Holmes Herbert
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Holmes Herbert (born Horace Edward Jenner; 30 July 1882 – 26 December 1956) was an English character actor who appeared in Hollywood films from 1915 to 1952. Herbert immigrated to the United States in 1912. He never made a film in his native country, but appeared in 228 films during his career in the U.S., beginning with stalwart leading roles during the silent era, then numerous supporting roles in classic Hollywood films of the sound era, including Captain Blood (1935), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), The Life of Emile Zola (1937), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), and Foreign Correspondent (1940). He is perhaps best known for his role as Dr. Jekyll's friend Dr. Lanyon in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931), and made something of a career in horror films of the period, appearing in The Terror (1928), The Thirteenth Chair (1929 and 1937), The Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933), The Invisible Man (1933), Mark of the Vampire (1935), Tower of London (1939), The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), The Undying Monster (1942), The Mummy's Curse (1944), and The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951). He also played in several of Universal's cycle of Sherlock Holmes films during the 1940s. Holmes Herbert was married three times. His first wife was actress Beryl Mercer, and his second was Elinor Kershaw Ince, widow of film mogul Thomas H. Ince. Both marriages ended in divorce. Third wife Agnes Bartholomew died, leaving Herbert a widower, in 1955. He died in 1956 at age 74.
Known For
Credits
- 1952 · The Brigand as Archbishop
- 1952 · The Wild North as Magistrate (uncredited)
- 1951 · The Unknown Man as
- 1951 · The Son of Dr. Jekyll as Constable (uncredited)
- 1951 · Anne of the Indies as English Sea Captain
- 1950 · The Iroquois Trail as Gen. Johnson
- 1949 · Barbary Pirate as Thomas Jefferson
- 1949 · Post Office Investigator as James Seeley
- 1949 · Canadian Pacific as Head of Canadian Parliament (uncredited)
- 1949 · The Lost Tribe as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1949 · South of St. Louis as
- 1948 · Jungle Jim as Commissioner Geoffrey Marsden
- 1948 · Family Honeymoon as Rev. Miller (uncredited)
- 1948 · Sorry, Wrong Number as Wilkins (uncredited)
- 1948 · Johnny Belinda as Judge (uncredited)
- 1948 · A Woman's Vengeance as Warder (uncredited)
- 1948 · The Wreck of the Hesperus as Pastor West
- 1948 · The Swordsman as Lord Glowan
- 1947 · Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back as Inspector McIver
- 1947 · Singapore as Rev. Barnes
- 1947 · The Ghost Goes Wild as Judge
- 1947 · Ivy as Mulloy (uncredited)
- 1947 · Bulldog Drummond at Bay as Scotland Yard Inspector McIvar
- 1947 · Over the Santa Fe Trail as Doc Henderson
- 1946 · Love Laughs at Andy Hardy as Dr. White, Minister
- 1946 · The Verdict as Sir William Dawson
- 1946 · Dressed to Kill as Ebenezer Crabtree
- 1946 · Three Strangers as Sir Robert
- 1945 · Confidential Agent as Lord Benditch
- 1945 · Swingin' on a Rainbow as Butler (uncredited)
- 1945 · The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry as
- 1945 · Jealousy as Melvyn Russell
- 1945 · The House of Fear as Alan Cosgrave
- 1944 · The Mummy's Curse as Dr. Cooper
- 1944 · Enter Arsène Lupin as Jobson
- 1944 · Our Hearts Were Young and Gay as Captain (uncredited)
- 1944 · The Unwritten Code as McDowell (uncredited)
- 1944 · The Pearl of Death as James Goodram, courier
- 1944 · The Uninvited as Charlie Jessup
- 1943 · Calling Dr. Death as Bryant, the Butler
- 1943 · Corvette K-225 as Commodore Ramsay
- 1943 · Two Tickets to London as Kilgallen
- 1943 · Sherlock Holmes in Washington as Mr. Ahrens
- 1942 · Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon as Sir Reginald
- 1942 · The Undying Monster as Chief Constable (uncredited)
- 1942 · Strictly in the Groove as Commissioner
- 1942 · Invisible Agent as Sir Alfred Spencer
- 1942 · Danger in the Pacific as Commissioner
- 1942 · This Above All as Dr. Mathias
- 1942 · The Ghost of Frankenstein as Magistrate
- 1941 · Man Hunt as Saul Farnsworthy
- 1940 · The Letter as Robert's Friend at Bar at Party (uncredited)
- 1940 · A Dispatch from Reuters as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
- 1940 · Boom Town as Doctor (uncredited)
- 1940 · Foreign Correspondent as Asst. Commissioner
- 1940 · Phantom Raiders as Sir Edward
- 1940 · An Angel from Texas as Second Banker
- 1940 · The Earl of Chicago as Sergeant-at-Arms (uncredited)
- 1939 · Everything Happens at Night as Featherstone
- 1939 · We Are Not Alone as Police Inspector
- 1939 · Tower of London as Councilman (uncredited)
- 1939 · The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex as Majordomo (uncredited)
- 1939 · British Intelligence as Arthur Bennett
- 1939 · Rulers of the Sea as Member of Naval Company (Uncredited)
- 1939 · 20,000 Men a Year as Dean Norris
- 1939 · Intermezzo: A Love Story as Doctor (Uncredited)
- 1939 · Hidden Power as Dr. Morley
- 1939 · The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes as Justice of the Court
- 1939 · Stanley and Livingstone as Frederick Holcomb
- 1939 · Bad Boy as Mr. McNeil
- 1939 · The House of Fear as Minor Role
- 1939 · Juarez as Marshal Randon (uncredited)
- 1939 · Trapped in the Sky as Fielding
- 1939 · The Sun Never Sets as Colonial Official
- 1939 · Wolf Call as J.L. Winton
- 1939 · The Little Princess as Doctor
- 1939 · Mystery of the White Room as Hospital Administrator
- 1939 · The Mystery of Mr. Wong as Prof. Ed Janney
- 1939 · Mr. Moto's Last Warning as Bentham (uncredited)
- 1938 · Say It in French as Richard Carrington Sr.
