Holmes Herbert

Known For: Acting
Born: July 30, 1882
Place of Birth: Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Died: December 26, 1956

Holmes Herbert

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), T…

Filmography

The Brigand

1952 · Archbishop

At Sword's Point

1952

The Wild North

1952 · Magistrate (uncredited)

The Unknown Man

1951 · (uncredited)

The Son of Dr. Jekyll

1951 · Constable (uncredited)

Anne of the Indies

1951 · English Sea Captain

The Iroquois Trail

1950 · Gen. Johnson

Barbary Pirate

1949 · Thomas Jefferson

Post Office Investigator

1949 · James Seeley

Canadian Pacific

1949 · Head of Canadian Parliament (uncredited)

The Lost Tribe

1949 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

South of St. Louis

1949

Jungle Jim

1948 · Commissioner Geoffrey Marsden

Family Honeymoon

1948 · Rev. Miller (uncredited)

Sorry, Wrong Number

1948 · Wilkins (uncredited)

Johnny Belinda

1948 · Judge (uncredited)

A Woman's Vengeance

1948 · Warder (uncredited)

The Wreck of the Hesperus

1948 · Pastor West

The Swordsman

1948 · Lord Glowan

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

1947 · Inspector McIver

Singapore

1947 · Rev. Barnes

The Ghost Goes Wild

1947 · Judge

Ivy

1947 · Mulloy (uncredited)

Bulldog Drummond at Bay

1947 · Scotland Yard Inspector McIvar

Over the Santa Fe Trail

1947 · Doc Henderson

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

1946 · Dr. White (uncredited)

The Verdict

1946 · Sir William Dawson

Dressed to Kill

1946 · Ebenezer Crabtree

Three Strangers

1946 · Sir Robert (uncredited)

Confidential Agent

1945 · Lord Benditch

Swingin' on a Rainbow

1945 · Butler (uncredited)

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

1945

Jealousy

1945 · Melvyn Russell

The House of Fear

1945 · Alan Cosgrave

The Mummy's Curse

1944 · Dr. Cooper

Enter Arsène Lupin

1944 · Jobson

Our Hearts Were Young and Gay

1944 · Captain (uncredited)

The Unwritten Code

1944 · McDowell (uncredited)

The Pearl of Death

1944 · James Goodram, courier

The Uninvited

1944 · Charlie Jessup

Calling Dr. Death

1943 · Bryant, the Butler

Corvette K-225

1943 · Commodore Ramsay

Two Tickets to London

1943 · Kilgallen

Sherlock Holmes in Washington

1943 · Mr. Ahrens

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

1942 · Sir Reginald

The Undying Monster

1942 · Chief Constable (uncredited)

Strictly in the Groove

1942 · Commissioner

Invisible Agent

1942 · Sir Alfred Spencer

Lady in a Jam

1942 · Man at Auction (uncredited)

Danger in the Pacific

1942 · Commissioner

This Above All

1942 · Dr. Mathias

The Ghost of Frankenstein

1942 · Magistrate

Man Hunt

1941 · Saul Farnsworthy

The Letter

1940 · Robert's Friend at Bar at Party (uncredited)

South of Suez

1940 · Simpson

A Dispatch from Reuters

1940 · Member of Parliament (uncredited)

Boom Town

1940 · Doctor (uncredited)

Foreign Correspondent

1940 · Asst. Commissioner

Phantom Raiders

1940 · Sir Edward

An Angel from Texas

1940 · Second Banker

The Earl of Chicago

1940 · Sergeant-at-Arms (uncredited)

Everything Happens at Night

1939 · Featherstone

We Are Not Alone

1939 · Police Inspector

Tower of London

1939 · Councilman (uncredited)

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

1939 · Majordomo (uncredited)

British Intelligence

1939 · Arthur Bennett

Rulers of the Sea

1939 · Member of Naval Company (Uncredited)

20,000 Men a Year

1939 · Dean Norris

Intermezzo: A Love Story

1939 · Doctor (Uncredited)

Hidden Power

1939 · Dr. Morley

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

1939 · Justice of the Court

Stanley and Livingstone

1939 · Frederick Holcomb

Bad Boy

1939 · Mr. McNeil

The House of Fear

1939 · Minor Role

Juarez

1939 · Marshal Randon (uncredited)

Trapped in the Sky

1939 · Fielding

The Sun Never Sets

1939 · Colonial Official

Wolf Call

1939 · J.L. Winton

The Little Princess

1939 · Doctor

Mystery of the White Room

1939 · Hospital Administrator

The Mystery of Mr. Wong

1939 · Prof. Ed Janney

Mr. Moto's Last Warning

1939 · Bentham (uncredited)

Say It in French

1938 · Richard Carrington Sr.

Marie Antoinette

1938 · Herald (uncredited)

Kidnapped

1938 · Judge

The Buccaneer

1938 · Captain McWilliams

The Black Doll

1938 · Dr. Giddings

Here's Flash Casey

1938 · Maj. Addison

The Man Without a Country

1937 · Aaron Burr

The Girl Said No

1937 · Charles Dillon (scenes deleted)

Slave Ship

1937 · Commander

The Thirteenth Chair

1937 · Governor Sir Roscoe Crosby

The Prince and the Pauper

1937 · First Doctor

Lloyd's of London

1936 · Spokesman

The House of Secrets

1936 · Sir Bertram Evans - Home Secretary

15 Maiden Lane

1936 · Harold Anderson

The Gentleman from Louisiana

1936 · Chief Steward

The White Angel

1936 · War Minister (uncredited)

Champagne Charlie

1936 · Captain Dell

Brilliant Marriage

1936 · Mr. Rodney Allison

Wife vs. Secretary

1936 · Frawley (uncredited)

Captain Blood

1935 · Capt. Gardner

Accent on Youth

1935 · Frank Galloway

Mark of the Vampire

1935 · Sir Karell Borotyn

Cardinal Richelieu

1935 · Noble

One in a Million

1935 · Donald Cabot Sr.

