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Holmes Herbert
Holmes Herbert

Holmes Herbert

ActingBorn July 30, 1882Died December 26, 1956 (age 74)Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Holmes Herbert (born Horace Edward Jenner; 30 July 1882 – 26 December 1956) was an English character actor who appeared in Hollywood films from 1915 to 1952. Herbert immigrated to the United States in 1912. He never made a film in his native country, but appeared in 228 films during his career in the U.S., beginning with stalwart leading roles during the silent era, then numerous supporting roles in classic Hollywood films of the sound era, including Captain Blood (1935), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), The Life of Emile Zola (1937), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), and Foreign Correspondent (1940). He is perhaps best known for his role as Dr. Jekyll's friend Dr. Lanyon in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931), and made something of a career in horror films of the period, appearing in The Terror (1928), The Thirteenth Chair (1929 and 1937), The Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933), The Invisible Man (1933), Mark of the Vampire (1935), Tower of London (1939), The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), The Undying Monster (1942), The Mummy's Curse (1944), and The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951). He also played in several of Universal's cycle of Sherlock Holmes films during the 1940s. Holmes Herbert was married three times. His first wife was actress Beryl Mercer, and his second was Elinor Kershaw Ince, widow of film mogul Thomas H. Ince. Both marriages ended in divorce. Third wife Agnes Bartholomew died, leaving Herbert a widower, in 1955. He died in 1956 at age 74.

Filmography

1952
The Brigand

as Archbishop

Movie
1952
The Wild North

as Magistrate (uncredited)

Movie
1951
The Unknown Man

as (uncredited)

Movie
1951
The Son of Dr. Jekyll

as Constable (uncredited)

Movie
1951
Anne of the Indies

as English Sea Captain

Movie
1950
The Iroquois Trail

as Gen. Johnson

Movie
1949
Barbary Pirate

as Thomas Jefferson

Movie
1949Movie
1949
Canadian Pacific

as Head of Canadian Parliament (uncredited)

Movie
1949
The Lost Tribe

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1948
Jungle Jim

as Commissioner Geoffrey Marsden

Movie
1948
Family Honeymoon

as Rev. Miller (uncredited)

Movie
1948
Sorry, Wrong Number

as Wilkins (uncredited)

Movie
1948
Johnny Belinda

as Judge (uncredited)

Movie
1948
A Woman's Vengeance

as Warder (uncredited)

Movie
1948Movie
1948
The Swordsman

as Lord Glowan

Movie
1947Movie
1947
Singapore

as Rev. Barnes

Movie
1947Movie
1947
Ivy

as Mulloy (uncredited)

Movie
1947
Bulldog Drummond at Bay

as Scotland Yard Inspector McIvar

Movie
1947
Over the Santa Fe Trail

as Doc Henderson

Movie
1946
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

as Dr. White, Minister

Movie
1946
The Verdict

as Sir William Dawson

Movie
1946
Dressed to Kill

as Ebenezer Crabtree

Movie
1946
Three Strangers

as Sir Robert (uncredited)

Movie
1945
Confidential Agent

as Lord Benditch

Movie
1945
Swingin' on a Rainbow

as Butler (uncredited)

Movie
1945
Jealousy

as Melvyn Russell

Movie
1945
The House of Fear

as Alan Cosgrave

Movie
1944
The Mummy's Curse

as Dr. Cooper

Movie
1944Movie
1944
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay

as Captain (uncredited)

Movie
1944
The Unwritten Code

as McDowell (uncredited)

Movie
1944
The Pearl of Death

as James Goodram, courier

Movie
1944
The Uninvited

as Charlie Jessup

Movie
1943
Calling Dr. Death

as Bryant, the Butler

Movie
1943
Corvette K-225

as Commodore Ramsay

Movie
1943Movie
1943Movie
1942
The Undying Monster

as Chief Constable (uncredited)

Movie
1942
Strictly in the Groove

as Commissioner

Movie
1942
Invisible Agent

as Sir Alfred Spencer

Movie
1942
Lady in a Jam

as Man at Auction (uncredited)

Movie
1942
Danger in the Pacific

as Commissioner

Movie
1942
This Above All

as Dr. Mathias

Movie
1942Movie
1941
Man Hunt

as Saul Farnsworthy

Movie
1940
The Letter

as Robert's Friend at Bar at Party (uncredited)

