# Henry Hull

Henry Watterson Hull (October 3, 1890 – March 8, 1977) was an American character actor who played the lead in Universal Pictures's Werewolf of London (1935). For most of his career, he was a lead actor on stage and a character actor on screen.

## Early years

Hull was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the youngest of four children born to William Madison Hull, a theater manager and his wife, Elinor Bond Vaughn. He was named for his godfather, Pulitzer Prize-winning Louisville journalist Henry Watterson.
William Hull had been a drama critic in Louisville, and became a press agent for David Belasco after the family moved to New York City in 1902. Hull attended DeWitt Clinton High School and the High School of Commerce. Hull studied engineering at Columbia and was graduated from Cooper Union. In 1910, the family settled in Barkhamsted, Connecticut.

## Career
### Stage

Impressed by his brother Shelly's acting career, in 1912, Hull joined the Greek Repertory Company run by his sister-in-law Margaret Anglin, who was married to his brother Howard. Anglin's touring company specialized in productions of Greek tragedies. In 1913, he returned to New York City to appear on Broadway in John Frederick Ballard's Believe Me, Xantippe with John Barrymore.
Early in his career, Hull appeared frequently on Broadway. In 1916, Hull and his wife, Juliet Fremont, appeared in The Man Who Came Back at the Playhouse Theatre. The play was very successful and ran for more than a year. In 1919, he was at the Broadhurst Theatre in 39 East with Tallulah Bankhead.
Hull created the role of Jeeter Lester in the long-running play Tobacco Road (1933), based on the novel by Erskine Caldwell. In 1956, Hull toured in a one-man show, doing readings from the works of Mark Twain. Hull had met Twain in Louisville when visiting Henry Watterson.

### Film

Hull appeared in 74 films between 1917 and 1966, often playing supporting characters such as 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). Some of his other notable roles were as Abel Magwitch in the 1934 version of Great Expectations and in the last film of director Tod Browning, Miracles for Sale (1939). He starred in Werewolf of London in 1935.
Hull played the role of aging architect Henry Cameron (the mentor to Howard Roark) in The Fountainhead. Hull portrayed a doctor to whom Humphrey Bogart goes for help in High Sierra and was also cast in Colorado Territory, a Western remake of the High Sierra story starring Joel McCrea. He played a desert prospector who comes to Robert Ryan's rescue in Inferno in 1953.
He guest-starred on CBS's Appointment with Adventure, John Payne's NBC Western series titled The Restless Gun, and the syndicated crime drama U.S. Marshal. In 1958, he was featured in Robert Culp's Western series, Trackdown as Moss in the episode "Three Legged Fox". In 1959, he played the part of Obadiah on Wagon Train, season two, episode 14, "The Kitty Angel Story". In 1960, Hull played Mark Applewhite in the S3 EP29 “Trial for Murder”.
In 1960, Hull appeared on Bonanza twice, in the episode "The Gunmen" as Sheriff B. Banneman, and a scout for General John Charles Fremont (who, in real life, was the grandfather of Hull's wife) in the episode "The Mission".
On December 13, 1960, Hull guest-starred on NBC's Laramie as an embittered rancher, Ben Parkinson, who challenges Slim Sherman, played by series star John Smith, to a duel after Parkinson's youngest son accidentally kills himself on Sherman ranch land. Ron Harper portrays Parkinson's other son, Tom.
Hull also guest-starred in the series finale of Laramie, the episode "The Road to Helena" (May 21, 1963). Series character Slim Sherman, while in Cody, Wyoming, is hired by David Franklin, played by Hull, and his barmaid daughter, Ruth, portrayed by Maggie Pierce, to guide the pair to Helena, Montana, so Franklin can return money that he had previously stolen. John M. Pickard also appears in this episode.
Hull's last film was The Chase (1966) with Marlon Brando and Robert Redford.

