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H.B. Warner

Known For: Acting
Born: October 25, 1876
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Died: December 21, 1958

H.B. Warner

Henry Byron Warner (often credited as H.B. Warner) was an English actor. He was the definitive cinematic Jesus Christ in Cecil B. DeMille's The King of Kings (1927). He was born into a prominent theatrical family on October 26, 1875 in London. His father was Charles Warner, and his grandfather was James Warner, both prominent English actors. He replaced J.B. Warner as Jesus in The King of Kings (1927) when J.B. died of tuberculosis at age 29. (J.B. was not Henry's brother. J.B. had taken the professional last name "Warner" because Henry's family took him in.) Henry Warner's family wanted him to become a doctor, and he graduated from London University but eventually gave up his medical studies. The theater was in his blood, and he studied acting in Paris and Italy before joining his father's stock company, making his debut in the English production of "Drink." It was from his …

Filmography

The Resurrection of Christ

2026

Lux Æterna: The Art of Filmmaking

2019 · The Son of God

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987 · Self (archive footage)

The Ten Commandments

1956 · Amminadab

Journey Into Light

1951 · Wiz, the Wino

Here Comes the Groom

1951 · Uncle Elihu

Savage Drums

1951 · Maou

The First Legion

1951 · Father José Sierra

Sunset Boulevard

1950 · H.B. Warner

Hellfire

1949 · Brother Joseph

El Paso

1949 · Judge Fletcher

The Prince of Thieves

1948 · Gilbert Head

High Wall

1947 · Mr. Slocum

The Judge Steps Out

1947 · Chief Justice Hayes

Driftwood

1947 · Rev. Hollingsworth

It's a Wonderful Life

1946 · Mr. Gower

Gentleman Joe Palooka

1946 · Sen. McCarden

Strange Impersonation

1946 · Dr. Mansfield, plastic surgeon

Prospecting for Petroleum

1946 · The Voice of History (voice)

Captain Tugboat Annie

1945 · Judge Abbott

Rogues' Gallery

1944 · Professor Reynolds

Faces in the Fog

1944 · Defense Attorney Rankins

Enemy of Women

1944 · Col. Eberhart Brandt

Action in Arabia

1944 · Abdul al-Rashid

Women in Bondage

1943 · Pastor Renz

Hitler's Children

1943 · The Bishop

The Boss of Big Town

1942 · Jeffrey Moore

A Yank in Libya

1942 · Herbert Forbes

Crossroads

1942 · Prosecuting Attorney

The Corsican Brothers

1941 · Dr. Enrico Paoli

All That Money Can Buy

1941 · Justice Hawthorne

South of Tahiti

1941 · High Chief Kawalima

Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime

1941 · Ray Jardin

City of Missing Girls

1941 · Capt. McVeigh

Topper Returns

1941 · Mr. Carrington

New Moon

1940 · Father Michel

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939 · Senate Majority Leader

The Rains Came

1939 · Maharajah

Nurse Edith Cavell

1939 · Hugh Gibson

Bulldog Drummond's Bride

1939 · Colonel Nielson

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

1939 · Richard Lawrence

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

1939 · Colonel Nielson

Let Freedom Ring

1939 · Rutledge

Arrest Bulldog Drummond

1938 · Colonel Nielsen

You Can't Take It with You

1938 · Ramsey

Army Girl

1938 · Col. Armstrong

Bulldog Drummond in Africa

1938 · Colonel J. A. Nielsen

The Toy Wife

1938 · Victor Brigard

Kidnapped

1938 · Angus Rankeiller

The Adventures of Marco Polo

1938 · Chen Tsu

The Girl of the Golden West

1938 · Father Sienna

Our Fighting Navy

Our Fighting Navy

1937 · British Consul Brent

Victoria the Great

1937 · Lord Melbourne

Lost Horizon

1937 · Chang

Along Came Love

1936 · Dr. Martin

Blackmailer

1936 · Michael Rankin

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936 · Judge May

Moonlight Murder

1936 · Godfrey Chiltern

The Garden Murder Case

1936 · Major Fenwicke-Ralston

Rose of the Rancho

1936 · Don Pasqual Castro

A Tale of Two Cities

1935 · Theophile Gabelle

Born to Gamble

1935 · Carter Mathews

Night Alarm

1934 · Henry B. Smith

Behold My Wife!

