Otto Hoffman

Biography

Career Overview

Otto Hoffman has 148 screen credits in a career dating back to 1915. Their work spans 4 cinematic universes — most prominently The Mummy with 1 titles. Signature works include Gas, Oil and Water, Whatever She Wants, Passing Through. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

148

Birth Date

1879-05-01 00:00:00

Birth Place

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Known For

• 

  Gas, Oil and Water
• 

  Whatever She Wants
• 

  Passing Through
• 

  Homer Comes Home
• 

  One Stolen Night
• 

  A Dangerous Game

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 4 universes

• The Mummy (1 titles)
• The Mummy (Universal) Collection (1 titles)
• Frankenstein (Universal) (1 titles)
• Cisco Kid (Cesar Romero) Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Charles Ray (2 collaborations)
• Charlotte Pierce (1 collaborations)
• R. Henry Grey (1 collaborations)
• William A. Carroll (1 collaborations)
• Dick Sutherland (1 collaborations)
• Bert Offord (1 collaborations)
• Eileen Percy (1 collaborations)
• Herbert Fortier (1 collaborations)
• Richard Wayne (1 collaborations)
• Douglas MacLean (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (147 credits)

  • This Is the Life

    Oscar (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • This Land Is Mine

    Victor, Printer

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Sagebrush Law

    Doc Crandall

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Red River Robin Hood

    Sam Sterling

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The Mummy's Tomb

    Retiring Cemetery Caretaker (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The Mad Martindales

    Pawnbroker

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The Ghost of Frankenstein

    Villager (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Ball of Fire

    Stage Doorman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Texas

    Saddle Artisan

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Foreign Correspondent

    New York Globe Teletype Operator (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Stranger on the Third Floor

    Police Surgeon

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Lucky Partners

    Court Clerk (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Lucky Cisco Kid

    Storekeeper Ed Stoke

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • My Little Chickadee

    Pete - Printer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Blue Bird

    Crab Apple (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

    Station Agent

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Our Leading Citizen

    Mr. Stoney

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • When Tomorrow Comes

    Farmer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

    Pawnbroker

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

    Mayor (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • One Wild Night

    Tom - Railroad Conductor (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Mr. Boggs Steps Out

    Jenkins

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • The Jury's Secret

    Old Man

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Living on Love

    Alex (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Fight for Your Lady

    Undertaker (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Hideaway

    Hank

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • All Over Town

    Peter Stuyvesant 'Pete' Phillips

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • The Last Train from Madrid

    Fernando (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • The Outcasts of Poker Flat

    Miner Who Struck Gold (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • The Woman I Love

    (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Midnight Taxi

    Louie the Tailor

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Girl Loves Boy

    Gus Wilkey

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Career Woman

    Frank Jackson

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Wedding Present

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Show Them No Mercy!

    Hick (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Hot Tip

    Old Man on Porch

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Smart Girl

    Wilson (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Mad Love

    Blind Man (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Fighting Shadows

    Hank Stalkey

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Big Calibre

    Man at Dance

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Captain Hurricane

    Silas Coffin

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Kid Millions

    Khoot

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Kentucky Kernels

    Henry, Banesville Station Agent (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • My Grandfather's Clock

    Grandfather Willoughby (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Bachelor Bait

    Postal Clerk (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Murder at the Vanities

    Walsh (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Death Takes a Holiday

    Fedele

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Beloved

    Dietrich

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Back Page

    Lawyer

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Night Flight

    Airport Office Clerk (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • A Man of Sentiment

    Landlord

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Fast Workers

    James Collins (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Mystery of the Wax Museum

    Igor's Assistant (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • The Iron Master

    Grange

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • The Cheyenne Kid

    Winters

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Haunted Gold

    Simon - Benedict's Servant

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Downstairs

    Otto

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Hello Trouble

    Calvin Sharp

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • The County Fair

    Specs Matthews

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Union Depot

    Station Agent Investigating Screams (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Under Eighteen

    Penthouse Elevator Operator (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Side Show

    Otto - Seated on Sheriff's Left

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Young as You Feel

    Secretary

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Son of India

    Jeweler (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • The Avenger

    Black Kelly

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Captain Applejack

    Horace Pengard

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Cimarron

    Murch Rankin (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • The Criminal Code

    Jim Fales

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Abraham Lincoln

    Offut

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Kismet

    Azaf

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Sinners' Holiday

    George

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Moby Dick

    Shanghai Lady Seller

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • The Other Tomorrow

    Ted Journet

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Acquitted

    Smith

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Is Everybody Happy?

