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name: "Guy Kibbee"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 March 1882"
died: "24 May 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T11:48:19.768095+00:00"
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# Guy Kibbee

Actor. Born 5 March 1882 in El Paso, Texas, USA. Died 24 May 1956.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 March 1882, El Paso, Texas, USA
- **Died:** 24 May 1956
- **Also known as:** Guy Bridges Kibbee

## Biography

Guy Kibbee was an American stage and film actor. He began his career entertaining on Mississippi riverboats before working in travelling stock companies and on Broadway, where he made his debut in the 1930 play *Torch Song*.

In the early 1930s he moved to Hollywood and became a contract player at Warner Bros., appearing in numerous supporting roles. He is credited as Governor Hopper in *Mr. Smith Goes to Washington* (1939) and also appeared in *42nd Street* (1933), *Gold Diggers of 1933* (1933), *Captain Blood* (1935) and *Our Town* (1940). His brother was the actor Milton Kibbee.

Kibbee died on 24 May 1956 in East Islip, New York.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mr. Smith Goes to Washington* (1939), Fi1m 84, as Governor Hopper — [page](https://film.one/film/mr-smith-goes-to-washington.md)

## Also known for

- *Fort Apache* (1948), Capt. Dr. Wilkens
- *Captain Blood* (1935), Hagthorpe
- *42nd Street* (1933), Abner Dillon
- *3 Godfathers* (1948), Judge
- *Gold Diggers of 1933* (1933), Peabody
- *Footlight Parade* (1933), Gould
- *Lady for a Day* (1933), Judge Henry G. Blake
- *Little Lord Fauntleroy* (1936), Silas Hobbs

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