Holmes Herbert
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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.
Known for
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Sir Reginald
The Invisible Man
Chief of Police
Dressed to Kill
Ebenezer Crabtree
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
Prof. Ed Janney
The Pearl of Death
James Goodram, courier
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. John Lanyon
The Little Princess
Doctor
Canadian Pacific
Head of Canadian Parliament (uncredited)
Foreign Correspondent
Asst. Commissioner
The Prince and the Pauper
First Doctor
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Dr. White, Minister
Sorry, Wrong Number
Wilkins (uncredited)
When a Man Loves
Jean Tiberge
The Letter
Robert's Friend at Bar at Party (uncredited)
Captain Blood
Capt. Gardner
Three Strangers
Sir Robert
British Intelligence
Arthur Bennett
The Brigand
Archbishop
The House of Rothschild
Rowerth
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Majordomo (uncredited)
Wife vs. Secretary
Frawley (uncredited)
Invisible Agent
Sir Alfred Spencer
Man Hunt
Saul Farnsworthy
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Dr. Rasmussen
Boom Town
Doctor (uncredited)
The Ghost of Frankenstein
Magistrate
Madame X
Noel
Johnny Belinda
Judge (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette
Herald (uncredited)
The Uninvited
Charlie Jessup
The Mummy's Curse
Dr. Cooper
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Mr. Ahrens
The Kiss
Lassalle
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
Mark of the Vampire
Sir Karell Borotyn
Singapore
Rev. Barnes
The Iroquois Trail
Gen. Johnson
The Unwritten Code
McDowell (uncredited)
The House of Fear
Alan Cosgrave
Tower of London
Councilman (uncredited)
The Sun Never Sets
Colonial Official
Intermezzo: A Love Story
Doctor (Uncredited)
Juarez
Marshal Randon (uncredited)
Enter Arsène Lupin
Jobson
The Curtain Falls
John Scorsby
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Justice of the Court
The Man Without a Country
Aaron Burr
Untamed
Howard Presley
Everything Happens at Night
Featherstone
The Swordsman
Lord Glowan
The Buccaneer
Captain McWilliams
A Woman of the World
Richard Granger
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
Bentham (uncredited)
Cardinal Richelieu
Noble
We Are Not Alone
Police Inspector
Here's Flash Casey
Maj. Addison
Phantom Raiders
Sir Edward
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
Constable (uncredited)
The Verdict
Sir William Dawson
The Wild North
Magistrate (uncredited)
Lloyd's of London
Spokesman
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
Captain (uncredited)
This Above All
Dr. Mathias
Kidnapped
Judge
The Black Doll
Dr. Giddings
Anne of the Indies
English Sea Captain
Jealousy
Melvyn Russell
Slave Ship
Commander
Ivy
Mulloy (uncredited)
The House of Fear
Minor Role
A Woman's Vengeance
Warder (uncredited)
The Unknown Man
Confidential Agent
Lord Benditch
The Ship from Shanghai
Paul Thorpe
Corvette K-225
Commodore Ramsay
Bulldog Drummond at Bay
Scotland Yard Inspector McIvar
The Ghost Goes Wild
Judge
A Dispatch from Reuters
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
The Divorcee
Sir Paradine Fuldes
Stanley and Livingstone
Frederick Holcomb
Calling Dr. Death
Bryant, the Butler
Hidden Power
Dr. Morley
Barbary Pirate
Thomas Jefferson
The Undying Monster
Chief Constable (uncredited)
Trapped in the Sky
Fielding
The Wreck of the Hesperus
Pastor West
