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)
Anne of the Indies
as English Sea Captain
(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)
Barbary Pirate
as Thomas Jefferson
(1949)
Post Office Investigator
as James Seeley
(1949)
The Lost Tribe
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1949)
(1948)
Sorry, Wrong Number
as Wilkins (uncredited)
(1948)
Johnny Belinda
as Judge (uncredited)
(1948)
The Swordsman
as Lord Glowan
(1948)
A Woman's Vengeance
as Warder (uncredited)
(1948)
Family Honeymoon
as Rev. Miller (uncredited)
(1948)
The Wreck of the Hesperus
as Pastor West
(1948)
Jungle Jim
as Commissioner Geoffrey Marsden
(1947)
Ivy
as Mulloy (uncredited)
(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)
The Ghost Goes Wild
as Judge
(1947)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as Inspector McIver
(1946)
Dressed to Kill
as Ebenezer Crabtree
(1946)
Three Strangers
as Sir Robert
(1946)
The Verdict
as Sir William Dawson
(1946)
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
as Dr. White, Minister
(1945)
(1945)
Confidential Agent
as Lord Benditch
(1945)
The House of Fear
as Alan Cosgrave
(1945)
Jealousy
as Melvyn Russell
(1945)
Swingin' on a Rainbow
as Butler (uncredited)
(1944)
The Uninvited
as Charlie Jessup
(1944)
The Pearl of Death
as James Goodram, courier
(1944)
The Mummy's Curse
as Dr. Cooper
(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)
Lady in a Jam
as Man at Auction (uncredited)
(1942)
This Above All
as Dr. Mathias
(1942)
The Undying Monster
as Chief Constable (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)
The Letter
as Robert's Friend at Bar at Party (uncredited)
(1940)
Boom Town
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1940)
Phantom Raiders
as Sir Edward
(1940)
An Angel from Texas
as Second Banker
(1940)
The Earl of Chicago
as Sergeant-at-Arms (uncredited)
(1940)
A Dispatch from Reuters
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
(1939)
The Little Princess
as Doctor
(1939)
Intermezzo: A Love Story
as Doctor (Uncredited)
(1939)
Juarez
as Marshal Randon (uncredited)
(1939)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Justice of the Court
(1939)
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
as Prof. Ed Janney
(1939)
British Intelligence
as Arthur Bennett
(1939)
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
as Majordomo (uncredited)
(1939)
Stanley and Livingstone
as Frederick Holcomb
(1939)
Mystery of the White Room
as Hospital Administrator
(1939)
The Sun Never Sets
as Colonial Official
(1939)
Tower of London
as Councilman (uncredited)
(1939)
Wolf Call
as J.L. Winton
(1939)
Rulers of the Sea
as Member of Naval Company (Uncredited)
(1939)
Everything Happens at Night
as Featherstone
(1939)
The House of Fear
as Minor Role
(1939)
Hidden Power
as Dr. Morley
(1939)
20,000 Men a Year
as Dean Norris
(1939)
We Are Not Alone
as Police Inspector
(1939)
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
as Bentham (uncredited)
(1939)
Trapped in the Sky
as Fielding
(1939)
Bad Boy
as Mr. McNeil
(1938)
Marie Antoinette
as Herald (uncredited)
(1938)
The Buccaneer
as Captain McWilliams
(1938)
Kidnapped
as Judge
(1938)
Say It in French
as Richard Carrington Sr.
(1938)
Here's Flash Casey
as Maj. Addison
(1938)
The Black Doll
as Dr. Giddings
(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 Thirteenth Chair
as Roscoe Crosby
(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)
The White Angel
as War Minister (uncredited)
(1936)
Brilliant Marriage
as Mr. Rodney Allison
(1936)
Champagne Charlie
as Captain Dell
(1936)
15 Maiden Lane
as Harold Anderson
(1936)
The Gentleman from Louisiana
as Chief Steward
(1936)
The House of Secrets
as Sir Bertram Evans - Home Secretary
(1935)
Captain Blood
as Capt. Gardner
(1935)
Mark of the Vampire
as Sir Karell Borotyn
(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)
Beloved
as Lord Landslake
(1934)
The Pursuit of Happiness
as Gen. Sir Henry Clinton
(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)
Broadminded
as John J. Hackett Sr.
(1931)
Chances
as Maj. Bradford
(1931)
Daughter of the Dragon
as Sir John Petrie
(1931)
The Hot Heiress
as Mr. Hunter
(1931)
The Single Sin
as Roger Van Dorn
(1930)
The Ship from Shanghai
as Paul Thorpe
(1929)
The Kiss
as Lassalle
(1929)
Untamed
as Howard Presley
(1929)
Madame X
as Noel
(1929)
Careers
as Carouge
(1929)
The Thirteenth Chair
as Sir Roscoe Crosby
(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
(1928)
The Terror
as Goodman (as Holmes E. Herbert)
(1928)
On Trial
as Gerald Trask
(1928)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
as Henry Spoffard
(1928)
The Sporting Age
as James Driscoll
(1928)
Through the Breakers
as Eustis Hobbs
(1927)
Mr. Wu
as Mr. Gregory
(1927)
The Heart of Salome
as Sir Humphrey
(1927)
When a Man Loves
as Jean Tiberge
(1927)
East Side, West Side
as Gilbert Van Horn
(1927)
The Silver Slave
as Tom Richards
(1927)
One Increasing Purpose
as Charles Paris
(1927)
Slaves of Beauty
as Leonard Jones
(1927)
The Gay Retreat
as Charles Wright
(1926)
The Fire Brigade
as James Corwin
(1926)
Josselyn's Wife
as Thomas Josselyn
(1926)
The Honeymoon Express
as Jim Donaldson
(1925)
The Wanderer
as Prophet
(1925)
A Woman of the World
as Richard Granger
(1925)
(1925)
Up the Ladder
as Robert Newhall
(1924)
The Enchanted Cottage
as Major Hillgrove
(1924)
Another Scandal
as Pelham Franklin
(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 Stage Romance
as Prince of Wales
(1922)
Any Wife
as Philip Gray
(1922)
A Woman's Woman
as John Plummer (as Holmes E. Herbert)
(1922)
Evidence
as Judge Rowland
(1922)
Moonshine Valley
as Dr. Martin
(1922)
Divorce Coupons
as Roland Bland
(1921)
The Wild Goose
as Frank Manners (as Holmes E. Herbert)
(1921)
Her Lord and Master
as R. Honorable Thurston Ralph, Viscount Canning
(1921)
The Family Closet
as Alfred Dinsmore
(1920)
The Right to Love
as Lord Falkland
(1920)
The Truth About Husbands
as Dustan Renshaw
(1920)
His House in Order
as Filmer Jesson
(1920)
Dead Men Tell No Tales
as Squire John Rattray
(1920)
Black Is White
as Jim Brood (as Holmes E. Herbert)
(1920)
(1920)
Lady Rose's Daughter
as Jacob Delafield
(1919)
The Divorcee
as Sir Paradine Fuldes
(1919)
The White Heather
as Lord Angus Cameron
(1919)
The ABC of Love
as Harry Bryant
(1919)
Greater Than Love
as James Bruton
(1919)
Other Men's Wives
as Fenwick Flint
(1918)
A Doll's House
as Thorvald Helmar
(1918)
The Death Dance
as Arnold Maitland
(1917)
The Man Without a Country
as Lt. Philip Nolan
(1915)
His Wife
as John Dennys
(1915)
The Fisherwoman
as The Son