Ian Hunter (actor)

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Ian Hunter (born June 13, 1900 in Cape Town , South Africa , † September 23, 1975 in London ) was a British theater and film actor .

Life

Ian Hunter was born in Cape Town in 1900 to Robert Hunter, a wine merchant, and Isabel Gates Hunter, where he also spent his childhood. He and his parents later moved to the UK , where the family had their roots. After serving in the British Army , he made his stage debut in London in 1919. From 1924 Hunter appeared in British silent films , including in three early films by Alfred Hitchcock : The World Champion and Downward from 1927 and Easy Virtue , which came in 1928 for distribution.

After a few appearances on Broadway , including in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The School for Scandal in 1925 , Hunter received a studio contract with Warner Brothers in the mid-1930s . Due to his elegant British accent, he often embodied honorable and high-ranking characters, such as King Theseus in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), the film adaptation of William Shakespeare 's play of the same name directed by Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle . With Kay Francis , he formed a popular screen couple who appeared together in seven films between 1935 and 1938, including I Found Stella Parrish , The White Angel and Another Dawn . His better-known roles include his appearance as Richard the Lionheart in Robin Hood, King of the Vagabonds from 1938 opposite Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland .

In 1943 he returned to England to undertake one more time military service and fight at the front in World War II . After the war he stayed in Great Britain, where he played in films and television series as well as on the theater stage for the following years. In the mid-1960s, Hunter retired from show business. With his wife Catherine Casha Pringle he had two sons, one of whom, Robin Hunter (1929-2004), also became an actor. Ian Hunter died in London in 1975 at the age of 75.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Commons : Ian Hunter  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ James Robert Parish, William T. Leonard: Hollywood Players. The Thirties. Arlington House, New Rochelle NY 1976, ISBN 0-87000-365-8 , p. 282.
personal data
SURNAME Hunter, Ian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Cape Town , South Africa
DATE OF DEATH 23rd September 1975
Place of death London