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Hans Joby is a Actor Allemand born on 3 august 1884 at Braşov (Roumanie)

Hans Joby

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Nationality German
Birth 3 august 1884 at Braşov (Roumanie)
Death 1 may 1943 (at 58 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Hans Joby (3 August 1884 – 30 April 1943) was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in 63 films between 1920 and 1944. He was also billed as "Captain John Peters", and often played aristocratic Prussian-types, memorably in Laurel and Hardy's silent short Double Whoopee.

He was born in Kronstadt, Austria-Hungary (now Braşov, Romania) and died in Los Angeles, California.

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Hans Joby (30 films)

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The Lady Has Plans
The Lady Has Plans (1942)
, 1h17
Directed by Sidney Lanfield
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Ray Milland, Paulette Goddard, Roland Young, Albert Dekker, Margaret Hayes, Cecil Kellaway
Roles German Official (uncredited)
Rating65% 3.283813.283813.283813.283813.28381
A gang of criminals steal some top secret plans and tattoo them in invisible ink on the back of a beautiful young girl, planning to sell them to the highest bidder in Lisbon.
Once Upon a Honeymoon
Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)
, 1h57
Directed by Leo McCarey, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Walter Slezak, Albert Dekker, Albert Bassermann, Ferike Boros
Roles Kleinoch's Driver (uncredited)
Rating63% 3.1974953.1974953.1974953.1974953.197495
In the days leading up to World War II, Katie O'Hara (Ginger Rogers), an American burlesque performer masquerading as American socialite "Katherine Butt-Smith", pronounced byüt-smith, is about to marry Austrian Baron Von Luber (Walter Slezak). Foreign correspondent Pat O'Toole (Cary Grant) suspects Von Luber of being a Nazi sympathizer and tries unsuccessfully to get information from Katie by deceit, but is warned off by Von Luber.
Man Hunt
Man Hunt (1941)
, 1h38
Directed by Fritz Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action
Themes Political films, Children's films
Actors Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, George Sanders, John Carradine, Roddy McDowall, Frederick Worlock
Rating71% 3.5968353.5968353.5968353.5968353.596835
On July 29, 1939, renowned British big game hunter Captain Alan Thorndike (Walter Pidgeon) slips through the forest undetected near the Berghof, Adolf Hitler's residence near Berchtesgaden. Getting the dictator in his telescopic sight, he pulls the trigger on his unloaded rifle and gives a wave. He ponders a moment, then loads a live round, but is discovered at the last second by a guard, and the shot goes wild.
Bitter Sweet
Bitter Sweet (1940)
, 1h34
Directed by W. S. Van Dyke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Operetta films
Actors Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, George Sanders, Ian Hunter, Sig Ruman, Felix Bressart
Roles Third Man on Stairs (uncredited)
Rating57% 2.854312.854312.854312.854312.85431
Set in late 19th century Vienna, the story focuses on the romance between music teacher Carl Linden (Nelson Eddy) and his prize pupil Sarah Milick (Jeanette MacDonald).
Escape
Escape (1940)
, 1h38
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Political films
Actors Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor, Conrad Veidt, Alla Nazimova, Felix Bressart, Philip Dorn
Roles Second Passport Official (uncredited)
Rating69% 3.495173.495173.495173.495173.49517
Famous German stage actress Emmy Ritter (Alla Nazimova) is held in a Nazi concentration camp. She is scheduled to be executed soon, but the sympathetic camp doctor, Ditten (Philip Dorn), has been a fan since childhood and offers to deliver a letter from her to her children...afterwards.
Ninotchka
Ninotchka (1939)
, 1h50
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, John Waters
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Political films, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Bela Lugosi, Ina Claire, Sig Ruman, Felix Bressart
Roles Man at Railroad Station (uncredited)
Rating77% 3.896953.896953.896953.896953.89695
