The actor had one of those instantly recognisable faces and was typically cast as a well-mannered type that popped up in classic British films of the era. Tall and austere, he had a somewhat mean, sour-faced look, accentuated whenever staring with icy disdain from behind horn-rimmed spectacles. This, and his trademark dry delivery, made Huntley such perfect casting for an extensive array of ever-so-superior, humourless civil servants, mean-spirited bank managers, dullish clubroom snobs, smug business types, dour undertakers or sinister cold war spooks.
One of his earliest film roles was as Kampenfeldt (first photo) in Carol Reed's Night Train To Munich in 1940. He appeared again with two of the stars from this film (Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne) in Passport to Pimlico (he played the part of Mr Wix - second photo) in 1949.
Other films that he appeared in include The Ghost Of St Michaels 1941, Ghost Train 1941 where he played the part of John Price, The Day Will Dawn 1942, as Prof Laxton-Jones in School For Secrets 1946, I See A Dark Stranger 1946, Laxdale hall 1953, The Dambusters 1954, Hobson's Choice 1954, Doctor at Sea in 1955 – he played the part of Captain Beamish, The Green Man 1956, I'm Alright Jack 1959 and Room At The Top 1959.
His other TV appearances include Justice Downes in Crown Court, Henry Parish in The Square Leopard, Emanuel Holroyd in That’s Your Funeral and the title role in Uncle Charles.
He died 19th October in 1990.