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. Selected filmography Ranson's Folly (1926) The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927) The Enemy (1927) A Dog of the Regiment (1927) The Scarlet Lady (1929) Double Whoopee (1929) I Met Him in Paris (1937) Special Agent K-7 (1937) References External links 1884 births 1943 deaths Austrian male film actors Austrian male silent film actors People from Brașov 20th-century Austrian male actors Austrian emigrants to the United States