Holmes Herbert
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Invisible Man (1933)
as Chief of Police
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
as Dr. John Lanyon
Captain Blood (1935)
as Capt. Gardner
The Letter (1940)
as Robert's Friend at Bar at Party (uncredited)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
as Asst. Commissioner
The Uninvited (1944)
as Charlie Jessup
Man Hunt (1941)
as Saul Farnsworthy
Dressed to Kill (1946)
as Ebenezer Crabtree
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
as Dr. Rasmussen
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
as Wilkins (uncredited)
Juarez (1939)
as Marshal Randon (uncredited)
The House of Rothschild (1934)
as Rowerth
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
as Justice of the Court
Invisible Agent (1942)
as Sir Alfred Spencer
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)
as Sir Reginald
Johnny Belinda (1948)
as Judge (uncredited)
Mark of the Vampire (1935)
as Sir Karell Borotyn
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
as Magistrate
The Verdict (1946)
as Sir William Dawson
The Mummy's Curse (1944)
as Dr. Cooper
Marie Antoinette (1938)
as Herald (uncredited)
Canadian Pacific (1949)
as Head of Canadian Parliament (uncredited)
This Above All (1942)
as Dr. Mathias
Confidential Agent (1945)
as Lord Benditch
The Little Princess (1939)
as Doctor
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
as Majordomo (uncredited)
Three Strangers (1946)
as Sir Robert (uncredited)
Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
as Frederick Holcomb
The Man Without a Country (1937)
as Aaron Burr
The Buccaneer (1938)
as Captain McWilliams
Boom Town (1940)
as Doctor (uncredited)
Ivy (1947)
as Mulloy (uncredited)
The House of Fear (1945)
as Alan Cosgrave
The White Angel (1936)
as War Minister (uncredited)
At Sword's Point (1952)
Actor
The Unknown Man (1951)
as (uncredited)
The Ship from Shanghai (1930)
as Paul Thorpe
British Intelligence (1939)
as Arthur Bennett
Singapore (1947)
as Rev. Barnes
The Iroquois Trail (1950)
as Gen. Johnson
Lloyd's of London (1936)
as Spokesman
The Brigand (1952)
as Archbishop
The Pearl of Death (1944)
as James Goodram, courier
Through the Breakers (1928)
as Eustis Hobbs
The Silver Slave (1927)
as Tom Richards
The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
as First Doctor
The Wild North (1952)
as Magistrate (uncredited)
Anne of the Indies (1951)
as English Sea Captain
Family Honeymoon (1948)
as Rev. Miller (uncredited)
Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
as Frawley (uncredited)
Lady in a Jam (1942)
as Man at Auction (uncredited)
A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
An Angel from Texas (1940)
as Second Banker
Daughter of the Dragon (1931)
as Sir John Petrie
Slave Ship (1937)
as Commander
Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939)
as Doctor (Uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
as Mr. Ahrens
Tower of London (1939)
as Councilman (uncredited)
Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939)
as Bentham (uncredited)
Phantom Raiders (1940)
as Sir Edward
Brilliant Marriage (1936)
as Mr. Rodney Allison
Careers (1929)
as Carouge
The Terror (1928)
as Goodman
The Kiss (1929)
as Lassalle
The Undying Monster (1942)
as Chief Constable (uncredited)
Two Tickets to London (1943)
as Kilgallen
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946)
as Dr. White, Minister
Post Office Investigator (1949)
as James Seeley
Enter Arsène Lupin (1944)
as Jobson
Evidence (1922)
as Judge Rowland
South of St. Louis (1949)
Actor
The Swordsman (1948)
as Lord Glowan
We Are Not Alone (1939)
as Police Inspector
The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951)
as Constable (uncredited)
Corvette K-225 (1943)
as Commodore Ramsay
The Sun Never Sets (1939)
as Colonial Official
The Careless Age (1929)
as Sir John
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1947)
as Inspector McIver
Kidnapped (1938)
as Judge
A Woman's Vengeance (1948)
as Warder (uncredited)
The Thirteenth Chair (1937)
as Governor Sir Roscoe Crosby
The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)
as Prof. Ed Janney
Mystery of the White Room (1939)
as Hospital Administrator
Madame X (1929)
as Noel
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945)
Actor
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay (1944)
as Captain (uncredited)
The House of Secrets (1936)
as Sir Bertram Evans - Home Secretary
Broadminded (1931)
as John J. Hackett Sr.
The House of Fear (1939)
as Minor Role
Wreckage (1925)
as Stuart Ames
15 Maiden Lane (1936)
as Harold Anderson
Central Park (1932)
as Benefit Emcee (uncredited)
Calling Dr. Death (1943)
as Bryant, the Butler
Miss Pinkerton (1932)
as Arthur Glenn
The Curtain Falls (1934)
as John Scorsby
The Earl of Chicago (1940)
as Sergeant-at-Arms (uncredited)
When a Man Loves (1927)
as Jean Tiberge
Another Scandal (1924)
as Pelham Franklin
The Girl Said No (1937)
as Charles Dillon (scenes deleted)
The Fisherwoman (1915)
as The Son
Here's Flash Casey (1938)
as Maj. Addison
The Pursuit of Happiness (1934)
as Gen. Sir Henry Clinton
Say It in French (1938)
as Richard Carrington Sr.