Movie
1940
South of Suez

as Simpson

Movie
1940
A Dispatch from Reuters

as Member of Parliament (uncredited)

Movie
1940
Boom Town

as Doctor (uncredited)

Movie
1940
Foreign Correspondent

as Asst. Commissioner

Movie
1940
Phantom Raiders

as Sir Edward

Movie
1940
An Angel from Texas

as Second Banker

Movie
1940
The Earl of Chicago

as Sergeant-at-Arms (uncredited)

Movie
1939Movie
1939
We Are Not Alone

as Police Inspector

Movie
1939
Tower of London

as Councilman (uncredited)

Movie
1939Movie
1939
British Intelligence

as Arthur Bennett

Movie
1939
Rulers of the Sea

as Member of Naval Company (Uncredited)

Movie
1939
20,000 Men a Year

as Dean Norris

Movie
1939
Intermezzo: A Love Story

as Doctor (Uncredited)

Movie
1939
Hidden Power

as Dr. Morley

Movie
1939
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

as Justice of the Court

Movie
1939
Stanley and Livingstone

as Frederick Holcomb

Movie
1939
Bad Boy

as Mr. McNeil

Movie
1939
The House of Fear

as Minor Role

Movie
1939
Juarez

as Marshal Randon (uncredited)

Movie
1939Movie
1939
The Sun Never Sets

as Colonial Official

Movie
1939
Wolf Call

as J.L. Winton

Movie
1939Movie
1939
Mystery of the White Room

as Hospital Administrator

Movie
1939
The Mystery of Mr. Wong

as Prof. Ed Janney

Movie
1939
Mr. Moto's Last Warning

as Bentham (uncredited)

Movie
1938
Say It in French

as Richard Carrington Sr.

Movie
1938
Marie Antoinette

as Herald (uncredited)

Movie
1938
Kidnapped

as Judge

Movie
1938
The Buccaneer

as Captain McWilliams

Movie
1938
The Black Doll

as Dr. Giddings

Movie
1938
Here's Flash Casey

as Maj. Addison

Movie
1937Movie
1937
The Girl Said No

as Charles Dillon (scenes deleted)

Movie
1937
Slave Ship

as Commander

Movie
1937
The Thirteenth Chair

as Governor Sir Roscoe Crosby

Movie
1937Movie
1936
Lloyd's of London

as Spokesman

Movie
1936
The House of Secrets

as Sir Bertram Evans - Home Secretary

Movie
1936
15 Maiden Lane

as Harold Anderson

Movie
1936Movie
1936
The White Angel

as War Minister (uncredited)

Movie
1936
Champagne Charlie

as Captain Dell

Movie
1936
Brilliant Marriage

as Mr. Rodney Allison

Movie
1936
Wife vs. Secretary

as Frawley (uncredited)

Movie
1935
Captain Blood

as Capt. Gardner

Movie
1935
Accent on Youth

as Frank Galloway

Movie
1935
Mark of the Vampire

as Sir Karell Borotyn

Movie
1935Movie
1935
One in a Million

as Donald Cabot Sr.

Movie
1934
Sons of Steel

as Curtis Chadburne

Movie
1934
The Curtain Falls

as John Scorsby

Movie
1934
The Pursuit of Happiness

as Gen. Sir Henry Clinton

Movie
1934Movie
1934
Beloved

as Lord Landslake

Movie
1933
The Invisible Man

as Chief of Police

Movie
1933Movie
1932
Sister to Judas

as Bruce Rogers

Movie
1932
Central Park

as Benefit Emcee (uncredited)

Movie
1932
Miss Pinkerton

as Arthur Glenn

Movie
1932
Shop Angel

as James Walton Kennedy

Movie
1931
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Dr. John Lanyon

Movie
1931
Daughter of the Dragon

as Sir John Petrie

Movie
1931
Broadminded

as John J. Hackett Sr.

