Biography
Arthur Hohl (May 21, 1889 – March 10, 1964) was an American stage and motion-picture character actor. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and began appearing in films in the early 1920s. He played a great number of villainous or mildly larcenous roles, although his screen roles usually were small, but he also played a few sympathetic characters.
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Complete Filmography

You Gotta Stay Happy
1948
as Cemetery Man
Indecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to face the wedding night, she flees into the adjacent hotel...

The Three Musketeers
1948
as Dragon Rouge Host (uncredited)
Athletic adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic adventure about the king's musketeers and their mission to protect France.

Monsieur Verdoux
1947
as Real Estate Agent
The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his wo...

The Vigilantes Return
1947
as Sheriff
Marshal Johnnie Taggart, posing as an outlaw named "Ace" Braddock, comes to Bannack, Montana to restore law and order. But he is recognized by Kitty, ...

It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947
as Brady (uncredited)
A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the a...

It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947
as Brady - Gates Patrolman (uncredited)
A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the a...

The Frozen Ghost
1945
as The Drunk in the Audience
When a man dies of a heart attack, a stage and radio mentalist believes he has willed him to die because he was angry with the man. Riddled with guil...

Salome, Where She Danced
1945
as Bartender
During the Austrian-Prussian war, Anna Marie is a dancer who is forced to flee her country after she is accused of being a spy. She ends up in a lawle...

Mystery of the Riverboat
1944
as Clayton
A movie serial in 13 chapters: Some swampland becomes valuable, and various factions squabble over ownership of it.

Shadows in the Night
1944
as Riggs
A criminal psychologist tries to help a beautiful heiress going mad in a haunted mansion.

The Scarlet Claw
1944
as Emile Journet
When a woman is found dead with her throat torn out, the local villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the ca...

The Woman of the Town
1943
as Robert Wright
Bat Masterson, who after failing to secure a job as a newspaper reporter becomes marshal of Dodge City. Preferring socializing to peacekeeping, Master...

The Spider Woman
1943
as Adam Gilflower
Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomou...

Idaho
1943
as Spike Madagan
A deputy sets out to prove that a respected judge, who had once been a criminal, is being framed for crimes committed by a crooked saloon owner.

Moontide
1942
as Jennings
After a drunken night out, a longshoreman thinks he may have killed a man.

Whispering Ghosts
1942
as Inspector Norris
A detective (Milton Berle) who solves cases on the radio investigates the mysterious decade-old murder of a sea captain.

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
as Captain Greenough
Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew Benjamin working for him as a bonded servant. While h...

We Go Fast
1941
as Hold-Up Man
A waitress falls for a foreign businessman (Mohr), while receiving attention from a pair of motorcycle cops, Curtis and Defore. She soon realizes that...

Ride on Vaquero
1941
as Sheriff Johnny Burns
The Cisco Kid is captured while keeping a rendezvous with cantina dancer Dolores but is released by his captor, the commander of a U.S. Army regiment,...

Men of Boys Town
1941
as Guard
Father Flanagan raises funds, helps a disabled boy, and saves an older boy from reform school.

Blondie Has Servant Trouble
1940
as Eric Vaughn
Things get under way when Blondie Bumstead demands that her husband request a raise from his boss Mr. Dithers, so that she can afford to hire a maid. ...

20 Mule Team
1940
as Salters
It is 1892 in Death Valley and the yields from the Borax ore are getting so small that refining it is a losing proposition. The only thing that will s...

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
as Olivier
Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback...

Two Thoroughbreds
1939
as Thaddeus Carey
A farm boy trains a wild colt on his own.

Fugitive at Large
1939
as Curtis
George Storm is a reputable construction engineer but his life changes the moment a bandit trio holds up the company payroll car. And that is because ...

Blackmail
1939
as Rawlins
A fugitive from a chain gang becomes an oil-well firefighter and meets the man who framed him.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939
as Henchman Bassick
Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “finish off” his last major nemesis, Sherlock Holmes, ...

They Shall Have Music
1939
as Miller
The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his step father breaks his violin, ending up sleeping in the...

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939
as Burr
Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run from the law. Whipsnade is struggling to keep a step a...

Boy Slaves
1939
as Sheriff
Social drama of Depression-era homeless children who turn to crime and are sentenced by a judge to a rehabilitation "labor camp".

Stablemates
1938
as Mr. Gale
A boozy former veterinarian and a teenage orphan team together with dreams of entering a broken-down horse in the big race.

