Phillips Holmes
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 22, 1907
- Died
- August 12, 1942
- Birthplace
- Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
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.
Filmography
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind 1988
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory 1972
as Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy 1964
as Ernest DeGraff in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. footage) (uncredited)
Housemaster 1938
as Philip de Pourville
The Dominant Sex 1937
as Dick Shale
General Spanky 1936
as Marshall Valient
The House of a Thousand Candles 1936
as Tony Carleton
Chatterbox 1936
as Philip 'Phil' Greene Jr.
- Ten Minute Alibi
Ten Minute Alibi 1935
as Colin Derwent
- The Divine Spark
The Divine Spark 1935
as Vincenzo Bellini
Caravan 1934
as Lieutenant Von Tokay
Great Expectations 1934
as Pip
- No Ransom
No Ransom 1934
as Tom Wilson
Million Dollar Ransom 1934
as Stan Casserly
Nana 1934
as Lieutenant George Muffat
Dinner at Eight 1933
as Ernest DeGraff
Stage Mother 1933
as Lord Reggie Aylesworth
Penthouse 1933
as Tom Siddall
Beauty for Sale 1933
as Burt Barton
The Big Brain 1933
as Terry Van Sloan
Storm at Daybreak 1933
as Csaholyi
Looking Forward 1933
as Michael Service
Men Must Fight 1933
as Bob Seward
The Secret of Madame Blanche 1933
as Leonard St. John
70,000 Witnesses 1932
as Buck Buchan
Make Me a Star 1932
as Phillips Holmes (uncredited)
Night Court 1932
as Mike Thomas
Broken Lullaby 1932
as Paul Renard
Two Kinds of Women 1932
as Joseph Gresham Jr.
An American Tragedy 1931
as Clyde Griffiths
Confessions of a Co-Ed 1931
as Dan Carter
The House That Shadows Built 1931
as (archive footage)
Stolen Heaven 1931
as Joe Bartlett
The Criminal Code 1931
as Robert Graham
Man to Man 1930
as Michael Bolton
- The Dancers
The Dancers 1930
as Tony
Her Man 1930
as Dan
Grumpy 1930
as Ernest Heron
The Devil's Holiday 1930
as David Stone
Paramount on Parade 1930
as Hunter ('Dream Girl')
Only the Brave 1930
as Capt. Robert Darrington
Pointed Heels 1929
as Donald Ogden
The Return of Sherlock Holmes 1929
as Roger Longmore
Stairs of Sand 1929
as Adam Wansfell (as Phillips R. Holmes)
The Wild Party 1929
as Phil
His Private Life 1928
as Pierrot (uncredited)
Varsity 1928
as Middlebrook
Uneasy Money 1918
as Caddy (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.