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