Holmes Herbert

Biography

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

The Invisible Man

Captain Blood

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Sorry, Wrong Number

Foreign Correspondent

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

The Letter

All Movies (197)

• The Brigand1952 · as Archbishop
• At Sword's Point1952
• The Wild North1952 · as Magistrate (uncredited)
• The Unknown Man1951 · as (uncredited)
• The Son of Dr. Jekyll1951 · as Constable (uncredited)
• Anne of the Indies1951 · as English Sea Captain
• The Iroquois Trail1950 · as Gen. Johnson
• Barbary Pirate1949 · as Thomas Jefferson
• Post Office Investigator1949 · as James Seeley
• Canadian Pacific1949 · as Head of Canadian Parliament (uncredited)
• The Lost Tribe1949 · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• South of St. Louis1949
• Jungle Jim1948 · as Commissioner Geoffrey Marsden
• Family Honeymoon1948 · as Rev. Miller (uncredited)
• Sorry, Wrong Number1948 · as Wilkins (uncredited)
• Johnny Belinda1948 · as Judge (uncredited)
• A Woman's Vengeance1948 · as Warder (uncredited)
• The Wreck of the Hesperus1948 · as Pastor West
• The Swordsman1948 · as Lord Glowan
• Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back1947 · as Inspector McIver
• Singapore1947 · as Rev. Barnes
• The Ghost Goes Wild1947 · as Judge
• Ivy1947 · as Mulloy (uncredited)
• Bulldog Drummond at Bay1947 · as Scotland Yard Inspector McIvar
• Over the Santa Fe Trail1947 · as Doc Henderson
• Love Laughs at Andy Hardy1946 · as Dr. White, Minister
• The Verdict1946 · as Sir William Dawson
• Dressed to Kill1946 · as Ebenezer Crabtree
• Three Strangers1946 · as Sir Robert (uncredited)
• Confidential Agent1945 · as Lord Benditch
• Swingin' on a Rainbow1945 · as Butler (uncredited)
• The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry1945
• Jealousy1945 · as Melvyn Russell
• The House of Fear1945 · as Alan Cosgrave
• The Mummy's Curse1944 · as Dr. Cooper
• Enter Arsène Lupin1944 · as Jobson
• Our Hearts Were Young and Gay1944 · as Captain (uncredited)
• The Unwritten Code1944 · as McDowell (uncredited)
• The Pearl of Death1944 · as James Goodram, courier
• The Uninvited1944 · as Charlie Jessup
• Calling Dr. Death1943 · as Bryant, the Butler
• Corvette K-2251943 · as Commodore Ramsay
• Two Tickets to London1943 · as Kilgallen
• Sherlock Holmes in Washington1943 · as Mr. Ahrens
• Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon1942 · as Sir Reginald
• The Undying Monster1942 · as Chief Constable (uncredited)
• Strictly in the Groove1942 · as Commissioner
• Invisible Agent1942 · as Sir Alfred Spencer
• Lady in a Jam1942 · as Man at Auction (uncredited)
• Danger in the Pacific1942 · as Commissioner
• This Above All1942 · as Dr. Mathias
• The Ghost of Frankenstein1942 · as Magistrate
• Man Hunt1941 · as Saul Farnsworthy
• The Letter1940 · as Robert's Friend at Bar at Party (uncredited)
• South of Suez1940 · as Simpson
• A Dispatch from Reuters1940 · as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
• Boom Town1940 · as Doctor (uncredited)
• Foreign Correspondent1940 · as Asst. Commissioner
• Phantom Raiders1940 · as Sir Edward
• An Angel from Texas1940 · as Second Banker
• The Earl of Chicago1940 · as Sergeant-at-Arms (uncredited)
• Everything Happens at Night1939 · as Featherstone
• We Are Not Alone1939 · as Police Inspector
• Tower of London1939 · as Councilman (uncredited)
• The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex1939 · as Majordomo (uncredited)
• British Intelligence1939 · as Arthur Bennett
• Rulers of the Sea1939 · as Member of Naval Company (Uncredited)
• 20,000 Men a Year1939 · as Dean Norris
• Intermezzo: A Love Story1939 · as Doctor (Uncredited)
• Hidden Power1939 · as Dr. Morley
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes1939 · as Justice of the Court
• Stanley and Livingstone1939 · as Frederick Holcomb
• Bad Boy1939 · as Mr. McNeil
• The House of Fear1939 · as Minor Role
• Juarez1939 · as Marshal Randon (uncredited)
• Trapped in the Sky1939 · as Fielding
• The Sun Never Sets1939 · as Colonial Official
• Wolf Call1939 · as J.L. Winton
• The Little Princess1939 · as Doctor
• Mystery of the White Room1939 · as Hospital Administrator
• The Mystery of Mr. Wong1939 · as Prof. Ed Janney
• Mr. Moto's Last Warning1939 · as Bentham (uncredited)
• Say It in French1938 · as Richard Carrington Sr.
• Marie Antoinette1938 · as Herald (uncredited)
• Kidnapped1938 · as Judge
• The Buccaneer1938 · as Captain McWilliams
• The Black Doll1938 · as Dr. Giddings
• Here's Flash Casey1938 · as Maj. Addison
• The Man Without a Country1937 · as Aaron Burr
• The Girl Said No1937 · as Charles Dillon (scenes deleted)
