Herbert Lom
Born: 1917-09-12 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
Died: 2012-09-27
Known For: Acting
Biography
Herbert Lom (born Herbert Charles Angelo Kuchačevič ze Schluderpacheru; 11 September 1917 – 27 September 2012) was a Czech-born British film and television actor who moved to the United Kingdom in 1939. In a career lasting more than 60 years, he appeared in character roles, often portraying criminals or villains early in his career and professional men in later years. Lom was noted for his precise, elegant enunciation of English. He is best known for his roles in The Ladykillers, The Pink Panther film series and the television series The Human Jungle.
Filmography
2021
- Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies as Self - (archive footage)
2012
2007
- Beloved Count as (archive footage)
2002
1994
- The World of Hammer as Self (archive footage)
1993
- The Detectives as Van der Dyck
- Son of the Pink Panther as Police Commisioner Charles Dreyfus
1991
- The Sect as Moebius Kelly
- The Pope Must Die as Vittorio Corelli
1989
- River of Death as Colonel Ricardo Diaz
- The Masque of the Red Death as Ludwig
- Ten Little Indians as Gen. Brancko Romensky
1988
- Skeleton Coast as Elia
1987
- Going Bananas as Captain Mackintosh
- Master of Dragonard Hill as Le Farge
1986
- Whoops Apocalypse as Gen. Mosquera
1985
- King Solomon's Mines as Colonel Bockner
1984
- Lace as Monsier Chardin
- Memed My Hawk as Ali Safa Bey
- James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate as Dr. Larsen (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
- The Dead Zone as Dr. Sam Weizak
- Curse of the Pink Panther as Chief Insp. Charles LaRousse Dreyfus
1982
- Trail of the Pink Panther as Chef Inspektor Charles Dreyfus
- I Have Been Here Before as Dr. Görtler
1981
- Peter and Paul as Barnabas
1980
- Hopscotch as Yaskov
- The Man with Bogart's Face as Mr. Zebra
1979
- The Lady Vanishes as Dr. Egon Hartz
1978
- Revenge of the Pink Panther as Chief Inspector Dreyfus
1977
- Charleston as Inspector Watkins
1976
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again as Dreyfus
- Uncle Tom's Cabin as Simon Legree (archive)
1975
- The Return of the Pink Panther as Chief Inspector Dreyfus
1974
- And Then There Were None as Dr. Edward Armstrong
1973
- Dark Places as Prescot
- And Now the Screaming Starts! as Henry Fengriffen
1972
- Vampir Cuadecuc as Self
- Asylum as Byron
1971
- Murders in the Rue Morgue as Rene Marot
1970
- Mister Jerico as Victor Russo
- Mark of the Devil as Lord Cumberland
- Dorian Gray as Henry Wotton
- Count Dracula as Van Helsing
1969
- Doppelgänger as Doctor Hassler
- 99 Women as Governor Santos
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Mondrago
- Assignment to Kill as Matt Wilson
- Villa Rides as General Huerta
- Eve as Diego
1967
- The Karate Killers as Randolph
- Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy 2 as Etzel
1966
- Gambit as Shahbandar
- Our Man in Marrakesh as Mr. Casimir
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Dr. Görtler
- Uncle Tom's Cabin as Simon Legree
- Return from the Ashes as Dr. Charles Bovard
1964
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Randolph
- A Shot in the Dark as Charles Dreyfus
- The Horse Without a Head as Schiapa
1963
- The Human Jungle as Doctor Roger Corder M. D., D. P. M.
1962
- Tiara Tahiti as Chong Sing
- Treasure of Silver Lake as Colonel Brinkley
- The Phantom of the Opera as The Phantom (Prof. L. Petrie)
1961
- El Cid as Ben Yussuf
- Mysterious Island as Captain Nemo
- Mr. Topaze as Castel Benac
- The Frightened City as Waldo Zhernikov
1960
- Spartacus as Tigranes Levantus
- I Aim at the Stars as Anton Reger
1959
- No Trees in the Street as Wilkie
- North West Frontier as Van Layden
- The Big Fisherman as Herod Antipas
- Third Man on the Mountain as Emil Saxo
- Perilous Assignment as Self
1958
- The Roots of Heaven as Orsini
- Passport to Shame as Nick Biaggi
- Intent to Kill as Juan Menda
- Chase a Crooked Shadow as Police Commissar Vargas
- I Accuse! as Maj. DuPaty de Clam
1957
- Hell Drivers as Gino Rossi
- Fire Down Below as Harbour Master
- Action of the Tiger as Trifon, Albania Bandit
1956
- War and Peace as Napoleon
1955
- The Ladykillers as Louis, alias 'Mr. Harvey'
1954
- Beautiful Stranger as Emil Landosh
- The Love Lottery as André Amico
- Star of India as Governor Narbonne
1953
- Rough Shoot as Sandorski
- The Net as Dr. Alex Leon
1952
- The Ringer as Maurice Meister
- Whispering Smith Hits London as Roger Ford
- The Man Who Watched Trains Go By as Julius de Koster, Jr.
1951
- Hell Is Sold Out as Dominic Danges
- Mr. Denning Drives North as Mados
- Two on the Tiles as Ford
1950
- State Secret as Karl Theodor
- Golden Salamander as Rankl
- The Black Rose as Anthemus
- Night and the City as Kristo
- Cage of Gold as Rahman
1948
- Snowbound as Von Kellerman, alias Keramikos
- Portrait from Life as Fritz Kottler Hendlemann
- Good-Time Girl as Max Vine
- Brass Monkey as Peter Hobart
1947
- Dual Alibi as Jules de Lisle / Georges de Lisle
1946
- Night Boat to Dublin as Keitel
- Appointment with Crime as Gregory Lang
1945
- The Seventh Veil as Dr. Larsen
1944
- Hotel Reserve as Andre Roux
1943
- Tomorrow We Live as Kurtz
- The Dark Tower as Stephen Torg
1942
- Secret Mission as Medical Officer
- The Young Mr. Pitt as Napoleon
1940
1939
- Dad for a Day as Gas Station Patron
1938
1937
- Žena pod křížem as Gustav