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Miss Pinkerton
Arthur Glenn
Danger in the Pacific
Commissioner
Family Honeymoon
Rev. Miller (uncredited)
The Lost Tribe
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Daughter of the Dragon
Sir John Petrie
South of St. Louis
Two Tickets to London
Kilgallen
The House of Secrets
Sir Bertram Evans - Home Secretary
The Charlatan
Peter "Count Merlin" Dwight
The White Angel
War Minister (uncredited)
20,000 Men a Year
Dean Norris
The Honeymoon Express
Jim Donaldson
Champagne Charlie
Captain Dell
Lady in a Jam
Man at Auction (uncredited)
An Angel from Texas
Second Banker
Mystery of the White Room
Hospital Administrator
The Earl of Chicago
Sergeant-at-Arms (uncredited)
Beloved
Lord Landslake
Accent on Youth
Frank Galloway
Central Park
Benefit Emcee (uncredited)
Wolf Call
J.L. Winton
Chances
Maj. Bradford
Careers
Carouge
The Truth About Husbands
Dustan Renshaw
Evidence
Judge Rowland
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Inspector McIver
The Silver Slave
Tom Richards
I Will Repay
Sir Percy Blakeney
Her Private Life
Rudolph Solomon
The Pursuit of Happiness
Gen. Sir Henry Clinton
Jungle Jim
Commissioner Geoffrey Marsden
The Terror
Goodman (as Holmes E. Herbert)
Mr. Wu
Mr. Gregory
Greater Than Love
James Bruton
One Increasing Purpose
Charles Paris
Say It with Songs
Dr. Robert Merrill
Say It in French
Richard Carrington Sr.
Bad Boy
Mr. McNeil
The Wanderer
Prophet
Broadminded
John J. Hackett Sr.
The Thirteenth Chair
Sir Roscoe Crosby
One in a Million
Donald Cabot Sr.
Strictly in the Groove
Commissioner
Rulers of the Sea
Member of Naval Company (Uncredited)
Sons of Steel
Curtis Chadburne
The Fisherwoman
The Son
The Heart of Salome
Sir Humphrey
The Single Sin
Roger Van Dorn
The Enchanted Cottage
Major Hillgrove
Through the Breakers
Eustis Hobbs
Dead Men Tell No Tales
Squire John Rattray
Brilliant Marriage
Mr. Rodney Allison
Moonshine Valley
Dr. Martin
On Trial
Gerald Trask
The Right to Love
Lord Falkland
The Thirteenth Chair
Roscoe Crosby
The Hot Heiress
Mr. Hunter
The ABC of Love
Harry Bryant
The White Heather
Lord Angus Cameron
Swingin' on a Rainbow
Butler (uncredited)
Shop Angel
James Walton Kennedy
The Gentleman from Louisiana
Chief Steward
Slaves of Beauty
Leonard Jones
The Man Without a Country
Lt. Philip Nolan
The Death Dance
Arnold Maitland
Post Office Investigator
James Seeley
Up the Ladder
Robert Newhall
The Girl Said No
Charles Dillon (scenes deleted)
His Wife
John Dennys
Sinners in Heaven
Hugh Rochedale
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Henry Spoffard
The Fire Brigade
James Corwin
My Lady's Garter
Henry Van Derp, aka The Hawk
The Sporting Age
James Driscoll
A Stage Romance
Prince of Wales
Other Men's Wives
Fenwick Flint
On with the Dance
East Side, West Side
Gilbert Van Horn
The Careless Age
Sir John
Divorce Coupons
Roland Bland
A Doll's House
Thorvald Helmar
Another Scandal
Pelham Franklin
A Woman's Woman
John Plummer (as Holmes E. Herbert)
Her Own Free Will
Peter Craddock
Josselyn's Wife
Thomas Josselyn
15 Maiden Lane
Harold Anderson
Over the Santa Fe Trail
Doc Henderson
The Gay Retreat
Charles Wright
Sister to Judas
Bruce Rogers
The Wild Goose
Frank Manners (as Holmes E. Herbert)
His House in Order
Filmer Jesson
Her Lord and Master
R. Honorable Thurston Ralph, Viscount Canning
Black Is White
Jim Brood (as Holmes E. Herbert)
Lady Rose's Daughter
Jacob Delafield
The Family Closet
Alfred Dinsmore
Any Wife
Philip Gray