Three Russians, Iranov (Sig Ruman), Buljanov (Felix Bressart), and Kopalsky (Alexander Granach), are in Paris to sell jewelry confiscated from the aristocracy during the Russian Revolution of 1917. Upon arrival, they meet Count Leon d'Algout (Melvyn Douglas), on a mission from the Russian Grand Duchess Swana (Ina Claire), who wants to retrieve her jewelry before it is sold. He corrupts them and talks them into staying in Paris. The Soviet Union then sends Nina Ivanovna "Ninotchka" Yakushova (Greta Garbo), a special envoy whose goal is to go through with the jewelry sale and bring back the three men. Rigid and stern at first, she slowly becomes seduced by the West and the Count, who falls in love with her.
Broadway Serenade
Broadway Serenade (1939)
, 1h54
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Jeanette MacDonald, Lew Ayres, Ian Hunter, Frank Morgan, Wally Vernon, Rita Johnson
Roles Hans (uncredited)
Rating57% 2.858682.858682.858682.858682.85868
À New York, la chanteuse Mary Hale (Jeanette MacDonald) et son mari le pianiste-compositeur Jimmy Seymour (Lew Ayres) vivotent dans des boîtes de nuit, lorsque Mary est remarquée par Larry Bryant (Ian Hunter), producteur à Broadway. Il lui obtient une audition auprès de Cornelius Collier Jr. (Frank Morgan) qui se prépare à monter son prochain spectacle. Séduit à son tour par la voix de la jeune femme, il l'engage...
Hitler: Beast of Berlin
Hitler: Beast of Berlin (1939)
, 1h27
Directed by Sam Newfield
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Roland Drew, Steffi Duna, Vernon Dent, Alan Ladd, Lucien Prival, George Rosener
Roles Hermann Lippert
Rating50% 2.536962.536962.536962.536962.53696
A man and his wife lead a German anti-Nazi propaganda literature movement. After an inadvertent betrayal, the husband is thrown into a concentration camp, from which he escapes to Switzerland.
Thunder Afloat
Thunder Afloat (1939)
, 1h35
Directed by George B. Seitz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Submarine films, Political films
Actors Wallace Beery, Chester Morris, Douglass Dumbrille, Virginia Grey, John Qualen, Leon Ames
Roles U-Boat Petty Officer
Rating62% 3.1426153.1426153.1426153.1426153.142615
In a New England port town, Pop Thorson (Wallace Beery) and Rocky Blake (Chester Morris) are rival tugboat owners. Thorson's boat has sunk in the shallow water while docked, and he is certain Blake sabotaged it to keep Thorson from winning a lucrative contract to move barges of military supplies. Thorson is a widower who built his own tugboat and lives on it with his adult daughter Susan (Virginia Grey). She loves her father, but also likes Blake (who denies the sabotage) and does not want the two men to fight.
Bridal Suite
Bridal Suite (1939)
, 1h10
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Actors Annabella, Robert Blake, Robert Young, Walter Connolly, Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart
Roles Scienkiewcz - in Shipboard Brawl
Rating56% 2.8103852.8103852.8103852.8103852.810385
I Met Him in Paris
I Met Him in Paris (1937)
, 1h26
Directed by Wesley Ruggles
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Claudette Colbert, Melvyn Douglas, Robert Young, Lee Bowman, Mona Barrie, Jean De Briac
Roles Lower Sled Run Tower Control
Rating60% 3.0487553.0487553.0487553.0487553.048755
Kay Denham est fiancée à Berk Sutter, mais elle ne pense qu'à une chose : visiter Paris. Berk se résout à la laisser partir. À bord du paquebot, elle fait la connaissance de Gene Anders et de George Potter. Le premier a des manières enjôleuses et presse Kay de partir pour un séjour en Suisse. Potter, quant à lui, est très pragmatique, mais il tombe également sous le charme de la jeune femme, et se décide à la suivre, pour la préserver des avances de son ami.
Pilot X
Pilot X (1936)
, 1h9
Directed by Elmer Clifton
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Lona Andre, John Carroll, Leon Ames, Huntz Hall, Hans Joby, Gaston Glass
Roles Lieut. Baron von Guttard
Rating51% 2.5769252.5769252.5769252.5769252.576925
Sons o' Guns
Sons o' Guns (1936)
, 1h22
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy
Actors Joe E. Brown, Joan Blondell, Beverly Roberts, Eric Blore, Craig Reynolds, Wini Shaw
Roles German Prisoner
Rating57% 2.856052.856052.856052.856052.85605
Pendant la Première Guerre mondiale, la star de Broadway Jimmy Canfield (Joe E. Brown) ne souhaite pas s’engager dans l’armée. Son père, le Général Harper, l'accuse d'être un lâche et lui intime l'ordre de rejoindre l'armée et de cesser de voir Mary (Beverly Roberts). Pour échapper à des différents avec Bernice Pearce (Wini Shaw), une actrice de son spectacle, il fait semblant de s'engager mais se retrouve réellement enrôlé.