Herbert Halliwell Hobbes (16 November 1877[3] – 20 February 1962) was an English actor.

[4] Hobbes's stage debut was as a member of Frank Benson's company, in the role of Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet in 1898.

Of his performance in a 1923 production of Ferenc Molnar's The Swan, Benjamin De Casseres wrote: I would like to enlarge, if space permitted, on that delicious and wonderful Father Hyacinth (Halliwell Hobbes) in "The Swan."

[6]Hobbes moved back to Broadway by the mid-1940s, appearing in Romeo and Juliet as Lord Capulet[3] and continuing there until late 1955.

[4][8][1][2] After Hobbes died from a heart attack on February 20, 1962, he was buried at the Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles.