Holmes Herbert

Born: 1882-07-30 in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Died: 1956-12-26

Known For: 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.

Filmography

1952

At Sword's Point
The Wild North as Magistrate (uncredited)
The Brigand as Archbishop

1951

Anne of the Indies as English Sea Captain
The Son of Dr. Jekyll as Constable (uncredited)
The Unknown Man as (uncredited)

1950

The Iroquois Trail as Gen. Johnson

1949

South of St. Louis
Canadian Pacific as Head of Canadian Parliament (uncredited)
Post Office Investigator as James Seeley
The Lost Tribe as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Barbary Pirate as Thomas Jefferson

1948

Sorry, Wrong Number as Wilkins (uncredited)
A Woman's Vengeance as Warder (uncredited)
Family Honeymoon as Rev. Miller (uncredited)
Johnny Belinda as Judge (uncredited)
The Wreck of the Hesperus as Pastor West
The Swordsman as Lord Glowan
Jungle Jim as Commissioner Geoffrey Marsden

1947

Ivy as Mulloy (uncredited)
The Ghost Goes Wild as Judge
Bulldog Drummond at Bay as Scotland Yard Inspector McIvar
Over the Santa Fe Trail as Doc Henderson
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back as Inspector McIver
Singapore as Rev. Barnes

1946

Dressed to Kill as Ebenezer Crabtree
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy as Dr. White (uncredited)
Three Strangers as Sir Robert (uncredited)
The Verdict as Sir William Dawson

1945

Confidential Agent as Lord Benditch
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
The House of Fear as Alan Cosgrave
Swingin' on a Rainbow as Butler (uncredited)
Jealousy as Melvyn Russell

1944

The Mummy's Curse as Dr. Cooper
The Pearl of Death as James Goodram, courier
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay as Captain (uncredited)
The Uninvited as Charlie Jessup
The Unwritten Code as McDowell (uncredited)
Enter Arsène Lupin as Jobson

1943

Sherlock Holmes in Washington as Mr. Ahrens
Corvette K-225 as Commodore Ramsay
Two Tickets to London as Kilgallen
Calling Dr. Death as Bryant, the Butler

1942

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon as Sir Reginald
The Ghost of Frankenstein as Magistrate
Invisible Agent as Sir Alfred Spencer
Lady in a Jam as Man at Auction (uncredited)
This Above All as Dr. Mathias
Danger in the Pacific as Commissioner
The Undying Monster as Chief Constable (uncredited)
Strictly in the Groove as Commissioner

1941

Man Hunt as Saul Farnsworthy

1940

Foreign Correspondent as Asst. Commissioner
The Earl of Chicago as Sergeant-at-Arms (uncredited)
The Letter as Robert's Friend at Bar at Party (uncredited)
An Angel from Texas as Second Banker
A Dispatch from Reuters as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Boom Town as Doctor (uncredited)
Phantom Raiders as Sir Edward
South of Suez as Simpson

1939

The Little Princess as Doctor
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes as Justice of the Court
Juarez as Marshal Randon (uncredited)
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex as Majordomo (uncredited)
Rulers of the Sea as Member of Naval Company (Uncredited)
We Are Not Alone as Police Inspector
Intermezzo: A Love Story as Doctor (Uncredited)
Tower of London as Councilman (uncredited)
The Mystery of Mr. Wong as Prof. Ed Janney
Mr. Moto's Last Warning as Bentham (uncredited)
20,000 Men a Year as Dean Norris
Everything Happens at Night as Featherstone
British Intelligence as Arthur Bennett
The Sun Never Sets as Colonial Official
The House of Fear as Minor Role
Stanley and Livingstone as Frederick Holcomb
Mystery of the White Room as Hospital Administrator
Trapped in the Sky as Fielding
Wolf Call as J.L. Winton
Bad Boy as Mr. McNeil
Hidden Power as Dr. Morley

1938

Marie Antoinette as Herald (uncredited)
Say It in French as Richard Carrington Sr.
The Buccaneer as Captain McWilliams
Kidnapped as Judge
Here's Flash Casey as Maj. Addison
The Black Doll as Dr. Giddings

1937

The Prince and the Pauper as First Doctor
The Girl Said No as Charles Dillon (scenes deleted)
The Man Without a Country as Aaron Burr
Slave Ship as Commander
The Thirteenth Chair as Governor Sir Roscoe Crosby