The Lost Tribe (1949)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Lovers (1927)
as Milton
The Ghost Goes Wild (1947)
as Judge
20,000 Men a Year (1939)
as Dean Norris
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928)
as Henry Spoffard
Barbary Pirate (1949)
as Thomas Jefferson
The Enchanted Cottage (1924)
as Major Hillgrove
Swingin' on a Rainbow (1945)
as Butler (uncredited)
The Nest (—)
as Richard Elliot
The Fire Brigade (1926)
as James Corwin
His Wife (1915)
as John Dennys
Rulers of the Sea (1939)
as Member of Naval Company (Uncredited)
Divorce Coupons (1922)
as Roland Bland
Untamed (1929)
as Howard Presley
The Thirteenth Chair (1929)
as Sir Roscoe Crosby
Jungle Jim (1948)
as Commissioner Geoffrey Marsden
Accent on Youth (1935)
as Frank Galloway
Wolf Call (1939)
as J.L. Winton
Chances (1931)
as Maj. Bradford
A Woman of the World (1925)
as Richard Granger
The Rough Neck (1919)
as A Half-Breed Indian
Mr. Wu (1927)
as Mr. Gregory
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1925)
Actor
The Right to Love (1920)
as Lord Falkland
One Increasing Purpose (1927)
as Charles Paris
Her Private Life (1929)
as Rudolph Solomon
The Market of Souls (1919)
as Temple Bane
Say It with Songs (1929)
as Dr. Robert Merrill
Cardinal Richelieu (1935)
as Noble
The Black Doll (1938)
as Dr. Giddings
A Doll's House (1918)
as Thorvald Helmar
Wildfire (1925)
as Garrison
The Wreck of the Hesperus (1948)
as Pastor West
The Heart of Salome (1927)
as Sir Humphrey
Up the Ladder (1925)
as Robert Newhall
Their Hour (1928)
as Cora's Father
Champagne Charlie (1936)
as Captain Dell
Danger in the Pacific (1942)
as Commissioner
The Unwritten Code (1944)
as McDowell (uncredited)
The Honeymoon Express (1926)
as Jim Donaldson
Hidden Power (1939)
as Dr. Morley
Dead Men Tell No Tales (1920)
as Squire John Rattray
The White Heather (1919)
as Lord Angus Cameron
Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947)
as Scotland Yard Inspector McIvar
The Charlatan (1929)
as Peter "Count Merlin" Dwight
Sinners in Heaven (1924)
as Hugh Rochedale
South of Suez (1940)
as Simpson
The Wanderer (1925)
as Prophet
The Man Without a Country (1917)
as Lt. Philip Nolan
Any Wife (1922)
as Philip Gray
Over the Santa Fe Trail (1947)
as Doc Henderson
Strictly in the Groove (1942)
as Commissioner
On Trial (1928)
as Gerald Trask
Sons of Steel (1934)
as Curtis Chadburne
Trapped in the Sky (1939)
as Fielding
Shop Angel (1932)
as James Walton Kennedy
Heedless Moths (1921)
as The Sculptor
One in a Million (1935)
as Donald Cabot Sr.
Other Men's Wives (1919)
as Fenwick Flint
The Gay Retreat (1927)
as Charles Wright
East Side, West Side (1927)
as Gilbert Van Horn
Love's Wilderness (1924)
as David Tennant
The Wild Goose (1921)
as Frank Manners (as Holmes E. Herbert)
Beloved (1934)
as Lord Landslake
A Stage Romance (1922)
as Prince of Wales
Everything Happens at Night (1939)
as Featherstone
Moonshine Valley (1922)
as Dr. Martin
The Truth About Husbands (1920)
as Dustan Renshaw
Week End Husbands (1924)
as William Randall
On with the Dance (1920)
Actor
I Will Repay (1924)
as Sir Percy Blakeney
The Single Sin (1931)
as Roger Van Dorn
A Woman's Woman (1922)
as John Plummer (as Holmes E. Herbert)
Her Life and His (1917)
as Ralph Howard
The Divorcee (1919)
as Sir Paradine Fuldes
Jealousy (1945)
as Melvyn Russell
Toilers of the Sea (1923)
as Sandro
Greater Than Love (1919)
as James Bruton
The Death Dance (1918)
as Arnold Maitland
My Lady's Garter (1920)
as Henry Van Derp, aka The Hawk
The Gentleman from Louisiana (1936)
as Chief Steward
Her Own Free Will (1924)
as Peter Craddock
Her Lord and Master (1921)
as R. Honorable Thurston Ralph, Viscount Canning
The Sporting Age (1928)
as James Driscoll
The Hot Heiress (1931)
as Mr. Hunter
Bad Boy (1939)
as Mr. McNeil
Slaves of Beauty (1927)
as Leonard Jones
The ABC of Love (1919)
as Harry Bryant
Josselyn's Wife (1926)
as Thomas Josselyn
His House in Order (1920)
as Filmer Jesson
The Family Closet (1921)
as Alfred Dinsmore
Lady Rose's Daughter (1920)
as Jacob Delafield
Sister to Judas (1932)
as Bruce Rogers
Black Is White (1920)
as Jim Brood (as Holmes E. Herbert)