Sons of Steel

1934 · Curtis Chadburne

The Curtain Falls

1934 · John Scorsby

The Pursuit of Happiness

1934 · Gen. Sir Henry Clinton

The House of Rothschild

1934 · Rowerth

Beloved

1934 · Lord Landslake

The Invisible Man

1933 · Chief of Police

Mystery of the Wax Museum

1933 · Dr. Rasmussen

Sister to Judas

1932 · Bruce Rogers

Central Park

1932 · Benefit Emcee (uncredited)

Miss Pinkerton

1932 · Arthur Glenn

Shop Angel

1932 · James Walton Kennedy

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1931 · Dr. John Lanyon

Daughter of the Dragon

1931 · Sir John Petrie

Broadminded

1931 · John J. Hackett Sr.

Chances

1931 · Maj. Bradford

The Hot Heiress

1931 · Mr. Hunter

The Single Sin

1931 · Roger Van Dorn

The Ship from Shanghai

1930 · Paul Thorpe

Untamed

1929 · Howard Presley

The Kiss

1929 · Lassalle

The Thirteenth Chair

1929 · Sir Roscoe Crosby

The Careless Age

1929 · Sir John

Her Private Life

1929 · Rudolph Solomon

Madame X

1929 · Noel

Say It with Songs

1929 · Dr. Robert Merrill

Careers

1929 · Carouge

The Charlatan

1929 · Peter "Count Merlin" Dwight

On Trial

1928 · Gerald Trask

Through the Breakers

1928 · Eustis Hobbs

The Terror

1928 · Goodman

The Sporting Age

1928 · James Driscoll

Their Hour

1928 · Cora's Father

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

1928 · Henry Spoffard

The Silver Slave

1927 · Tom Richards

East Side, West Side

1927 · Gilbert Van Horn

The Gay Retreat

1927 · Charles Wright

When a Man Loves

1927 · Jean Tiberge

Slaves of Beauty

Slaves of Beauty

1927 · Leonard Jones

The Heart of Salome

1927 · Sir Humphrey

Lovers

1927 · Milton

Mr. Wu

1927 · Mr. Gregory

One Increasing Purpose

1927 · Charles Paris

The Fire Brigade

1926 · James Corwin

Josselyn's Wife

1926 · Thomas Josselyn

The Honeymoon Express

1926 · Jim Donaldson

A Woman of the World

1925 · Richard Granger

Wreckage

1925 · Stuart Ames

The Wanderer

1925 · Prophet

Wildfire

1925 · Garrison

Up the Ladder

1925 · Robert Newhall

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

1925

Love's Wilderness

1924 · David Tennant

Sinners in Heaven

1924 · Hugh Rochedale

Her Own Free Will

1924 · Peter Craddock

Another Scandal

1924 · Pelham Franklin

The Enchanted Cottage

1924 · Major Hillgrove

I Will Repay

1924 · Sir Percy Blakeney

Week End Husbands

1924 · William Randall

Toilers of the Sea

1923 · Sandro

A Woman's Woman

1922 · John Plummer (as Holmes E. Herbert)

Moonshine Valley

1922 · Dr. Martin

Divorce Coupons

1922 · Roland Bland

Evidence

1922 · Judge Rowland

A Stage Romance

1922 · Prince of Wales

Any Wife

1922 · Philip Gray

The Family Closet

1921 · Alfred Dinsmore

The Wild Goose

1921 · Frank Manners (as Holmes E. Herbert)

Heedless Moths

1921 · The Sculptor

Her Lord and Master

Her Lord and Master

1921 · R. Honorable Thurston Ralph, Viscount Canning

The Truth About Husbands

1920 · Dustan Renshaw

Dead Men Tell No Tales

1920 · Squire John Rattray

The Right to Love

1920 · Lord Falkland

Lady Rose's Daughter

1920 · Jacob Delafield

My Lady's Garter

1920 · Henry Van Derp, aka The Hawk

His House in Order

1920 · Filmer Jesson

Black Is White

1920 · Jim Brood (as Holmes E. Herbert)

On with the Dance

1920

The ABC of Love

1919 · Harry Bryant

The Market of Souls

1919 · Temple Bane

The White Heather

1919 · Lord Angus Cameron

Other Men's Wives

1919 · Fenwick Flint

Greater Than Love

1919 · James Bruton

The Rough Neck

1919 · A Half-Breed Indian

The Divorcee

1919 · Sir Paradine Fuldes

The Death Dance

1918 · Arnold Maitland

A Doll's House

1918 · Thorvald Helmar

The Man Without a Country

1917 · Lt. Philip Nolan

Her Life and His

Her Life and His

1917 · Ralph Howard

The Fisherwoman

The Fisherwoman

1915 · The Son

His Wife

1915 · John Dennys

The Nest

— · Richard Elliot

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