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
- Meet Dr. Christian as Doctor Paul Christian
- Mr. Moto in Danger Island as Mr. Sutter
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
- Tough Guy as Dr. Mulback
- Sins of Man as Christopher Freyman
- Reunion as Dr. John Luke
1935
- Mark of the Vampire as Baron Otto
- Murder in the Fleet as Victor Hanson
- Break of Hearts as Professor Thalma
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
- The Crime of the Century as Dr. Emil Brandt
- Christopher Bean as Rosen
- Song of the Eagle as Otto Hoffman
1932
- Grand Hotel as Senf
- The Mask of Fu Manchu as Von Berg
- Skyscraper Souls as Jake
- The Beast of the City as Samuel "Sam" Belmonte
- Hearts of Humanity as Sol Bloom
- Are You Listening? as George Wagner
- New Morals for Old as James Hallett
- Night Court as Herman the Janitor
- Flesh as Mr. Herman
- Emma as Frederick Smith
- Unashamed as Mr. Schmidt
1931
- Susan Lenox as Karl Ohlin
- Private Lives as Oscar
- The Sin of Madelon Claudet as Dr. Dulac
- Daybreak as Herr Schnabel
- Transatlantic as Rudolph aka Jed Kramer
- The Phantom of Paris as Herman
1930
- Mamba as August Bolte (Mamba)
- The Climax as Luigi Golfanti
- Hell Harbor as Joseph Horngold
- The Cat Creeps as Dr. Patterson
- The Case of Sergeant Grischa as Posnanski
- East Is West as Man
- The Third Alarm as Frank 'Dad' Morton
- Viennese Nights as Herr Hofner, Elsa's Father
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
- The Secret Hour as Tony
- The Battle of the Sexes as William Judson
- 13 Washington Square as 'Deacon' Pyecroft
- Give and Take as John Bauer
- Jazz Mad as Franz Hausmann
1927
- The Wrong Mr. Wright as Seymour White
- Alias The Deacon as George Caswell or The Deacon
1926
- The Greater Glory as Gustav Schmidt
- It Must Be Love as Pop Schmidt
- My Old Dutch as 'Erb 'Uggins
- The Old Soak as Clement Hawley, Sr.
- Flames as Ole Bergson
1925
- Don Q Son of Zorro as Don Fabrique Borusta
- Stella Dallas as Ed Munn
- Dangerous Innocence as Gilchrist
- A Woman's Faith as Jules Cluny
- Fifth Avenue Models as Mr. Jones - a Crook
1924
- Greed as Marcus
- Cheap Kisses as Gustaf Borgstrom
- Sinners in Silk as Dr. Eustace
- The Goldfish as Herman Krauss
- So Big as Aug Hempel
- The Woman on the Jury as Jury Foreman
- Torment as Boris
- The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal Studios
- Her Night of Romance as Joe Diamond
1923
- Jazzmania as Prince Otto of Como
- Souls for Sale as Self - Celebrity Actor
- Red Lights as Ezra Carson
- Quicksands as Ring Member
1922
- Tess of the Storm Country as Ben Letts
- When Romance Rides as Joel Creech
- The Strangers' Banquet as Fiend
- Golden Dreams ... (Assistant Director)
- Heart's Haven as Henry Bird
1921
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse as Prof. von Hartrott (uncredited)
- A Certain Rich Man as Adrian Brownwell
- The Man Of The Forest as Lem Beasley
- The Servant in the House as Manson, The Servant in the House
1920
- The Golden Trail as Harry Teal
- The Red Lane as Vetal Beaulieu
- Merely Mary Ann as Stranger
- The Deceiver
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
- The Saintly Sinner as Undetermined Role
- Fighting for Love as Ferdinand
- '49–'17 as 'Gentleman Jim' Raynor
- The Soul Herder as The Minister
- Black Orchids
- Princess Virtue as Emile Carre
- Southern Justice as Caleb Talbot
- A Stormy Knight as Dr. Fraser
- Love Aflame as Reginald
- Perils of the Secret Service as Prince Feodor (Episode #2)
- The Clash of Steel as Prince Feodor
1916
- Kinkaid, Gambler
- The Aryan as (uncredited)
- Hell's Hinges as Bartender (uncredited)
- Bullets and Brown Eyes
1915
- Never Again
- The Disciple as Mob Member