Dennis Hoey

Dennis Hoey
Born	Samuel David Hyams 30 March 1893(1893-03-30) London, England UK
Died	25 July 1960(1960-07-25) (aged 67) Palm Beach, Florida USA
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1924–52
Spouse	Josephine Hoey (1933–46) (divorced) 1 son

Dennis Hoey (1893–1960) was a British film and stage actor, best known for playing Inspector Lestrade in Universal's Sherlock Holmes series. He played the Master of Harrow in The Foxes of Harrow and appeared in Tarzan and the Leopard Woman. After a career as a singer, Hoey moved to acting on the stage in 1918 and later to films. In 1931, he moved to the United States and began appearing in Hollywood films. He also played Mr. Rochester opposite Katharine Hepburn in the American production of Helen Jerome's stage adaptation of Jane Eyre.^[1]

Issue #45 of "Films of the Golden Age" magazine features an interview with Hoey's son Michael A. Hoey, who extensively discusses Dennis Hoey's early life, career, marriages and death. In his book, "Elvis, Sherlock and Me: How I Survived Growing Up in Hollywood" (Bear Manor Media-2007) he discusses his father's career and their sometimes turbulent relationship.

Dennis Hoey's interment was in Tampa, Florida's Myrtle Hill Memorial Park.

Selected filmography

• Tip Toes (1927), Hotelier
• The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (1935), Tom Goodschard
• Brewster's Millions (1935)
• Cairo (1942), Colonel Woodhue
• Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943), Inspector Lestrade
• Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943), Inspector Owen
• Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943), Inspector Lestrade
• The Spider Woman (1944), Inspector Lestrade
• Uncertain Glory (1944), Father Le Clerc
• The Pearl of Death (1944), Inspector Lestrade
• National Velvet (1944), Mr. Greenford
• Kitty (1945), Mr. Selby
• Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear (1945), Inspector Lestrade
• Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946), Commissioner
• Anna and the King of Siam (1946), Sir Edward
• Terror by Night (1946), Inspector Lestrade
• The Foxes of Harrow (1947), Master of Harrow
• Joan of Arc (1948), Sir William Glasdale
• The Secret Garden (1949), Mr. Pitcher

Stage

• Hassan (1924), Masrur
• Katja (1926), Ivo
• Green Waters (1936), Ian McRuvie
• Jane Eyre (1936), Mr. Rochester
• Virginia (1937), Sir Guy Carleton
• Empress of Destiny (1938), Potemkin
• The Circle (1938), Lord Porteous
• Lorelei (1938), Reprecht Eisenkranz
• The Burning Deck (1940), Captain Applegate
• Heart of a City (1942), Leo Saddle
• The Haven (1946), Edmund Durward
• Getting Married (1951), The General

References

1. ^ Mann, William J. Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn. (2007) Macmillan. p. 257.

External links

Biography portal

• Dennis Hoey at the Internet Movie Database
• Dennis Hoey at the Internet Broadway Database
• Dennis Hoey at Find a Grave

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Name	,
Alternative names
Short description	Film actor, best known for playing Inspector Lestrade in Universal's 'Sherlock Holmes' series
Date of birth	1893
Place of birth	London, England UK
Date of death	1960
Place of death	Palm Beach, Florida USA

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