Name
Holmes Herbert
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1882-07-30
Deathday
1956-12-26 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
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- 1934 The Pursuit of Happiness as Gen. Sir Henry Clinton
- 1948 A Woman's Vengeance as Warder (uncredited)
- 1931 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Dr. John Lanyon
- 1942 The Ghost of Frankenstein as Magistrate
- 1933 The Invisible Man as Chief of Police
- 1946 Dressed to Kill as Ebenezer Crabtree
- 1929 The Kiss as Lassalle
- 1949 The Lost Tribe as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1952 The Wild North as Magistrate (uncredited)
- 1933 Mystery of the Wax Museum as Dr. Rasmussen
- 1944 The Pearl of Death as James Goodram, courier
- 1945 The House of Fear as Alan Cosgrave
- 1919 The Divorcee as Sir Paradine Fuldes
- 1939 Trapped in the Sky as Fielding
- 1939 Hidden Power as Dr. Morley
- 1939 Tower of London as Councilman (uncredited)
- 1946 The Verdict as Sir William Dawson
- 1942 Invisible Agent as Sir Alfred Spencer
- 1935 Mark of the Vampire as Sir Karell Borotyn
- 1937 The Prince and the Pauper as First Doctor
- 1945 Jealousy as Melvyn Russell
- 1943 Calling Dr. Death as Bryant, the Butler
- 1944 The Uninvited as Charlie Jessup
- 1935 Captain Blood as Capt. Gardner
- 1929 Madame X as Noel
- 1939 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes as Justice of the Court
- 1922 Moonshine Valley as Dr. Martin
- 1939 British Intelligence as Arthur Bennett
- 1947 The Ghost Goes Wild as Judge
- 1946 Love Laughs at Andy Hardy as Dr. White (uncredited)
- 1947 Singapore as Rev. Barnes
- 1915 His Wife as John Dennys
- 1915 The Fisherwoman as The Son
- 1920 Dead Men Tell No Tales as Squire John Rattray
- 1939 The Mystery of Mr. Wong as Prof. Ed Janney
- 1936 The House of Secrets as Sir Bertram Evans - Home Secretary
- 1944 The Unwritten Code as McDowell (uncredited)
- 1929 The Thirteenth Chair as Sir Roscoe Crosby
- 1949 Post Office Investigator as James Seeley
- 1945 Confidential Agent as Lord Benditch
- 1927 East Side, West Side as Gilbert Van Horn
- 1937 The Thirteenth Chair as Governor Sir Roscoe Crosby
- 1929 Untamed as Howard Presley
- 1944 Enter Arsène Lupin as Jobson
- 1932 Miss Pinkerton as Arthur Glenn
- 1926 The Fire Brigade as James Corwin
- 1931 Chances as Maj. Bradford
- 1929 Say It with Songs as Dr. Robert Merrill
- 1919 The White Heather as Lord Angus Cameron
- 1931 Broadminded as John J. Hackett Sr.
- 1952 The Brigand as Archbishop
- 1931 The Hot Heiress as Mr. Hunter
- 1920 His House in Order as Filmer Jesson
- 1920 Lady Rose's Daughter as Jacob Delafield
- 1938 Here's Flash Casey as Maj. Addison
- 1937 The Girl Said No as Charles Dillon (scenes deleted)
- 1932 Sister to Judas as Bruce Rogers
- 1949 South of St. Louis
- 1951 The Unknown Man as (uncredited)
- 1935 One in a Million as Donald Cabot Sr.
- 1930 The Ship from Shanghai as Paul Thorpe
- 1943 Two Tickets to London as Kilgallen
- 1925 A Woman of the World as Richard Granger
- 1948 Family Honeymoon as Rev. Miller (uncredited)
- 1939 Bad Boy as Mr. McNeil
- 1932 Shop Angel as James Walton Kennedy
- 1938 The Black Doll as Dr. Giddings
- 1917 The Man Without a Country as Lt. Philip Nolan
- 1934 Sons of Steel as Curtis Chadburne
- 1922 Evidence as Judge Rowland
- 1931 The Single Sin as Roger Van Dorn
- 1947 Ivy as Mulloy (uncredited)
- 1938 Say It in French as Richard Carrington Sr.
