Holmes Herbert
Known for: Acting
Born: July 30, 1882
Died: December 26, 1956
Place of birth: Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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.
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Filmography
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5.9
The Brigand
1952
5.1
At Sword's Point
1952
6.9
The Wild North
1952
5.1
The Unknown Man
1951
4.9
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
1951
6.4
Anne of the Indies
1951
6.6
The Iroquois Trail
1950
6.5
Barbary Pirate
1949
7.0
Post Office Investigator
1949
5.2
Canadian Pacific
1949
5.8
The Lost Tribe
1949
5.8
South of St. Louis
1949
5.8
Jungle Jim
1948
6.3
Family Honeymoon
1948
6.8
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948
6.9
Johnny Belinda
1948
6.3
A Woman's Vengeance
1948
7.0
The Wreck of the Hesperus
1948
7.3
The Swordsman
1948
6.4
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1947
6.1
Singapore
1947
6.0
The Ghost Goes Wild
1947
6.6
Ivy
1947
6.5
Bulldog Drummond at Bay
1947
NR
Over the Santa Fe Trail
1947
5.9
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
1946
6.5
The Verdict
1946
6.6
Dressed to Kill
1946
6.4
Three Strangers
1946
5.5
Confidential Agent
1945
7.0
Swingin' on a Rainbow
1945
6.2
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
1945
5.4
Jealousy
1945
6.9
The House of Fear
1945
5.5
The Mummy's Curse
1944
6.2
Enter Arsène Lupin
1944
7.5
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
1944
5.6
The Unwritten Code
1944
7.1
The Pearl of Death
1944
6.9
The Uninvited
1944
6.4
Calling Dr. Death
1943
6.2
Corvette K-225
1943
7.5
Two Tickets to London
1943
6.7
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
1943
6.4
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
1942
5.8
The Undying Monster
1942
9.0
Strictly in the Groove
1942
5.8
Invisible Agent
1942
5.6
Lady in a Jam
1942
7.0
Danger in the Pacific
1942
6.8
This Above All
1942
5.8
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942
6.9
Man Hunt
1941
7.3
The Letter
1940
4.6
South of Suez
1940
6.3
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940
7.0
Boom Town
1940
7.0
Foreign Correspondent
1940
6.1
Phantom Raiders
1940
5.3
An Angel from Texas
1940
6.3
The Earl of Chicago
1940
5.3
Everything Happens at Night
1939
6.9
We Are Not Alone
1939
6.1
Tower of London
1939
6.3
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939
5.8
British Intelligence
1939
6.7
Rulers of the Sea
1939
6.2
20,000 Men a Year
1939
6.7
Intermezzo: A Love Story
1939
10.0
Hidden Power
1939
6.9
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939
6.4
Stanley and Livingstone
1939
4.2
Bad Boy
1939
7.7
The House of Fear
1939
6.5
Juarez
1939
8.0
Trapped in the Sky
1939
5.5
The Sun Never Sets
1939
4.4
Wolf Call
1939
6.6
The Little Princess
1939
9.0
Mystery of the White Room
1939
5.9
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
1939
5.7
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
1939
7.5
Say It in French
1938
6.6
Marie Antoinette
1938
6.0
Kidnapped
1938
6.4
The Buccaneer
1938
6.5
The Black Doll
1938
5.6
Here's Flash Casey
1938
6.1
The Man Without a Country
1937
6.0
The Girl Said No
1937
5.1
Slave Ship
1937
6.5
The Thirteenth Chair
1937
6.8
The Prince and the Pauper
1937
7.3
Lloyd's of London
1936
5.5
The House of Secrets
1936
8.0
15 Maiden Lane
1936
8.0
The Gentleman from Louisiana
1936
7.2
The White Angel
1936
5.4
Champagne Charlie
1936
5.8
Brilliant Marriage
1936
6.7
Wife vs. Secretary
1936
7.2
Captain Blood
1935
6.7
Accent on Youth
1935
6.2
Mark of the Vampire
1935
7.3
Cardinal Richelieu
1935
5.7
One in a Million
1935
7.0
Sons of Steel
1934
6.0
The Curtain Falls
1934
5.8
The Pursuit of Happiness
1934
6.2
The House of Rothschild
1934
9.0
Beloved
1934
7.5
The Invisible Man
1933
6.5
Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933
9.0
Sister to Judas
1932
5.8
Central Park
1932
5.9
Miss Pinkerton
1932
7.0
Shop Angel
1932
7.2
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931
5.3
Daughter of the Dragon
1931
4.1
Broadminded
1931
7.4
Chances
1931
6.3
The Hot Heiress
1931
7.0
The Single Sin
1931
6.8
The Ship from Shanghai
1930
6.3
Untamed
1929
6.4
The Kiss
1929
5.5
The Thirteenth Chair
1929
8.0
The Careless Age
1929
3.0
Her Private Life
1929
6.3
Madame X
1929
5.5
Say It with Songs
1929
10.0
Careers
1929
4.6
The Charlatan
1929
7.0
On Trial
1928
4.0
Through the Breakers
1928
7.5
The Terror
1928
4.0
The Sporting Age
19287.0
Their Hour
1928
10.0
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1928
9.0
The Silver Slave
1927
7.2
East Side, West Side
1927
8.0
The Gay Retreat
1927
6.3
When a Man Loves
19277.0
Slaves of Beauty
1927
8.0
The Heart of Salome
1927
10.0
Lovers
1927
5.8
Mr. Wu
1927
10.0
One Increasing Purpose
1927
5.0
The Fire Brigade
1926
7.0
Josselyn's Wife
1926
8.0
The Honeymoon Express
1926
5.5
A Woman of the World
1925
8.0
Wreckage
1925
3.0
The Wanderer
19257.0
Wildfire
1925
5.2
Up the Ladder
1925
5.4
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
1925
10.0
Love's Wilderness
1924
8.0
Sinners in Heaven
1924
7.0
Her Own Free Will
1924
8.0
Another Scandal
1924
7.2
The Enchanted Cottage
1924
7.0
I Will Repay
1924
9.0
Week End Husbands
1924
7.0
Toilers of the Sea
1923
NR
A Woman's Woman
1922
8.0
Moonshine Valley
1922
8.0
Divorce Coupons
1922
8.0
Evidence
1922
7.0
A Stage Romance
1922
4.0
Any Wife
1922
7.0
The Family Closet
1921
3.7
The Wild Goose
1921
8.0
Heedless Moths
19219.0
Her Lord and Master
1921
7.0
The Truth About Husbands
1920
6.5
Dead Men Tell No Tales
1920
9.0
The Right to Love
1920
10.0
Lady Rose's Daughter
1920
7.0
My Lady's Garter
1920
3.7
His House in Order
1920
10.0
Black Is White
1920
4.0
On with the Dance
1920
5.6
The ABC of Love
1919
10.0
The Market of Souls
1919
7.0
The White Heather
1919
8.0
Other Men's Wives
1919
4.0
Greater Than Love
1919
10.0
The Rough Neck
1919
9.0
The Divorcee
1919
1.0
The Death Dance
1918
NR
A Doll's House
1918
4.8
The Man Without a Country
1917NR
Her Life and His
19178.0
The Fisherwoman
1915
NR
His Wife
19159.0
The Nest
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