Jean Hersholt
Born: 1886-07-10 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: 1956-06-02
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jean Pierre Hersholt (12 July 1886 – 2 June 1956) was a Danish-born actor who lived in the United States, where he was a leading film and radio talent, best known for his 17 years starring on radio in Dr. Christian and for playing Shirley Temple's grandfather in Heidi. Asked how to pronounce his name, he told The Literary Digest, "In English, her'sholt; in Danish, hairs'hult." Of his total credits, 75 were silent films and 65 were sound films. He appeared in 140 films and directed four.
Filmography
2004
- Checking Out: Grand Hotel as Self (archive footage)
2003
- Complicated Women as Self (archive footage)
1955
- Run for Cover as Mr. Swenson
1954
- A Star Is Born World Premiere as Self
1952
- This Is Your Life as Self
1950
- What's My Line? as Self
1949
- Dancing in the Dark as Jean Hersholt
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1944
- To the People of the United States as Colonel Jensen - Medical Corps
1943
- Stage Door Canteen as Jean Hersholt
1941
- They Meet Again as Doctor Paul Christian
- Melody for Three as Doctor Paul Christian
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1940
- The Courageous Dr. Christian as Doctor Paul Christian
- Dr. Christian Meets the Women as Doctor Paul Christian
- Remedy for Riches as Doctor Paul Christian
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self
1939
- Mr. Moto in Danger Island as Mr. Sutter
- Meet Dr. Christian as Doctor Paul Christian
1938
- Happy Landing as Lars Ericksen
- Alexander's Ragtime Band as Prof. Heinrich
- I'll Give a Million as Victor
- Five of a Kind as Dr. John Luke
1937
- Seventh Heaven as Father Chevillon
- Heidi as Adolph Kramer
- One in a Million as Heinrich Muller
1936
- Tough Guy as Dr. Mulback
- Reunion as Dr. John Luke
- His Brother's Wife as Professor 'Pop' Fahrenheim
- Sins of Man as Christopher Freyman
- The Country Doctor as Dr. John Luke
1935
- Murder in the Fleet as Victor Hanson
- Break of Hearts as Professor Thalma
- Mark of the Vampire as Baron Otto
1934
- The Fountain as Baron von Leyden
- Men in White as Dr. Hochberg
- The Painted Veil as Herr Koerber
- The Cat and the Fiddle as Professor Bertier
1933
- Dinner at Eight as Jo Stengel
- The Crime of the Century as Dr. Emil Brandt
- Song of the Eagle as Otto Hoffman
- Christopher Bean as Rosen
1932
- Skyscraper Souls as Jake
- Flesh as Mr. Herman
- Unashamed as Mr. Schmidt
- Night Court as Herman the Janitor
- The Mask of Fu Manchu as Von Berg
- Grand Hotel as Senf
- The Beast of the City as Samuel 'Sam' Belmonte
- Are You Listening? as George Wagner
- New Morals for Old as James Hallett
- Emma as Frederick Smith
- Hearts of Humanity as Sol Bloom
1931
- Daybreak as Herr Schnabel
- Transatlantic as Rudolph aka Jed Kramer
- The Sin of Madelon Claudet as Dr. Dulac
- Private Lives as Oscar
- The Phantom of Paris as Herman
- Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) as Karl Ohlin
1930
- Viennese Nights as Herr Hofner, Elsa's Father
- Mamba as August Bolte (Mamba)
- Hell Harbor as Joseph Horngold
- The Climax as Luigi Golfanti
- East Is West as Man
- The Case of Sergeant Grischa as Posnanski
- The Third Alarm as Frank 'Dad' Morton
- The Cat Creeps as Dr. Patterson
1929
- The Younger Generation as Julius Goldfish - Pa
- The Girl on the Barge as McCadden
- Modern Love as François Renault
1928
- Jazz Mad as Franz Hausmann
- The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg as Dr. Jüttner
- Abie's Irish Rose as Solomon Levy
- The Battle of the Sexes as William Judson
- Give and Take as John Bauer
- The Secret Hour as Tony
- 13 Washington Square as 'Deacon' Pyecroft
1927
- Alias The Deacon as George Caswell or The Deacon
- The Wrong Mr. Wright as Seymour White
1926
- Flames as Ole Bergson
- The Greater Glory as Gustav Schmidt
- The Old Soak as Clement Hawley, Sr.
- It Must Be Love as Pop Schmidt
- My Old Dutch as 'Erb 'Uggins
1925
- Stella Dallas as Ed Munn
- Don Q Son of Zorro as Don Fabrique Borusta
- Fifth Avenue Models as Mr. Jones - a Crook
- Dangerous Innocence as Gilchrist
1924
- The Goldfish as Herman Krauss
- Greed as Marcus
- The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal Studios
- Cheap Kisses as Gustaf Borgstrom
- Her Night of Romance as Joe Diamond
- Torment as Boris
- The Woman on the Jury as Jury Foreman
- So Big as Aug Hempel
1923
- Red Lights as Ezra Carson
- Jazzmania as Prince Otto of Como
- Souls for Sale as Self - Celebrity Actor
1922
- Tess of the Storm Country as Ben Letts
- The Strangers' Banquet as Fiend
- Heart's Haven as Henry Bird
- Golden Dreams ... (Assistant Director)
- When Romance Rides as Joel Creech
1921
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse as Prof. von Hartrott (uncredited)
- The Man Of The Forest as Lem Beasley
1920
- The Red Lane as Vetal Beaulieu
- Merely Mary Ann as Stranger
- The Golden Trail as Harry Teal
- The Deceiver
1919
- Love's Prisoner as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Whom the Gods Would Destroy
1918
- The Answer as Shepard
- Little Red Decides as Sour Milk
- Madame Spy as Count Von Ornstorff
1917
- Princess Virtue as Emile Carre
- Southern Justice as Caleb Talbot
- The Soul Herder as The Minister
- Perils of the Secret Service as Prince Feodor (Episode #2)
- Black Orchids
- The Terror as Jimm, the Dope
- The Clash of Steel as Prince Feodor
- A Stormy Knight as Dr. Fraser
- '49–'17 as 'Gentleman Jim' Raynor
- The Saintly Sinner as Undetermined Role
- Love Aflame as Reginald
- Fighting for Love as Ferdinand
1916
- The Aryan as (uncredited)
- Bullets and Brown Eyes
- Hell's Hinges as Bartender (uncredited)
- Kinkaid, Gambler
1915
- The Disciple as Mob Member
- Never Again