Crime Takes a Holiday
1938
as Joe Whitehead
A district attorney uses psychology to expose a criminal gang by publicizing the prosecution of an innocent man.

Kidnapped
1938
as Riach
Robert Louis Stevenson's hero David Balfour joins rebel Alan Breck Stewart in 18th-century Scotland.

Penitentiary
1938
as Finch
The story of a D.A. who becomes a prison warden and winds up overseeing the sentence of a man he prosecuted.

The Bad Man of Brimstone
1937
as Doc Laramie
A ruthless outlaw becomes very protective of a prizefighter when he learns the young man is his own son.

Hot Water
1937
as Walter Whittaker
The Jones family is in an uproar when Dad's campaign for mayor appears sabotaged by an anonymous newspaper article.

Trapped by G-Men
1937
as Henchman Blackie
Granite-jawed Jack Holt performs a dual role in Columbia's Trapped by G-Men.

Slave Ship
1937
as Grimes
Action-filled drama about a ship captain, ashamed of his background in the slave trade, forced against his will to again transport human cargo.

The Road Back
1937
as Heinrich
After the First World War a group of German soldiers try to readjust to civilian life. A sequel to 'All Quiet on the Western Front'.

Lloyd's of London
1936
as First Captain
Norfolk, England, 1770. The nephew of an innkeeper and the son of a reverend maintain a very close friendship until, after living a great adventure, t...

The Devil-Doll
1936
as Victor Radin
Wrongfully convicted of a robbery and murder, Paul Lavond breaks out of prison with a genius scientist who has devised a way to shrink humans. When th...

Show Boat
1936
as Pete
Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.

Forgotten Faces
1936
as Hi-Jack Eddie
Harry Ashton is a superstitious gambling house owner, who relies on sprigs of heliotrope as his good luck charm. One day, Harry catches his wife, Cleo...

It Had to Happen
1936
as Honest John Pelkey
A poor boy rises to power in politics.

If You Could Only Cook
1935
as Conroy (uncredited)
An auto engineer and a professor's daughter pose as married servants in a mobster's mansion.

We're Only Human
1935
as John Martin
A cop, who plays by his own rules, brings down a notorious gangster.

Guard That Girl
1935
as Reynolds
Attorney Joshua Scranton hires "Budge" Edwards and Larry Donovan, who has just bought into Edwards' detective agency, to protect Estelle Hudson, a cli...

Case of the Missing Man
1935
as Steve
After an argument with his newspaper's city editor, press-photographer Jimmy Hudson quits his job and takes up free-lancing as a street-photographer f...

Atlantic Adventure
1935
as Frank Julian
When reporter Dan Miller is once again late to meet his girl friend, Helen Murdock, because he is working on a story, Helen breaks up with him. Later,...

After the Dance
1935
as Louie
Though he was protecting her when he accidentally killed a man, Mabel Kane (Thelma Todd) refuses to testify on behalf of her dance partner Jerry Davis...

Village Tale
1935
as Elmer Stevenson
The insidious typical talk of a small town makes a young man and the married woman he is in love very unhappy.

One Frightened Night
1935
as Arthur Proctor
Eccentric tycoon Jasper Whyte hosts a dinner at his mansion and announces that he will divide his money and give each guest a million dollars before t...

Eight Bells
1935
as Williams
A trustworthy captain is reduced in rank so that the owner's daughter's fiancé may take charge.

I'll Love You Always
1935
as Jergens
Nora Clegg, an actress, marries Carl Brent, an unemployed young engineer, whose estimation of his worth and ability keeps him from getting a job. He f...

In Spite of Danger
1935
as Steve Lynch
Bill Crane, race-car driver has an accident while racing and finds himself unable to return to the fast-paced racetrack. Looking for another occupatio...

The Whole Town's Talking
1935
as Det. Sgt. Michael F. Boyle
Ordinary man-in-the-street Arthur Ferguson Jones leads a very straightforward life. He's never late for work and nothing interesting ever happens to h...

Romance in Manhattan
1935
as Pander
Karel Novak is an incredibly naive Czech immigrant who is taken under the wing of streetwise New York chorus girl Sylvia. With the help of lovable cop...

Jealousy
1934
as Mike Callahan
Larry O'Roark is a boxer who's insanely posssesive and jealous of his fiancee, Jo. the sight of her and her employer, Mr. Lambert, at ringside during ...

Against the Law
1934
as Kelly
Steve Wayne, a daring young ambulance driver for a large hospital in Los Angeles, is a rival with his friend, Doctor Bill Barie (the house surgeon in ...

