Herbert Lom

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1917-09-12 (95 years old)

Deathday

2012-09-27

Place of Birth

Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary

Herbert Lom

Biography

Herbert Lom (born Herbert Charles Angelo Kuchačevič ze Schluderpacheru) was a Czech-born British film and television actor who moved to the United Kingdom in 1939. In a career lasting more than 60 years, he appeared in character roles, often portraying criminals or villains early in his career and professional men in later years. Lom was noted for his precise, elegant enunciation of English. He is best known for his roles in The Ladykillers, The Pink Panther film series and the television series The Human Jungle.

Acting

1960

Spartacus

as Tigranes Levantus

1964

A Shot in the Dark

as Charles Dreyfus

1979

The Lady Vanishes

as Dr. Egon Hartz

1974

And Then There Were None

as Dr. Edward Armstrong

1986

Whoops Apocalypse

as Gen. Mosquera

1955

The Ladykillers

as Louis, alias 'Mr. Harvey'

1983

The Dead Zone

as Dr. Sam Weizak

1970

Count Dracula

as Van Helsing

1962

Treasure of Silver Lake

as Colonel Brinkley

1978

Revenge of the Pink Panther

as Chief Inspector Dreyfus

1958

Chase a Crooked Shadow

as Police Commissar Vargas

1984

James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate

as Dr. Larsen (archive footage) (uncredited)

1956

War and Peace

as Napoleon

1967

1975

The Return of the Pink Panther

as Chief Inspector Dreyfus

1980

Hopscotch

as Yaskov

1972

Asylum

as Byron

1985

King Solomon's Mines

as Colonel Bockner

1982

Trail of the Pink Panther

as Chef Inspektor Charles Dreyfus

1966

Gambit

as Shahbandar

1969

99 Women

as Governor Santos

1969

Doppelgänger

as Doctor Hassler

1983

Curse of the Pink Panther

as Chief Insp. Charles LaRousse Dreyfus

1973

1958

Passport to Shame

as Nick Biaggi

1954

The Love Lottery

as André Amico

1952

The Man Who Watched Trains Go By

as Julius de Koster, Jr.

1945

The Seventh Veil

as Dr. Larsen

1957

Action of the Tiger

as Trifon, Albania Bandit

1971

1957

Hell Drivers

as Gino Rossi

1991

The Sect

as Moebius Kelly

1989

River of Death

as Colonel Ricardo Diaz

1962

The Phantom of the Opera

as The Phantom (Prof. L. Petrie)

1977

Charleston

as Inspector Watkins

1970

Dorian Gray

as Henry Wotton

1993

Son of the Pink Panther

as Police Commisioner Charles Dreyfus

1970

Mark of the Devil

as Lord Cumberland

1968

Villa Rides

as General Huerta

1961

Mysterious Island

as Captain Nemo

1966

Our Man in Marrakesh

as Mr. Casimir

1950

1961

Mr. Topaze

as Castel Benac

1988

1961

The Frightened City

as Waldo Zhernikov

1965

Return from the Ashes

as Dr. Charles Bovard

1957

Fire Down Below

as Harbour Master

1946

Appointment with Crime

as Gregory Lang

1948

Good-Time Girl

as Max Vine

1958

Intent to Kill

as Juan Menda

1959

North West Frontier

as Van Layden

1947

Dual Alibi

as Jules de Lisle / Georges de Lisle

1950

1954

Beautiful Stranger

as Emil Landosh

1944

Hotel Reserve

as Andre Roux

1989

Ten Little Indians

as Gen. Brancko Romensky

1960

I Aim at the Stars

as Anton Reger

1973

Dark Places

as Prescot

1968

Eve

as Diego

1953

Rough Shoot

as Sandorski

1972

1950

Cage of Gold

as Rahman

1948

Snowbound

as Von Kellerman, alias Keramikos

1950

State Secret

as Karl Theodor

1968

Assignment to Kill

as Matt Wilson

1965

Uncle Tom's Cabin

as Simon Legree

1943

The Dark Tower

as Stephen Torg

1943

1948

Brass Monkey

as Peter Hobart

1959

The Big Fisherman

as Herod Antipas

1958

I Accuse!

as Maj. DuPaty de Clam

1970

Mister Jerico

as Victor Russo

1951

Hell Is Sold Out

as Dominic Danges

1984

Memed My Hawk

as Ali Safa Bey

1952

The Ringer

as Maurice Meister

1948

Portrait from Life

as Fritz Kottler Hendlemann

1954

Star of India

as Governor Narbonne

1958

1991

The Pope Must Die

as Vittorio Corelli

1982

1950

The Black Rose

as Anthemus

1962

Tiara Tahiti

as Chong Sing

1942

1953

The Net

as Dr. Alex Leon

1951

1942

Secret Mission

as Medical Officer

1961

El Cid

as Ben Yussuf

1937

1976

Uncle Tom's Cabin

as Simon Legree (archive)

1987

Going Bananas

as Captain Mackintosh

2007

Beloved Count

as (archive footage)

1939

Dad for a Day

as Gas Station Patron

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