• Slave Ship1937 · as Commander
• The Thirteenth Chair1937 · as Governor Sir Roscoe Crosby
• The Prince and the Pauper1937 · as First Doctor
• Lloyd's of London1936 · as Spokesman
• The House of Secrets1936 · as Sir Bertram Evans - Home Secretary
• 15 Maiden Lane1936 · as Harold Anderson
• The Gentleman from Louisiana1936 · as Chief Steward
• The White Angel1936 · as War Minister (uncredited)
• Champagne Charlie1936 · as Captain Dell
• Brilliant Marriage1936 · as Mr. Rodney Allison
• Wife vs. Secretary1936 · as Frawley (uncredited)
• Captain Blood1935 · as Capt. Gardner
• Accent on Youth1935 · as Frank Galloway
• Mark of the Vampire1935 · as Sir Karell Borotyn
• Cardinal Richelieu1935 · as Noble
• One in a Million1935 · as Donald Cabot Sr.
• Sons of Steel1934 · as Curtis Chadburne
• The Curtain Falls1934 · as John Scorsby
• The Pursuit of Happiness1934 · as Gen. Sir Henry Clinton
• The House of Rothschild1934 · as Rowerth
• Beloved1934 · as Lord Landslake
• The Invisible Man1933 · as Chief of Police
• Mystery of the Wax Museum1933 · as Dr. Rasmussen
• Sister to Judas1932 · as Bruce Rogers
• Central Park1932 · as Benefit Emcee (uncredited)
• Miss Pinkerton1932 · as Arthur Glenn
• Shop Angel1932 · as James Walton Kennedy
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde1931 · as Dr. John Lanyon
• Daughter of the Dragon1931 · as Sir John Petrie
• Broadminded1931 · as John J. Hackett Sr.
• Chances1931 · as Maj. Bradford
• The Hot Heiress1931 · as Mr. Hunter
• The Single Sin1931 · as Roger Van Dorn
• The Ship from Shanghai1930 · as Paul Thorpe
• Untamed1929 · as Howard Presley
• The Kiss1929 · as Lassalle
• The Thirteenth Chair1929 · as Sir Roscoe Crosby
• The Careless Age1929 · as Sir John
• Her Private Life1929 · as Rudolph Solomon
• Madame X1929 · as Noel
• Say It with Songs1929 · as Dr. Robert Merrill
• Careers1929 · as Carouge
• The Charlatan1929 · as Peter "Count Merlin" Dwight
• On Trial1928 · as Gerald Trask
• Through the Breakers1928 · as Eustis Hobbs
• The Terror1928 · as Goodman
• The Sporting Age1928 · as James Driscoll
• Their Hour1928 · as Cora's Father
• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes1928 · as Henry Spoffard
• The Silver Slave1927 · as Tom Richards
• East Side, West Side1927 · as Gilbert Van Horn
• The Gay Retreat1927 · as Charles Wright
• When a Man Loves1927 · as Jean Tiberge
• Slaves of Beauty1927 · as Leonard Jones
• The Heart of Salome1927 · as Sir Humphrey
• Lovers1927 · as Milton
• Mr. Wu1927 · as Mr. Gregory
• One Increasing Purpose1927 · as Charles Paris
• The Fire Brigade1926 · as James Corwin
• Josselyn's Wife1926 · as Thomas Josselyn
• The Honeymoon Express1926 · as Jim Donaldson
• A Woman of the World1925 · as Richard Granger
• Wreckage1925 · as Stuart Ames
• The Wanderer1925 · as Prophet
• Wildfire1925 · as Garrison
• Up the Ladder1925 · as Robert Newhall
• Daddy's Gone A-Hunting1925
• Love's Wilderness1924 · as David Tennant
• Sinners in Heaven1924 · as Hugh Rochedale
• Her Own Free Will1924 · as Peter Craddock
• Another Scandal1924 · as Pelham Franklin
• The Enchanted Cottage1924 · as Major Hillgrove
• I Will Repay1924 · as Sir Percy Blakeney
• Week End Husbands1924 · as William Randall
• Toilers of the Sea1923 · as Sandro
• A Woman's Woman1922 · as John Plummer (as Holmes E. Herbert)
• Moonshine Valley1922 · as Dr. Martin
• Divorce Coupons1922 · as Roland Bland
• Evidence1922 · as Judge Rowland
• A Stage Romance1922 · as Prince of Wales
• Any Wife1922 · as Philip Gray
• The Family Closet1921 · as Alfred Dinsmore
• The Wild Goose1921 · as Frank Manners (as Holmes E. Herbert)
• Heedless Moths1921 · as The Sculptor
• Her Lord and Master1921 · as R. Honorable Thurston Ralph, Viscount Canning
• The Truth About Husbands1920 · as Dustan Renshaw
• Dead Men Tell No Tales1920 · as Squire John Rattray
• The Right to Love1920 · as Lord Falkland
• Lady Rose's Daughter1920 · as Jacob Delafield
• My Lady's Garter1920 · as Henry Van Derp, aka The Hawk
• His House in Order1920 · as Filmer Jesson
• Black Is White1920 · as Jim Brood (as Holmes E. Herbert)
• On with the Dance1920
• The ABC of Love1919 · as Harry Bryant
• The Market of Souls1919 · as Temple Bane
• The White Heather1919 · as Lord Angus Cameron
• Other Men's Wives1919 · as Fenwick Flint
• Greater Than Love1919 · as James Bruton
• The Rough Neck1919 · as A Half-Breed Indian
• The Divorcee1919 · as Sir Paradine Fuldes
• The Death Dance1918 · as Arnold Maitland
• A Doll's House1918 · as Thorvald Helmar
• The Man Without a Country1917 · as Lt. Philip Nolan
• Her Life and His1917 · as Ralph Howard
• The Fisherwoman1915 · as The Son
• His Wife1915 · as John Dennys
• The Nest— · as Richard Elliot