Holmes Herbert
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1882-07-30
Day of Death
1956-12-26 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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
Acting
(1952)
The Brigand
as Archbishop
(1952)
The Wild North
as Magistrate (uncredited)
(1951)
(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)
Canadian Pacific
as Head of Canadian Parliament (uncredited)
(1949)
(1949)
Barbary Pirate
as Thomas Jefferson
(1949)
The Lost Tribe
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1949)
Post Office Investigator
as James Seeley
(1948)
Sorry, Wrong Number
as Wilkins (uncredited)
(1948)
Johnny Belinda
as Judge (uncredited)
(1948)
A Woman's Vengeance
as Warder (uncredited)
(1948)
Jungle Jim
as Commissioner Geoffrey Marsden
(1948)
The Swordsman
as Lord Glowan
(1948)
Family Honeymoon
as Rev. Miller (uncredited)
(1948)
The Wreck of the Hesperus
as Pastor West
(1947)
Ivy
as Mulloy (uncredited)
(1947)
The Ghost Goes Wild
as Judge
(1947)
Singapore
as Rev. Barnes
(1947)
Bulldog Drummond at Bay
as Scotland Yard Inspector McIvar
(1947)
Over the Santa Fe Trail
as Doc Henderson
(1947)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as Inspector McIver
(1946)
Dressed to Kill
as Ebenezer Crabtree
(1946)
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
as Dr. White, Minister
(1946)
Three Strangers
as Sir Robert
(1946)
The Verdict
as Sir William Dawson
(1945)
The House of Fear
as Alan Cosgrave
(1945)
(1945)
Confidential Agent
as Lord Benditch
(1945)
Swingin' on a Rainbow
as Butler (uncredited)
(1945)
Jealousy
as Melvyn Russell
(1944)
The Pearl of Death
as James Goodram, courier
(1944)
The Uninvited
as Charlie Jessup
(1944)
The Mummy's Curse
as Dr. Cooper
(1944)
The Unwritten Code
as McDowell (uncredited)
(1944)
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
as Captain (uncredited)
(1944)
Enter Arsène Lupin
as Jobson
(1943)
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as Mr. Ahrens
(1943)
Calling Dr. Death
as Bryant, the Butler
(1943)
Two Tickets to London
as Kilgallen
(1943)
Corvette K-225
as Commodore Ramsay
(1942)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
as Sir Reginald
(1942)
Invisible Agent
as Sir Alfred Spencer
(1942)
The Ghost of Frankenstein
as Magistrate
(1942)
The Undying Monster
as Chief Constable (uncredited)
(1942)
This Above All
as Dr. Mathias
(1942)
Danger in the Pacific
as Commissioner
(1942)
Lady in a Jam
as Man at Auction (uncredited)
(1942)
Strictly in the Groove
as Commissioner
(1941)
Man Hunt
as Saul Farnsworthy
(1940)
Foreign Correspondent
as Asst. Commissioner
(1940)
The Letter
as Robert's Friend at Bar at Party (uncredited)
(1940)
Boom Town
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1940)
Phantom Raiders
as Sir Edward
(1940)
A Dispatch from Reuters
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
(1940)
An Angel from Texas
as Second Banker
(1940)
The Earl of Chicago
as Sergeant-at-Arms (uncredited)
(1939)
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
as Prof. Ed Janney
(1939)
The Little Princess
as Doctor
(1939)
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
as Majordomo (uncredited)
(1939)
Tower of London
as Councilman (uncredited)
(1939)
Intermezzo: A Love Story
as Doctor (Uncredited)
(1939)
The Sun Never Sets
as Colonial Official
(1939)
British Intelligence
as Arthur Bennett
(1939)
20,000 Men a Year
as Dean Norris
(1939)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Justice of the Court
(1939)
Juarez
as Marshal Randon (uncredited)
(1939)
We Are Not Alone
as Police Inspector
(1939)
Stanley and Livingstone
as Frederick Holcomb
(1939)
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
as Bentham (uncredited)
(1939)
Rulers of the Sea
as Member of Naval Company (Uncredited)
(1939)
Wolf Call
as J.L. Winton
(1939)
Mystery of the White Room
as Hospital Administrator
(1939)
Everything Happens at Night
as Featherstone
(1939)
Trapped in the Sky
as Fielding
(1939)
Hidden Power
as Dr. Morley
(1939)
The House of Fear
as Minor Role
(1939)
Bad Boy
as Mr. McNeil
(1938)
Marie Antoinette
as Herald (uncredited)
(1938)
The Buccaneer
as Captain McWilliams
(1938)
Say It in French
as Richard Carrington Sr.
