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
- Melody for Three as Doctor Paul Christian
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
- They Meet Again as Doctor Paul Christian
1940
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self
- Dr. Christian Meets the Women as Doctor Paul Christian
- Remedy for Riches as Doctor Paul Christian
- The Courageous Dr. Christian as Doctor Paul Christian
1939
- Mr. Moto in Danger Island as Mr. Sutter
- Meet Dr. Christian as Doctor Paul Christian
1938
- Alexander's Ragtime Band as Prof. Heinrich
- I'll Give a Million as Victor
- Happy Landing as Lars Ericksen
- 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
- Tough Guy as Dr. Mulback
- The Country Doctor as Dr. John Luke
- Reunion as Dr. John Luke
- Sins of Man as Christopher Freyman
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
- Men in White as Dr. Hochberg
- The Fountain as Baron von Leyden
- The Cat and the Fiddle as Professor Bertier
1933
- Dinner at Eight as Jo Stengel
- Christopher Bean as Rosen
- Song of the Eagle as Otto Hoffman
- The Crime of the Century as Dr. Emil Brandt
1932
- Grand Hotel as Senf
- The Mask of Fu Manchu as Von Berg
- Emma as Frederick Smith
- Night Court as Herman the Janitor
- Skyscraper Souls as Jake
- The Beast of the City as Samuel "Sam" Belmonte
- Flesh as Mr. Herman
- New Morals for Old as James Hallett
- Are You Listening? as George Wagner
- Hearts of Humanity as Sol Bloom
- Unashamed as Mr. Schmidt
1931
- Private Lives as Oscar
- The Sin of Madelon Claudet as Dr. Dulac
- Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) as Karl Ohlin
- Transatlantic as Rudolph aka Jed Kramer
- Daybreak as Herr Schnabel
- The Phantom of Paris as Herman
1930
- Hell Harbor as Joseph Horngold
- East Is West as Man
- The Third Alarm as Frank 'Dad' Morton
- Viennese Nights as Herr Hofner, Elsa's Father
- Mamba as August Bolte (Mamba)
- The Case of Sergeant Grischa as Posnanski
- The Cat Creeps as Dr. Patterson
- The Climax as Luigi Golfanti
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
- Jazz Mad as Franz Hausmann
- Give and Take as John Bauer
- The Battle of the Sexes as William Judson
- Abie's Irish Rose as Solomon Levy
- 13 Washington Square as 'Deacon' Pyecroft
- The Secret Hour as Tony
1927
- The Wrong Mr. Wright as Seymour White
- Alias The Deacon as George Caswell or The Deacon
1926
- The Greater Glory as Gustav Schmidt
- The Old Soak as Clement Hawley, Sr.
- Flames as Ole Bergson
- My Old Dutch as 'Erb 'Uggins
- It Must Be Love as Pop Schmidt
1925
- Don Q Son of Zorro as Don Fabrique Borusta
- Stella Dallas as Ed Munn
- Fifth Avenue Models as Mr. Jones - a Crook
- Dangerous Innocence as Gilchrist
- A Woman's Faith as Jules Cluny
1924
- Greed as Marcus
- The Goldfish as Herman Krauss
- Torment as Boris
- So Big as Aug Hempel
- The Woman on the Jury as Jury Foreman
- The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal Studios
- Her Night of Romance as Joe Diamond
- Cheap Kisses as Gustaf Borgstrom
- Sinners in Silk as Dr. Eustace
1923
- Souls for Sale as Self - Celebrity Actor
- Quicksands as Ring Member
- Jazzmania as Prince Otto of Como
- Red Lights as Ezra Carson
1922
- The Strangers' Banquet as Fiend
- Tess of the Storm Country as Ben Letts
- Golden Dreams ... (Assistant Director)
- When Romance Rides as Joel Creech
- Heart's Haven as Henry Bird
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
- The Red Lane as Vetal Beaulieu
- The Deceiver
- The Golden Trail as Harry Teal
- Merely Mary Ann as Stranger
1919
- Love's Prisoner as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Whom the Gods Would Destroy
1918
- Madame Spy as Count Von Ornstorff
- Little Red Decides as Sour Milk
- The Answer as Shepard
1917
- Princess Virtue as Emile Carre
- Fighting for Love as Ferdinand
- The Soul Herder as The Minister
- '49–'17 as 'Gentleman Jim' Raynor
- The Saintly Sinner as Undetermined Role
- A Stormy Knight as Dr. Fraser
- Love Aflame as Reginald
- The Terror as Jimm, the Dope
- Southern Justice as Caleb Talbot
- Perils of the Secret Service as Prince Feodor (Episode #2)
- The Clash of Steel as Prince Feodor
- Black Orchids
1916
- Hell's Hinges as Bartender (uncredited)
- Bullets and Brown Eyes
- The Aryan as (uncredited)
- Kinkaid, Gambler
1915
- The Disciple as Mob Member
- Never Again