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