## Family

Hull died in Cornwall at his daughter's residence on March 8, 1977.
Hull was quoted as saying he owed all his dramatic training to Anglin, with whom he had acted on stage. The middle brother, Shelley Hull, was a popular leading man who costarred in Why Marry?, the first play to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. He fell ill during the run of his biggest hit – the WWI play Under Orders – and died of influenza at 34 on January 14, 1919, during the Spanish influenza epidemic. Shelley's widow, Josephine Hull (1877–1957), was a successful stage performer throughout her long life and became an Oscar-winning character actress.
Henry Hull family tree :
| Thomas Hart Benton, U.S. Senator ("Old Bullion") 1782-1858 | Thomas Hart Benton, U.S. Senator ("Old Bullion") 1782-1858 | Thomas Hart Benton, U.S. Senator ("Old Bullion") 1782-1858 | Thomas Hart Benton, U.S. Senator ("Old Bullion") 1782-1858 | Thomas Hart Benton, U.S. Senator ("Old Bullion") 1782-1858 | Thomas Hart Benton, U.S. Senator ("Old Bullion") 1782-1858 | | | Elizabeth Preston Benton 1794-1854 | Elizabeth Preston Benton 1794-1854 | Elizabeth Preston Benton 1794-1854 | Elizabeth Preston Benton 1794-1854 | Elizabeth Preston Benton 1794-1854 | Elizabeth Preston Benton 1794-1854 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Maj. Gen. John Charles Frémont, "The Pathfinder" 1813-1890 | Maj. Gen. John Charles Frémont, "The Pathfinder" 1813-1890 | Maj. Gen. John Charles Frémont, "The Pathfinder" 1813-1890 | Maj. Gen. John Charles Frémont, "The Pathfinder" 1813-1890 | Maj. Gen. John Charles Frémont, "The Pathfinder" 1813-1890 | Maj. Gen. John Charles Frémont, "The Pathfinder" 1813-1890 | | | Jessie Ann Frémont 1824-1902 | Jessie Ann Frémont 1824-1902 | Jessie Ann Frémont 1824-1902 | Jessie Ann Frémont 1824-1902 | Jessie Ann Frémont 1824-1902 | Jessie Ann Frémont 1824-1902 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | John Charles Frémont, Jr. 1853-? | John Charles Frémont, Jr. 1853-? | John Charles Frémont, Jr. 1853-? | John Charles Frémont, Jr. 1853-? | John Charles Frémont, Jr. 1853-? | John Charles Frémont, Jr. 1853-? | | | Sarah Frémont (Anderson) c. 1856-1946 | Sarah Frémont (Anderson) c. 1856-1946 | Sarah Frémont (Anderson) c. 1856-1946 | Sarah Frémont (Anderson) c. 1856-1946 | Sarah Frémont (Anderson) c. 1856-1946 | Sarah Frémont (Anderson) c. 1856-1946 | | | | | | | William Madison Hull 1857-? | William Madison Hull 1857-? | William Madison Hull 1857-? | William Madison Hull 1857-? | William Madison Hull 1857-? | William Madison Hull 1857-? | | | Elinor Bond Hull (Vaughn) 1859-? | Elinor Bond Hull (Vaughn) 1859-? | Elinor Bond Hull (Vaughn) 1859-? | Elinor Bond Hull (Vaughn) 1859-? | Elinor Bond Hull (Vaughn) 1859-? | Elinor Bond Hull (Vaughn) 1859-? |
| | | | | Juliet Van Wyck Hull (Frémont) 1886-1971 | Juliet Van Wyck Hull (Frémont) 1886-1971 | Juliet Van Wyck Hull (Frémont) 1886-1971 | Juliet Van Wyck Hull (Frémont) 1886-1971 | Juliet Van Wyck Hull (Frémont) 1886-1971 | Juliet Van Wyck Hull (Frémont) 1886-1971 | | | | | Henry Hull 1890-1977 | Henry Hull 1890-1977 | Henry Hull 1890-1977 | Henry Hull 1890-1977 | Henry Hull 1890-1977 | Henry Hull 1890-1977 | | | Howard Hull 1880-1937 | Howard Hull 1880-1937 | Howard Hull 1880-1937 | Howard Hull 1880-1937 | Howard Hull 1880-1937 | Howard Hull 1880-1937 | | | Margaret Anglin 1876-1958 | Margaret Anglin 1876-1958 | Margaret Anglin 1876-1958 | Margaret Anglin 1876-1958 | Margaret Anglin 1876-1958 | Margaret Anglin 1876-1958 | Shelley Hull 1884-1919 | Shelley Hull 1884-1919 | Shelley Hull 1884-1919 | Shelley Hull 1884-1919 | Shelley Hull 1884-1919 | Shelley Hull 1884-1919 | | | Josephine Hull 1877-1957 | Josephine Hull 1877-1957 | Josephine Hull 1877-1957 | Josephine Hull 1877-1957 | Josephine Hull 1877-1957 | Josephine Hull 1877-1957 | | | | |
| Henry Jr. | Henry Jr. | Henry Jr. | Henry Jr. | Henry Jr. | Henry Jr. | | | Shelley | Shelley | Shelley | Shelley | Shelley | Shelley | | | Joan | Joan | Joan | Joan | Joan | Joan | | | | |

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1917 | A Square Deal | Mark Dunbar | Harley Knoles | Lost film |
| 1917 | The Family Honor | Anthony Wayne | Emile Chautard | Lost film |
| 1917 | Rasputin, the Black Monk | Kerersky | Arthur Ashley | Lost film |
| 1917 | The Volunteer | Jonathan Mendenhall | Harley Knoles | Lost film |
| 1918 | Little Women | John Brooke | Harley Knoles | Lost film |
| 1922 | One Exciting Night | John Fairfax | D. W. Griffith | |
| 1923 | The Last Moment | Hercules Napolean Cameron | J. Parker Read Jr. | Lost film |
| 1923 | A Bride for a Knight | Jimmy Poe | | Lost film |
| 1924 | Roulette | Jimmy Moore | Stanner E.V. Taylor | Lost film |
| 1924 | The Hoosier Schoolmaster | Ralph Hartsook | Oliver L. Sellers | Incomplete film |
| 1924 | For Woman's Favor | The Fool / The Lover | O. A. C. Lund | Lost film |
| 1925 | Wasted Lives | | John Gorman | Lost film |
| 1925 | The Wrongdoers | | Hugh Dierker | Lost film |
| 1934 | Midnight | Nolan | Chester Erskine | |
| 1934 | Great Expectations | Abel Magwitch | Stuart Walker | |
| 1935 | Transient Lady | Sen. Hamp Baxter | Edward Buzzell | |
| 1935 | Werewolf of London | Dr. Glendon | Stuart Walker | |
| 1938 | Paradise for Three | Sepp | Edward Buzzell | |
| 1938 | Yellow Jack | Dr. Jesse Lazear | George B. Seitz | |
| 1938 | Three Comrades | Dr. Becker | Frank Borzage | |
| 1938 | Port of Seven Seas | Uncle Elzear | James Whale | Uncredited |
| 1938 | Boys Town | Dave Morris | Norman Taurog | |
| 1938 | The Great Waltz | Franz Josef | Josef von Sternberg (uncredited) | |
| 1939 | Jesse James | Major Rufus Cobb | Henry King | |
| 1939 | The Spirit of Culver | Doc Allen | Joseph Santley | |
| 1939 | Return of the Cisco Kid | Colonel Joshua Bixby | Herbert I. Leeds | |
| 1939 | Stanley and Livingstone | James Gordon | Otto Brower (safari sequences) | |
| 1939 | Miracles for Sale | Dave Duvallo | Tod Browning | |
| 1939 | Babes in Arms | Madox | | |
| 1939 | Bad Little Angel | Red Wilks | Wilhelm Thiele | |
| 1939 | Nick Carter, Master Detective | John A. Keller | Jacques Tourneur | |
| 1939 | Judge Hardy and Son | Dr. Jones | George B. Seitz | |
| 1940 | My Son, My Son! | Dermot O'Riordan | Charles Vidor | |
| 1940 | The Return of Frank James | Major Rufus Cobb | Fritz Lang | |
| 1941 | High Sierra | Doc Banton | Raoul Walsh | |
| 1943 | The West Side Kid | Sam Winston | George Sherman | |
| 1943 | Seeds of Freedom | Guerilla Leader | | |
| 1943 | The Woman of the Town | Inky Wilkenson | George Archainbaud | |
| 1944 | Lifeboat | Charles J. Rittenhouse | Alfred Hitchcock | |
