Biography
From Wikipedia Henry Watterson Hull (October 3, 1890 – March 8, 1977) was an American character actor most noted for playing the lead in Universal Pictures's Werewolf of London (1935). The film flopped, but has since come to be highly regarded.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Starting with "The Wolf Man" (in 1941), Universal Studios made five movies featuring The Wolf Man, a character portrayed by Lon Chaney, Jr. Monster by...
The Chase
1966
as Briggs
The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.
The Fool Killer
1965
as Dirty Jim Jelliman
After the Civil War, a southern boy, aged 12, runs away from his foster home, wanders the countryside, and meets various odd characters along the way,...
Master of the World
1961
as Prudent
A mad genius tries to bomb the world into peace.
The Oregon Trail
1959
as George Seton
In 1846, a reporter for the New York Herald joins a wagon train bound for the Oregon Territory. He hopes to confirm a rumor that President Polk is sen...
The Buccaneer
1958
as Ezra Peavey
During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will ...
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw
1958
as Major Masters
English gunsmith Jonathon Tibbs travels to the American West in the 1880s to sell firearms to the locals. He inadvertently acquires a reputation of qu...
Bitter Heritage
1958
as Old Henry
A powerful story of the son of America's most famous outlaw: Jesse James. Jesse, Jr. struggles to return to the town which his father lived. His love ...
The Proud Rebel
1958
as Judge Morley
Searching for a doctor who can help him get his son to speak again--the boy hadn't uttered a word since he saw his mother die in the fire that burned ...
The Buckskin Lady
1957
as Dr. James Goldsboro ('Doc') Medley
Patricia Medina plays the title character in The Buckskin Lady. Medina is cast as female gambler Angela Medley, who is forced by circumstances to alig...
Kentucky Rifle
1956
as Preacher Bently
A man escorts a wagon load of Kentucky rifles through Indian territory and must find a way to get through without losing the rifles to the Indians. Un...
Man with the Gun
1955
as Marshal Lee Sims
A stranger comes to town looking for his estranged wife. He finds her running the local girls. He also finds a town and sheriff afraid of their own sh...
Thunder Over the Plains
1953
as Lt. Col. Chandler
Set in 1869, after the Civil War, Texas had not yet been readmitted to the Union and carpetbaggers, hiding behind the legal protection of the Union Ar...
Inferno
1953
as Sam Elby
When selfish and arrogant millionaire Donald Carson fractures his leg during a desert vacation, his wife, Geraldine, leaves with their friend Joseph D...
The Last Posse
1953
as Ollie Stokely
A posse's pursuit of bank robbers ends with loot missing and a sheriff (Broderick Crawford) wounded.
The Treasure of Lost Canyon
1952
as Cousin Lucius Cooke
Young David, orphaned en route to California, falls into the hands of medicine-show rascal Baltimore Dan. Years later, now a trained thief, he's adopt...
Hollywood Story
1951
as Philip Ferrara / Vincent St. Clair
An independent producer unwisely opens a can of worms after he decides to make a movie about the unsolved murder of a famous silent film director.
The Return of Jesse James
1950
as Hank Younger
Frank James resents and tries to stop a ruthless drifter who has adopted the name of his dead brother in order to duplicate his crimes.
Song of Surrender
1949
as Deacon Parry
In 1906 in Connecticut, Elisha Hunt, the 55-year-old curator of a small government museum, marries Abigail, the 19-year-old daughter of a local farmer...
The Great Dan Patch
1949
as Dan Palmer
David Palmer, a young chemist, returns to his father's Indiana farm, to marry a local school teacher, Ruth Treadwell. David meets again his father's h...
The Great Gatsby
1949
as Dan Cody
Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifetyle of his landlord, th...
The Fountainhead
1949
as Henry Cameron
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to ...
Colorado Territory
1949
as Fred Winslow
After escaping from jail, outlaw Wes McQueen is convinced by his old partner in crime to do one last heist.
Rimfire
1949
as Nathaniel Greeley
An undercover Army captain links missing gold and murder to a gambler's ghost.
El Paso
1949
as Henry Jeffers
Ex-confederate officer Clay Fletcher jumps at the chance to reunite with his once lady-friend, Susan Jeffers, when his father, Judge Fletcher, sends h...
Portrait of Jennie
1948
as Eke
A mysterious girl inspires a struggling artist.
