Horace Hodges (19 December 1863 – 6 July 1951) was a British stage and film actor and writer. Hodges was the author (with Thomas Wigney Percyval) of the play Grumpy which saw a Broadway production in 1913, a silent film version in 1923, and a sound version in 1930, with a Spanish film version Cascarrabias in the same year. Selected filmography Escape (1930) - Gentleman Other People's Sins (1931) - Carfax A Night in Montmartre (1931) - Lucien Borell After Dark (1933) - Thaddeus Cattermole Brompton Summer Lightning (1933) - Lord Emsworth Rolling in Money (1934) - Earl of Addleton Summer Lightning (1933) - Johnnie Lee Old Faithful (1935) - Bill Brunning Birds of a Feather (1936) - Lord Cheverton Three Maxims (1936) - Mike London Melody (1937) - Father Donnelly The Show Goes On (1937) - Sam Bishop Follow Your Star (1938) - Mr. Wilmot Jamaica Inn (1939) - Chadwick - Sir Humphrey's Butler (final film role) References External links 1865 births 1951 deaths British male stage actors British male film actors 20th-century British male actors 20th-century British dramatists and playwrights