    Landlord

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • The Hottentot

    Perkins

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • On With the Show!

    Bart

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Madonna of Avenue A

    Monk

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • The Desert Song

    Hasse

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Hardboiled Rose

    Apyton Hale

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Noah's Ark

    Investor with Gun / Trader

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • The Power of the Press

    Blake's Aide

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • The Terror

    Soapy Marks

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • Rinty of the Desert

    Pop Marlow

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • The Fourflusher

    Mr. Riggs

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • The Siren

    Fleet

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • The Valley of the Giants

    Councilman

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Painted Ponies

    Jim

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • The Stolen Bride

    Papa Pless

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Beware of Widows

    Mr. Warren

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Millionaires

    Detective

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • The Boy Friend

    Mr. Harper

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • More Pay - Less Work

    Henry Tweedle

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • The Eagle

    Man Whose Purse is Stolen (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • Bobbed Hair

    McTish

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • Satan in Sables

    Sergius

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • The Circle

    Dorker

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • Confessions of a Queen

    King's Valet

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • The Dixie Handicap

    The Major

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Secrets of the Night

    Coroner

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • This Woman

    Judson

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • The Price She Paid

    Seth Kehr

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • The Gaiety Girl

    Evan Evans

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • The Arizona Express

    Desk Clerk

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Daddies

    Parker

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Lucretia Lombard

    Sandy

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • Strangers of the Night

    Horace Pengard

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • Human Wreckage

    Harris

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • Double Dealing

    Uriah Jobson

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • One Stolen Night

    Horace Ebberly

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • A Dangerous Game

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • Ridin' Wild

    Andrew McBride

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • The Sin Flood

    Higgins

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • Confidence

    Josiah Wiggins

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • The New Teacher

    Joseph Hurley

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • Trimmed

    Nebo Slayter

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • Mr. Barnes of New York

    Tomasso

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • Very Truly Yours

    Jim Watson

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • Pardon My Nerve!

    Luke Tweezy

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • Boy Crazy

    Mr. Skinner

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • Gas, Oil and Water

    Henry Jones

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • The Glorious Fool

    Dummy

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • Whatever She Wants

    Amos Lott

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • The Devil Within

    Ezra

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • Passing Through

    James Spivins

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • The Bronze Bell

    La Bertouche

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • Bunty Pulls the Strings

    Beadle

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • Silk Hosiery

    Van Twiller

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • Just Out of College

    Professor Bliss

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • The Jailbird

    Elkemah Pardee

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • It's a Great Life

    Professor Mozier

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • Homer Comes Home

    Silas Prouty

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • The Great Accident

    V.R. Kite

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • Behind the Door

    Mark Arnold

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • Crooked Straight

    Lucius Owen

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • The Egg Crate Wallop

    'Spider' Blake

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • The City of Comrades

    Lovey

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • The Busher

    Deacon Nasby

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • Greased Lightning

    Rufus Shadd

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • The Sheriff's Son

    Jess Tighe

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • String Beans

    Joe Farley

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • A Nine O'Clock Town

    John Clary

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • The Kaiser's Shadow

    Frederick Fischr

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • His Own Home Town

    Tivotson

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • The Family Skeleton

    Billy's Valet

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • The Son of His Father

    Harker

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • The White Terror

    Mayor Alrich

    actor

    actors
    1915

• directing (1 credits)

  • The Secret of Black Mountain

    director

    directing
    1917