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)
Anne of the Indies
as English Sea Captain
(1951)
(1951)
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
as Constable (uncredited)
(1950)
The Iroquois Trail
as Gen. Johnson
(1949)
Canadian Pacific
as Head of Canadian Parliament (uncredited)
(1949)
(1949)
The Lost Tribe
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1949)
Post Office Investigator
as James Seeley
(1949)
Barbary Pirate
as Thomas Jefferson
(1948)
Sorry, Wrong Number
as Wilkins (uncredited)
(1948)
A Woman's Vengeance
as Warder (uncredited)
(1948)
Johnny Belinda
as Judge (uncredited)
(1948)
Family Honeymoon
as Rev. Miller (uncredited)
(1948)
The Wreck of the Hesperus
as Pastor West
(1948)
The Swordsman
as Lord Glowan
(1948)
Jungle Jim
as Commissioner Geoffrey Marsden
(1947)
Ivy
as Mulloy (uncredited)
(1947)
Singapore
as Rev. Barnes
(1947)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as Inspector McIver
(1947)
The Ghost Goes Wild
as Judge
(1947)
Over the Santa Fe Trail
as Doc Henderson
(1947)
Bulldog Drummond at Bay
as Scotland Yard Inspector McIvar
(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 Mummy's Curse
as Dr. Cooper
(1944)
The Uninvited
as Charlie Jessup
(1944)
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
as Captain (uncredited)
(1944)
Enter Arsène Lupin
as Jobson
(1944)
The Unwritten Code
as McDowell (uncredited)
(1943)
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as Mr. Ahrens
(1943)
Corvette K-225
as Commodore Ramsay
(1943)
Calling Dr. Death
as Bryant, the Butler
(1943)
Two Tickets to London
as Kilgallen
(1942)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
as Sir Reginald
(1942)
The Ghost of Frankenstein
as Magistrate
(1942)
Invisible Agent
as Sir Alfred Spencer
(1942)
This Above All
as Dr. Mathias
(1942)
The Undying Monster
as Chief Constable (uncredited)
(1942)
Lady in a Jam
as Man at Auction (uncredited)
(1942)
Danger in the Pacific
as Commissioner
(1942)
Strictly in the Groove
as Commissioner
(1941)
Man Hunt
as Saul Farnsworthy
(1940)
Foreign Correspondent
as Asst. Commissioner
(1940)
Boom Town
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1940)
The Letter
as Robert's Friend at Bar at Party (uncredited)
(1940)
A Dispatch from Reuters
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
(1940)
Phantom Raiders
as Sir Edward
(1940)
The Earl of Chicago
as Sergeant-at-Arms (uncredited)
(1940)
An Angel from Texas
as Second Banker
(1939)
The Little Princess
as Doctor
(1939)
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
as Majordomo (uncredited)
(1939)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Justice of the Court
(1939)
Tower of London
as Councilman (uncredited)
(1939)
Juarez
as Marshal Randon (uncredited)
(1939)
Intermezzo: A Love Story
as Doctor (Uncredited)
(1939)
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
as Bentham (uncredited)
(1939)
The Sun Never Sets
as Colonial Official
(1939)
The House of Fear
as Minor Role
(1939)
20,000 Men a Year
as Dean Norris
(1939)
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
as Prof. Ed Janney
(1939)
Rulers of the Sea
as Member of Naval Company (Uncredited)
(1939)
British Intelligence
as Arthur Bennett
(1939)
Stanley and Livingstone
as Frederick Holcomb
(1939)
Everything Happens at Night
as Featherstone
(1939)
Mystery of the White Room
as Hospital Administrator
(1939)
We Are Not Alone
as Police Inspector
(1939)
Wolf Call
as J.L. Winton
(1939)
Bad Boy
as Mr. McNeil
(1939)
Hidden Power
as Dr. Morley
(1939)
Trapped in the Sky
as Fielding
(1938)
Marie Antoinette
as Herald (uncredited)
(1938)
The Buccaneer
as Captain McWilliams
(1938)
Kidnapped
as Judge
(1938)
The Black Doll
as Dr. Giddings
(1938)
Say It in French
as Richard Carrington Sr.
