Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1882-07-30 (74 years old)
Deathday
1956-12-26
Place of Birth
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Also known As
Horace Edward Jenner
Holmes E. Herbert
H.E. Herbert
H.J. Herbert
Холмс Херберт
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...
1934
as Gen. Sir Henry Clinton
1948
as Warder (uncredited)
1931
as Dr. John Lanyon
1942
as Magistrate
1933
as Chief of Police
1946
as Ebenezer Crabtree
1929
as Lassalle
1949
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1952
as Magistrate (uncredited)
1933
as Dr. Rasmussen
1945
as Alan Cosgrave
1944
as James Goodram, courier
1919
as Sir Paradine Fuldes
1939
as Dr. Morley
1939
as Fielding
1939
as Councilman (uncredited)
1946
as Sir William Dawson
1942
as Sir Alfred Spencer
1935
as Sir Karell Borotyn
1937
as First Doctor
1945
as Melvyn Russell
1943
as Bryant, the Butler
1944
as Charlie Jessup
1935
as Capt. Gardner
1929
as Noel
1939
as Justice of the Court
1922
as Dr. Martin
1939
as Arthur Bennett
1947
as Judge
1946
as Dr. White, Minister
1947
as Rev. Barnes
1915
as John Dennys
1915
as The Son
1920
as Squire John Rattray
1939
as Prof. Ed Janney
1936
as Sir Bertram Evans - Home Secretary
1944
as McDowell (uncredited)
1929
as Sir Roscoe Crosby
1949
as James Seeley
1945
as Lord Benditch
1927
as Gilbert Van Horn
1937
as Roscoe Crosby
1929
as Howard Presley
1944
as Jobson
1932
as Arthur Glenn
1926
as James Corwin
1931
as Maj. Bradford
1929
as Dr. Robert Merrill
1919
as Lord Angus Cameron
1931
as John J. Hackett Sr.
1952
as Archbishop
1931
as Mr. Hunter
1920
as Filmer Jesson
1920
as Jacob Delafield
1938
as Maj. Addison
1937
as Charles Dillon (scenes deleted)
1932
as Bruce Rogers
1951
1935
as Donald Cabot Sr.
1930
as Paul Thorpe
1943
as Kilgallen
1925
as Richard Granger
1948
as Rev. Miller (uncredited)
1939
as Mr. McNeil
1932
as James Walton Kennedy
1938
as Dr. Giddings
1917
as Lt. Philip Nolan
1934
as Curtis Chadburne
1922
as Judge Rowland
1931
as Roger Van Dorn
1947
as Mulloy (uncredited)
1938
as Richard Carrington Sr.
1927
as Mr. Gregory
1937
as Commander
1936
as Mr. Rodney Allison
1919
as Harry Bryant
1939
as Frederick Holcomb
1939
as J.L. Winton
1941
as Saul Farnsworthy
1942
as Dr. Mathias
1934
as John Scorsby
1922
as Philip Gray
1927
as Leonard Jones
1935
as Noble
1920
as Lord Falkland
1936
as Chief Steward
1936
as War Minister (uncredited)
1936
as Captain Dell
1939
as Bentham (uncredited)
1947
as Inspector McIver
1939
as Doctor
1939
as Marshal Randon (uncredited)
1939
as Colonial Official
1939
as Police Inspector
1939
as Minor Role
1939
as Featherstone
1948
as Lord Glowan
1939
as Majordomo (uncredited)
1938
as Judge
1940
as Sergeant-at-Arms (uncredited)
1936
as Harold Anderson
1927
as Jean Tiberge
1940
as Doctor (uncredited)
1936
as Frawley (uncredited)
1940
as Robert's Friend at Bar at Party (uncredited)
1940
as Asst. Commissioner
1939
as Dean Norris
1940
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
1940
as Sir Edward
1944
as Captain (uncredited)
1940
as Second Banker
1944
as Dr. Cooper
1948
as Pastor West
1926
as Jim Donaldson
1950
as Gen. Johnson
1935
as Frank Galloway
1947
as Doc Henderson
1924
as Major Hillgrove
1929
as Peter "Count Merlin" Dwight
1942
as Sir Reginald
1928
as Gerald Trask
1928
as Goodman (as Holmes E. Herbert)
1929
as Carouge
1925
as Robert Newhall
1948
as Wilkins (uncredited)
1931
as Sir John Petrie
1929
as Sir John
1939
as Hospital Administrator
1925
as Prophet
1947
as Scotland Yard Inspector McIvar
1938
as Captain McWilliams
1948
as Commissioner Geoffrey Marsden
1951
as English Sea Captain
1928
as Henry Spoffard
1943
as Mr. Ahrens
1942
as Commissioner
1943
as Commodore Ramsay
1937
as Aaron Burr
1946
as Sir Robert
1936
as Spokesman
1927
as Charles Paris
1928
as James Driscoll
1920
as Jim Brood (as Holmes E. Herbert)
1926
as Thomas Josselyn
1920
as Dustan Renshaw
1939
as Member of Naval Company (Uncredited)
1948
as Judge (uncredited)
1949
as Thomas Jefferson
1942
as Chief Constable (uncredited)
1939
as Doctor (Uncredited)
1918
as Arnold Maitland
1929
as Rudolph Solomon
1927
as Sir Humphrey
1928
as Eustis Hobbs
1945
as Butler (uncredited)
1932
as Benefit Emcee (uncredited)
1938
as Herald (uncredited)
1922
as John Plummer (as Holmes E. Herbert)
1927
as Tom Richards
1924
as Hugh Rochedale
1934
as Lord Landslake
1942
as Commissioner
1921
as Frank Manners (as Holmes E. Herbert)
1918
as Thorvald Helmar
1951
as Constable (uncredited)
1949
as Head of Canadian Parliament (uncredited)
1927
as Charles Wright
1922
as Roland Bland
1924
as Sir Percy Blakeney
1924
as Pelham Franklin
1924
as Peter Craddock
1919
as James Bruton
1942
as Man at Auction (uncredited)
1921
as R. Honorable Thurston Ralph, Viscount Canning
1919
as Fenwick Flint
1921
as Alfred Dinsmore
1934
as Rowerth
1922
as Prince of Wales
1920
as Henry Van Derp, aka The Hawk
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