Fighter Squadron
1948
as Brig. Gen. Mike McCready
During World War II, an insubordinate fighter pilot finds the shoe on the other foot when he's promoted.
The Walls of Jericho
1948
as Jefferson Norman
In a small town in Kansas, a county attorney in an unhappy marriage falls in love with another woman.
Belle Starr's Daughter
1948
as The Old Marshal (uncredited)
The daughter of famous outlaw Belle Starr arrives at the town where her mother was murdered to find her killer.
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
1948
as Milt Dominy
Light-hearted, old-style romance about a farm-hand who arranges to buy a pair of mules from his employer. No one is able to handle the mules and he mu...
On Our Merry Way
1948
as Dying Man (deleted sequence) (uncredited)
Oliver Pease gets a dose of courage from his wife Martha and tricks the editor of the paper (where he writes lost pet notices) into assigning him the ...
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947
as Seth Beckwith
Near the end of the Civil War, the proud residents of Mannon Manor await the return of shipping tycoon Ezra Mannon and son Orin. Meanwhile Ezra’s conn...
Deep Valley
1947
as Cliff Saul
A shy California farm girl falls head-over-heels in love with Barry Burnett, a fugitive from a chain gang building a road through the wilderness.
High Barbaree
1947
as Dr. William G. Brooke
After his plane is downed in the South Pacific, a Navy flier recounts his life to a co-pilot while awaiting rescue.
Objective, Burma!
1945
as Mark Williams
A group of men parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to locate and blow up a radar station. They accomplish t...
Goodnight, Sweetheart
1944
as Jeff Parker
A journalist attacks the campaign of a mayoral candidate who has gained the endorsement of a rival newspaper.
Lifeboat
1944
as Charles J. Rittenhouse
During World War II, a small group of survivors is stranded in a lifeboat together after the ship they were traveling on is destroyed by a German U-bo...
The Woman of the Town
1943
as Inky Wilkinson
Bat Masterson, who after failing to secure a job as a newspaper reporter becomes marshal of Dodge City. Preferring socializing to peacekeeping, Master...
Seeds of Freedom
1943
as Guerilla leader
Archive footage from Potemkin (1925), with English dialogue dubbed in by American actors, is combined with new footage to tie together the brave stand...
The West Side Kid
1943
as Sam Winston
Millionaire Sam Winston is an unhappy man. His wife Constance lives a gay life, devoting all her time to parties; his daughter Gloria is in one scanda...
High Sierra
1941
as 'Doc' Banton
Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.
The Return of Frank James
1940
as Major Rufus Cobb
Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.
My Son, My Son!
1940
as Dermot O’Riordan
A self-made success is determined to give his son the lavish upbringing he himself was denied. Not surprisingly, the son grows up to be spoiled rotten...
Judge Hardy and Son
1939
as Dr. Jones
Judge Hardy guides Andy through problems with girls, money and an essay contest.
Nick Carter, Master Detective
1939
as John A. Keller
Detective Nick Carter is brought in to foil spies at the Radex Airplane Factory, where a new fighter plane is under manufacture.
Bad Little Angel
1939
as Red Wilks
A bible-guided Victorian orphan befriends a bootblack in a strange town.
Babes in Arms
1939
as Madox
Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Patsy Barton. But child actress Rosalie wa...
Stanley and Livingstone
1939
as James Gordon Bennett, Jr.
When American newspaperman and adventurer Henry M. Stanley comes back from the western Indian wars, his editor James Gordon Bennett sends him to Afric...
Miracles for Sale
1939
as Dave Duvallo
A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.
The Return of the Cisco Kid
1939
as Colonel Joshua Bixby
In Arizona a young woman who's being manipulated by an evil businessman is helped by the Cisco Kid who happens to be there on holiday.
The Spirit of Culver
1939
as Doc Allen
Tom Allen, an orphan accustomed to waiting in bread lines is awarded a scholarship to the Culver Military Academy. Talked into attending so that he c...
Jesse James
1939
as Major Rufus Cobb
After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.
The Great Waltz
1938
as Franz Josef
Composer Johann Strauss risks his marriage over his infatuation with a beautiful singer.
Boys Town
1938
as Dave Morris
Devout but iron-willed Father Flanagan leads a community called Boys Town, a different sort of juvenile detention facility where, instead of being tre...
