pilot swears to get revenge on the German ace who shot his brother in this war movie set in war-torn Europe. Montgomery is the pilot....
Maid Happy (1933)
'Switzerland. Schoolgirl poses as socialite to win diplomat.' (British Film Catalogue)
Confirm or Deny (1941)
Newsman Mitch and teletype operator Jennifer, whose job is to see he doesn't send inappropriate stuff out of the country, dodge bombs during the...
Uncertain Glory (1944)
In occupied France, a convicted thief and murderer escapes the guillotine when a bombing raid strikes the prison, but is quickly re-captured by the...
Chu Chin Chow (1934)
Musical retelling of the "Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves" Arabian Nights tale.
Cairo (1942)
Reporter Homer Smith accidently draws Marcia Warren into his mission to stop Nazis from bombing Allied Conwoys with robot-planes.
Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.
The Immortal Gentleman (1935)
In the early seventeenth century William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson and Michael Drayton meet in a Southwark tavern and begin discussing the other...
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (1935)
During a horrific storm at sea, the crew realizes that there is a murderer among them who is killing them off one by one.
I Spy (1934)
Two Americans in England--a wealthy playboy and an actress--join forces to stop international spies.
Baroud (1932)
English-language version of Baroud, sometimes referred to as Love in Morocco. 'A sergeant in the Foreign Legion falls in love with Zinah, the...
Brewster's Millions (1935)
Jack Brewster is a pennyless English lad who learns that he has inherited 6 million pounds sterling from a recently deceased relative. But soon...
My Old Duchess (1934)
An actor impersonates a duchess – with truly astonishing results for him and his company!
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn (1935)
In 1820s rural England, a young girl is tricked by tales of marriage from a villainous Squire. When she becomes pregnant and disappears, a gipsy lad...
Bad Men of Tombstone (1949)
A marshal goes up against a collection of vicious outlaws terrorizing his own.
Never Trouble Trouble (1931)
A comedy film directed by Lupino Lane.
The Maid of the Mountains (1932)
A British musical film directed by Lupino Lane
National Velvet (1945)
Mi Taylor is a young wanderer and opportunist who finds himself in the quiet English countryside home of the Brown family. The youngest daughter,...
Life Goes On (1932)
A criminal hides the body of a dead financier in an effort to manipulate shares.
The Wandering Jew (1933)
Old Jerusalem: Matathias, spiteful over his lover's illness, spits on Jesus along the road to Calvary, and is cursed to live endlessly until His...
A Thousand and One Nights (1945)
On the run after being found sweet-talking the Sultan's daughter, Aladdin comes upon a lamp which, when rubbed, summons up Babs the genie. He uses it...
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew Benjamin working for him as a bonded servant. While...
This Above All (1942)
In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF service branch. She soon meets and falls in love with...
The Kid from Texas (1950)
Billy the Kid becomes embroiled in Lincoln County, NM, land wars. When rancher who gave him a break is killed by rival henchman, Billy vows revenge....
The Secret Garden (1949)
When Cholera takes the parents of Mary Lennox, she is shipped from India to England to live with her Uncle Craven. Mary changes the lives of those...
Kitty (1945)
Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gains the attention of Sir Hugh Marcy, who later...
A Criminal at Large (1939)
At Marks Priory, Lady Lebanon is eager for her son, Lord William Lebanon, to marry Isla Crane, his cousin. But Isla is reluctant to do so, and is...
Joan of Arc (1948)
In the 15th Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against England. The fourteen-year-old farm girl Joan of...