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
Juarez (1939)
as Marshal Randon (uncredited)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
as Dr. John Lanyon
Captain Blood (1935)
as Capt. Gardner
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
as Wilkins (uncredited)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
as Asst. Commissioner
The Earl of Chicago (1940)
as Sergeant-at-Arms (uncredited)
Confidential Agent (1945)
as Lord Benditch
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)
as Sir Reginald
The Pearl of Death (1944)
as James Goodram, courier
The Little Princess (1939)
as Doctor
Johnny Belinda (1948)
as Judge (uncredited)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
as Justice of the Court
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
as Magistrate
Mystery of the White Room (1939)
as Hospital Administrator
Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
as Frawley (uncredited)
Family Honeymoon (1948)
as Rev. Miller (uncredited)
Careers (1929)
as Carouge
Brilliant Marriage (1936)
as Mr. Rodney Allison
The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
as First Doctor
Dressed to Kill (1946)
as Ebenezer Crabtree
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
as Majordomo (uncredited)
The Letter (1940)
as Robert's Friend at Bar at Party (uncredited)
Anne of the Indies (1951)
as English Sea Captain
The Uninvited (1944)
as Charlie Jessup
Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
as Frederick Holcomb
The Wild North (1952)
as Magistrate (uncredited)
The Girl Said No (1937)
as Charles Dillon (scenes deleted)
Lovers (1927)
as Milton
Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
as Mr. Ahrens
This Above All (1942)
as Dr. Mathias
15 Maiden Lane (1936)
as Harold Anderson
Marie Antoinette (1938)
as Herald (uncredited)
The White Heather (1919)
as Lord Angus Cameron
Wildfire (1925)
as Garrison
Wreckage (1925)
as Stuart Ames
The House of Rothschild (1934)
as Rowerth
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
as Dr. Rasmussen
Boom Town (1940)
as Doctor (uncredited)
The House of Secrets (1936)
as Sir Bertram Evans - Home Secretary
Divorce Coupons (1922)
as Roland Bland
The Mummy's Curse (1944)
as Dr. Cooper
Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939)
as Doctor (Uncredited)
The Verdict (1946)
as Sir William Dawson
Mark of the Vampire (1935)
as Sir Karell Borotyn
Three Strangers (1946)
as Sir Robert (uncredited)
A Doll's House (1918)
as Thorvald Helmar
Invisible Agent (1942)
as Sir Alfred Spencer
Lloyd's of London (1936)
as Spokesman
Her Private Life (1929)
as Rudolph Solomon
Week End Husbands (1924)
as William Randall
The House of Fear (1945)
as Alan Cosgrave
Evidence (1922)
as Judge Rowland
The Nest (—)
as Richard Elliot
His Wife (1915)
as John Dennys
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945)
Actor
Through the Breakers (1928)
as Eustis Hobbs
At Sword's Point (1952)
Actor
The Fire Brigade (1926)
as James Corwin
East Side, West Side (1927)
as Gilbert Van Horn
Love's Wilderness (1924)
as David Tennant
South of St. Louis (1949)
Actor
Tower of London (1939)
as Councilman (uncredited)
I Will Repay (1924)
as Sir Percy Blakeney
Ivy (1947)
as Mulloy (uncredited)
The Careless Age (1929)
as Sir John
Up the Ladder (1925)
as Robert Newhall
Lady in a Jam (1942)
as Man at Auction (uncredited)
The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951)
as Constable (uncredited)
Post Office Investigator (1949)
as James Seeley
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946)
as Dr. White (uncredited)
Josselyn's Wife (1926)
as Thomas Josselyn
Canadian Pacific (1949)
as Head of Canadian Parliament (uncredited)
Miss Pinkerton (1932)
as Arthur Glenn
Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939)
as Bentham (uncredited)
The Sun Never Sets (1939)
as Colonial Official
A Woman's Vengeance (1948)
as Warder (uncredited)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928)
as Henry Spoffard
Corvette K-225 (1943)
as Commodore Ramsay
Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947)
as Scotland Yard Inspector McIvar
The Kiss (1929)
as Lassalle
Man Hunt (1941)
as Saul Farnsworthy
Her Life and His (1917)
as Ralph Howard
Danger in the Pacific (1942)
as Commissioner
Calling Dr. Death (1943)
as Bryant, the Butler
The Rough Neck (1919)
as A Half-Breed Indian
The Market of Souls (1919)
as Temple Bane
When a Man Loves (1927)
as Jean Tiberge
The Unknown Man (1951)
as (uncredited)
Singapore (1947)
as Rev. Barnes
Two Tickets to London (1943)
as Kilgallen
The White Angel (1936)
as War Minister (uncredited)
The Man Without a Country (1937)
as Aaron Burr
The 13th Chair (1937)
as Governor Sir Roscoe Crosby
The Thirteenth Chair (1929)
as Sir Roscoe Crosby
Slave Ship (1937)
as Commander
Say It with Songs (1929)
as Dr. Robert Merrill
A Woman's Woman (1922)
as John Plummer (as Holmes E. Herbert)
Say It in French (1938)
as Richard Carrington Sr.
