Arthur Hohl (May 21, 1889 - March 10, 1964) was an American stage and motion-picture character actor. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and began appearing in films in the early 1920s. He played a great number of villainous or mildly larcenous roles, although his screen roles usually were small, but he also played a few sympathetic characters.Hohl's two performances seen most often today are as Pete, the nasty boat engineer who tells the local sheriff about Julie (Helen Morgan) and her husband's (Donald Cook) secret interracial marriage in the 1936 film version of "Show Boat" (1936), and as Mr. Montgomery, the man who helps Richard Arlen and Leila Hyams to make their final escape in Island of Lost Souls (1932). He also played Brutus opposite Warren William's Julius Caesar in Cecil B. DeMille's version of Cleopatra (1934), starring Claudette Colbert.Among his other notable roles were as Olivier, King Louis XI's right-hand man, in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), as the real estate agent in Charlie Chaplin's Monsieur Verdoux (1947), and as Journet, a bereaved innkeeper who seeks to avenge his daughter's murder in the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes film The Scarlet Claw (1944). Hohl also played a Christian named Titus (no relation to Titus Andronicus) in Cecil B. DeMille's religious epic The Sign of the Cross (1932).Many sources claim that Hohl played a monk in the 1943 film classic The Song of Bernadette, but he is nowhere to be seen in the finished film.Hohl also appeared on the Broadway stage in plays by William Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw, and Henrik Ibsen. Some of his stage roles, such as Sir Andrew Aguecheek in a 1930 Broadway revival of Twelfth Night, were considerably larger than his film roles.
Solemn-demeanored Hollywood character actor in films for two decades from 1929.
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Lean, beady-eyed character actor, often in villainous or bucolic roles.
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Although seldom remembered today, this tall, lanky character actor was quite talented at tackling a wide range of accents which kept him in high demand. His considerable resume during the 1930s is demonstrative of his versatility and included work at Warner's (in three early Cagney hits), Paramount, Columbia, RKO, Universal, MGM, 20th Century Pictures (and later after the Fox merger)... even lowly Mascot.
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He was seen mainly on the Broadway stage between 1917 and 1932, when he permanently abandoned the stage for films. He appeared in several Broadway productions of classic plays, including Ibsen's "Ghosts" and Shaw's "Mrs. Warren's Profession".
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Down to the Sea in Ships
1949
Blair (uncredited)
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948
Cemetery Man
The Three Musketeers
1948
Dragon Rouge Host (uncredited)
The Vigilantes Return
1947
Sheriff
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947
Brady - Gates Patrolman (uncredited)
Monsieur Verdoux
1947
Real Estate Agent
The Yearling
1946
Arch Forrester (uncredited)
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
1945
Dvar Svenson (uncredited)
Love Letters
1945
Jupp (uncredited)
The Frozen Ghost
1945
Skeptic
It Happened in Springfield
1945
Short
Salome Where She Danced
1945
Bartender
Mystery of the River Boat
1944
Clayton
Irish Eyes Are Smiling
1944
Barker (uncredited)
Shadows in the Night
1944
Riggs (uncredited)
The Eve of St. Mark
1944
Sheep-Wagon Driver (uncredited)
The Scarlet Claw
1944
Emile Journet
The Spider Woman
1944
Adam Gilflower
The Woman of the Town
1943
Robert Wright
Idaho
1943
Spike Madagan
City Without Men
1943
Convict (uncredited)
Whispering Ghosts
1942
Inspector Norris
Moontide
1942
Jennings
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
Captain Greenough
We Go Fast
1941
Hold-Up Man
Ride on Vaquero
1941
Sheriff Johnny Burns
Men of Boys Town
1941
Guard
Blondie Has Servant Trouble
1940
Eric Vaughn
20 Mule Team
1940
Salters
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
Olivier
Two Thoroughbreds
1939
Thaddeus Carey
Blackmail
1939
Rawlins
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939
Bassick
Fugitive at Large
1939
Curtis
They Shall Have Music
1939
Miller
Help Wanted
1939
Short
Graham - Head of Employment Agency (uncredited)
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939
Burr
Boy Slaves
1939
Sheriff
Stablemates
1938
Mr. Gale
Crime Takes a Holiday
1938
Joe Whitehead
Kidnapped
1938
Riach
Penitentiary
1938
Finch (uncredited)
The Bad Man of Brimstone
1937
'Doc' Laramie
Hot Water
1937
Walter Whittaker
Trapped by G-Men
1937
Henchman Blackie
Mountain Music
1937
Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
Slave Ship
1937
Grimes
The Road Back
1937
Heinrich
Lloyd's of London
1936
First Captain
The Devil-Doll
1936
Victor Radin
Forgotten Faces
1936
Hi-Jack Eddie
Show Boat
1936
Pete
It Had to Happen
1936
Honest John Pelkey
The Lone Wolf Returns
1935
Undetermined Supporting Role (scenes deleted)
We're Only Human
1935
Lawyer John Martin
If You Could Only Cook
1935
Conroy (uncredited)
Super-Speed
1935
Philip Morton
Guard That Girl
1935
Reynolds
Case of the Missing Man
1935
Steve
Atlantic Adventure
1935
Frank Julian
After the Dance
1935
Louie
Unknown Woman
1935
Lansing
Village Tale
1935
Elmer Stevenson
One Frightened Night
1935
Arthur Proctor
Eight Bells
1935
Williams
I'll Love You Always
1935
Jergens
In Spite of Danger
1935
Steve Lynch
The Whole Town's Talking
1935
Detective Sergeant Boyle
Romance in Manhattan
1935
Halsey J. Pander
Jealousy
1934
Mike Callahan
Against the Law
1934
Kelly
Lady by Choice
1934
Kendall
Cleopatra
1934
Brutus
Among the Missing
1934
Gordon
Girl in Danger
1934
Albert Beckett
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934
Dr. Sothern
The Defense Rests
1934
James Randolph
A Modern Hero
1934
Homer Flint
Jimmy the Gent
1934
Joe
As the Earth Turns
1934
George
Massacre
1934
Dr. Turner
The World Changes
1933
Mr. Patten
College Coach
1933
Seymour Young
Man's Castle
1933
Bragg
The Kennel Murder Case
1933
Gamble - the Butler
Footlight Parade
1933
Frazer
Wild Boys of the Road
1933
Dr. Heckel
Brief Moment
1933
Steve Walsh
Captured!
1933
Cocky
Baby Face
1933
Ed Sipple
The Narrow Corner
1933
Captain Nichols
Private Detective 62
1933
Hogan
The Silk Express
1933
Wallace Myton
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
1933
Herman Malvin
Infernal Machine
1933
Ship's Captain
The Crime of the Century
1933
Announcer (uncredited)
Island of Lost Souls
1932
Montgomery
The Sign of the Cross
1932
Titus
The Night of June 13
1932
Prosecuting Attorney
The Cheat
1931
Defense Attorney (uncredited)
It Is the Law
1924
Albert Woodruff / Sniffer
The Puritans
1924
Short
Wolfe and Montcalm
1924
Short
Gen. James Wolfe
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
American Masters
2008
TV Series documentary
Ed Sipple
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel