Dennis Hoey

Dennis Hoey

March 29, 1893

Known For

19 titles
1
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

1943 · 1h 14m · Movie

The resurrected Wolf Man, seeking a cure for his malady, enlists the aid of a mad scientist, who claims he will not only rid the Wolf Man of his nocturnal metamorphosis, but also revive the frozen body of Frankenstein's inhuman cr...

6.4
2
National Velvet

National Velvet

1945 · 2h 3m · Movie

A jaded former jockey helps a young girl prepare a wild but gifted horse for England's Grand National Sweepstakes.

7.3
3
Terror by Night

Terror by Night

1946 · 1h 0m · Movie

When the fabled Star of Rhodesia diamond is stolen on a London to Edinburgh train and the son of its owner is murdered, Sherlock Holmes must discover which of his suspicious fellow passengers is responsible.

6.7
4
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

1942 · 1h 8m · Movie

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson must protect a Swiss inventor of an advanced bomb sight from falling into German hands.

6.5
5
The House of Fear

The House of Fear

1945 · 1h 9m · Movie

Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of deaths at a castle with each foretold by the delivery of orange pips to the victims.

7.2
6
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

1943 · 1h 8m · Movie

During WWII, several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. He summons Holmes for help and the master detective proceeds to solve the crime from a long list of suspects including the ow...

6.9
7
The Pearl of Death

The Pearl of Death

1944 · 1h 9m · Movie

After a valuable pearl with a sinister reputation is stolen, Sherlock Holmes must investigate its link to a series of brutal murders.

7.1
8
The Spider Woman

The Spider Woman

1943 · 1h 3m · Movie

Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomous as a spider.

7.0
9
The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden

1949 · 1h 32m · Movie

A girl is sent to live with her uncle on his estate when her parents die. There she discovers much intrigue, family history and secrets and personal baggage. In particular, a screaming child and...a secret garden.

7.5
10
She-Wolf of London

She-Wolf of London

1946 · 1h 1m · Movie

A young heiress finds evidence suggesting that at night she acts under the influence of a family curse and has begun committing ghastly murders in a nearby park.

5.2
11
Wake of the Red Witch

Wake of the Red Witch

1948 · 1h 46m · Movie

During the 1860s in the South Pacific, Capt. Ralls, skipper of the Red Witch, has a series of adventures involving sunken gold bullion, pearls, natives, an unscrupulous ship owner and a giant octopus.

6.5
12
David and Bathsheba

David and Bathsheba

1951 · 1h 56m · Movie

After King David sees the beautiful Bathsheba bathing from the palace roof, he enters into an adulterous affair which has tragic consequences for his family and Israel.

6.1
13
Anna and the King of Siam

Anna and the King of Siam

1946 · 2h 8m · Movie

In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.

7.0
14
Ruthless

Ruthless

1948 · 1h 44m · Movie

A financier's sins are recalled by his ex-partner and boyhood pal.

6.8
15
Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve

1947 · 1h 30m · Movie

To save her fortune from a designing nephew, Matilda Reed must locate her three long-lost adopted sons in time for a Christmas Eve reunion.

5.7
16
A Thousand and One Nights

A Thousand and One Nights

1945 · 1h 33m · Movie

Tongue-in-cheek fantasy film set in Baghdad and loosely based on the One Thousand and One Nights medieval story.

6.0
17
Cairo

Cairo

1942 · 1h 41m · Movie

Reporter Homer Smith accidentally draws Marcia Warren into his mission to stop Nazis from bombing Allied convoys with robot-planes.

6.1
18
Maria Marten, or the Murder in the Red Barn

Maria Marten, or the Murder in the Red Barn

1935 · 1h 10m · Movie

In 1820s rural England, a young girl is tricked by a villainous Squire's promises of marriage, and when she becomes pregnant and disappears, a gypsy lad is blamed.

5.8
19
The Good Companions

The Good Companions

1933 · 1h 35m · Movie

Musical taken from J. B. Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.

6.9