Phillips Holmes

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Phillips Raymond Holmes (July 22, 1907 – August 12, 1942) was an American actor. In 1928 Holmes was spotted in the undergraduate crowd at Princeton University during the filming of Frank Tuttle's Varsity and offered a screen test. In the early 1930s he became a popular leading man, playing leads in a few important productions, notably in Josef von Sternberg's An American Tragedy. At Paramount, Holmes starred in melodrama and comedy. In 1933 his Paramount contract ran out and he moved to MGM for one year. As the decade progressed, his career declined, and he appeared in a few box-office failures, including Sam Goldwyn's poorly received Nana (1934). His last American movie was General Spanky (1936). In 1938 Holmes appeared in two UK movies. Housemaster was his last film. Then he returned to acting on stage in the United States. At the start of World War II, Holmes joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was killed in a mid-air collision in northwest Ontario, Canada in 1942. For his contributions to the film industry, Phillips Holmes was posthumously given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.

Known For

Dinner at Eight

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

Penthouse

Stage Mother

The Big Parade of Comedy

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Man to Man

Make Me a Star

All Movies (48)

• The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind1988 · as Self (archive footage)
• Hollywood: The Dream Factory1972 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Big Parade of Comedy1964 · as Ernest DeGraff in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. footage) (uncredited)
• Housemaster1938 · as Philip de Pourville
• The Dominant Sex1937 · as Dick Shale
• General Spanky1936 · as Marshall Valient
• The House of a Thousand Candles1936 · as Tony Carleton
• Chatterbox1936 · as Philip 'Phil' Greene Jr.
• Ten Minute Alibi1935 · as Colin Derwent
• The Divine Spark1935 · as Vincenzo Bellini
• Caravan1934 · as Lieutenant Von Tokay
• Great Expectations1934 · as Pip
• No Ransom1934 · as Tom Wilson
• Million Dollar Ransom1934 · as Stan Casserly
• Nana1934 · as Lieutenant George Muffat
• Dinner at Eight1933 · as Ernest DeGraff
• Stage Mother1933 · as Lord Reggie Aylesworth
• Penthouse1933 · as Tom Siddall
• Beauty for Sale1933 · as Burt Barton
• The Big Brain1933 · as Terry Van Sloan
• Storm at Daybreak1933 · as Csaholyi
• Looking Forward1933 · as Michael Service
• Men Must Fight1933 · as Bob Seward
• The Secret of Madame Blanche1933 · as Leonard St. John
• 70,000 Witnesses1932 · as Buck Buchan
• Make Me a Star1932 · as Phillips Holmes (uncredited)
• Night Court1932 · as Mike Thomas
• Broken Lullaby1932 · as Paul Renard
• Two Kinds of Women1932 · as Joseph Gresham Jr.
• An American Tragedy1931 · as Clyde Griffiths
• Confessions of a Co-Ed1931 · as Dan Carter
• The House That Shadows Built1931 · as (archive footage)
• Stolen Heaven1931 · as Joe Bartlett
• The Criminal Code1931 · as Robert Graham
• Man to Man1930 · as Michael Bolton
• The Dancers1930 · as Tony
• Her Man1930 · as Dan
• Grumpy1930 · as Ernest Heron
• The Devil's Holiday1930 · as David Stone
• Paramount on Parade1930 · as Hunter ('Dream Girl')
• Only the Brave1930 · as Capt. Robert Darrington
• Pointed Heels1929 · as Donald Ogden
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes1929 · as Roger Longmore
• Stairs of Sand1929 · as Adam Wansfell (as Phillips R. Holmes)
• The Wild Party1929 · as Phil
• His Private Life1928 · as Pierrot (uncredited)
• Varsity1928 · as Middlebrook
• Uneasy Money1918 · as Caddy (uncredited)