Hans Joby

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)