--- name: "Otto Hoffman" canonical: "https://film.one/person/otto-hoffman" fi1m_id: "otto-hoffman" imdb_id: "nm0389043" tmdb_id: 103947 wikidata_id: "Q7109628" roles: [] born: "1 May 1879" died: "23 June 1944" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-25T06:15:01.981303+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." --- # Otto Hoffman ## Identity Otto Hoffman - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/otto-hoffman - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** otto-hoffman - **IMDb ID:** nm0389043 - **TMDB ID:** 103947 - **Wikidata ID:** Q7109628 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Hoffman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7109628, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0389043/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/103947 Actor. Born 1 May 1879 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Died 23 June 1944. ## Details - **Born:** 1 May 1879, Brooklyn, New York, USA - **Died:** 23 June 1944 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Hoffman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7109628, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0389043/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/103947 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Eagle*](https://film.one/film/the-eagle.md) (70) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Otto Hoffman was an American actor who appeared in nearly 200 films between 1915 and 1944. He began his career on stage, with Broadway credits including *A Broken Idol* (1909), *The Spring Maid* (1910) and *The Strange Woman* (1913), and also worked in stock theatre. His screen roles were often uncredited character parts. He appeared in *The Eagle* (1925), *Cimarron* (1931), *Mystery of the Wax Museum* (1933), *Mad Love* (1935), *Foreign Correspondent* (1940), *Ball of Fire* (1941), *Stranger on the Third Floor* (1940), *The Ghost of Frankenstein* (1942), *The Mummy's Tomb* (1942) and *This Land Is Mine* (1943). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Eagle* (1925), Fi1m 70, as Man Whose Purse is Stolen (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-eagle.md) ## Complete filmography (148) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *This Is the Life* (1944), as Oscar (uncredited) - *This Land Is Mine* (1943), as Victor, Printer - *Sagebrush Law* (1943), as Doc Crandall - *Red River Robin Hood* (1942), as Sam Sterling - *The Mummy's Tomb* (1942), as Retiring Cemetery Caretaker (uncredited) - *The Mad Martindales* (1942), as Pawnbroker - *The Ghost of Frankenstein* (1942), as Villager (uncredited) - *Ball of Fire* (1941), as Stage Doorman (uncredited) - *Texas* (1941), as Saddle Artisan - *Foreign Correspondent* (1940), as New York Globe Teletype Operator (uncredited) — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/foreign-correspondent.md) - *Stranger on the Third Floor* (1940), as Police Surgeon - *Lucky Partners* (1940), as Court Clerk (uncredited) - *Lucky Cisco Kid* (1940), as Storekeeper Ed Stoke - *My Little Chickadee* (1940), as Pete - Printer (uncredited) - *The Blue Bird* (1940), as Crab Apple (uncredited) - *Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence* (1939), as Station Agent - *Our Leading Citizen* (1939), as Mr. Stoney - *When Tomorrow Comes* (1939), as Farmer (uncredited) - *The Story of Alexander Graham Bell* (1939), as Pawnbroker - *You Can't Cheat an Honest Man* (1939), as Mayor (uncredited) - *One Wild Night* (1938), as Tom - Railroad Conductor (uncredited) - *Mr. Boggs Steps Out* (1938), as Jenkins - *The Jury's Secret* (1938), as Old Man - *Living on Love* (1937), as Alex (uncredited) - *Fight for Your Lady* (1937), as Undertaker (uncredited) - *Hideaway* (1937), as Hank - *All Over Town* (1937), as Peter Stuyvesant 'Pete' Phillips - *The Last Train from Madrid* (1937), as Fernando (uncredited) - *The Outcasts of Poker Flat* (1937), as Miner Who Struck Gold (uncredited) - *The Woman I Love* (1937), as (uncredited) - *Midnight Taxi* (1937), as Louie the Tailor - *Girl Loves Boy* (1937), as Gus Wilkey - *Career Woman* (1936), as Frank Jackson - *Wedding Present* (1936), Actor - *Show Them No Mercy!* (1935), as Hick (uncredited) - *Hot Tip* (1935), as Old Man on Porch - *Smart Girl* (1935), as Wilson (uncredited) - *Mad Love* (1935), as Blind Man (Uncredited) - *Fighting Shadows* (1935), as Hank Stalkey - *Big Calibre* (1935), as Man at Dance - *Captain Hurricane* (1935), as Silas Coffin - *Kid Millions* (1934), as Khoot - *Kentucky Kernels* (1934), as Henry, Banesville Station Agent (uncredited) - *My Grandfather's Clock* (1934), as Grandfather Willoughby (uncredited) - *Bachelor Bait* (1934), as Postal Clerk (uncredited) - *Murder at the Vanities* (1934), as Walsh (uncredited) - *Death Takes a Holiday* (1934), as Fedele - *Beloved* (1934), as Dietrich - *Back Page* (1933), as Lawyer - *Night Flight* (1933), as Airport Office Clerk (uncredited) - *A Man of Sentiment* (1933), as