--- name: "Ian Hunter" canonical: "https://film.one/person/ian-hunter" roles: ["Actor"] born: "13 June 1900" died: "23 September 1975" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 81 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-09-20T00:17:55.704803+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Ian Hunter Actor. Born 13 June 1900 in Cape Town, South Africa. Died 23 September 1975. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 13 June 1900, Cape Town, South Africa - **Died:** 23 September 1975 - **Active:** 1935–1940 - **Frequently works with:** [Henry Blanke](https://film.one/person/henry-blanke.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as actor, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 82 (2), 1940s 80 (1) - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 1 of 3 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Romance 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Drama 1, Fantasy 1 - **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $29m across 2 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Hunter_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q477361, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0402842/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8731 ## Streaming the US now - **Tubi:** [*The Adventures of Robin Hood*](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-robin-hood.md) (90) - **HBO Max:** [*The Long Voyage Home*](https://film.one/film/the-long-voyage-home.md) (80) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Ian Hunter (13 June 1900 – 22 September 1975) was a South African-born British actor of stage, film and television. He trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London and made his stage debut in the early 1920s. He appeared in several early Hitchcock silent films, including *The Ring* (1927) and *Downhill* (1927). Hunter worked extensively in Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s. His roles include Theseus in *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (1935), King Richard the Lionheart in *The Adventures of Robin Hood* (1938), Captain Crewe in *The Little Princess* (1939), and Dr John Lanyon in *Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde* (1941). He later appeared in British films such as *The Battle of the River Plate* (1956) and *North West Frontier* (1959), and had a recurring role in the television series *The Adventures of Robin Hood*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) - *The Long Voyage Home* (1940), Fi1m 80, as Smitty — [page](https://film.one/film/the-long-voyage-home.md) - *The Adventures of Robin Hood* (1938), Fi1m 90, as King Richard the Lion-Heart — [page](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-robin-hood.md) - *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (1935), Fi1m 74, as Theseus — [page](https://film.one/film/a-midsummer-nights-dream.md) ## Complete filmography (93) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Mystery of the Indian Temple* (1963), as Robert Talbot - *Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance* (1963), as Robert Talbot - *Guns of Darkness* (1962), as Dr. Swann - *The Queen's Guards* (1961), Actor - *The Secret of Monte Cristo* (1961), as Colonel Jackson - *Doctor Blood's Coffin* (1961), as Dr. Robert Blood, Peter's Father - *The Bulldog Breed* (1960), as Admiral Sir Bryanston Blyth - *Somerset Maugham Hour* (1960), series, as Mallowby - *North West Frontier* (1959), as Sir John Wyndham - *Rockets Galore* (1958), as Air Commodore Watchorn - *Fortune Is a Woman* (1957), as Clive Fisher - *The Battle of the River Plate* (1956), as Captain Woodhouse - H.M.S. Ajax - *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Sir Malcolm Saville - *The Door in the Wall* (1956), as Henry Redmond - *The Adventures of Robin Hood* (1955), series, as Sir Richard of the Lea, Sir Richard - *Eight O'Clock Walk* (1954), as Geoffrey Tanner - *Don't Blame the Stork* (1954), as Sir George Redway - *Appointment in London* (1953), as Logan - *It Started in Paradise* (1952), as Arthur Turner - *Edward, My Son* (1949), as Doctor Larry Woodhope - *The White Unicorn* (1947), as Philip Templar - *White Cradle Inn* (1947), as Anton - *Bedelia* (1946), as Charlie Carrington - *It Comes Up Love* (1943), as Tom Peabody - *Forever and a Day* (1943), as Dexter Pomfret - *Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6* (1942), Actor - *A Yank at Eton* (1942), as Roger Carlton - *Safeguarding Military Information* (1942), as Spy (uncredited) - *Smilin' Through* (1941), as Reverend Owen Harding - *Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde* (1941), as Dr. John Lanyon - *Billy the Kid* (1941), as Eric Keating - *Ziegfeld Girl* (1941), as Geoffrey Collis - *Andy Hardy's Private Secretary* (1941), as Steven V. Land - *Come Live with Me* (1941), as Barton Kendrick - *The Long Voyage Home* (1940), as Smitty — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-long-voyage-home.md) - *Gallant Sons* (1940), as Natural Davis - *Bitter Sweet* (1940), as Lord Shayne - *Dulcy* (1940), as Gordon Daly - *Strange Cargo* (1940), as Cambreau - *Broadway Melody of 1940* (1940), as Bert C. Matthews - *Tower of London* (1939), as King Edward IV - *Bad Little Angel* (1939), as Jim Creighton (Sentinel editor) - *Maisie* (1939), as Clifford 'Cliff' Ames - *Tarzan Finds a Son!* (1939), as Austin Lancing - *Broadway Serenade* (1939), as Larry Bryant - *The Little Princess* (1939), as Captain Crewe - *Yes, My Darling Daughter* (1939), as Lewis Murray - *Breakdowns of 1938* (1938), as Lloyd Rogers (archive footage) (uncredited) - *Comet Over Broadway* (1938), as Bert Ballin - *The Sisters* (1938), as William Benson - *Secrets of an Actress* (1938), as Peter 'Pete' Snowden - *Always Goodbye* (1938), as Phillip Marshall - *The Adventures of Robin Hood* (1938), as King Richard the Lion-Heart — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-robin-hood.md) - *52nd Street* (1937), as Rufus Rondell - *That Certain Woman* (1937), as Lloyd Rogers - *Confession* (1937), as Leonide Kirow - *Another Dawn* (1937), as Colonel John Wister - *Call It a Day* (1937), as Roger Hilton - *Stolen Holiday* (1937), as Anthony Wayne - *The Devil Is a Sissy* (1936), as Jay Pierce - *To Mary - with Love* (1936), as Bill Hallam - *The White Angel* (1936), as Fuller - *A Dream Comes True* (1935), as Theseus (archive footage) (uncredited) - *I Found Stella Parish* (1935), as Keith Lockridge - *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (1935), as Theseus — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/a-midsummer-nights-dream.md) - *Jalna* (1935), as Renny Whiteoaks - *The Phantom Light* (1935), as Jim Pearce - *Lazybones* (1935), as Sir Reginald Ford - *The Girl from 10th Avenue* (1935), as Geoffrey D. 'Geoff' Sherwood - *The Morals of Marcus* (1935), as Sir Marcus Ordeyne - *Something Always Happens* (1934), as Peter Middleton - *The Church Mouse* (1934), as Johnathan Steele - *No Escape* (1934), as Jim Brandon - *Death at Broadcasting House* (1934), as Detective Inspector Gregory - *The Night of the Party* (1934), as Guy Kennion - *The Silver Spoon* (1934), as Capt Watts-Wynyard - *Orders Is Orders* (1933), as Capt. Harper - *The Man from Toronto* (1933), as Fergus Wimbush - *Marry Me* (1932), as Robert Hart - *The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case* (1932), as Dr. John Watson - *The Water Gipsies* (1932), as Fred Green - *Sally in Our Alley* (1931), as George Miles - *Cape Forlorn* (1931), as Gordon Kingsley - *Escape!* (1930), as William Brown, the Plainclothesman - *The Valley of Ghosts* (1930), as Andrew McLeod - *The Thoroughbred* (1929), as Allen Stockbridge - *Syncopation* (1929), as Alexander Winston - *Easy Virtue* (1928), as The Plaintiff's Counsel - *His House in Order* (1928), as Hilary Jesson - *Downhill* (1927), as Archie - *The Ring* (1927), as Bob Corby - *Confessions* (1925), as Charles Oddy - *Not For Sale* (1924), as Martin Bering ## Gallery - ![Ian Hunter](https://film.one/media/person/1228329/gallery-6faff222fcfd.jpg) Ian Hunter — Elmer Fryer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Ian_Hunter_by_Elmer_Fryer.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Ian Hunter](https://film.one/media/person/1228329/gallery-067bf1027259.jpg) Ian Hunter — Image via TMDB - ![Ian Hunter](https://film.one/media/person/1228329/gallery-b94bc8acd857.jpg) Ian Hunter — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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