
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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