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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

1. Silent Film Necrology, p.269 2nd Edition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana ISBN 0-7864-1059-0
2. Who Was Who on Screen, p.239 2nd Edition c.1977 by Evelyn Mack Truitt ISBN 0-8352-0914-8

External links

• Hans Joby at IMDb

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