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Carleton Hobbs

1898-1978 GB, Farnborough, Hampshire
of Spoken Word
A.k.a. Carleton Percy Hobbs

Carleton Percy Hobbs (18 June 1898 – 31 July 1978) was an English actor with many film, radio and television appearances. He portrayed Sherlock Holmes in 80 radio adaptations between 1952 and 1969, and also starred in the radio adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Sword of Honour.Apart from Holmes, he seldom played the top lead – exceptions being the title role in King John and Hieronimo in The Spanish Tragedy.One of the last parts in his fifty-year broadcasting career was Shakespeare's Justice Robert Shallow from Henry IV, Part 2.

     
Genres
  • Spoken Word
  • Classical
  • Folk
  • World
  • Soundtrack
Popular Tracks   
Thomas Hardy: Inscriptions for a Peal of Eight Bells: After a Restoration on Poems by W.B. Yeats: Spoken According to His Own Direction and Poems for Several Voices by Various Artists
Thomas Hardy: Voices from Things Growing in a Churchyard on Poems by W.B. Yeats: Spoken According to His Own Direction and Poems for Several Voices by Various Artists
Wilfred Owen: Arms and the Boy on Anthology of 20th Century English Poetry: Read by Jill Balcon, Pauline Letts, V.C. Clinton-Baddeley, etc. by Various Artists
Dylan Thomas: The Hand That Signed the Paper / Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night on Anthology of 20th Century English Poetry: Read by Jill Balcon, Pauline Letts, V.C. Clinton-Baddeley, etc. by Various Artists
Priory School on Classics by Carleton Hobbs by Carleton Hobbs
Walter de la Mare: All That's Past / The Railway Junction / Silver / Song of the Mad Prince / The Owl on Anthology of 20th Century English Poetry: Read by Jill Balcon, V.C. Clinton-Baddeley, John Glen, etc. by Various Artists
Charles Augustus Milverton on Classics by Carleton Hobbs by Carleton Hobbs
Silver Blaze on Classics by Carleton Hobbs by Carleton Hobbs
Through The Looking Glass - Part One on Through The Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll by Various Artists
Stephen Spender: Ultima Ratio Regum / In Attica on Anthology of 20th Century English Poetry: Read by Jill Balcon, Pauline Letts, V.C. Clinton-Baddeley, etc. by Various Artists

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Discography
Title Artist Year Type
People Past And Present - Samuel Pepys, 1633-1703John Carroll With Carleton Hobbs And Robert Spencer1971Album
Alice through the looking glassMarjorie Westbury, Carleton Hobbs, Mary O'Farrell, Frank Duncan, Anna Castaldini1965Album
Haydn - His Life And MusicCarleton Hobbs And John Witty1963Album
Alice Through The Looking GlassJoan Greenwood, James McKechnie And Carleton Hobbs1960Single
The New English Bible The Letters Of Paul, I Timothy, Titus, II TimothyCarleton Hobbs, Malcolm Keen, Norman ShelleyAlbum
The New English Bible The Gospel According To Mark - The Letter Of Paul To The Philippians Part ThreeOlive Gregg, Vernon Greeves, Guy Rolfe, Michael Flanders, Carleton Hobbs, John WestbrookAlbum
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