Phillips Holmes
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Phillips Raymond Holmes (July 22, 1907 – August 12, 1942) was an American actor. In 1928 Holmes was spotted in the undergraduate crowd at Princeton University during the filming of Frank Tuttle's Varsity and offered a screen test. In the early 1930s he became a popular leading man, playing leads in a few important productions, notably in Josef von Sternberg's An American Tragedy. At Paramount, Holmes starred in melodrama and comedy. In 1933 his Paramount contract ran out and he moved to MGM for one year. As the decade progressed, his career declined, and he appeared in a few box-office failures, including Sam Goldwyn's poorly received Nana (1934). His last American movie was General Spanky (1936). In 1938 Holmes appeared in two UK movies. Housemaster was his last film. Then he returned to acting on stage in the United States. At the start of World War II, Holmes joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was killed in a mid-air collision in northwest Ontario, Canada in 1942. For his contributions to the film industry, Phillips Holmes was posthumously given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.
Known for
Credits
Her Man (1930)
as Dan
Dinner at Eight (1933)
as Ernest DeGraff
Beauty for Sale (1933)
as Burt Barton
Two Kinds of Women (1932)
as Joseph Gresham Jr.
Pointed Heels (1929)
as Donald Ogden
Only the Brave (1930)
as Capt. Robert Darrington
Confessions of a Co-Ed (1931)
as Dan Carter
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
as Ernest DeGraff in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. footage) (uncredited)
An American Tragedy (1931)
as Clyde Griffiths
Caravan (1934)
as Lieutenant Von Tokay
The Dancers (1930)
as Tony
Broken Lullaby (1932)
as Paul Renard
The House That Shadows Built (1931)
as (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)
Penthouse (1933)
as Tom Siddall
Nana (1934)
as Lieutenant George Muffat
Stage Mother (1933)
as Lord Reggie Aylesworth
The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933)
as Leonard St. John
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
Chatterbox (1936)
as Philip 'Phil' Greene Jr.
Uneasy Money (1918)
as Caddy (uncredited)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1929)
as Roger Longmore
The Wild Party (1929)
as Phil
The Devil's Holiday (1930)
as David Stone
Make Me a Star (1932)
as Phillips Holmes (uncredited)
The Criminal Code (1931)
as Robert Graham
The Dominant Sex (1937)
as Dick Shale
The House of a Thousand Candles (1936)
as Tony Carleton
No Ransom (1934)
as Tom Wilson
Great Expectations (1934)
as Pip
Grumpy (1930)
as Ernest Heron
Paramount on Parade (1930)
as Hunter ('Dream Girl')
The Big Brain (1933)
as Terry Van Sloan
General Spanky (1936)
as Marshall Valient
70,000 Witnesses (1932)
as Buck Buchan
Housemaster (1938)
as Philip de Pourville
Men Must Fight (1933)
as Bob Seward
Night Court (1932)
as Mike Thomas
Stairs of Sand (1929)
as Adam Wansfell (as Phillips R. Holmes)
Man to Man (1930)
as Michael Bolton
Looking Forward (1933)
as Michael Service
Varsity (1928)
as Middlebrook
Storm at Daybreak (1933)
as Csaholyi
The Divine Spark (1935)
as Vincenzo Bellini
Ten Minute Alibi (1935)
as Colin Derwent
His Private Life (1928)
as Pierrot (uncredited)
Million Dollar Ransom (1934)
as Stan Casserly
Stolen Heaven (1931)
as Joe Bartlett