Holmes Herbert
Biography
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), 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
The Invisible Man
1933
Captain Blood
1935
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931
Foreign Correspondent
1940
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
1942
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942
The Mummy's Curse
1944
Anne of the Indies
1951
Mark of the Vampire
1935
The Pearl of Death
1944
Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933
Filmography
The Invisible Man
as Chief of Police · 1933
Captain Blood
as Capt. Gardner · 1935
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. John Lanyon · 1931
Foreign Correspondent
as Asst. Commissioner · 1940
Sorry, Wrong Number
as Wilkins (uncredited) · 1948
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
as Sir Reginald · 1942
The Ghost of Frankenstein
as Magistrate · 1942
The Mummy's Curse
as Dr. Cooper · 1944
Anne of the Indies
as English Sea Captain · 1951
Mark of the Vampire
as Sir Karell Borotyn · 1935
The Pearl of Death
as James Goodram, courier · 1944
Mystery of the Wax Museum
as Dr. Rasmussen · 1933
The Little Princess
as Doctor · 1939
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Justice of the Court · 1939
Dressed to Kill
as Ebenezer Crabtree · 1946
Marie Antoinette
as Herald (uncredited) · 1938
The Careless Age
as Sir John · 1929
Invisible Agent
as Sir Alfred Spencer · 1942
The Unwritten Code
as McDowell (uncredited) · 1944
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
as Majordomo (uncredited) · 1939
At Sword's Point
· 1952
Confidential Agent
as Lord Benditch · 1945
The Uninvited
as Charlie Jessup · 1944
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
· 1945
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as Mr. Ahrens · 1943
The Letter
as Robert's Friend at Bar at Party (uncredited) · 1940
The Prince and the Pauper
as First Doctor · 1937
Wildfire
as Garrison · 1925
Juarez
as Marshal Randon (uncredited) · 1939
The House of Rothschild
as Rowerth · 1934
Tower of London
as Councilman (uncredited) · 1939
Three Strangers
as Sir Robert (uncredited) · 1946
The Man Without a Country
as Aaron Burr · 1937
A Woman's Vengeance
as Warder (uncredited) · 1948
Wife vs. Secretary
as Frawley (uncredited) · 1936
Lloyd's of London
as Spokesman · 1936
The House of Fear
as Alan Cosgrave · 1945
The Verdict
as Sir William Dawson · 1946
Family Honeymoon
as Rev. Miller (uncredited) · 1948
Intermezzo: A Love Story
as Doctor (Uncredited) · 1939
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
· 1925
Johnny Belinda
as Judge (uncredited) · 1948
South of St. Louis
· 1949
Man Hunt
as Saul Farnsworthy · 1941
Corvette K-225
as Commodore Ramsay · 1943
Canadian Pacific
as Head of Canadian Parliament (uncredited) · 1949
Dead Men Tell No Tales
as Squire John Rattray · 1920
Brilliant Marriage
as Mr. Rodney Allison · 1936
Lady in a Jam
as Man at Auction (uncredited) · 1942
Careers
as Carouge · 1929
Daughter of the Dragon
as Sir John Petrie · 1931
The Earl of Chicago
as Sergeant-at-Arms (uncredited) · 1940
Mystery of the White Room
as Hospital Administrator · 1939
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
as Prof. Ed Janney · 1939
Boom Town
as Doctor (uncredited) · 1940
A Dispatch from Reuters
as Member of Parliament (uncredited) · 1940
When a Man Loves
as Jean Tiberge · 1927
The Wild North
as Magistrate (uncredited) · 1952
An Angel from Texas
as Second Banker · 1940
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
as Bentham (uncredited) · 1939
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
as Captain (uncredited) · 1944
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
as Dr. White (uncredited) · 1946
Everything Happens at Night
as Featherstone · 1939
A Doll's House
as Thorvald Helmar · 1918
Stanley and Livingstone
as Frederick Holcomb · 1939
East Side, West Side
as Gilbert Van Horn · 1927
Evidence
as Judge Rowland · 1922
We Are Not Alone
as Police Inspector · 1939
The Pursuit of Happiness
as Gen. Sir Henry Clinton · 1934
His Wife
as John Dennys · 1915
The Buccaneer
as Captain McWilliams · 1938
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
as Constable (uncredited) · 1951
The White Angel
as War Minister (uncredited) · 1936
Singapore
as Rev. Barnes · 1947
Two Tickets to London
as Kilgallen · 1943
The Ghost Goes Wild
as Judge · 1947
The Unknown Man
as (uncredited) · 1951
20,000 Men a Year
as Dean Norris · 1939
Say It with Songs
as Dr. Robert Merrill · 1929
This Above All
as Dr. Mathias · 1942
The Lost Tribe
