Biography
Dennis Hoey (born Samuel David Hyams, 30 March 1893 β 25 July 1960) was a British film and stage actor, best remembered for playing Inspector Lestrade in six films of Universal's Sherlock Holmes series.
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Filmography
all 64
Movies 63
TV Shows 1
Inspector Lestrade
Elementary My Dear Watson: The Man Behind Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Movie
Inspector Lestrade
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes (1996)
Movie
Inspector Lestrade
Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread (1971)
Movie
Head Constable
Plymouth Adventure (1952)
Movie
Arthur Conan Doyle (segment 'The Fine Art of Murder')
Omnibus (1952)
TV
Burford
Caribbean (1952)
Movie
Joab
David and Bathsheba (1951)
Movie
Major Harper
The Kid from Texas (1950)
Movie
Mr. Pitcher
The Secret Garden (1949)
Movie
Mr. Smith
Bad Men of Tombstone (1949)
Movie
Capt. Munsey
Wake of the Red Witch (1948)
Movie
Sir William Glasdale
Joan of Arc (1948)
Movie
Mr. Burnside
Ruthless (1948)
Movie
Tiny Wilson
If Winter Comes (1947)
Movie
Minister of War Grubitch
Where There's Life (1947)
Movie
Williams 'Bill', Matilda's Butler
Christmas Eve (1947)
Movie
Hoff
Golden Earrings (1947)
Movie
Roger Elwood
Second Chance (1947)
Movie
Steven Loring
The Crimson Key (1947)
Movie
Tim Hager
The Strange Woman (1946)
Movie
Cole Gregory
Roll on Texas Moon (1946)
Movie
Sir Edward
Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
Movie
Inspector Pierce
She-Wolf of London (1946)
Movie
5.5
Commissioner
Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946)
Movie
5.6
Inspector Lestrade
Terror by Night (1946)
Movie
4.33
Jonathan Selby
Kitty (1945)
Movie
6
Sultan Kamar Al-Kir / Prince Hadji
A Thousand and One Nights (1945)
Movie
Lestrade
The House of Fear (1945)
Movie
3.86
Mr. Greenford
National Velvet (1945)
Movie
Alec Chisholm (uncredited)
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Movie
Lestrade
The Pearl of Death (1944)
Movie
4.33
Father Le Clerc
Uncertain Glory (1944)
Movie
Lestrade
The Spider Woman (1943)
Movie
4.5
Lestrade
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
Movie
4.83
Gestapo Col. von Grunow
Bomber's Moon (1943)
Movie
Col. Taeger
They Came to Blow Up America (1943)
Movie
Inspector Owen (uncredited)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
Movie
5.64
Inspector Lestrade
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)
Movie
4.33
Parsons
This Above All (1942)
Movie
Lord Tarrant
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
Movie
Duffield, Ministry of Information
Confirm or Deny (1941)
Movie
Intelligence Officer
A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)
Movie
6
C.I. Tanner
A Criminal at Large (1939)
Movie
Nikander
Black Roses (1936)
Movie
Mara the White Chief
Uncivilised (1936)
Movie
Gambling Winner
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn (1936)
Movie
M. Daumery
Honeymoon for Three (1935)
Movie
Tom Goodschild
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (1935)
Movie
Soldier / Toby Belch
The Immortal Gentleman (1935)
Movie
Mario
Brewster's Millions (1935)
Movie
MNT
I Spy (1934)
Movie
Montagu Neilson
My Old Duchess (1934)
Movie
Rakham, chief henchman
Chu Chin Chow (1934)
Movie
Lord de Beaudricourt (Phase II)
The Wandering Jew (1933)
Movie
Sir Rudolph Bartlett
Maid Happy (1933)
Movie
Capradossi
Facing The Music (1933)
Movie
Captain Sabry
Baroud (1932)
Movie
Orsino
The Maid of the Mountains (1932)
Movie
Anthony Carlisle
Life Goes On (1932)
Movie
Cyrus Watt
Love Lies (1931)
Movie
Stranger
Never Trouble Trouble (1931)
Movie
The Padre
Tell England (1931)
Movie
Jimmy Donovan
The Man from Chicago (1930)
Movie
Hotelier
Tiptoes (1927)
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.28
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1927
1935
1944
1941
2009
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1893-03-30
Deathday1960-07-25 (67 years old)
Birth PlaceLondon, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
Also Known AsSamuel David Hyams
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