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name: "John Halliday"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-halliday"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 September 1884"
died: "17 October 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T11:54:50.077962+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."
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# John Halliday

Actor. Born 13 September 1884 in Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA. Died 17 October 1947.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 September 1884, Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA
- **Died:** 17 October 1947
- **Also known as:** Jack Halliday, Jack Hollyday

## Biography

John Halliday was an American actor of stage and screen. He appeared on Broadway from 1912, notably in sophisticated comedies including *The Circle* (1921), *Sour Grapes* (1926), *Jealousy* (1928) and *Rain from Heaven* (1934). He made his film debut in the silent era and became a character actor in Hollywood sound films of the 1930s and 1940s, often playing suave or aristocratic figures.

His screen credits include *Peter Ibbetson* (1935), *Desire* (1936), *Intermezzo: A Love Story* (1939) and *The Philadelphia Story* (1940), in which he played Seth Lord. His final role was in *Lydia* (1941). He died in Honolulu, Hawaii, on 17 October 1947.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Philadelphia Story* (1940), Fi1m 84, as Seth Lord — [page](https://film.one/film/the-philadelphia-story.md)

## Also known for

- *Peter Ibbetson* (1935), The Duke of Towers
- *Desire* (1936), Carlos Margoli
- *Intermezzo: A Love Story* (1939), Thomas Stenborg

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