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Holmes Herbert Died at age: 74

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

Jul 30, 1882

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

Dec 26, 1956

Biography of

Holmes Herbert

    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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Filmography of

Holmes Herbert

Found 164 Movies in total

The Brigand

Archbishop ( Actor )

... 1952

The Wild North

Magistrate (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1952

... 1951

The Son of Dr. Jekyll

Constable (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1951

Anne of the Indies

English Sea Captain ( Actor )

... 1951

The Iroquois Trail

Gen. Johnson ( Actor )

... 1950

Barbary Pirate

Thomas Jefferson ( Actor )

... 1949

Post Office Investigator

James Seeley ( Actor )

... 1949

Canadian Pacific

Head of Canadian Parliament (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1949

The Lost Tribe

Narrator (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1949

... 1949

Jungle Jim

Commissioner Geoffrey Marsden ( Actor )

... 1948

Family Honeymoon

Rev. Miller (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1948

Sorry, Wrong Number

Wilkins (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1948

Johnny Belinda

Judge (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1948

A Woman's Vengeance

Warder (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1948

The Wreck of the Hesperus

Pastor West ( Actor )

... 1948

The Swordsman

Lord Glowan ( Actor )

... 1948

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

Inspector McIver ( Actor )

... 1947

Singapore

Rev. Barnes ( Actor )

... 1947

The Ghost Goes Wild

Judge ( Actor )

... 1947

Ivy

Mulloy (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1947

Bulldog Drummond at Bay

Scotland Yard Inspector McIvar ( Actor )

... 1947

Over the Santa Fe Trail

Doc Henderson ( Actor )

... 1947

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

Dr. White, Minister ( Actor )

... 1946

The Verdict

Sir William Dawson ( Actor )

... 1946

Dressed to Kill

Ebenezer Crabtree ( Actor )

... 1946

Three Strangers

Sir Robert ( Actor )

... 1946

Confidential Agent

Lord Benditch ( Actor )

... 1945

Swingin' on a Rainbow

Butler (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

Jealousy

Melvyn Russell ( Actor )

... 1945

The House of Fear

Alan Cosgrave ( Actor )

... 1945

The Mummy's Curse

Dr. Cooper ( Actor )

... 1944

Enter Arsène Lupin

Jobson ( Actor )

... 1944

Our Hearts Were Young and Gay

Captain (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

The Unwritten Code

McDowell (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

The Pearl of Death

James Goodram, courier ( Actor )

... 1944

The Uninvited

Charlie Jessup ( Actor )

... 1944

Calling Dr. Death

Bryant, the Butler ( Actor )

... 1943

Corvette K-225

Commodore Ramsay ( Actor )

... 1943

Two Tickets to London

Kilgallen ( Actor )

... 1943

Sherlock Holmes in Washington

Mr. Ahrens ( Actor )

... 1943

... 1942

The Undying Monster

Chief Constable (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

Strictly in the Groove

Commissioner ( Actor )

... 1942

Invisible Agent

Sir Alfred Spencer ( Actor )

... 1942

Lady in a Jam

Man at Auction (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

Danger in the Pacific

Commissioner ( Actor )

... 1942

This Above All

Dr. Mathias ( Actor )

... 1942

The Ghost of Frankenstein

Magistrate of Vasaria ( Actor )

... 1942

Man Hunt

Saul Farnsworthy ( Actor )

... 1941

The Letter

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

... 1940

A Dispatch from Reuters

Member of Parliament (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1940

Boom Town

Doctor (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1940

Foreign Correspondent

Asst. Commissioner ( Actor )

... 1940

Phantom Raiders

Sir Edward ( Actor )

... 1940

An Angel from Texas

Second Banker ( Actor )

... 1940

The Earl of Chicago

Sergeant-at-Arms (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1940

Everything Happens at Night

Featherstone ( Actor )

... 1939

We Are Not Alone

Police Inspector ( Actor )

... 1939

Tower of London

Councilman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

Majordomo (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

British Intelligence

Arthur Bennett ( Actor )

... 1939

Rulers of the Sea

Member of Naval Company (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

20,000 Men a Year

Dean Norris ( Actor )

... 1939

Intermezzo: A Love Story

Doctor (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

Hidden Power

Dr. Morley ( Actor )

... 1939

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Justice of the Court ( Actor )

... 1939

Stanley and Livingstone

Frederick Holcomb ( Actor )

... 1939

Bad Boy

Mr. McNeil ( Actor )

... 1939

The House of Fear

Minor Role ( Actor )

... 1939

Juarez

Marshal Randon (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

Trapped in the Sky

Fielding ( Actor )

... 1939

The Sun Never Sets

Colonial Official ( Actor )

... 1939

Wolf Call

J.L. Winton ( Actor )

... 1939

The Little Princess

Doctor ( Actor )

... 1939

Mystery of the White Room

Hospital Administrator ( Actor )

... 1939

The Mystery of Mr. Wong

Prof. Ed Janney ( Actor )

... 1939

Mr. Moto's Last Warning

Bentham (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

Say It in French

Richard Carrington Sr. ( Actor )

... 1938

Marie Antoinette

Herald (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1938

Kidnapped

Judge ( Actor )

... 1938

The Buccaneer

Captain McWilliams ( Actor )

... 1938

The Black Doll

Dr. Giddings ( Actor )

... 1938

Here's Flash Casey

Maj. Addison ( Actor )

