
Phillips Holmes
Biography
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Phillips Raymond Holmes (July 22, 1907 – August 12, 1942) was an American actor. In 1928 Holmes was spotted in the undergraduate crowd at Princeton University during the filming of Frank Tuttle's Varsity and offered a screen test. In the early 1930s he became a popular leading man, playing leads in a few important productions, notably in Josef von Sternberg's An American Tragedy.
At Paramount, Holmes starred in melodrama and comedy. In 1933 his Paramount contract ran out and he moved to MGM for one year. As the decade progressed, his career declined, and he appeared in a few box-office failures, including Sam Goldwyn's poorly received Nana (1934). His last American movie was General Spanky (1936). In 1938 Holmes appeared in two UK movies. Housemaster was his last film. Then he returned to acting on stage in the United States.
At the start of World War II, Holmes joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was killed in a mid-air collision in northwest Ontario, Canada in 1942.
For his contributions to the film industry, Phillips Holmes was posthumously given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.
Acting (43 movies)

Penthouse
1933

The Criminal Code
1931

The Wild Party
1929

General Spanky
1936

An American Tragedy
1931

The Secret of Madame Blanche
1933

Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972

Confessions of a Co-Ed
1931

Nana
1934

Night Court
1932

Only the Brave
1930

Man to Man
1930

Men Must Fight
1933

Stolen Heaven
1931

Great Expectations
1934

Beauty for Sale
1933

Grumpy
1930

Stage Mother
1933

Chatterbox
1936

Pointed Heels
1929

The Devil's Holiday
1930

Broken Lullaby
1932

Varsity
1928

Storm at Daybreak
1933

Two Kinds of Women
1932

Looking Forward
1933

Dinner at Eight
1933

Million Dollar Ransom
1934

Caravan
1934

The Big Brain
1933

The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1929

The House of a Thousand Candles
1936

The Dominant Sex
1937

Housemaster
1938

His Private Life
1928

Her Man
1930

Make Me a Star
1932

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988

70,000 Witnesses
1932

The House That Shadows Built
1931

The Big Parade of Comedy
1964

Stairs of Sand
1929

Paramount on Parade
1930
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