Dennis Hoey

His son, Michael A. Hoey, talks extensively about his father in an interview in the book, "A Sci-Fi Swarm and Horror Horde" (McFarland & Co., 2010), by Tom Weaver.

In his book, "Elvis, Sherlock and Me: How I Survived Growing Up in Hollywood" (BearManor Media 2007), his son, Michael A. Hoey, discusses his father's career and their somewhat fractious relationship in great detail.

He was an actor, known for Terror By Night (1946), Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) and Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman (1943). He was married to Josephine Marta Ricca and Sarah Pearl Lyons (known as Cissie).

Best remembered as the pompous, but wonderfully dim-witted, "Inspector Lestrade" of Scotland Yard in several of Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes offerings of the 1940's.

Graduate of Brighton College, initially trained as a stockbroker. Performed as a singer for British troops during World War I and began acting on stage in 1919. Wanting to be a 'legitimate actor', he he studied Shakespeare and for several seasons was a member of Sydney W. Carroll's Shakespearean troupe in the Open-Air Theatre in Regents Park. He also toured with Godfrey Tearle's Shakespearean repertory company.

Dennis Hoey was born on March 30, 1893 in London, England as Samuel David Hyams.