- 1927 Mr. Wu as Mr. Gregory
- 1937 Slave Ship as Commander
- 1936 Brilliant Marriage as Mr. Rodney Allison
- 1919 The ABC of Love as Harry Bryant
- 1939 Stanley and Livingstone as Frederick Holcomb
- 1939 Wolf Call as J.L. Winton
- 1941 Man Hunt as Saul Farnsworthy
- 1942 This Above All as Dr. Mathias
- 1934 The Curtain Falls as John Scorsby
- 1922 Any Wife as Philip Gray
- 1927 Slaves of Beauty as Leonard Jones
- 1935 Cardinal Richelieu as Noble
- 1920 The Right to Love as Lord Falkland
- 1936 The Gentleman from Louisiana as Chief Steward
- 1936 The White Angel as War Minister (uncredited)
- 1936 Champagne Charlie as Captain Dell
- 1939 Mr. Moto's Last Warning as Bentham (uncredited)
- 1947 Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back as Inspector McIver
- 1939 The Little Princess as Doctor
- 1939 Juarez as Marshal Randon (uncredited)
- 1939 The Sun Never Sets as Colonial Official
- 1939 We Are Not Alone as Police Inspector
- 1939 The House of Fear as Minor Role
- 1939 Everything Happens at Night as Featherstone
- 1948 The Swordsman as Lord Glowan
- 1939 The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex as Majordomo (uncredited)
- 1938 Kidnapped as Judge
- 1940 The Earl of Chicago as Sergeant-at-Arms (uncredited)
- 1936 15 Maiden Lane as Harold Anderson
- 1927 When a Man Loves as Jean Tiberge
- 1940 Boom Town as Doctor (uncredited)
- 1936 Wife vs. Secretary as Frawley (uncredited)
- 1940 Foreign Correspondent as Asst. Commissioner
- 1940 The Letter as Robert's Friend at Bar at Party (uncredited)
- 1939 20,000 Men a Year as Dean Norris
- 1940 A Dispatch from Reuters as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
- 1940 Phantom Raiders as Sir Edward
- 1944 Our Hearts Were Young and Gay as Captain (uncredited)
- 1940 An Angel from Texas as Second Banker
- 1944 The Mummy's Curse as Dr. Cooper
- 1948 The Wreck of the Hesperus as Pastor West
- 1926 The Honeymoon Express as Jim Donaldson
- 1950 The Iroquois Trail as Gen. Johnson
- 1935 Accent on Youth as Frank Galloway
- 1947 Over the Santa Fe Trail as Doc Henderson
- 1924 The Enchanted Cottage as Major Hillgrove
- 1929 The Charlatan as Peter "Count Merlin" Dwight
- 1942 Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon as Sir Reginald
- 1928 On Trial as Gerald Trask
- 1928 The Terror as Goodman
- 1929 Careers as Carouge
- 1920 On with the Dance
- 1925 Up the Ladder as Robert Newhall
- 1948 Sorry, Wrong Number as Wilkins (uncredited)
- 1931 Daughter of the Dragon as Sir John Petrie
- 1929 The Careless Age as Sir John
- 1939 Mystery of the White Room as Hospital Administrator
- 1925 The Wanderer as Prophet
- 1947 Bulldog Drummond at Bay as Scotland Yard Inspector McIvar
- 1938 The Buccaneer as Captain McWilliams
- 1948 Jungle Jim as Commissioner Geoffrey Marsden
- 1951 Anne of the Indies as English Sea Captain
- 1928 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes as Henry Spoffard
- 1943 Sherlock Holmes in Washington as Mr. Ahrens
- 1942 Danger in the Pacific as Commissioner
- 1943 Corvette K-225 as Commodore Ramsay
- 1937 The Man Without a Country as Aaron Burr
- 1946 Three Strangers as Sir Robert (uncredited)
- 1936 Lloyd's of London as Spokesman
- 1927 One Increasing Purpose as Charles Paris
- 1928 The Sporting Age as James Driscoll
- 1925 Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
- 1920 Black Is White as Jim Brood (as Holmes E. Herbert)
- 1926 Josselyn's Wife as Thomas Josselyn
- 1920 The Truth About Husbands as Dustan Renshaw
- 1939 Rulers of the Sea as Member of Naval Company (Uncredited)
- 1948 Johnny Belinda as Judge (uncredited)
- 1949 Barbary Pirate as Thomas Jefferson
- 1942 The Undying Monster as Chief Constable (uncredited)
- 1939 Intermezzo: A Love Story as Doctor (Uncredited)
- 1918 The Death Dance as Arnold Maitland
- 1929 Her Private Life as Rudolph Solomon
- 1927 The Heart of Salome as Sir Humphrey
- 1928 Through the Breakers as Eustis Hobbs
- 1945 Swingin' on a Rainbow as Butler (uncredited)
- 1932 Central Park as Benefit Emcee (uncredited)
- 1938 Marie Antoinette as Herald (uncredited)
- 1922 A Woman's Woman as John Plummer (as Holmes E. Herbert)
- 1927 The Silver Slave as Tom Richards
- 1924 Sinners in Heaven as Hugh Rochedale
- 1934 Beloved as Lord Landslake
- 1942 Strictly in the Groove as Commissioner
- 1921 The Wild Goose as Frank Manners (as Holmes E. Herbert)
- 1918 A Doll's House as Thorvald Helmar
- 1951 The Son of Dr. Jekyll as Constable (uncredited)
- 1945 The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
- 1949 Canadian Pacific as Head of Canadian Parliament (uncredited)
- 1927 The Gay Retreat as Charles Wright
- 1922 Divorce Coupons as Roland Bland
- 1924 I Will Repay as Sir Percy Blakeney
- 1924 Another Scandal as Pelham Franklin
- 1924 Her Own Free Will as Peter Craddock
- 1919 Greater Than Love as James Bruton
- 1942 Lady in a Jam as Man at Auction (uncredited)
- 1921 Her Lord and Master as R. Honorable Thurston Ralph, Viscount Canning
- 1919 Other Men's Wives as Fenwick Flint
- 1921 The Family Closet as Alfred Dinsmore
- 1934 The House of Rothschild as Rowerth
- 1922 A Stage Romance as Prince of Wales
- 1920 My Lady's Garter as Henry Van Derp, aka The Hawk
- 1924 Love's Wilderness as David Tennant
- 1919 The Rough Neck as A Half-Breed Indian
- 1923 Toilers of the Sea as Sandro
- 1925 Wreckage as Stuart Ames
- 1924 Week End Husbands as William Randall
- 1919 The Market of Souls as Temple Bane
- 1921 Heedless Moths as The Sculptor
- 1927 Lovers as Milton
- 1940 South of Suez as Simpson
- Soon The Nest as Richard Elliot
- 1928 Their Hour as Cora's Father
- 1925 Wildfire as Garrison
- 1952 At Sword's Point
- 1917 Her Life and His as Ralph Howard
