Holmes Herbert
Biography
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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.
Acting (179 movies)
The Pursuit of Happiness
1934
A Woman's Vengeance
1948
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942
The Invisible Man
1933
Dressed to Kill
1946
The Kiss
1929
The Lost Tribe
1949
The Wild North
1952
Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933
The House of Fear
1945
The Pearl of Death
1944
The Divorcee
1919
Hidden Power
1939
Trapped in the Sky
1939
Tower of London
1939
The Verdict
1946
Invisible Agent
1942
Mark of the Vampire
1935
The Prince and the Pauper
1937
Jealousy
1945
Calling Dr. Death
1943
The Uninvited
1944
Captain Blood
1935
Madame X
1929
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939
Moonshine Valley
1922
British Intelligence
1939
The Ghost Goes Wild
1947
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
1946
Singapore
1947
His Wife
1915
Dead Men Tell No Tales
1920
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
1939
The House of Secrets
1936
The Unwritten Code
1944
The Thirteenth Chair
1929
Post Office Investigator
1949
Confidential Agent
1945
East Side, West Side
1927
The Thirteenth Chair
1937
Untamed
1929
Enter Arsène Lupin
1944
Miss Pinkerton
1932
The Fire Brigade
1926
Chances
1931
Say It with Songs
1929
The White Heather
1919
Broadminded
1931
The Brigand
1952
The Hot Heiress
1931
His House in Order
1920
Lady Rose's Daughter
1920
Here's Flash Casey
1938
The Girl Said No
1937
Sister to Judas
1932
South of St. Louis
1949
The Unknown Man
1951
One in a Million
1935
The Ship from Shanghai
1930
Two Tickets to London
1943
A Woman of the World
1925
Family Honeymoon
1948
Bad Boy
1939
Shop Angel
1932
The Black Doll
1938
The Man Without a Country
1917
Sons of Steel
1934
Evidence
1922
The Single Sin
1931
Ivy
1947
Say It in French
1938
Mr. Wu
1927
Slave Ship
1937
Brilliant Marriage
1936
The ABC of Love
1919
Stanley and Livingstone
1939
Wolf Call
1939
Man Hunt
1941
This Above All
1942
The Curtain Falls
1934
Any Wife
1922
Cardinal Richelieu
1935
The Right to Love
1920
The Gentleman from Louisiana
1936
The White Angel
1936
Champagne Charlie
1936
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
1939
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1947
The Little Princess
1939
Juarez
1939
The Sun Never Sets
1939
We Are Not Alone
1939
The House of Fear
1939
Everything Happens at Night
1939
The Swordsman
1948
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939
Kidnapped
1938
The Earl of Chicago
1940
15 Maiden Lane
1936
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