... 1938

The Girl Said No

Charles Dillon (scenes deleted) ( Actor )

... 1937

Slave Ship

Commander ( Actor )

... 1937

The Thirteenth Chair

Roscoe Crosby ( Actor )

... 1937

The Prince and the Pauper

First Doctor ( Actor )

... 1937

Lloyd's of London

Spokesman ( Actor )

... 1936

The House of Secrets

Sir Bertram Evans - Home Secretary ( Actor )

... 1936

15 Maiden Lane

Harold Anderson ( Actor )

... 1936

The Gentleman from Louisiana

Chief Steward ( Actor )

... 1936

The White Angel

War Minister (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1936

Champagne Charlie

Captain Dell ( Actor )

... 1936

Brilliant Marriage

Mr. Rodney Allison ( Actor )

... 1936

Wife vs. Secretary

Frawley (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1936

Captain Blood

Capt. Gardner ( Actor )

... 1935

Accent on Youth

Frank Galloway ( Actor )

... 1935

Mark of the Vampire

Sir Karell Borotyn ( Actor )

... 1935

Cardinal Richelieu

Noble ( Actor )

... 1935

One in a Million

Donald Cabot Sr. ( Actor )

... 1935

Sons of Steel

Curtis Chadburne ( Actor )

... 1934

The Curtain Falls

John Scorsby ( Actor )

... 1934

The Pursuit of Happiness

Gen. Sir Henry Clinton ( Actor )

... 1934

Beloved

Lord Landslake ( Actor )

... 1934

The Invisible Man

Chief of Police ( Actor )

... 1933

Mystery of the Wax Museum

Dr. Rasmussen ( Actor )

... 1933

Sister to Judas

Bruce Rogers ( Actor )

... 1932

Central Park

Benefit Emcee (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

Miss Pinkerton

Arthur Glenn ( Actor )

... 1932

Shop Angel

James Walton Kennedy ( Actor )

... 1932

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. John Lanyon ( Actor )

... 1931

Daughter of the Dragon

Sir John Petrie ( Actor )

... 1931

Broadminded

John J. Hackett Sr. ( Actor )

... 1931

Chances

Maj. Bradford ( Actor )

... 1931

The Hot Heiress

Mr. Hunter ( Actor )

... 1931

The Single Sin

Roger Van Dorn ( Actor )

... 1931

The Ship from Shanghai

Paul Thorpe ( Actor )

... 1930

Untamed

Howard Presley ( Actor )

... 1929

The Kiss

Lassalle ( Actor )

... 1929

The Thirteenth Chair

Sir Roscoe Crosby ( Actor )

... 1929

The Careless Age

Sir John ( Actor )

... 1929

Her Private Life

Rudolph Solomon ( Actor )

... 1929

Madame X

Noel ( Actor )

... 1929

Say It with Songs

Dr. Robert Merrill ( Actor )

... 1929

Careers

Carouge ( Actor )

... 1929

The Charlatan

Peter "Count Merlin" Dwight ( Actor )

... 1929

On Trial

Gerald Trask ( Actor )

... 1928

Through the Breakers

Eustis Hobbs ( Actor )

... 1928

The Terror

Goodman (as Holmes E. Herbert) ( Actor )

... 1928

The Sporting Age

James Driscoll ( Actor )

... 1928

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Henry Spoffard ( Actor )

... 1928

The Silver Slave

Tom Richards ( Actor )

... 1927

East Side, West Side

Gilbert Van Horn ( Actor )

... 1927

When a Man Loves

Jean Tiberge ( Actor )

... 1927

The Heart of Salome

Sir Humphrey ( Actor )

... 1927

Mr. Wu

Mr. Gregory ( Actor )

... 1927

One Increasing Purpose

Charles Paris ( Actor )

... 1927

The Fire Brigade

James Corwin ( Actor )

... 1926

The Honeymoon Express

Jim Donaldson ( Actor )

... 1926

A Woman of the World

Richard Granger ( Actor )

... 1925

The Wanderer

Prophet ( Actor )

... 1925

Up the Ladder

Robert Newhall ( Actor )

... 1925

Sinners in Heaven

Hugh Rochedale ( Actor )

... 1924

The Enchanted Cottage

Major Hillgrove ( Actor )

... 1924

A Woman's Woman

John Plummer (as Holmes E. Herbert) ( Actor )

... 1922

Moonshine Valley

Dr. Martin ( Actor )

... 1922

Evidence

Judge Rowland ( Actor )

... 1922

Any Wife

Philip Gray ( Actor )

... 1922

The Wild Goose

Frank Manners (as Holmes E. Herbert) ( Actor )

... 1921

The Right to Love

Lord Falkland ( Actor )

... 1920

Lady Rose's Daughter

Jacob Delafield ( Actor )

... 1920

His House in Order

Filmer Jesson ( Actor )

... 1920

Black Is White

Jim Brood (as Holmes E. Herbert) ( Actor )

... 1920

... 1920

The ABC of Love

Harry Bryant ( Actor )

... 1919

The White Heather

Lord Angus Cameron ( Actor )

... 1919

The Divorcee

Sir Paradine Fuldes ( Actor )

... 1919

The Death Dance

Arnold Maitland ( Actor )

... 1918

A Doll's House

Thorvald Helmar ( Actor )

... 1918

The Man Without a Country

Lt. Philip Nolan ( Actor )

... 1917

His Wife

John Dennys ( Actor )

... 1915