Arthur Hohl

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BIRTHDAY

May 21, 1889

Pittsburgh, PA

DIED

March 10, 1964

RECENT CREDITS

The Song of Bernadette (FILM) Jan. 1, 2003

Monsieur Verdoux (FILM) Jan. 1, 1947

Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woma... (FILM) Jan. 1, 1944

Lloyds of London (FILM) Jan. 1, 1936

Show Boat (FILM) Jan. 1, 1936

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BIOGRAPHY

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Gaunt stage actor Arthur Hohl began appearing in films in 1924. With his haunting eyes and demeanor of false servility, Hohl oiled his way through many a villainous or mildly larcenous role. When he showed up as Brutus in DeMille's Cleopatra (1934), there was no question that audience sympathy would automatically be directed to Julius Caesar ($arren William). Hohl found himself a semi-regular in Hollywood's "Sherlock Holmes" films, beginning with his portrayal of Moriarty's flunkey Alfie Bassick in 20th Century-Fox's The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939) and concluding with his performance as primary murder suspect Emile Journet in Universal's The Scarlet Claw (1944). Arthur Hohl was never creepier than as the psychotic phony butler who plans to bump off the entire Bumstead family--even Baby Dumpling and Daisy the Dog!--in Blondie Has Servant Trouble (1940).

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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