
Herbert Mundin
Biography
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Herbert Mundin (21 August 1898 – 5 March 1939) was an English-born Hollywood character actor. He was frequently typecast in films as an older cheeky eccentric, a type helped by his jowled features and cheerful disposition.
He was born Herbert Thomas Mundin in St Helens, then in Lancashire (now part of Merseyside). His father was a nomadic, Primitive Methodist home missionary. His family moved within a short time of his birth to St Albans in Hertfordshire (the 1901 census data reveal that the family lived at St Helens Villa, Paxton Road, St Albans; his parents William and Jane apparently naming their house after the town where they first met and where Herbert was born).
Mundin was educated at St Albans School, and joined the Royal Navy during World War I. He began his acting career on the London stage during the 1920s. Mundin first travelled to America on 18 December 1923 for a series of theatrical engagements in New York. He sailed from Southampton on the RMS Aquitania and described himself in ship’s passenger manifest as 5'7" tall with a fair complexion, brown hair, blue eyes and a scar over his left eye. His big break as an actor was arguably with Gertrude Lawrence and Beatrice Lillie in Charlot's Revue when it appeared on Broadway in 1925.
In 1931, after working in Australia and London, he permanently moved to the US, where he received a contract with Twentieth Century Fox Studios and enjoyed a successful career as a character actor in over 50 films.
Perhaps his most celebrated role was as Much in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), alongside Errol Flynn. Other film appearances included Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) with Charles Laughton and Clark Gable, and MGM's David Copperfield (1935).
He died in Van Nuys, California following a car crash. He was killed instantly when the car in which he was riding collided with another car at a street intersection. The force of the impact threw open the door and hurled Mundin to the street.He received a fractured skull and crushed chest.He was 40 years old. The other occupants of the car were not injured.
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Acting (49 movies)

The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938

Mutiny on the Bounty
1935

Charlie Chan's Secret
1936

Such Women Are Dangerous
1934

Love Me Tonight
1932

Shanghai Madness
1933

Angel
1937

Dangerously Yours
1933

Tarzan Escapes
1936

Devil's Lottery
1932

Love Time
1934

Hoopla
1933

Cavalcade
1933

Another Dawn
1937

Chandu the Magician
1932

Lord Jeff
1938

A Message to Garcia
1936

Society Lawyer
1939

Ladies Love Danger
1935

King of Burlesque
1936

Exposed
1938

The Devil's in Love
1933

Pleasure Cruise
1933

Springtime for Henry
1934

Bachelor's Affairs
1932

Under Two Flags
1936

Black Sheep
1935

The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932

Arizona to Broadway
1933

Bottoms Up
1934

Adorable
1933

Champagne Charlie
1936

Ever Since Eve
1934

The Perfect Gentleman
1935

One Way Passage
1932

You Can't Beat Love
1937

David Copperfield
1935

Invisible Enemy
1938

The Silent Witness
1932

Life Begins
1932

East Lynne on the Western Front
1931

The Widow from Monte Carlo
1935

Sherlock Holmes
1932

Hell in the Heavens
1934

All Men Are Enemies
1934

Spring Tonic
1935

It's Great to Be Alive
1933

Orient Express
1934

Immediate Possession
1931
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