Portrait of Holmes Herbert

Holmes Herbert

Acting

Biography

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.

Born: July 30, 1882

Place of Birth: Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Filmography

1952
The Brigand

as Archbishop

1952
The Wild North

as Magistrate (uncredited)

1951
The Son of Dr. Jekyll

as Constable (uncredited)

1951
Anne of the Indies

as English Sea Captain

1950
The Iroquois Trail

as Gen. Johnson

1949
Barbary Pirate

as Thomas Jefferson

1949
1949
Canadian Pacific

as Head of Canadian Parliament (uncredited)

1949
The Lost Tribe

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1948
Jungle Jim

as Commissioner Geoffrey Marsden

1948
Family Honeymoon

as Rev. Miller (uncredited)

1948
Sorry, Wrong Number

as Wilkins (uncredited)

1948
Johnny Belinda

as Judge (uncredited)

1948
A Woman's Vengeance

as Warder (uncredited)

1948
1948
The Swordsman

as Lord Glowan

1947
1947
Singapore

as Rev. Barnes

1947
Ivy

as Mulloy (uncredited)

1947
Bulldog Drummond at Bay

as Scotland Yard Inspector McIvar

1947
Over the Santa Fe Trail

as Doc Henderson

1946
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

as Dr. White, Minister

1946
The Verdict

as Sir William Dawson

1946
Dressed to Kill

as Ebenezer Crabtree

1946
Three Strangers

as Sir Robert (uncredited)

1945
Confidential Agent

as Lord Benditch

1945
Swingin' on a Rainbow

as Butler (uncredited)

1945
Jealousy

as Melvyn Russell

1945
The House of Fear

as Alan Cosgrave

1944
The Mummy's Curse

as Dr. Cooper

1944
1944
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay

as Captain (uncredited)

1944
The Unwritten Code

as McDowell (uncredited)

1944
The Pearl of Death

as James Goodram, courier

1944
The Uninvited

as Charlie Jessup

1943
Calling Dr. Death

as Bryant, the Butler

1943
Corvette K-225

as Commodore Ramsay

1943
1942
The Undying Monster

as Chief Constable (uncredited)

1942
Strictly in the Groove

as Commissioner

1942
Invisible Agent

as Sir Alfred Spencer

1942
Lady in a Jam

as Man at Auction (uncredited)

1942
Danger in the Pacific

as Commissioner

1942
This Above All

as Dr. Mathias

1942
1941
Man Hunt

as Saul Farnsworthy

1940
The Letter

as Robert's Friend at Bar at Party (uncredited)

1940
A Dispatch from Reuters

as Member of Parliament (uncredited)

1940
Boom Town

as Doctor (uncredited)

1940
Foreign Correspondent

as Asst. Commissioner

1940
Phantom Raiders

as Sir Edward

1940
An Angel from Texas

as Second Banker

1940
The Earl of Chicago

as Sergeant-at-Arms (uncredited)

1939
1939
We Are Not Alone

as Police Inspector

1939
Tower of London

as Councilman (uncredited)

1939
1939
British Intelligence

as Arthur Bennett

1939
Rulers of the Sea

as Member of Naval Company (Uncredited)

1939
20,000 Men a Year

as Dean Norris

1939
Intermezzo: A Love Story

as Doctor (Uncredited)

1939
Hidden Power

as Dr. Morley

1939
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

as Justice of the Court

1939
Stanley and Livingstone

as Frederick Holcomb

1939
Bad Boy

as Mr. McNeil

1939
The House of Fear

as Minor Role

1939
Juarez

as Marshal Randon (uncredited)

1939
1939
The Sun Never Sets

as Colonial Official

1939
Wolf Call

as J.L. Winton

1939
1939
Mystery of the White Room

as Hospital Administrator

1939
The Mystery of Mr. Wong

as Prof. Ed Janney

1939
Mr. Moto's Last Warning

as Bentham (uncredited)

1938
Say It in French

as Richard Carrington Sr.