1936

Lloyd's of London as Spokesman
Wife vs. Secretary as Frawley (uncredited)
The White Angel as War Minister (uncredited)
Brilliant Marriage as Mr. Rodney Allison
15 Maiden Lane as Harold Anderson
The Gentleman from Louisiana as Chief Steward
The House of Secrets as Sir Bertram Evans - Home Secretary
Champagne Charlie as Captain Dell

1935

Captain Blood as Capt. Gardner
Mark of the Vampire as Sir Karell Borotyn
One in a Million as Donald Cabot Sr.
Cardinal Richelieu as Noble
Accent on Youth as Frank Galloway

1934

The House of Rothschild as Rowerth
The Pursuit of Happiness as Gen. Sir Henry Clinton
The Curtain Falls as John Scorsby
Sons of Steel as Curtis Chadburne
Beloved as Lord Landslake

1933

The Invisible Man as Chief of Police
Mystery of the Wax Museum as Dr. Rasmussen

1932

Miss Pinkerton as Arthur Glenn
Shop Angel as James Walton Kennedy
Central Park as Benefit Emcee (uncredited)
Sister to Judas as Bruce Rogers

1931

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Dr. John Lanyon
Daughter of the Dragon as Sir John Petrie
Chances as Maj. Bradford
Broadminded as John J. Hackett Sr.
The Hot Heiress as Mr. Hunter
The Single Sin as Roger Van Dorn

1930

The Ship from Shanghai as Paul Thorpe

1929

Careers as Carouge
Say It with Songs as Dr. Robert Merrill
Untamed as Howard Presley
The Kiss as Lassalle
Her Private Life as Rudolph Solomon
The Careless Age as Sir John
The Thirteenth Chair as Sir Roscoe Crosby
Madame X as Noel
The Charlatan as Peter "Count Merlin" Dwight

1928

Their Hour as Cora's Father
The Terror as Goodman
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes as Henry Spoffard
Through the Breakers as Eustis Hobbs
The Sporting Age as James Driscoll
On Trial as Gerald Trask

1927

When a Man Loves as Jean Tiberge
Lovers as Milton
East Side, West Side as Gilbert Van Horn
The Silver Slave as Tom Richards
Mr. Wu as Mr. Gregory
The Heart of Salome as Sir Humphrey
Slaves of Beauty as Leonard Jones
One Increasing Purpose as Charles Paris
The Gay Retreat as Charles Wright

1926

Josselyn's Wife as Thomas Josselyn
The Honeymoon Express as Jim Donaldson
The Fire Brigade as James Corwin

1925

Wildfire as Garrison
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
A Woman of the World as Richard Granger
Wreckage as Stuart Ames
Up the Ladder as Robert Newhall
The Wanderer as Prophet

1924

Sinners in Heaven as Hugh Rochedale
Her Own Free Will as Peter Craddock
Love's Wilderness as David Tennant
Week End Husbands as William Randall
I Will Repay as Sir Percy Blakeney
Another Scandal as Pelham Franklin
The Enchanted Cottage as Major Hillgrove

1923

Toilers of the Sea as Sandro

1922

Evidence as Judge Rowland
A Woman's Woman as John Plummer (as Holmes E. Herbert)
Moonshine Valley as Dr. Martin
Divorce Coupons as Roland Bland
A Stage Romance as Prince of Wales
Any Wife as Philip Gray

1921

Heedless Moths as The Sculptor
Her Lord and Master as R. Honorable Thurston Ralph, Viscount Canning
The Family Closet as Alfred Dinsmore
The Wild Goose as Frank Manners (as Holmes E. Herbert)

1920

Dead Men Tell No Tales as Squire John Rattray
On with the Dance
My Lady's Garter as Henry Van Derp, aka The Hawk
The Right to Love as Lord Falkland
The Truth About Husbands as Dustan Renshaw
His House in Order as Filmer Jesson
Lady Rose's Daughter as Jacob Delafield
Black Is White as Jim Brood (as Holmes E. Herbert)

1919

Other Men's Wives as Fenwick Flint
The Market of Souls as Temple Bane
The ABC of Love as Harry Bryant
Greater Than Love as James Bruton
The Divorcee as Sir Paradine Fuldes
The Rough Neck as A Half-Breed Indian
The White Heather as Lord Angus Cameron

1918

A Doll's House as Thorvald Helmar
The Death Dance as Arnold Maitland

1917

Her Life and His as Ralph Howard
The Man Without a Country as Lt. Philip Nolan

1915

His Wife as John Dennys
The Fisherwoman as The Son