1934 · Hubert Carter

In Old Santa Fe

1934 · Charlie Miller

Grand Canary

1934 · Dr Ismay

Viva Villa!

1934 · Man

Sorrell and Son

1934 · Captain Stephen Sorrell

Christopher Bean

1933 · Maxwell Davenport

Jennie Gerhardt

1933 · William Gerhardt

Supernatural

1933 · Dr. Carl Houston

Justice Takes a Holiday

1933 · John Logan

The Son-Daughter

1932 · Sin Kai

The Phantom of Crestwood

1932 · Priam Andes

The Crusader

1932 · Phillip Brandon

Tom Brown of Culver

1932 · Dr. Brown

Unholy Love

1932 · Dr. Daniel Gregory

Cross-Examination

1932 · Gerald Waring

A Woman Commands

1932 · Col. Stradimirovitsch

The Menace

1932 · Inspector Tracy

Charlie Chan's Chance

1932 · Inspector Fife

Expensive Women

1931 · Melville Raymond

Five Star Final

1931 · Michael Townsend

The Reckless Hour

1931 · Walter Nichols

A Woman of Experience

1931 · Hugh Schmidt

The Princess and the Plumber

1930 · Prince Conrad of Daritzia

Liliom

1930 · Chief Magistrate

On Your Back

1930 · Raymond Pryor

Wild Company

1930 · Henry Grayson

The Second Floor Mystery

1930 · Inspector Bray

The Furies

1930 · Oliver Bedlow

The Green Goddess

1930 · Major Crespin

Wedding Rings

1929 · Lewis Dike

Tiger Rose

1929 · Dr. Cusick

The Show of Shows

1929 · The Victim - Guillotine Sequence (uncredited)

The Argyle Case

1929 · Hurley

The Gamblers

1929 · James Darwin

The Trial of Mary Dugan

1929 · District Attorney Galway

Stark Mad

1929 · Prof. Dangerfield

The Doctor's Secret

1929 · Richard Garson

The Divine Lady

1928 · Sir William Hamilton

Conquest

1928 · James Farnham

Romance of a Rogue

1928 · Bruce Lowry

Man-Made Women

1928 · Jules Moret

French Dressing

1927 · Phillip Grey

Sorrell and Son

1927 · Stephen Sorrell

The King of Kings

1927 · Jesus, The Christ

Silence

1926 · Jim Warren

Whispering Smith

1926 · 'Whispering Smith'

Is Love Everything?

1924 · Jordan Southwick

The Man from Broadway

1924 · James Sanford Richardson

Zaza

1923 · Bernard Dufresne

When We Were Twenty-One

1921 · Richard Carewe

Dice of Destiny

Dice of Destiny

1920 · Jimmy Doyle

Felix O'Day

1920 · Felix O'Day

One Hour Before Dawn

1920 · George Clayton

Haunting Shadows

Haunting Shadows

1919 · John Glenarm

A Fugitive from Matrimony

1919 · Stephen Van Courtlandt

The Gray Wolf's Ghost

1919 · Doctor West / Harry West

For a Woman's Honor

1919 · Captain Clyde Mannering

The Pagan God

1919 · Bruce Winthrop

The Man Who Turned White

1919 · Captain Rand / Ali Zaman

Danger Trail

1917 · John Howland

God's Man

1917 · Arnold L'Hommedieu

The Seventh Sin

1917 · Feodor

Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath

1917 · Feodor

The Vagabond Prince

The Vagabond Prince

1916 · Prince Tonio

Shell 43

1916 · William Berner

The Market of Vain Desire

1916 · John Armstrong

The Beggar of Cawnpore

The Beggar of Cawnpore

1916 · Dr. Robert Lowndes

The Raiders

1916 · Scott Wells

The Ghost Breaker

1914 · Warren Jarvis

The Lost Paradise

1914 · Reuben Warren

English Nell

1900 · Duke of Monmouth

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