| 1944 | Goodnight Sweetheart | Jeff Parker | Joseph Santley | |
| 1945 | Objective, Burma! | Mark Williams | Raoul Walsh | |
| 1947 | High Barbaree | Dr. William G. Brooke | Jack Conway | |
| 1947 | Deep Valley | Cliff Saul | Jean Negulesco | |
| 1947 | Mourning Becomes Electra | Seth Beckwick | Dudley Nichols | |
| 1948 | On Our Merry Way | Dying Man | King Vidor | Uncredited; deleted sequence |
| 1948 | Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! | Milt Dominy | F. Hugh Herbert | |
| 1948 | The Walls of Jericho | Jefferson Norman | John M. Stahl | |
| 1948 | Belle Starr's Daughter | Old Marshall | Lesley Selander | Uncredited |
| 1948 | Fighter Squadron | Brig. Gen. Mike McCready | Raoul Walsh | |
| 1948 | Portrait of Jennie | Eke | William Dieterle | |
| 1949 | El Paso | Judge Henry Jeffers | Lewis R. Foster | |
| 1949 | Rimfire | Nathaniel Greeley | B. Reeves Eason | |
| 1949 | Colorado Territory | Fred Winslow | Raoul Walsh | |
| 1949 | The Fountainhead | Henry Cameron | King Vidor | |
| 1949 | The Great Gatsby | Dan Cody | Elliott Nugent | |
| 1949 | The Great Dan Patch | Dan Palmer | Joseph M. Newman | |
| 1949 | Song of Surrender | Deacon Parry | Mitchell Leisen | |
| 1950 | The Return of Jesse James | Hank Younger | Arthur Hilton(as Arthur David Hilton) | |
| 1951 | Hollywood Story | Vincent St. Clair | William Castle | |
| 1952 | The Treasure of Lost Canyon | Cousin Lucas Cooke | Ted Tetzlaff | |
| 1953 | The Last Posse | Ollie Stokley | Alfred L. Werker | |
| 1953 | Inferno | Sam Elby | Roy Ward Baker | |
| 1953 | Thunder Over the Plains | Lt. Col. Chandler | Andre de Toth | |
| 1955 | Kentucky Rifle | Preacher Bently | Carl K. Hittleman | |
| 1955 | Man with the Gun | Marshal Lee Sims | Richard Wilson | |
| 1957 | The Buckskin Lady | Doc Morley | Carl K. Hittleman | |
| 1958 | The Proud Rebel | Judge Morley | Michael Curtiz | |
| 1958 | The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw | Masters | Raoul Walsh | |
| 1958 | The Buccaneer | Ezra Peavey | Anthony Quinn | |
| 1959 | The Restless Gun | Old Jesse | | Episode "The Last Gray Man" |
| 1959 | The Restless Gun | Doc Kemmer | | Episode "Dead Man's Hand" |
| 1959 | The Restless Gun | Matt Harper | | Episode "One on the House" |
| 1959 | The Oregon Trail | George Seton | Gene Fowler Jr. | |
| 1961 | Master of the World | Prudent | William Witney | |
| 1965 | The Fool Killer | Dirty Jim Jelliman | Servando González | |
| 1966 | The Chase | Briggs | Arthur Penn | (final film role) |
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