Holmes Herbert

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1882-07-30 (74 years old)

Deathday

1956-12-26

Place of Birth

Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Holmes Herbert

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...

Acting

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

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

1945

The House of Fear

as Alan Cosgrave

1944

The Pearl of Death

as James Goodram, courier

1919

The Divorcee

as Sir Paradine Fuldes

1939

Hidden Power

as Dr. Morley

1939

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

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

1946

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

as Dr. White, Minister

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

1945

Confidential Agent

as Lord Benditch

1927

East Side, West Side

as Gilbert Van Horn

1937

The Thirteenth Chair

as Roscoe Crosby

1929

Untamed

as Howard Presley

1944

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

1935

One in a Million

as Donald Cabot Sr.

1930

1943

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

1920

The Right to Love

as Lord Falkland

1936

1936

The White Angel

as War Minister (uncredited)

1936

Champagne Charlie

as Captain Dell

1939

Mr. Moto's Last Warning

as Bentham (uncredited)

1947

1939

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

1948

The Swordsman

as Lord Glowan

1939

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

The Letter

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

1940

Foreign Correspondent

as Asst. Commissioner

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

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

1928

On Trial

as Gerald Trask

1928

The Terror

as Goodman (as Holmes E. Herbert)

1929

Careers

as Carouge

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

1942

Danger in the Pacific

as Commissioner

1943

Corvette K-225

as Commodore Ramsay

1937

1946

Three Strangers

as Sir Robert

1936

Lloyd's of London

as Spokesman

1927

One Increasing Purpose

as Charles Paris

1928

The Sporting Age

as James Driscoll

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)

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

1922

A Stage Romance

as Prince of Wales

1920

My Lady's Garter

as Henry Van Derp, aka The Hawk

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