Landlord - *Fast Workers* (1933), as James Collins (Uncredited) - *Mystery of the Wax Museum* (1933), as Igor's Assistant (Uncredited) - *The Iron Master* (1933), as Grange - *The Cheyenne Kid* (1933), as Winters - *Haunted Gold* (1932), as Simon - Benedict's Servant - *Downstairs* (1932), as Otto - *Hello Trouble* (1932), as Calvin Sharp - *The County Fair* (1932), as Specs Matthews - *Union Depot* (1932), as Station Agent Investigating Screams (uncredited) - *Under Eighteen* (1932), as Penthouse Elevator Operator (uncredited) - *Side Show* (1931), as Otto - Seated on Sheriff's Left - *Young as You Feel* (1931), as Secretary - *Son of India* (1931), as Jeweler (uncredited) - *The Avenger* (1931), as Black Kelly - *Captain Applejack* (1931), as Horace Pengard - *Cimarron* (1931), as Murch Rankin (uncredited) - *The Criminal Code* (1931), as Jim Fales - *Abraham Lincoln* (1930), as Offut - *Kismet* (1930), as Azaf - *Sinners' Holiday* (1930), as George - *Moby Dick* (1930), as Shanghai Lady Seller - *The Other Tomorrow* (1930), as Ted Journet - *Acquitted* (1929), as Smith - *Is Everybody Happy?* (1929), as Landlord - *The Hottentot* (1929), as Perkins - *On With the Show!* (1929), as Bart - *Madonna of Avenue A* (1929), as Monk - *The Desert Song* (1929), as Hasse - *Hardboiled Rose* (1929), as Apyton Hale - *Noah's Ark* (1928), as Investor with Gun / Trader - *The Power of the Press* (1928), as Blake's Aide - *The Terror* (1928), as Soapy Marks - *Rinty of the Desert* (1928), as Pop Marlow - *The Fourflusher* (1928), as Mr. Riggs - *The Siren* (1927), as Fleet - *The Valley of the Giants* (1927), as Councilman - *Painted Ponies* (1927), as Jim - *The Stolen Bride* (1927), as Papa Pless - *Beware of Widows* (1927), as Mr. Warren - *Millionaires* (1926), as Detective - *The Boy Friend* (1926), as Mr. Harper - *More Pay - Less Work* (1926), as Henry Tweedle - *The Eagle* (1925), as Man Whose Purse is Stolen (uncredited) — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-eagle.md) - *Bobbed Hair* (1925), as McTish - *Satan in Sables* (1925), as Sergius - *The Circle* (1925), as Dorker - *Confessions of a Queen* (1925), as King's Valet - *The Dixie Handicap* (1924), as The Major - *Secrets of the Night* (1924), as Coroner - *This Woman* (1924), as Judson - *The Price She Paid* (1924), as Seth Kehr - *The Gaiety Girl* (1924), as Evan Evans - *The Arizona Express* (1924), as Desk Clerk - *Daddies* (1924), as Parker - *Lucretia Lombard* (1923), as Sandy - *Strangers of the Night* (1923), as Horace Pengard - *Human Wreckage* (1923), as Harris - *Double Dealing* (1923), as Uriah Jobson - *One Stolen Night* (1923), as Horace Ebberly - *A Dangerous Game* (1922), Actor - *Ridin' Wild* (1922), as Andrew McBride - *The Sin Flood* (1922), as Higgins - *Confidence* (1922), as Josiah Wiggins - *The New Teacher* (1922), as Joseph Hurley - *Trimmed* (1922), as Nebo Slayter - *Mr. Barnes of New York* (1922), as Tomasso - *Very Truly Yours* (1922), as Jim Watson - *Boy Crazy* (1922), as Mr. Skinner - *Pardon My Nerve!* (1922), as Luke Tweezy - *Gas, Oil and Water* (1922), as Henry Jones - *The Glorious Fool* (1922), as Dummy - *Whatever She Wants* (1921), as Amos Lott - *The Devil Within* (1921), as Ezra - *Passing Through* (1921), as James Spivins - *The Bronze Bell* (1921), as La Bertouche - *Bunty Pulls the Strings* (1921), as Beadle - *Silk Hosiery* (1920), as Van Twiller - *Just Out of College* (1920), as Professor Bliss - *The Jailbird* (1920), as Elkemah Pardee - *It's a Great Life* (1920), as Professor Mozier - *Homer Comes Home* (1920), as Silas Prouty - *The Great Accident* (1920), as V.R. Kite - *Behind the Door* (1919), as Mark Arnold - *Crooked Straight* (1919), as Lucius Owen - *The Egg Crate Wallop* (1919), as 'Spider' Blake - *The City of Comrades* (1919), as Lovey - *The Busher* (1919), as Deacon Nasby - *Greased Lightning* (1919), as Rufus Shadd - *The Sheriff's Son* (1919), as Jess Tighe - *String Beans* (1918), as Joe Farley - *A Nine O'Clock Town* (1918), as John Clary - *The Kaiser's Shadow* (1918), as Frederick Fischr - *His Own Home Town* (1918), as Tivotson - *The Family Skeleton* (1918), as Billy's Valet - *The Son of His Father* (1917), as Harker - *The Secret of Black Mountain* (1917), Director - *The White Terror* (1915), as Mayor Alrich ## Gallery - ![Silent film actor Otto Hoffman. Subjects: actors (1921)](https://film.one/media/person/3849810/gallery-1a719da13b41.jpg) Silent film actor Otto Hoffman. Subjects: actors (1921) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Silent_film_actor_Otto_Hoffman_%28SAYRE_3141%29.jpg/1280px-Silent_film_actor_Otto_Hoffman_%28SAYRE_3141%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Otto Hoffman](https://film.one/media/person/3849810/gallery-358bb601a086.jpg) Otto Hoffman — unknown (Thomas H. Ince Prod. / Paramount Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Homer_Comes_Home_%281920%29_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/otto-hoffman