Holmes Herbert
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 30, 1882
- Died
- December 26, 1956
- Birthplace
- Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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.
Filmography
- The Nest
The Nest TBA
as Richard Elliot
The Brigand 1952
as Archbishop
At Sword's Point 1952
Actor
The Wild North 1952
as Magistrate (uncredited)
The Unknown Man 1951
as (uncredited)
The Son of Dr. Jekyll 1951
as Constable (uncredited)
Anne of the Indies 1951
as English Sea Captain
The Iroquois Trail 1950
as Gen. Johnson
Barbary Pirate 1949
as Thomas Jefferson
Post Office Investigator 1949
as James Seeley
Canadian Pacific 1949
as Head of Canadian Parliament (uncredited)
The Lost Tribe 1949
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
South of St. Louis 1949
Actor
Jungle Jim 1948
as Commissioner Geoffrey Marsden
Family Honeymoon 1948
as Rev. Miller (uncredited)
Sorry, Wrong Number 1948
as Wilkins (uncredited)
Johnny Belinda 1948
as Judge (uncredited)
A Woman's Vengeance 1948
as Warder (uncredited)
The Wreck of the Hesperus 1948
as Pastor West
The Swordsman 1948
as Lord Glowan
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back 1947
as Inspector McIver
Singapore 1947
as Rev. Barnes
The Ghost Goes Wild 1947
as Judge
Ivy 1947
as Mulloy (uncredited)
Bulldog Drummond at Bay 1947
as Scotland Yard Inspector McIvar
Over the Santa Fe Trail 1947
as Doc Henderson
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy 1946
as Dr. White (uncredited)
The Verdict 1946
as Sir William Dawson
Dressed to Kill 1946
as Ebenezer Crabtree
Three Strangers 1946
as Sir Robert (uncredited)
Confidential Agent 1945
as Lord Benditch
Swingin' on a Rainbow 1945
as Butler (uncredited)
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry 1945
Actor
Jealousy 1945
as Melvyn Russell
The House of Fear 1945
as Alan Cosgrave
The Mummy's Curse 1944
as Dr. Cooper
Enter Arsène Lupin 1944
as Jobson
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay 1944
as Captain (uncredited)
The Unwritten Code 1944
as McDowell (uncredited)
The Pearl of Death 1944
as James Goodram, courier
The Uninvited 1944
as Charlie Jessup
Calling Dr. Death 1943
as Bryant, the Butler
Corvette K-225 1943
as Commodore Ramsay
Two Tickets to London 1943
as Kilgallen
Sherlock Holmes in Washington 1943
as Mr. Ahrens
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon 1942
as Sir Reginald
The Undying Monster 1942
as Chief Constable (uncredited)
Strictly in the Groove 1942
as Commissioner
Invisible Agent 1942
as Sir Alfred Spencer
Lady in a Jam 1942
as Man at Auction (uncredited)
Danger in the Pacific 1942
as Commissioner
This Above All 1942
as Dr. Mathias
The Ghost of Frankenstein 1942
as Magistrate
Man Hunt 1941
as Saul Farnsworthy
The Letter 1940
as Robert's Friend at Bar at Party (uncredited)
South of Suez 1940
as Simpson
A Dispatch from Reuters 1940
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Boom Town 1940
as Doctor (uncredited)
Foreign Correspondent 1940
as Asst. Commissioner
Phantom Raiders 1940
as Sir Edward
An Angel from Texas 1940
as Second Banker
The Earl of Chicago 1940
as Sergeant-at-Arms (uncredited)
Everything Happens at Night 1939
as Featherstone
We Are Not Alone 1939
as Police Inspector
Tower of London 1939
as Councilman (uncredited)
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex 1939
as Majordomo (uncredited)
British Intelligence 1939
as Arthur Bennett
Rulers of the Sea 1939
as Member of Naval Company (Uncredited)
20,000 Men a Year 1939
as Dean Norris
Intermezzo: A Love Story 1939
as Doctor (Uncredited)
Hidden Power 1939
as Dr. Morley
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1939
as Justice of the Court
Stanley and Livingstone 1939
as Frederick Holcomb
Bad Boy 1939
as Mr. McNeil
The House of Fear 1939
as Minor Role
Juarez 1939
as Marshal Randon (uncredited)
Trapped in the Sky 1939
as Fielding
The Sun Never Sets 1939
as Colonial Official
Wolf Call 1939
as J.L. Winton
Mystery of the White Room 1939
as Hospital Administrator
The Little Princess 1939
as Doctor
The Mystery of Mr. Wong 1939
as Prof. Ed Janney
Mr. Moto's Last Warning 1939
as Bentham (uncredited)
Say It in French 1938
as Richard Carrington Sr.
Marie Antoinette 1938
as Herald (uncredited)
Kidnapped 1938
as Judge
The Buccaneer 1938
as Captain McWilliams
The Black Doll 1938
as Dr. Giddings
Here's Flash Casey 1938
as Maj. Addison
The Man Without a Country 1937
as Aaron Burr
The Girl Said No 1937
as Charles Dillon (scenes deleted)
Slave Ship 1937
as Commander
The 13th Chair 1937
as Governor Sir Roscoe Crosby
The Prince and the Pauper 1937
as First Doctor
Lloyd's of London 1936
as Spokesman
The House of Secrets 1936
as Sir Bertram Evans - Home Secretary
15 Maiden Lane 1936
as Harold Anderson
The Gentleman from Louisiana 1936
as Chief Steward
The White Angel 1936
as War Minister (uncredited)
Champagne Charlie 1936
as Captain Dell
Brilliant Marriage 1936
as Mr. Rodney Allison
Wife vs. Secretary 1936
as Frawley (uncredited)
Captain Blood 1935
as Capt. Gardner
Accent on Youth 1935
as Frank Galloway
Mark of the Vampire 1935
as Sir Karell Borotyn
Cardinal Richelieu 1935
as Noble
One in a Million 1935
as Donald Cabot Sr.