- 1938 · Marie Antoinette as Herald (uncredited)
- 1938 · Kidnapped as Judge
- 1938 · The Buccaneer as Captain McWilliams
- 1938 · The Black Doll as Dr. Giddings
- 1938 · Here's Flash Casey as Maj. Addison
- 1937 · The Man Without a Country as Aaron Burr
- 1937 · The Girl Said No as Charles Dillon (scenes deleted)
- 1937 · Slave Ship as Commander
- 1937 · The Thirteenth Chair as Roscoe Crosby
- 1937 · The Prince and the Pauper as First Doctor
- 1936 · Lloyd's of London as Spokesman
- 1936 · The House of Secrets as Sir Bertram Evans - Home Secretary
- 1936 · 15 Maiden Lane as Harold Anderson
- 1936 · The Gentleman from Louisiana as Chief Steward
- 1936 · The White Angel as War Minister (uncredited)
- 1936 · Champagne Charlie as Captain Dell
- 1936 · Brilliant Marriage as Mr. Rodney Allison
- 1936 · Wife vs. Secretary as Frawley (uncredited)
- 1935 · Captain Blood as Capt. Gardner
- 1935 · Accent on Youth as Frank Galloway
- 1935 · Mark of the Vampire as Sir Karell Borotyn
- 1935 · Cardinal Richelieu as Noble
- 1935 · One in a Million as Donald Cabot Sr.
- 1934 · Sons of Steel as Curtis Chadburne
- 1934 · The Curtain Falls as John Scorsby
- 1934 · The Pursuit of Happiness as Gen. Sir Henry Clinton
- 1934 · Beloved as Lord Landslake
- 1933 · The Invisible Man as Chief of Police
- 1933 · Mystery of the Wax Museum as Dr. Rasmussen
- 1932 · Sister to Judas as Bruce Rogers
- 1932 · Central Park as Benefit Emcee (uncredited)
- 1932 · Miss Pinkerton as Arthur Glenn
- 1932 · Shop Angel as James Walton Kennedy
- 1931 · Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Dr. John Lanyon
- 1931 · Daughter of the Dragon as Sir John Petrie
- 1931 · Broadminded as John J. Hackett Sr.
- 1931 · Chances as Maj. Bradford
- 1931 · The Hot Heiress as Mr. Hunter
- 1931 · The Single Sin as Roger Van Dorn
- 1930 · The Ship from Shanghai as Paul Thorpe
- 1929 · Untamed as Howard Presley
- 1929 · The Kiss as Lassalle
- 1929 · The Thirteenth Chair as Sir Roscoe Crosby
- 1929 · The Careless Age as Sir John
- 1929 · Her Private Life as Rudolph Solomon
- 1929 · Madame X as Noel
- 1929 · Say It with Songs as Dr. Robert Merrill
- 1929 · Careers as Carouge
- 1929 · The Charlatan as Peter "Count Merlin" Dwight
- 1928 · On Trial as Gerald Trask
- 1928 · Through the Breakers as Eustis Hobbs
- 1928 · The Terror as Goodman (as Holmes E. Herbert)
- 1928 · The Sporting Age as James Driscoll
- 1928 · Gentlemen Prefer Blondes as Henry Spoffard
- 1927 · The Silver Slave as Tom Richards
- 1927 · East Side, West Side as Gilbert Van Horn
- 1927 · The Gay Retreat as Charles Wright
- 1927 · When a Man Loves as Jean Tiberge
- 1927 · Slaves of Beauty as Leonard Jones
- 1927 · The Heart of Salome as Sir Humphrey
- 1927 · Mr. Wu as Mr. Gregory
- 1927 · One Increasing Purpose as Charles Paris
- 1926 · The Fire Brigade as James Corwin
- 1926 · Josselyn's Wife as Thomas Josselyn
- 1926 · The Honeymoon Express as Jim Donaldson
- 1925 · A Woman of the World as Richard Granger
- 1925 · The Wanderer as Prophet
- 1925 · Up the Ladder as Robert Newhall
- 1925 · Daddy's Gone A-Hunting as
- 1924 · Sinners in Heaven as Hugh Rochedale
- 1924 · The Enchanted Cottage as Major Hillgrove
- 1922 · A Woman's Woman as John Plummer (as Holmes E. Herbert)
- 1922 · Moonshine Valley as Dr. Martin
- 1922 · Evidence as Judge Rowland
- 1922 · Any Wife as Philip Gray
- 1921 · The Wild Goose as Frank Manners (as Holmes E. Herbert)
- 1920 · The Truth About Husbands as Dustan Renshaw
- 1920 · Dead Men Tell No Tales as Squire John Rattray
- 1920 · The Right to Love as Lord Falkland
- 1920 · Lady Rose's Daughter as Jacob Delafield
- 1920 · His House in Order as Filmer Jesson
- 1920 · Black Is White as Jim Brood (as Holmes E. Herbert)
- 1920 · On with the Dance as
- 1919 · The ABC of Love as Harry Bryant
- 1919 · The White Heather as Lord Angus Cameron
- 1919 · The Divorcee as Sir Paradine Fuldes
- 1918 · The Death Dance as Arnold Maitland
- 1918 · A Doll's House as Thorvald Helmar
- 1917 · The Man Without a Country as Lt. Philip Nolan
- 1915 · The Fisherwoman as The Son
- 1915 · His Wife as John Dennys