Henry Hull Movies and Career Information

Henry Watterson Hull (October 3, 1890 – March 8, 1977) was an American character actor with a unique voice, 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. Hull was born in Louisville, Kentucky. His parents were William Madison Hull and Elinor Bond Vaughn. Hull appeared in 74 films between 1917 and 1966, often playing supporting characters like the uncle of Tyrone Power's love interest Nancy Kelly in Jesse James (1939). He appeared as Charles Rittenhouse, a wealthy industrialist in Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat (1944). Two other notable roles were as Abel Magwitch in the 1934 version of Great Expectations and in the last film of veteran director Tod Browning, Miracles for Sale (1939). He also famously appeared in the Werewolf of London in 1935. In 1955, Hull appeared as a college professor forced to retire at sixty-five in an episode of CBS's sitcom, Meet Mr. McNutley, later renamed The Ray Milland Show. In 1960, Hull appeared on Bonanza, portraying a scout for General Fremont (who in real life was the grandfather of Hull's wife). In 1961, Hull played an elderly man befriended by a young