Sons of Steel 1934
as Curtis Chadburne
The Curtain Falls 1934
as John Scorsby
The Pursuit of Happiness 1934
as Gen. Sir Henry Clinton
The House of Rothschild 1934
as Rowerth
Beloved 1934
as Lord Landslake
The Invisible Man 1933
as Chief of Police
Mystery of the Wax Museum 1933
as Dr. Rasmussen
Sister to Judas 1932
as Bruce Rogers
Central Park 1932
as Benefit Emcee (uncredited)
Miss Pinkerton 1932
as Arthur Glenn
Shop Angel 1932
as James Walton Kennedy
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1931
as Dr. John Lanyon
Daughter of the Dragon 1931
as Sir John Petrie
Broadminded 1931
as John J. Hackett Sr.
Chances 1931
as Maj. Bradford
The Hot Heiress 1931
as Mr. Hunter
The Single Sin 1931
as Roger Van Dorn
The Ship from Shanghai 1930
as Paul Thorpe
Untamed 1929
as Howard Presley
The Kiss 1929
as Lassalle
The Thirteenth Chair 1929
as Sir Roscoe Crosby
The Careless Age 1929
as Sir John
Her Private Life 1929
as Rudolph Solomon
Madame X 1929
as Noel
Say It with Songs 1929
as Dr. Robert Merrill
Careers 1929
as Carouge
The Charlatan 1929
as Peter "Count Merlin" Dwight
On Trial 1928
as Gerald Trask
Through the Breakers 1928
as Eustis Hobbs
The Terror 1928
as Goodman
The Sporting Age 1928
as James Driscoll
- Their Hour
Their Hour 1928
as Cora's Father
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1928
as Henry Spoffard
The Silver Slave 1927
as Tom Richards
East Side, West Side 1927
as Gilbert Van Horn
The Gay Retreat 1927
as Charles Wright
When a Man Loves 1927
as Jean Tiberge
- Slaves of Beauty
Slaves of Beauty 1927
as Leonard Jones
The Heart of Salome 1927
as Sir Humphrey
Lovers 1927
as Milton
Mr. Wu 1927
as Mr. Gregory
One Increasing Purpose 1927
as Charles Paris
The Fire Brigade 1926
as James Corwin
Josselyn's Wife 1926
as Thomas Josselyn
The Honeymoon Express 1926
as Jim Donaldson
A Woman of the World 1925
as Richard Granger
Wreckage 1925
as Stuart Ames
The Wanderer 1925
as Prophet
- Wildfire
Wildfire 1925
as Garrison
Up the Ladder 1925
as Robert Newhall
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting 1925
Actor
Love's Wilderness 1924
as David Tennant
Sinners in Heaven 1924
as Hugh Rochedale
Her Own Free Will 1924
as Peter Craddock
Another Scandal 1924
as Pelham Franklin
The Enchanted Cottage 1924
as Major Hillgrove
I Will Repay 1924
as Sir Percy Blakeney
Week End Husbands 1924
as William Randall
Toilers of the Sea 1923
as Sandro
A Woman's Woman 1922
as John Plummer (as Holmes E. Herbert)
Moonshine Valley 1922
as Dr. Martin
Divorce Coupons 1922
as Roland Bland
Evidence 1922
as Judge Rowland
A Stage Romance 1922
as Prince of Wales
Any Wife 1922
as Philip Gray
The Family Closet 1921
as Alfred Dinsmore
The Wild Goose 1921
as Frank Manners (as Holmes E. Herbert)
Heedless Moths 1921
as The Sculptor
- Her Lord and Master
Her Lord and Master 1921
as R. Honorable Thurston Ralph, Viscount Canning
The Truth About Husbands 1920
as Dustan Renshaw
Dead Men Tell No Tales 1920
as Squire John Rattray
The Right to Love 1920
as Lord Falkland
Lady Rose's Daughter 1920
as Jacob Delafield
My Lady's Garter 1920
as Henry Van Derp, aka The Hawk
Black Is White 1920
as Jim Brood (as Holmes E. Herbert)
His House in Order 1920
as Filmer Jesson
On with the Dance 1920
Actor
The ABC of Love 1919
as Harry Bryant
The Market of Souls 1919
as Temple Bane
The White Heather 1919
as Lord Angus Cameron
Other Men's Wives 1919
as Fenwick Flint
Greater Than Love 1919
as James Bruton
The Rough Neck 1919
as A Half-Breed Indian
The Divorcee 1919
as Sir Paradine Fuldes
The Death Dance 1918
as Arnold Maitland
A Doll's House 1918
as Thorvald Helmar
The Man Without a Country 1917
as Lt. Philip Nolan
- Her Life and His
Her Life and His 1917
as Ralph Howard
- The Fisherwoman
The Fisherwoman 1915
as The Son
His Wife 1915
as John Dennys
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