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)
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
as Constable (uncredited)
(1951)
(1951)
Anne of the Indies
as English Sea Captain
(1950)
The Iroquois Trail
as Gen. Johnson
(1949)
The Lost Tribe
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1949)
Barbary Pirate
as Thomas Jefferson
(1949)
(1949)
Canadian Pacific
as Head of Canadian Parliament (uncredited)
(1949)
Post Office Investigator
as James Seeley
(1948)
Johnny Belinda
as Judge (uncredited)
(1948)
Sorry, Wrong Number
as Wilkins (uncredited)
(1948)
A Woman's Vengeance
as Warder (uncredited)
(1948)
The Wreck of the Hesperus
as Pastor West
(1948)
The Swordsman
as Lord Glowan
(1948)
Family Honeymoon
as Rev. Miller (uncredited)
(1948)
Jungle Jim
as Commissioner Geoffrey Marsden
(1947)
Over the Santa Fe Trail
as Doc Henderson
(1947)
Ivy
as Mulloy (uncredited)
(1947)
Singapore
as Rev. Barnes
(1947)
The Ghost Goes Wild
as Judge
(1947)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as Inspector McIver
(1947)
Bulldog Drummond at Bay
as Scotland Yard Inspector McIvar
(1946)
The Verdict
as Sir William Dawson
(1946)
Three Strangers
as Sir Robert (uncredited)
(1946)
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
as Dr. White, Minister
(1946)
Dressed to Kill
as Ebenezer Crabtree
(1945)
Swingin' on a Rainbow
as Butler (uncredited)
(1945)
Jealousy
as Melvyn Russell
(1945)
(1945)
The House of Fear
as Alan Cosgrave
(1945)
Confidential Agent
as Lord Benditch
(1944)
The Unwritten Code
as McDowell (uncredited)
(1944)
The Uninvited
as Charlie Jessup
(1944)
The Pearl of Death
as James Goodram, courier
(1944)
Enter Arsène Lupin
as Jobson
(1944)
The Mummy's Curse
as Dr. Cooper
(1944)
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
as Captain (uncredited)
(1943)
Corvette K-225
as Commodore Ramsay
(1943)
Calling Dr. Death
as Bryant, the Butler
(1943)
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as Mr. Ahrens
(1943)
Two Tickets to London
as Kilgallen
(1942)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
as Sir Reginald
(1942)
Strictly in the Groove
as Commissioner
(1942)
The Undying Monster
as Chief Constable (uncredited)
(1942)
Lady in a Jam
as Man at Auction (uncredited)
(1942)
Invisible Agent
as Sir Alfred Spencer
(1942)
Danger in the Pacific
as Commissioner
(1942)
The Ghost of Frankenstein
as Magistrate
(1942)
This Above All
as Dr. Mathias
(1941)
Man Hunt
as Saul Farnsworthy
(1940)
The Earl of Chicago
as Sergeant-at-Arms (uncredited)
(1940)
Foreign Correspondent
as Asst. Commissioner
(1940)
A Dispatch from Reuters
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
(1940)
Phantom Raiders
as Sir Edward
(1940)
Boom Town
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1940)
The Letter
as Robert's Friend at Bar at Party (uncredited)
(1940)
An Angel from Texas
as Second Banker
(1939)
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
as Majordomo (uncredited)
(1939)
The Little Princess
as Doctor
(1939)
Tower of London
as Councilman (uncredited)
(1939)
Hidden Power
as Dr. Morley
(1939)
Wolf Call
as J.L. Winton
(1939)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Justice of the Court
(1939)
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
as Prof. Ed Janney
(1939)
Rulers of the Sea
as Member of Naval Company (Uncredited)
(1939)
20,000 Men a Year
as Dean Norris
(1939)
Juarez
as Marshal Randon (uncredited)
(1939)
The House of Fear
as Minor Role
(1939)
Intermezzo: A Love Story
as Doctor (Uncredited)
(1939)
Stanley and Livingstone
as Frederick Holcomb
(1939)
Bad Boy
as Mr. McNeil
(1939)
Everything Happens at Night
as Featherstone
(1939)
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
as Bentham (uncredited)
(1939)
Trapped in the Sky
as Fielding
(1939)
We Are Not Alone
as Police Inspector
(1939)
British Intelligence
as Arthur Bennett
(1939)
Mystery of the White Room
as Hospital Administrator
(1939)
The Sun Never Sets
as Colonial Official
(1938)
Say It in French
as Richard Carrington Sr.