Port of Seven Seas
1938
as Uncle Elzear
In the French port of Marseille, a young woman named Madelon is in love with a young sailor, Marius. Discovering she is pregnant after Marius sets out...
Paradise for Three
1938
as Sepp
A businessman mingles with German laborers to learn more about their lives.
Three Comrades
1938
as Dr. Becker
A love story centered on the lives of three young German soldiers in the years following World War I. Their close friendship is strengthened by their ...
Yellow Jack
1938
as Dr. Jesse Lazear
A fairly accurate historical account of Walter Reed's search for the cause of "Yellow Jack" or Yellow Fever and those who risked their lives in the pu...
Werewolf of London
1935
as Dr. Wilfred Glendon
A strange animal attack turns a botanist into a bloodthirsty monster.
Transient Lady
1935
as Sen. Hamp Baxter
A senator's brother turns up murdered, and the senator tries to pin the blame on a man he knows is innocent.
Great Expectations
1934
as Abel Magwitch
A young boy, Pip, encounters an escaped prisoner, Magwitch, and steals food for him. After the convict is captured, Pip meets the reclusive Miss Havis...
Famous Scenes from Pagliacci
1934
as Pagliacci
Scenes from Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera with Canio, the clown, introducing actors who are seen in pantomime while the operatic voices are heard off-sc...
Midnight
1934
as Nolan
Jury foreman Edward Weldon's questioning leads to the death sentence for Ethel Saxon. His daughter Stella claims to have killed her lover, the gangste...
The Devil's Mate
1933
as Chaplin
A convicted murderer has been sentenced to death in the electric chair. He decides to spill the name of the man who hired him, but just before he does...
Matinee Idle
1930
as Frank the Actor
A Broadway star visits his playwright friend who's working out a scene for his new play.
The Wrongdoers
1925
as Jimmy Nolan
Philanthropical druggist Daniel Abbott, occasionally robs the rich to take care of the poor, goes to court with his young ward, Jimmy Nolan. In the co...
Wasted Lives
1925
After the death of her brother, "Tommy" Carlton makes the acquaintance of a neighbor, Harold Graypon, who invites her to a party. Tommy, who is a bit ...
For Woman's Favor
1924
as The Fool / The Lover
A modern love story is the framework for a costume love story, based on Boccaccio's "The Falcon."
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
1924
as Ralph Hartsook
A young Indiana schoolteacher finds himself embroiled in local conflicts when he falls in love with an indentured servant and must discover the identi...
Roulette
1924
as Jimmy Moore
Before he can avenge a crooked card game, Dan Carrington suffers heart failure and dies in his chair. John Tralee, the cheater, feels a pang of guilt ...
A Bride for a Knight
1923
as Jimmy Poe
While having dental work done, Jimmy inhales too much gas and begins believing that he is a detective. He sets out to capture a gang of thieves who ro...
East Side - West Side
1923
Theatre Play
Poor, decent young woman Lory (Percy) avoids moral pratfalls after she is employed by a rich family. She falls in love with the son (Harlan) but the c...
The Last Moment
1923
as Hercules Napolean Cameron
Hercules Napoleon Cameron, who finds his adventure in books, is searching the waterfront with Alice Winthrop for a friend's father when they are shang...
One Exciting Night
1922
as John Fairfax
A young orphan girl, courted by an unpleasant older suitor who has a hold over her adoptive mother, falls in love with Fairfax, a young stranger at a ...
Tom's Little Star
1919
A 1919 silent drama film
Little Women
1918
as John Brooke
Jo March and her sisters Meg, Beth, and Amy live in a happy family in Concord, Massachusetts. Jo yearns to be a writer, and through the course of the ...
The Volunteer
1917
as Jonathan Mendenhall
Madge Evans, World Film Corp. juvenile star, is sent to her Quaker grandparents, Timothy and Tabitha Mendenhall, when her father and mother go to serv...
Rasputin, the Black Monk
1917
as Kerensky
The story of the rise and fall of Rasputin, the so-called "mad monk" who dominated the court of the Russian czar in the period prior to the Russian re...
The Family Honor
1917
as Anthony Wayne
A 1917 silent film drama
A Square Deal
1917
as Mark Dunbar
Hugh Eltinge, a struggling artist, and Mark Dunbar, a genius of the pen, whom the world has as yet failed to reward, live together in MacDougal Alley....