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

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

1951

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

1950

The Iroquois Trail as Gen. Johnson

1949

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

1948

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

1947

Singapore as Rev. Barnes
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

1946

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

1945

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

1944

The Uninvited as Charlie Jessup
The Pearl of Death as James Goodram, courier
The Mummy's Curse as Dr. Cooper
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay as Captain (uncredited)
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
Calling Dr. Death as Bryant, the Butler
Two Tickets to London as Kilgallen

1942

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

1941

Man Hunt as Saul Farnsworthy

1940

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

1939

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

1938

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

1937

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

1936

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

1935

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

1934

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

1933

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

1932

Shop Angel as James Walton Kennedy
Miss Pinkerton as Arthur Glenn
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
The Careless Age as Sir John
The Kiss as Lassalle
Her Private Life as Rudolph Solomon
The Thirteenth Chair as Sir Roscoe Crosby
Untamed as Howard Presley
The Charlatan as Peter "Count Merlin" Dwight
Say It with Songs as Dr. Robert Merrill
Madame X as Noel

1928

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

1927

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

1926

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

1925

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

1924

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

1923

Toilers of the Sea as Sandro

1922

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

1921

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

1920

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

1919

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

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