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
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
- Melody for Three as Doctor Paul Christian
- They Meet Again as Doctor Paul Christian
1940
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self
- Dr. Christian Meets the Women as Doctor Paul Christian
- The Courageous Dr. Christian as Doctor Paul Christian
- Remedy for Riches as Doctor Paul Christian
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
- Five of a Kind as Dr. John Luke
- I'll Give a Million as Victor
1937
- Heidi as Adolph Kramer
- Seventh Heaven as Father Chevillon
- One in a Million as Heinrich Muller
1936
- His Brother's Wife as Professor 'Pop' Fahrenheim
- The Country Doctor as Dr. John Luke
- Sins of Man as Christopher Freyman
- Tough Guy as Dr. Mulback
- Reunion as Dr. John Luke
1935
- Mark of the Vampire as Baron Otto
- Break of Hearts as Professor Thalma
- Murder in the Fleet as Victor Hanson
1934
- The Painted Veil as Herr Koerber
- The Fountain as Baron von Leyden
- Men in White as Dr. Hochberg
- The Cat and the Fiddle as Professor Bertier
1933
- Dinner at Eight as Jo Stengel
- Song of the Eagle as Otto Hoffman
- The Crime of the Century as Dr. Emil Brandt
- Christopher Bean as Rosen
1932
- Grand Hotel as Senf
- The Mask of Fu Manchu as Von Berg
- Skyscraper Souls as Jake
- Emma as Frederick Smith
- The Beast of the City as Samuel "Sam" Belmonte
- Are You Listening? as George Wagner
- Night Court as Herman the Janitor
- Flesh as Mr. Herman
- New Morals for Old as James Hallett
- Hearts of Humanity as Sol Bloom
- Unashamed as Mr. Schmidt
1931
- Susan Lenox as Karl Ohlin
- The Sin of Madelon Claudet as Dr. Dulac
- The Phantom of Paris as Herman
- Private Lives as Oscar
- Daybreak as Herr Schnabel
- Transatlantic as Rudolph aka Jed Kramer
1930
- Mamba as August Bolte (Mamba)
- The Cat Creeps as Dr. Patterson
- Hell Harbor as Joseph Horngold
- The Climax as Luigi Golfanti
- Viennese Nights as Herr Hofner, Elsa's Father
- The Third Alarm as Frank 'Dad' Morton
- East Is West as Man
- The Case of Sergeant Grischa as Posnanski
1929
- The Younger Generation as Julius Goldfish - Pa
- The Girl on the Barge as McCadden
- Modern Love as François Renault
1928
- The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg as Dr. Jüttner
- Abie's Irish Rose as Solomon Levy
- 13 Washington Square as 'Deacon' Pyecroft
- The Secret Hour as Tony
- Give and Take as John Bauer
- Jazz Mad as Franz Hausmann
- The Battle of the Sexes as William Judson
1927
- The Wrong Mr. Wright as Seymour White
- Alias The Deacon as George Caswell or The Deacon
1926
- It Must Be Love as Pop Schmidt
- The Greater Glory as Gustav Schmidt
- The Old Soak as Clement Hawley, Sr.
- My Old Dutch as 'Erb 'Uggins
- Flames as Ole Bergson
1925
- Don Q Son of Zorro as Don Fabrique Borusta
- A Woman's Faith as Jules Cluny
- Stella Dallas as Ed Munn
- Dangerous Innocence as Gilchrist
- Fifth Avenue Models as Mr. Jones - a Crook
1924
- Greed as Marcus
- Cheap Kisses as Gustaf Borgstrom
- Torment as Boris
- The Goldfish as Herman Krauss
- So Big as Aug Hempel
- Sinners in Silk as Dr. Eustace
- The Woman on the Jury as Jury Foreman
- Her Night of Romance as Joe Diamond
- The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal Studios
1923
- Souls for Sale as Self - Celebrity Actor
- Jazzmania as Prince Otto of Como
- Red Lights as Ezra Carson
- Quicksands as Ring Member
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 Servant in the House as Manson, The Servant in the House
- A Certain Rich Man as Adrian Brownwell
- The Man Of The Forest as Lem Beasley
1920
- The Red Lane as Vetal Beaulieu
- Merely Mary Ann as Stranger
- The Deceiver
- The Golden Trail as Harry Teal
1919
- Whom the Gods Would Destroy
- Love's Prisoner as Party Guest (uncredited)
1918
- The Answer as Shepard
- Madame Spy as Count Von Ornstorff
- Little Red Decides as Sour Milk
1917
- The Terror as Jimm, the Dope
- '49–'17 as 'Gentleman Jim' Raynor
- Fighting for Love as Ferdinand
- The Saintly Sinner as Undetermined Role
- A Stormy Knight as Dr. Fraser
- Princess Virtue as Emile Carre
- The Soul Herder as The Minister
- Perils of the Secret Service as Prince Feodor (Episode #2)
- Black Orchids
- Love Aflame as Reginald
- The Clash of Steel as Prince Feodor
- Southern Justice as Caleb Talbot
1916
- Hell's Hinges as Bartender (uncredited)
- Kinkaid, Gambler
- The Aryan as (uncredited)
- Bullets and Brown Eyes
1915
- Never Again
- The Disciple as Mob Member