(1938)
The Black Doll
as Dr. Giddings
(1938)
Kidnapped
as Judge
(1938)
Here's Flash Casey
as Maj. Addison
(1937)
The Prince and the Pauper
as First Doctor
(1937)
The Thirteenth Chair
as Roscoe Crosby
(1937)
Slave Ship
as Commander
(1937)
The Man Without a Country
as Aaron Burr
(1937)
The Girl Said No
as Charles Dillon (scenes deleted)
(1936)
Lloyd's of London
as Spokesman
(1936)
Wife vs. Secretary
as Frawley (uncredited)
(1936)
The House of Secrets
as Sir Bertram Evans - Home Secretary
(1936)
The White Angel
as War Minister (uncredited)
(1936)
15 Maiden Lane
as Harold Anderson
(1936)
Champagne Charlie
as Captain Dell
(1936)
Brilliant Marriage
as Mr. Rodney Allison
(1936)
The Gentleman from Louisiana
as Chief Steward
(1935)
Mark of the Vampire
as Sir Karell Borotyn
(1935)
Captain Blood
as Capt. Gardner
(1935)
Cardinal Richelieu
as Noble
(1935)
One in a Million
as Donald Cabot Sr.
(1935)
Accent on Youth
as Frank Galloway
(1934)
The House of Rothschild
as Rowerth
(1934)
The Curtain Falls
as John Scorsby
(1934)
The Pursuit of Happiness
as Gen. Sir Henry Clinton
(1934)
Beloved
as Lord Landslake
(1934)
Sons of Steel
as Curtis Chadburne
(1933)
The Invisible Man
as Chief of Police
(1933)
Mystery of the Wax Museum
as Dr. Rasmussen
(1932)
Miss Pinkerton
as Arthur Glenn
(1932)
Central Park
as Benefit Emcee (uncredited)
(1932)
Sister to Judas
as Bruce Rogers
(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)
The Hot Heiress
as Mr. Hunter
(1931)
The Single Sin
as Roger Van Dorn
(1931)
Chances
as Maj. Bradford
(1930)
The Ship from Shanghai
as Paul Thorpe
(1929)
Madame X
as Noel
(1929)
Untamed
as Howard Presley
(1929)
The Kiss
as Lassalle
(1929)
Say It with Songs
as Dr. Robert Merrill
(1929)
The Thirteenth Chair
as Sir Roscoe Crosby
(1929)
The Careless Age
as Sir John
(1929)
The Charlatan
as Peter "Count Merlin" Dwight
(1929)
Careers
as Carouge
(1929)
Her Private Life
as Rudolph Solomon
(1928)
The Terror
as Goodman (as Holmes E. Herbert)
(1928)
On Trial
as Gerald Trask
(1928)
The Sporting Age
as James Driscoll
(1928)
Through the Breakers
as Eustis Hobbs
(1928)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
as Henry Spoffard
(1927)
One Increasing Purpose
as Charles Paris
(1927)
Mr. Wu
as Mr. Gregory
(1927)
The Silver Slave
as Tom Richards
(1927)
The Gay Retreat
as Charles Wright
(1927)
When a Man Loves
as Jean Tiberge
(1927)
Slaves of Beauty
as Leonard Jones
(1927)
East Side, West Side
as Gilbert Van Horn
(1927)
The Heart of Salome
as Sir Humphrey
(1926)
The Honeymoon Express
as Jim Donaldson
(1926)
Josselyn's Wife
as Thomas Josselyn
(1926)
The Fire Brigade
as James Corwin
(1925)
(1925)
The Wanderer
as Prophet
(1925)
A Woman of the World
as Richard Granger
(1925)
Up the Ladder
as Robert Newhall
(1924)
The Enchanted Cottage
as Major Hillgrove
(1924)
Sinners in Heaven
as Hugh Rochedale
(1924)
I Will Repay
as Sir Percy Blakeney
(1924)
Another Scandal
as Pelham Franklin
(1924)
Her Own Free Will
as Peter Craddock
(1922)
Moonshine Valley
as Dr. Martin
(1922)
Evidence
as Judge Rowland
(1922)
A Woman's Woman
as John Plummer (as Holmes E. Herbert)
(1922)
Any Wife
as Philip Gray
(1922)
A Stage Romance
as Prince of Wales
(1922)
Divorce Coupons
as Roland Bland
(1921)
Her Lord and Master
as R. Honorable Thurston Ralph, Viscount Canning
(1921)
The Wild Goose
as Frank Manners (as Holmes E. Herbert)
(1921)
The Family Closet
as Alfred Dinsmore
(1920)
The Right to Love
as Lord Falkland
(1920)
The Truth About Husbands
as Dustan Renshaw
(1920)
(1920)
Black Is White
as Jim Brood (as Holmes E. Herbert)
(1920)
My Lady's Garter
as Henry Van Derp, aka The Hawk
(1920)
His House in Order
as Filmer Jesson
(1920)
Lady Rose's Daughter
as Jacob Delafield
(1920)
Dead Men Tell No Tales
as Squire John Rattray
(1919)
The Divorcee
as Sir Paradine Fuldes
(1919)
Greater Than Love
as James Bruton
(1919)
The White Heather
as Lord Angus Cameron
(1919)
The ABC of Love
as Harry Bryant
(1919)
Other Men's Wives
as Fenwick Flint
(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