Movie
1931
Chances

as Maj. Bradford

Movie
1931
The Hot Heiress

as Mr. Hunter

Movie
1931
The Single Sin

as Roger Van Dorn

Movie
1930Movie
1929
Untamed

as Howard Presley

Movie
1929
The Kiss

as Lassalle

Movie
1929
The Thirteenth Chair

as Sir Roscoe Crosby

Movie
1929
The Careless Age

as Sir John

Movie
1929
Her Private Life

as Rudolph Solomon

Movie
1929
Madame X

as Noel

Movie
1929
Say It with Songs

as Dr. Robert Merrill

Movie
1929
Careers

as Carouge

Movie
1929
The Charlatan

as Peter "Count Merlin" Dwight

Movie
1928
On Trial

as Gerald Trask

Movie
1928
Through the Breakers

as Eustis Hobbs

Movie
1928
The Terror

as Goodman

Movie
1928
The Sporting Age

as James Driscoll

Movie
1928
Their Hour

as Cora's Father

Movie
1928
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

as Henry Spoffard

Movie
1927
The Silver Slave

as Tom Richards

Movie
1927
East Side, West Side

as Gilbert Van Horn

Movie
1927
The Gay Retreat

as Charles Wright

Movie
1927
When a Man Loves

as Jean Tiberge

Movie
1927
Slaves of Beauty

as Leonard Jones

Movie
1927
The Heart of Salome

as Sir Humphrey

Movie
1927
Lovers

as Milton

Movie
1927
Mr. Wu

as Mr. Gregory

Movie
1927
One Increasing Purpose

as Charles Paris

Movie
1926
The Fire Brigade

as James Corwin

Movie
1926
Josselyn's Wife

as Thomas Josselyn

Movie
1926
The Honeymoon Express

as Jim Donaldson

Movie
1925
A Woman of the World

as Richard Granger

Movie
1925
Wreckage

as Stuart Ames

Movie
1925
The Wanderer

as Prophet

Movie
1925
Wildfire

as Garrison

Movie
1925
Up the Ladder

as Robert Newhall

Movie
1924
Love's Wilderness

as David Tennant

Movie
1924
Sinners in Heaven

as Hugh Rochedale

Movie
1924
Her Own Free Will

as Peter Craddock

Movie
1924
Another Scandal

as Pelham Franklin

Movie
1924
The Enchanted Cottage

as Major Hillgrove

Movie
1924
I Will Repay

as Sir Percy Blakeney

Movie
1924
Week End Husbands

as William Randall

Movie
1923Movie
1922
A Woman's Woman

as John Plummer (as Holmes E. Herbert)

Movie
1922
Moonshine Valley

as Dr. Martin

Movie
1922
Divorce Coupons

as Roland Bland

Movie
1922
Evidence

as Judge Rowland

Movie
1922
A Stage Romance

as Prince of Wales

Movie
1922
Any Wife

as Philip Gray

Movie
1921
The Family Closet

as Alfred Dinsmore

Movie
1921
The Wild Goose

as Frank Manners (as Holmes E. Herbert)

Movie
1921
Heedless Moths

as The Sculptor

Movie
1921
Her Lord and Master

as R. Honorable Thurston Ralph, Viscount Canning

Movie
1920
The Truth About Husbands

as Dustan Renshaw

Movie
1920
Dead Men Tell No Tales

as Squire John Rattray

Movie
1920
The Right to Love

as Lord Falkland

Movie
1920
Lady Rose's Daughter

as Jacob Delafield

Movie
1920
My Lady's Garter

as Henry Van Derp, aka The Hawk

Movie
1920
His House in Order

as Filmer Jesson

Movie
1920
Black Is White

as Jim Brood (as Holmes E. Herbert)

Movie
1919
The ABC of Love

as Harry Bryant

Movie
1919
The Market of Souls

as Temple Bane

Movie
1919
The White Heather

as Lord Angus Cameron

Movie
1919
Other Men's Wives

as Fenwick Flint

Movie
1919
Greater Than Love

as James Bruton

Movie
1919
The Rough Neck

as A Half-Breed Indian

Movie
1919
The Divorcee

as Sir Paradine Fuldes

Movie
1918
The Death Dance

as Arnold Maitland

Movie
1918
A Doll's House

as Thorvald Helmar

Movie
1917
The Man Without a Country

as Lt. Philip Nolan

Movie
1917
Her Life and His

as Ralph Howard

Movie
1915
The Fisherwoman

as The Son

Movie
1915
His Wife

as John Dennys

Movie
The Nest

as Richard Elliot

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJuly 30, 1882
Day of DeathDecember 26, 1956
Place of BirthMansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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