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person_profile-Herbert Mundin

Herbert Mundin Died at age: 40

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Herbert Mundin

Date of Birth:

Aug 20, 1898

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

Mar 05, 1939

Biography of

Herbert Mundin

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

    Herbert Mundin (21 August 1898 – 5 March 1939) was an English-born Hollywood character actor. He was frequently typecast in films as an older cheeky eccentric, a type helped by his jowled features and cheerful disposition.

    He was born Herbert Thomas Mundin in St Helens, then in Lancashire (now part of Merseyside). His father was a nomadic, Primitive Methodist home missionary. His family moved within a short time of his birth to St Albans in Hertfordshire (the 1901 census data reveal that the family lived at St Helens Villa, Paxton Road, St Albans; his parents William and Jane apparently naming their house after the town where they first met and where Herbert was born).

    Mundin was educated at St Albans School, and joined the Royal Navy during World War I. He began his acting career on the London stage during the 1920s. Mundin first travelled to America on 18 December 1923 for a series of theatrical engagements in New York. He sailed from Southampton on the RMS Aquitania and described himself in ship’s passenger manifest as 5'7" tall with a fair complexion, brown hair, blue eyes and a scar over his left eye. His big break as an actor was arguably with Gertrude Lawrence and Beatrice Lillie in Charlot's Revue when it appeared on Broadway in 1925.

    In 1931, after working in Australia and London, he permanently moved to the US, where he received a contract with Twentieth Century Fox Studios and enjoyed a successful career as a character actor in over 50 films.

    Perhaps his most celebrated role was as Much in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), alongside Errol Flynn. Other film appearances included Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) with Charles Laughton and Clark Gable, and MGM's David Copperfield (1935).

    He died in Van Nuys, California following a car crash. He was killed instantly when the car in which he was riding collided with another car at a street intersection. The force of the impact threw open the door and hurled Mundin to the street.He received a fractured skull and crushed chest.He was 40 years old. The other occupants of the car were not injured.

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Filmography of

Herbert Mundin

Found 49 Movies in total

Society Lawyer

Layton ( Actor )

... 1939

Exposed

Skippy ( Actor )

... 1938

Lord Jeff

Bosun 'Crusty' Jelks ( Actor )

... 1938

... 1938

Invisible Enemy

Sergeant Alfred M. Higgs ( Actor )

... 1938

Angel

Mr. Greenwood ( Actor )

... 1937

Another Dawn

Wilkins, Wister's Orderly ( Actor )

... 1937

You Can't Beat Love

Jasper 'Meadows' Hives ( Actor )

... 1937

Tarzan Escapes

Rawlins ( Actor )

... 1936

Champagne Charlie

Mr. Fipps ( Actor )

... 1936

Under Two Flags

Rake ( Actor )

... 1936

A Message to Garcia

Henry Piper ( Actor )

... 1936

Charlie Chan's Secret

Baxter ( Actor )

... 1936

King of Burlesque

English Impresario ( Actor )

... 1936

The Widow from Monte Carlo

John Torrent ( Actor )

... 1935

... 1935

The Perfect Gentleman

Frederick Hitch ( Actor )

... 1935

Mutiny on the Bounty

Smith ( Actor )

... 1935

Black Sheep

Oscar ( Actor )

... 1935

Spring Tonic

Thompson ( Actor )

... 1935

David Copperfield

Barkis ( Actor )

... 1935

Hell in the Heavens

Granny Biggs ( Actor )

... 1934

Love Time

Caesar ( Actor )

... 1934

Springtime for Henry

Trivers ( Actor )

... 1934

Such Women Are Dangerous

Horatio Wilson ( Actor )

... 1934

... 1934

Bottoms Up

Limey Brook aka Lord Brocklehurst ( Actor )

... 1934

Ever Since Eve

Horace Saunders ( Actor )

... 1934

Orient Express

Herbert Thomas Peters ( Actor )

... 1934

Hoopla

Hap Spissel ( Actor )

... 1933

Shanghai Madness

Larsen ( Actor )

... 1933

Arizona to Broadway

Kingfish Miller ( Actor )

... 1933

The Devil's in Love

Bimpy ( Actor )

... 1933

It's Great to Be Alive

Brooks ( Actor )

... 1933

Adorable

Detective Pipac ( Actor )

... 1933

Pleasure Cruise

Henry ( Actor )

... 1933

Dangerously Yours

Grove ( Actor )

... 1933

Cavalcade

Alfred Bridges ( Actor )

... 1933

Sherlock Holmes

George ( Actor )

... 1932

One Way Passage

S.S. Maloa Steward (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

Life Begins

Mr. MacGilvairy (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

Love Me Tonight

Groom (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

Chandu the Magician

Albert Miggles ( Actor )

... 1932

Bachelor's Affairs

Jepson ( Actor )

... 1932

The Trial of Vivienne Ware

William Boggs ( Actor )

... 1932

Devil's Lottery

Trowbridge ( Actor )

... 1932

The Silent Witness

Henry Hammer ( Actor )

... 1932

East Lynne on the Western Front

Bob Cox / Lady Isobel ( Actor )

... 1931

Immediate Possession

Peter Bootle ( Actor )

... 1931