Lady by Choice
1934
as Kendall
To improve her image, a fan dancer "adopts" an old woman to be her mother.

Cleopatra
1934
as Brutus
The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.

Among the Missing
1934
as Gordon
Seeking to avoid arrest while fleeing through a city park at night, two jewel thieves, Gordon and young Tommy, stash some just-stolen jewels on elderl...

Girl in Danger
1934
as Beckett
Inspector Steve Trent tracks the stolen Cortez emerald, last pilfered by a murdered gangster.

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934
as Dr. Sothern
Bulldog Drummond finds himself immersed in another adventure when he stumbles upon a corpse in the mysterious London mansion of Prince Achmed. Enlisti...

The Defense Rests
1934
as James Randolph
A sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.

A Modern Hero
1934
as Homer Flint
A 1920s circus performer uses every means at his disposal to achieve fame and fortune at the expense of others.

Jimmy the Gent
1934
as Monty Barton
An unpolished racketeer, whose racket is finding heirs for unclaimed fortunes, affects ethics and tea-drinking manners to win back the sweetheart who ...

As the Earth Turns
1934
as George
Love happens between the son of Polish immigrants settled in Maine and the daughter of a neighboring farm family.

Massacre
1934
as Dr. Turner
Upon the death of his father, who was the tribal chieftain, Joe Thunder Horse returns to the reservation of his youth, only to discover that his peopl...

The World Changes
1933
as Mr. Patten
Generational saga tracing the events in the lives of the midwest pioneering Nordholm family, as seen through the eyes of businessman Orin Nordholm Jr....

Man's Castle
1933
as Bragg
Bill takes Trina into his depression camp cabin. Later, just as he finds showgirl LaRue who will support him, Trina becomes pregnant.

College Coach
1933
as Seymour Young
Ruthless Coach Gore creates turmoil at a college by hiring players and alienating students. Along the way, the coach loses his wife Claire Gore to a g...

The Kennel Murder Case
1933
as Gamble the Butler
Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broke...

Footlight Parade
1933
as Al Frazer
A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going ...

Wild Boys of the Road
1933
as Dr. Henry A. Heckel
At the height of the Great Depression, Tommy's mother has been out of work for months when Eddie's father loses his job. Eager not to burden their par...

Brief Moment
1933
as Steve Walsh
A high living society playboy marries a nightclub singer, and she soon realizes that, though they're genuinely in love, the husband's endless partying...

Captured!
1933
as Cocky
While waiting out World War I in a German POW camp, Captain Fred Allison discovers that his oldest and dearest friend Digby has also been captured and...

Baby Face
1933
as Ed Sipple
A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her hap...

The Narrow Corner
1933
as Captain Nichols
An Englishman sought for murder, tries to escape fate to South Seas island.

Private Detective 62
1933
as Dan Hogan
A former government agent in France, who has failed at an assignment and been disavowed, is deported back to the USA, where he can only find work at a...

The Life of Jimmy Dolan
1933
as Herman Malvin
Champion boxer Jimmy Dolan has cultivated a wholesome image for himself, but he's a boozer and womanizer behind the scenes. Intoxicated at a party, he...

The Silk Express
1933
as Wallace Myton
As the demand for raw silk goes sky high, crooked businessman Wallace Myton corners the market with plans to drive up the price. Determined to fulfill...

Infernal Machine
1933
as Ship's Captain
This pre-Code comedy-thriller centers on Robert Holden, a broke and discouraged veteran, who meets fellow American Elinor Green at a cafe in Paris. Af...

The Crime of the Century
1933
as Announcer (uncredited)
Driven to desperation by his young and extravagant wife, alienist Dr. Emil Brandt has arranged a perfect crime; now he begs the police to lock him up ...

Island of Lost Souls
1932
as Montgomery
An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half...

The Sign of the Cross
1932
as Titus
A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.

The Night of June 13
1932
as Prosecuting Attorney
Elna Curry, once a concert pianist, develops an unfounded jealousy of neighbor, Trudie Morrow. Elna who suffers from neurasthenia, believes that Trudi...

The Cheat
1931
as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Elsa Carlyle is impulsive and a gambler. Though loved by her husband Jeff, she's spoiled and selfish, concerned with social standing. Meanwhile, Jeff ...
It Is the Law
1924
as Albert Woodruff / 'Sniffer' Evans
This silent mystery is considered a lost film.