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
- I'll Give a Million as Victor
- Alexander's Ragtime Band as Prof. Heinrich
- Five of a Kind as Dr. John Luke
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
- Murder in the Fleet as Victor Hanson
- Break of Hearts as Professor Thalma
1934
- The Painted Veil as Herr Koerber
- The Cat and the Fiddle as Professor Bertier
- Men in White as Dr. Hochberg
- The Fountain as Baron von Leyden
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
- Hearts of Humanity as Sol Bloom
- The Mask of Fu Manchu as Von Berg
- The Beast of the City as Samuel "Sam" Belmonte
- New Morals for Old as James Hallett
- Skyscraper Souls as Jake
- Emma as Frederick Smith
- Are You Listening? as George Wagner
- Flesh as Mr. Herman
- Night Court as Herman the Janitor
- Unashamed as Mr. Schmidt
1931
- Susan Lenox as Karl Ohlin
- The Sin of Madelon Claudet as Dr. Dulac
- The Phantom of Paris as Herman
- Transatlantic as Rudolph aka Jed Kramer
- Private Lives as Oscar
- Daybreak as Herr Schnabel
1930
- Mamba as August Bolte (Mamba)
- Hell Harbor as Joseph Horngold
- The Case of Sergeant Grischa as Posnanski
- The Climax as Luigi Golfanti
- The Cat Creeps as Dr. Patterson
- East Is West as Man
- Viennese Nights as Herr Hofner, Elsa's Father
- The Third Alarm as Frank 'Dad' Morton
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 Battle of the Sexes as William Judson
- The Secret Hour as Tony
- 13 Washington Square as 'Deacon' Pyecroft
- Jazz Mad as Franz Hausmann
- Give and Take as John Bauer
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
- 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
- A Woman's Faith as Jules Cluny
- Stella Dallas as Ed Munn
- Fifth Avenue Models as Mr. Jones - a Crook
- Dangerous Innocence as Gilchrist
1924
- Greed as Marcus
- The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal Studios
- Cheap Kisses as Gustaf Borgstrom
- The Woman on the Jury as Jury Foreman
- Her Night of Romance as Joe Diamond
- Sinners in Silk as Dr. Eustace
- Torment as Boris
- The Goldfish as Herman Krauss
- So Big as Aug Hempel
1923
- Jazzmania as Prince Otto of Como
- Souls for Sale as Self - Celebrity Actor
- Quicksands as Ring Member
- Red Lights as Ezra Carson
1922
- Tess of the Storm Country as Ben Letts
- Heart's Haven as Henry Bird
- The Strangers' Banquet as Fiend
- 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
- A Certain Rich Man as Adrian Brownwell
- The Servant in the House as Manson, The Servant in the House
1920
- Merely Mary Ann as Stranger
- The Red Lane as Vetal Beaulieu
- The Golden Trail as Harry Teal
- 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 Clash of Steel as Prince Feodor
- Perils of the Secret Service as Prince Feodor (Episode #2)
- Fighting for Love as Ferdinand
- A Stormy Knight as Dr. Fraser
- '49 – '17 as 'Gentleman Jim' Raynor
- The Saintly Sinner as Undetermined Role
- Black Orchids
- The Soul Herder as The Minister
- Princess Virtue as Emile Carre
- Love Aflame as Reginald
- Southern Justice as Caleb Talbot
1916
- Kinkaid, Gambler
- Hell's Hinges as Bartender (uncredited)
- Bullets and Brown Eyes
- The Aryan as (uncredited)
1915
- Never Again
- The Disciple as Mob Member