(1938)
Here's Flash Casey
as Maj. Addison
(1937)
The Prince and the Pauper
as First Doctor
(1937)
Slave Ship
as Commander
(1937)
The Thirteenth Chair
as Roscoe Crosby
(1937)
The Man Without a Country
as Aaron Burr
(1937)
The Girl Said No
as Charles Dillon (scenes deleted)
(1936)
Wife vs. Secretary
as Frawley (uncredited)
(1936)
Lloyd's of London
as Spokesman
(1936)
Brilliant Marriage
as Mr. Rodney Allison
(1936)
The House of Secrets
as Sir Bertram Evans - Home Secretary
(1936)
The White Angel
as War Minister (uncredited)
(1936)
The Gentleman from Louisiana
as Chief Steward
(1936)
15 Maiden Lane
as Harold Anderson
(1936)
Champagne Charlie
as Captain Dell
(1935)
Captain Blood
as Capt. Gardner
(1935)
Mark of the Vampire
as Sir Karell Borotyn
(1935)
Accent on Youth
as Frank Galloway
(1935)
Cardinal Richelieu
as Noble
(1935)
One in a Million
as Donald Cabot Sr.
(1934)
The House of Rothschild
as Rowerth
(1934)
The Pursuit of Happiness
as Gen. Sir Henry Clinton
(1934)
Beloved
as Lord Landslake
(1934)
The Curtain Falls
as John Scorsby
(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)
Shop Angel
as James Walton Kennedy
(1932)
Sister to Judas
as Bruce Rogers
(1931)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. John Lanyon
(1931)
Daughter of the Dragon
as Sir John Petrie
(1931)
Chances
as Maj. Bradford
(1931)
The Hot Heiress
as Mr. Hunter
(1931)
The Single Sin
as Roger Van Dorn
(1931)
Broadminded
as John J. Hackett Sr.
(1930)
The Ship from Shanghai
as Paul Thorpe
(1929)
The Kiss
as Lassalle
(1929)
Madame X
as Noel
(1929)
The Thirteenth Chair
as Sir Roscoe Crosby
(1929)
Untamed
as Howard Presley
(1929)
Say It with Songs
as Dr. Robert Merrill
(1929)
The Charlatan
as Peter "Count Merlin" Dwight
(1929)
The Careless Age
as Sir John
(1929)
Her Private Life
as Rudolph Solomon
(1929)
Careers
as Carouge
(1928)
The Terror
as Goodman (as Holmes E. Herbert)
(1928)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
as Henry Spoffard
(1928)
On Trial
as Gerald Trask
(1928)
Through the Breakers
as Eustis Hobbs
(1928)
The Sporting Age
as James Driscoll
(1927)
Mr. Wu
as Mr. Gregory
(1927)
East Side, West Side
as Gilbert Van Horn
(1927)
When a Man Loves
as Jean Tiberge
(1927)
The Gay Retreat
as Charles Wright
(1927)
The Heart of Salome
as Sir Humphrey
(1927)
One Increasing Purpose
as Charles Paris
(1927)
The Silver Slave
as Tom Richards
(1927)
Slaves of Beauty
as Leonard Jones
(1926)
The Honeymoon Express
as Jim Donaldson
(1926)
The Fire Brigade
as James Corwin
(1926)
Josselyn's Wife
as Thomas Josselyn
(1925)
(1925)
A Woman of the World
as Richard Granger
(1925)
Up the Ladder
as Robert Newhall
(1925)
The Wanderer
as Prophet
(1924)
Sinners in Heaven
as Hugh Rochedale
(1924)
The Enchanted Cottage
as Major Hillgrove
(1924)
Another Scandal
as Pelham Franklin
(1924)
I Will Repay
as Sir Percy Blakeney
(1924)
Her Own Free Will
as Peter Craddock
(1922)
Evidence
as Judge Rowland
(1922)
A Woman's Woman
as John Plummer (as Holmes E. Herbert)
(1922)
Any Wife
as Philip Gray
(1922)
Moonshine Valley
as Dr. Martin
(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)
(1920)
His House in Order
as Filmer Jesson
(1920)
The Right to Love
as Lord Falkland
(1920)
The Truth About Husbands
as Dustan Renshaw
(1920)
Black Is White
as Jim Brood (as Holmes E. Herbert)
(1920)
Lady Rose's Daughter
as Jacob Delafield
(1920)
Dead Men Tell No Tales
as Squire John Rattray
(1919)
The ABC of Love
as Harry Bryant
(1919)
Greater Than Love
as James Bruton
(1919)
The Divorcee
as Sir Paradine Fuldes
(1919)
Other Men's Wives
as Fenwick Flint
(1919)
The White Heather
as Lord Angus Cameron
(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