1938
Marie Antoinette

as Herald (uncredited)

1938
Kidnapped

as Judge

1938
The Buccaneer

as Captain McWilliams

1938
The Black Doll

as Dr. Giddings

1938
Here's Flash Casey

as Maj. Addison

1937
1937
The Girl Said No

as Charles Dillon (scenes deleted)

1937
Slave Ship

as Commander

1937
The Thirteenth Chair

as Roscoe Crosby

1937
1936
Lloyd's of London

as Spokesman

1936
The House of Secrets

as Sir Bertram Evans - Home Secretary

1936
15 Maiden Lane

as Harold Anderson

1936
1936
The White Angel

as War Minister (uncredited)

1936
Champagne Charlie

as Captain Dell

1936
Brilliant Marriage

as Mr. Rodney Allison

1936
Wife vs. Secretary

as Frawley (uncredited)

1935
Captain Blood

as Capt. Gardner

1935
Accent on Youth

as Frank Galloway

1935
Mark of the Vampire

as Sir Karell Borotyn

1935
1935
One in a Million

as Donald Cabot Sr.

1934
Sons of Steel

as Curtis Chadburne

1934
The Curtain Falls

as John Scorsby

1934
The Pursuit of Happiness

as Gen. Sir Henry Clinton

1934
Beloved

as Lord Landslake

1933
The Invisible Man

as Chief of Police

1933
1932
Sister to Judas

as Bruce Rogers

1932
Central Park

as Benefit Emcee (uncredited)

1932
Miss Pinkerton

as Arthur Glenn

1932
Shop Angel

as James Walton Kennedy

1931
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Dr. John Lanyon

1931
Daughter of the Dragon

as Sir John Petrie

1931
Broadminded

as John J. Hackett Sr.

1931
Chances

as Maj. Bradford

1931
The Hot Heiress

as Mr. Hunter

1931
The Single Sin

as Roger Van Dorn

1930
1929
Untamed

as Howard Presley

1929
The Kiss

as Lassalle

1929
The Thirteenth Chair

as Sir Roscoe Crosby

1929
The Careless Age

as Sir John

1929
Her Private Life

as Rudolph Solomon

1929
Madame X

as Noel

1929
Say It with Songs

as Dr. Robert Merrill

1929
Careers

as Carouge

1929
The Charlatan

as Peter "Count Merlin" Dwight

1928
On Trial

as Gerald Trask

1928
Through the Breakers

as Eustis Hobbs

1928
The Terror

as Goodman

1928
The Sporting Age

as James Driscoll

1928
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

as Henry Spoffard

1927
The Silver Slave

as Tom Richards

1927
East Side, West Side

as Gilbert Van Horn

1927
The Gay Retreat

as Charles Wright

1927
When a Man Loves

as Jean Tiberge

1927
The Heart of Salome

as Sir Humphrey

1927
Mr. Wu

as Mr. Gregory

1927
One Increasing Purpose

as Charles Paris

1926
The Fire Brigade

as James Corwin

1926
The Honeymoon Express

as Jim Donaldson

1925
A Woman of the World

as Richard Granger

1925
The Wanderer

as Prophet

1925
Up the Ladder

as Robert Newhall

1924
Love's Wilderness

as David Tennant

1924
Sinners in Heaven

as Hugh Rochedale

1924
Her Own Free Will

as Peter Craddock

1924
Another Scandal

as Pelham Franklin

1924
The Enchanted Cottage

as Major Hillgrove

1924
I Will Repay

as Sir Percy Blakeney

1922
A Woman's Woman

as John Plummer (as Holmes E. Herbert)

1922
Moonshine Valley

as Dr. Martin

1922
Divorce Coupons

as Roland Bland

1922
Evidence

as Judge Rowland

1922
Any Wife

as Philip Gray

1921
The Family Closet

as Alfred Dinsmore

1921
The Wild Goose

as Frank Manners (as Holmes E. Herbert)

1920
The Truth About Husbands

as Dustan Renshaw

1920
Dead Men Tell No Tales

as Squire John Rattray

1920
The Right to Love

as Lord Falkland

1920
Lady Rose's Daughter

as Jacob Delafield

1920
My Lady's Garter

as Henry Van Derp, aka The Hawk

1920
His House in Order

as Filmer Jesson

1920
Black Is White

as Jim Brood (as Holmes E. Herbert)

1919
The ABC of Love

as Harry Bryant

1919
The White Heather

as Lord Angus Cameron

1919
Other Men's Wives

as Fenwick Flint

1919
Greater Than Love

as James Bruton

1919
The Rough Neck

as A Half-Breed Indian

1919
The Divorcee

as Sir Paradine Fuldes

1918
The Death Dance

as Arnold Maitland

1918
A Doll's House

as Thorvald Helmar

1917
The Man Without a Country

as Lt. Philip Nolan

1915
His Wife

as John Dennys