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.
He was the son of a hotel keeper who ran a small bed and breakfast in Brighton.
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.
Character actor in early-30's UK films who then enjoyed a career in Hollywood from the late 30's through earlier 50's.