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Dennis Hoey was a British film and stage actor, best known for playing Inspector Lestrade in six films of Universal's Sherlock Holmes series.
Birth Name
Samuel David Hyams
Born
Thursday, 30 March 1893
Died
Monday, 25 July 1960
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Elementary My Dear Watson: The Man Behind Sherlock Holmes | Inspector Lestrade | 2009 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Inspector Owen | 2007 |
| The Jarvis Collection: Scotland Yard | Inspector Lestrade | 1973 |
| ITV Television Playhouse | Jock | 1955 |
| Plymouth Adventure | Head Constable | 1952 |
| Omnibus | Arthur Conan Doyle (segment "The Fine Art of Murder") | 1952 |
| Caribbean | Burford / Burford, Barclay's Lieutenant | 1952 |
| David and Bathsheba | Joab | 1951 |
| The Adventures of Ellery Queen | Ronny Sinclair | 1950 |
| The Kid from Texas | Major Harper | 1950 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Elementary My Dear Watson: The Man Behind Sherlock Holmes | Inspector Lestrade | 2009 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Inspector Owen | 2007 |
| The Jarvis Collection: Scotland Yard | Inspector Lestrade | 1973 |
| ITV Television Playhouse | Jock | 1955 |
| Plymouth Adventure | Head Constable | 1952 |
| Omnibus | Arthur Conan Doyle (segment "The Fine Art of Murder") | 1952 |
| Caribbean | Burford / Burford, Barclay's Lieutenant | 1952 |
| David and Bathsheba | Joab | 1951 |
| The Adventures of Ellery Queen | Ronny Sinclair | 1950 |
| The Kid from Texas | Major Harper | 1950 |
| The Secret Garden | Mr. Pitcher | 1949 |
| Wake of the Red Witch | Capt. Munsey | 1949 |
| Badmen of Tombstone | Mr. Smith | 1949 |
| Joan of Arc | Sir William Glasdale | 1948 |
| Actor's Studio | Father Hyacinth | 1948 |
| Ruthless | Mr. Burnside | 1948 |
| If Winter Comes | Tiny Wilson | 1947 |
| Where There's Life | Minister of War Grubitch | 1947 |
| Christmas Eve | Williams 'Bill', Matilda's Butler / Williams | 1947 |
| The Foxes of Harrow | Master of Harrow | 1947 |
| Golden Earrings | Hoff | 1947 |
| Second Chance | Roger Elwood | 1947 |
| The Crimson Key | Steven Loring | 1947 |
| The Strange Woman | Tim Hager | 1946 |
| Roll on Texas Moon | Cole Gregory | 1946 |
| Anna and the King of Siam | Sir Edward | 1946 |
| She-Wolf of London | Inspector Pierce | 1946 |
| Tarzan and the Leopard Woman | Commissioner / District Commissioner | 1946 |
| Terror by Night | Inspector Lestrade | 1946 |
| Kitty | Jonathan Selby | 1946 |
| A Thousand and One Nights | Prince Hadji / Sultan Kamar Al-Kir | 1945 |
| The House of Fear | Lestrade / Inspector Lestrade | 1945 |
| National Velvet | Mr. Greenford | 1945 |
| The Keys of the Kingdom | Alec Chisholm | 1944 |
| The Pearl of Death | Lestrade / Inspector Lestrade | 1944 |
| Uncertain Glory | Father Le Clerc | 1944 |
| The Spider Woman | Inspector Lestrade / Insp. Lestrade | 1943 |
| Sherlock Holmes Faces Death | Lestrade / Inspector Lestrade | 1943 |
| Bomber's Moon | Gestapo Col. von Grunow | 1943 |
| They Came to Blow Up America | Col. Taeger | 1943 |
| Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man | Inspector Owen | 1943 |
| Forever and a Day | Mover | 1943 |
| Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon | Lestrade / Inspector Lestrade | 1942 |
| Cairo | Col. Woodhue | 1942 |
| This Above All | Parsons | 1942 |
| Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake | Lord Tarrant | 1942 |
| Confirm or Deny | Duffield, Ministry of Information | 1941 |
| A Yank in the R.A.F. | Intelligence Officer | 1941 |
| Black Roses | Nikander | 1936 |
| Uncivilized | Mara the White Chief | 1936 |
| Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn | Gambling Winner / Gambler | 1936 |
| Transatlantic Tunnel | Worker | 1935 |
| Honeymoon for Three | M. Daumery | 1935 |
| Phantom Ship | Tom Goodschild | 1935 |
| Brewster's Millions | Mario | 1935 |
| The Immortal Gentleman | Soldier / Toby Belch | 1935 |
| Power | Dieterle | 1934 |
| My Old Duchess | Montagu Neilson | 1934 |
| Chu Chin Chow | Rakham, chief henchman / Rakham | 1934 |
| Dangerous Ground | Levitt gang member in custody | 1934 |
| The Bride of the Lake | Miles-Na-Copaleen | 1934 |
| Maid Happy | Sir Rudolph Bartlett | 1933 |
| The Wandering Jew | Lord de Beaudricourt | 1933 |
| The Good Companions | Joe Brundit | 1933 |
| Facing the Music | Capradossi | 1933 |
| Love in Morocco | Captain Sabry | 1932 |
| The Maid of the Mountains | Orsino | 1932 |
| Never Trouble Trouble | Stranger | 1931 |
| No Lady | Member of Sabotage Gang | 1931 |
| The Battle of Gallipoli | The Padre / The Chaplain, called "Padre" | 1931 |
| The Man from Chicago | Jimmy Donovan | 1931 |