(1938)
The Black Doll
as Dr. Giddings
(1938)
The Buccaneer
as Captain McWilliams
(1938)
Marie Antoinette
as Herald (uncredited)
(1938)
Kidnapped
as Judge
(1938)
Here's Flash Casey
as Maj. Addison
(1937)
Slave Ship
as Commander
(1937)
The Prince and the Pauper
as First Doctor
(1937)
The Man Without a Country
as Aaron Burr
(1937)
The Girl Said No
as Charles Dillon (scenes deleted)
(1937)
The Thirteenth Chair
as Roscoe Crosby
(1936)
Lloyd's of London
as Spokesman
(1936)
The Gentleman from Louisiana
as Chief Steward
(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 House of Secrets
as Sir Bertram Evans - Home Secretary
(1936)
Wife vs. Secretary
as Frawley (uncredited)
(1935)
Cardinal Richelieu
as Noble
(1935)
Captain Blood
as Capt. Gardner
(1935)
Accent on Youth
as Frank Galloway
(1935)
Mark of the Vampire
as Sir Karell Borotyn
(1935)
One in a Million
as Donald Cabot Sr.
(1934)
The Pursuit of Happiness
as Gen. Sir Henry Clinton
(1934)
Sons of Steel
as Curtis Chadburne
(1934)
Beloved
as Lord Landslake
(1934)
The House of Rothschild
as Rowerth
(1934)
The Curtain Falls
as John Scorsby
(1933)
The Invisible Man
as Chief of Police
(1933)
Mystery of the Wax Museum
as Dr. Rasmussen
(1932)
Central Park
as Benefit Emcee (uncredited)
(1932)
Miss Pinkerton
as Arthur Glenn
(1932)
Shop Angel
as James Walton Kennedy
(1932)
Sister to Judas
as Bruce Rogers
(1931)
Daughter of the Dragon
as Sir John Petrie
(1931)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. John Lanyon
(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)
The Thirteenth Chair
as Sir Roscoe Crosby
(1929)
The Kiss
as Lassalle
(1929)
The Charlatan
as Peter "Count Merlin" Dwight
(1929)
Careers
as Carouge
(1929)
Untamed
as Howard Presley
(1929)
Her Private Life
as Rudolph Solomon
(1929)
The Careless Age
as Sir John
(1929)
Say It with Songs
as Dr. Robert Merrill
(1929)
Madame X
as Noel
(1928)
The Sporting Age
as James Driscoll
(1928)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
as Henry Spoffard
(1928)
The Terror
as Goodman
(1928)
Through the Breakers
as Eustis Hobbs
(1928)
On Trial
as Gerald Trask
(1927)
One Increasing Purpose
as Charles Paris
(1927)
The Gay Retreat
as Charles Wright
(1927)
The Heart of Salome
as Sir Humphrey
(1927)
Mr. Wu
as Mr. Gregory
(1927)
Slaves of Beauty
as Leonard Jones
(1927)
East Side, West Side
as Gilbert Van Horn
(1927)
When a Man Loves
as Jean Tiberge
(1927)
The Silver Slave
as Tom Richards
(1926)
The Honeymoon Express
as Jim Donaldson
(1926)
The Fire Brigade
as James Corwin
(1926)
Josselyn's Wife
as Thomas Josselyn
(1925)
The Wanderer
as Prophet
(1925)
A Woman of the World
as Richard Granger
(1925)
Up the Ladder
as Robert Newhall
(1925)
(1924)
Another Scandal
as Pelham Franklin
(1924)
The Enchanted Cottage
as Major Hillgrove
(1924)
Sinners in Heaven
as Hugh Rochedale
(1924)
Her Own Free Will
as Peter Craddock
(1924)
I Will Repay
as Sir Percy Blakeney
(1922)
A Woman's Woman
as John Plummer (as Holmes E. Herbert)
(1922)
Moonshine Valley
as Dr. Martin
(1922)
A Stage Romance
as Prince of Wales
(1922)
Divorce Coupons
as Roland Bland
(1922)
Any Wife
as Philip Gray
(1922)
Evidence
as Judge Rowland
(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)
Lady Rose's Daughter
as Jacob Delafield
(1920)
Dead Men Tell No Tales
as Squire John Rattray
(1920)
Black Is White
as Jim Brood (as Holmes E. Herbert)
(1920)
His House in Order
as Filmer Jesson
(1920)
My Lady's Garter
as Henry Van Derp, aka The Hawk
(1920)
(1919)
The White Heather
as Lord Angus Cameron
(1919)
The Divorcee
as Sir Paradine Fuldes
(1919)
Greater Than Love
as James Bruton
(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)
His Wife
as John Dennys
(1915)
The Fisherwoman
as The Son