Kidnapped (1938)
as Judge
The Death Dance (1918)
as Arnold Maitland
My Lady's Garter (1920)
as Henry Van Derp, aka The Hawk
The Honeymoon Express (1926)
as Jim Donaldson
Toilers of the Sea (1923)
as Sandro
Sinners in Heaven (1924)
as Hugh Rochedale
Daughter of the Dragon (1931)
as Sir John Petrie
Greater Than Love (1919)
as James Bruton
Other Men's Wives (1919)
as Fenwick Flint
Heedless Moths (1921)
as The Sculptor
An Angel from Texas (1940)
as Second Banker
The Pursuit of Happiness (1934)
as Gen. Sir Henry Clinton
The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)
as Prof. Ed Janney
Mr. Wu (1927)
as Mr. Gregory
The Charlatan (1929)
as Peter "Count Merlin" Dwight
The Enchanted Cottage (1924)
as Major Hillgrove
20,000 Men a Year (1939)
as Dean Norris
The Ship from Shanghai (1930)
as Paul Thorpe
The House of Fear (1939)
as Minor Role
Jungle Jim (1948)
as Commissioner Geoffrey Marsden
The Silver Slave (1927)
as Tom Richards
Rulers of the Sea (1939)
as Member of Naval Company (Uncredited)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1947)
as Inspector McIver
Everything Happens at Night (1939)
as Featherstone
Dead Men Tell No Tales (1920)
as Squire John Rattray
A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Swingin' on a Rainbow (1945)
as Butler (uncredited)
Untamed (1929)
as Howard Presley
The Right to Love (1920)
as Lord Falkland
Beloved (1934)
as Lord Landslake
Here's Flash Casey (1938)
as Maj. Addison
The Buccaneer (1938)
as Captain McWilliams
We Are Not Alone (1939)
as Police Inspector
The Terror (1928)
as Goodman
The Iroquois Trail (1950)
as Gen. Johnson
Over the Santa Fe Trail (1947)
as Doc Henderson
Central Park (1932)
as Benefit Emcee (uncredited)
Their Hour (1928)
as Cora's Father
Shop Angel (1932)
as James Walton Kennedy
The Heart of Salome (1927)
as Sir Humphrey
The Black Doll (1938)
as Dr. Giddings
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay (1944)
as Captain (uncredited)
Phantom Raiders (1940)
as Sir Edward
The Gentleman from Louisiana (1936)
as Chief Steward
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1925)
Actor
The Lost Tribe (1949)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Trapped in the Sky (1939)
as Fielding
On Trial (1928)
as Gerald Trask
A Woman of the World (1925)
as Richard Granger
Chances (1931)
as Maj. Bradford
Madame X (1929)
as Noel
Lady Rose's Daughter (1920)
as Jacob Delafield
Enter Arsène Lupin (1944)
as Jobson
The Ghost Goes Wild (1947)
as Judge
Another Scandal (1924)
as Pelham Franklin
The Wreck of the Hesperus (1948)
as Pastor West
One Increasing Purpose (1927)
as Charles Paris
Broadminded (1931)
as John J. Hackett Sr.
The Brigand (1952)
as Archbishop
On with the Dance (1920)
Actor
The Undying Monster (1942)
as Chief Constable (uncredited)
British Intelligence (1939)
as Arthur Bennett
The Gay Retreat (1927)
as Charles Wright
The Man Without a Country (1917)
as Lt. Philip Nolan
The Unwritten Code (1944)
as McDowell (uncredited)
Champagne Charlie (1936)
as Captain Dell
Sons of Steel (1934)
as Curtis Chadburne
Sister to Judas (1932)
as Bruce Rogers
One in a Million (1935)
as Donald Cabot Sr.
Her Lord and Master (1921)
as R. Honorable Thurston Ralph, Viscount Canning
The Curtain Falls (1934)
as John Scorsby
Hidden Power (1939)
as Dr. Morley
The Family Closet (1921)
as Alfred Dinsmore
A Stage Romance (1922)
as Prince of Wales
The Sporting Age (1928)
as James Driscoll
South of Suez (1940)
as Simpson
The Wild Goose (1921)
as Frank Manners (as Holmes E. Herbert)
The Truth About Husbands (1920)
as Dustan Renshaw
The ABC of Love (1919)
as Harry Bryant
The Single Sin (1931)
as Roger Van Dorn
Strictly in the Groove (1942)
as Commissioner
Cardinal Richelieu (1935)
as Noble
Wolf Call (1939)
as J.L. Winton
The Fisherwoman (1915)
as The Son
The Wanderer (1925)
as Prophet
The Divorcee (1919)
as Sir Paradine Fuldes
Accent on Youth (1935)
as Frank Galloway
Her Own Free Will (1924)
as Peter Craddock
His House in Order (1920)
as Filmer Jesson
Barbary Pirate (1949)
as Thomas Jefferson
Jealousy (1945)
as Melvyn Russell
The Swordsman (1948)
as Lord Glowan
The Hot Heiress (1931)
as Mr. Hunter
Bad Boy (1939)
as Mr. McNeil
Any Wife (1922)
as Philip Gray
Black Is White (1920)
as Jim Brood (as Holmes E. Herbert)
Slaves of Beauty (1927)
as Leonard Jones
Moonshine Valley (1922)
as Dr. Martin