Hubert Gordon Hopkirk (20 April 1884 – 1966) was a British actor of the

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. He was born in

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parents and began his film career in the late 1910s. After a series of films in Britain, he went to the United States to appear in Hollywood films before returning to Britain.Hubert Gordon Hopkirk profile
hopkirk.org; accessed 30 December 2016. Hopkirk never married. Later in life he converted to

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and resided in

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. He died in a car accident at the age of 72.

Selected filmography

* '' Sybil'' (1921) * '' The Skipper's Wooing'' (1922) * ''

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'' (1923) * '' Love, Life and Laughter'' (1923) * '' White Slippers'' (1924) * '' The Notorious Mrs. Carrick'' (1924) * '' The Island of Despair'' (1926) * ''

A Woman Redeemed ''A Woman Redeemed'' is a 1927 British crime film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Joan Lockton, Brian Aherne and James Carew. The screenplay concerns a secret society that tries to steal sensitive information. The film was based on the ...

'' (1927)

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* 1884 births 1966 deaths British male silent film actors 20th-century British male actors Place of death missing English Buddhists Converts to Buddhism British expatriates in Thailand Road incident deaths in Thailand Date of death missing British expatriates in Germany {{UK-film-actor-stub