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) · 1949
The Wreck of the Hesperus
as Pastor West · 1948
Kidnapped
as Judge · 1938
Ivy
as Mulloy (uncredited) · 1947
Slave Ship
as Commander · 1937
The Girl Said No
as Charles Dillon (scenes deleted) · 1937
The Undying Monster
as Chief Constable (uncredited) · 1942
The House of Fear
as Minor Role · 1939
The Gentleman from Louisiana
as Chief Steward · 1936
Her Private Life
as Rudolph Solomon · 1929
Say It in French
as Richard Carrington Sr. · 1938
Toilers of the Sea
as Sandro · 1923
Wreckage
as Stuart Ames · 1925
The Nest
as Richard Elliot
The Sun Never Sets
as Colonial Official · 1939
Lovers
as Milton · 1927
Post Office Investigator
as James Seeley · 1949
Over the Santa Fe Trail
as Doc Henderson · 1947
The Iroquois Trail
as Gen. Johnson · 1950
Trapped in the Sky
as Fielding · 1939
Untamed
as Howard Presley · 1929
Other Men's Wives
as Fenwick Flint · 1919
Heedless Moths
as The Sculptor · 1921
Rulers of the Sea
as Member of Naval Company (Uncredited) · 1939
The Market of Souls
as Temple Bane · 1919
The Brigand
as Archbishop · 1952
The House of Secrets
as Sir Bertram Evans - Home Secretary · 1936
A Woman of the World
as Richard Granger · 1925
Bulldog Drummond at Bay
as Scotland Yard Inspector McIvar · 1947
Swingin' on a Rainbow
as Butler (uncredited) · 1945
Cardinal Richelieu
as Noble · 1935
Their Hour
as Cora's Father · 1928
Barbary Pirate
as Thomas Jefferson · 1949
One in a Million
as Donald Cabot Sr. · 1935
The Right to Love
as Lord Falkland · 1920
Her Life and His
as Ralph Howard · 1917
Miss Pinkerton
as Arthur Glenn · 1932
15 Maiden Lane
as Harold Anderson · 1936
Strictly in the Groove
as Commissioner · 1942
Danger in the Pacific
as Commissioner · 1942
The Truth About Husbands
as Dustan Renshaw · 1920
The Kiss
as Lassalle · 1929
Shop Angel
as James Walton Kennedy · 1932
Jungle Jim
as Commissioner Geoffrey Marsden · 1948
The Heart of Salome
as Sir Humphrey · 1927
The Ship from Shanghai
as Paul Thorpe · 1930
The Thirteenth Chair
as Sir Roscoe Crosby · 1929
Sinners in Heaven
as Hugh Rochedale · 1924
The Terror
as Goodman · 1928
Divorce Coupons
as Roland Bland · 1922
Josselyn's Wife
as Thomas Josselyn · 1926
British Intelligence
as Arthur Bennett · 1939
A Woman's Woman
as John Plummer (as Holmes E. Herbert) · 1922
The Black Doll
as Dr. Giddings · 1938
Calling Dr. Death
as Bryant, the Butler · 1943
My Lady's Garter
as Henry Van Derp, aka The Hawk · 1920
The ABC of Love
as Harry Bryant · 1919
The Fire Brigade
as James Corwin · 1926
Phantom Raiders
as Sir Edward · 1940
Madame X
as Noel · 1929
Love's Wilderness
as David Tennant · 1924
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as Inspector McIver · 1947
The Death Dance
as Arnold Maitland · 1918
Broadminded
as John J. Hackett Sr. · 1931
Her Lord and Master
as R. Honorable Thurston Ralph, Viscount Canning · 1921
Enter Arsène Lupin
as Jobson · 1944
Chances
as Maj. Bradford · 1931
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
as Henry Spoffard · 1928
On with the Dance
· 1920
Greater Than Love
as James Bruton · 1919
Week End Husbands
as William Randall · 1924
Here's Flash Casey
as Maj. Addison · 1938
His House in Order
as Filmer Jesson · 1920
Mr. Wu
as Mr. Gregory · 1927
Beloved
as Lord Landslake · 1934
Champagne Charlie
as Captain Dell · 1936
The Silver Slave
as Tom Richards · 1927
Through the Breakers
as Eustis Hobbs · 1928
The Family Closet
as Alfred Dinsmore · 1921
Lady Rose's Daughter
as Jacob Delafield · 1920
South of Suez
as Simpson · 1940
The Honeymoon Express
as Jim Donaldson · 1926
Central Park
as Benefit Emcee (uncredited) · 1932
The Man Without a Country
as Lt. Philip Nolan · 1917
Sons of Steel
as Curtis Chadburne · 1934
Bad Boy
as Mr. McNeil · 1939
The White Heather
as Lord Angus Cameron · 1919
The Rough Neck
as A Half-Breed Indian · 1919
The Thirteenth Chair
as Governor Sir Roscoe Crosby · 1937
The Fisherwoman
as The Son · 1915
Up the Ladder
as Robert Newhall · 1925
The Swordsman
as Lord Glowan · 1948
The Enchanted Cottage
as Major Hillgrove · 1924
A Stage Romance
as Prince of Wales · 1922
I Will Repay
as Sir Percy Blakeney · 1924
Wolf Call
as J.L. Winton · 1939
On Trial
as Gerald Trask · 1928
Accent on Youth
as Frank Galloway · 1935
Her Own Free Will
as Peter Craddock · 1924
Jealousy
as Melvyn Russell · 1945
Hidden Power
as Dr. Morley · 1939
The Wild Goose
as Frank Manners (as Holmes E. Herbert) · 1921
Moonshine Valley
as Dr. Martin · 1922
The Divorcee
as Sir Paradine Fuldes · 1919
The Single Sin
as Roger Van Dorn · 1931
One Increasing Purpose
as Charles Paris · 1927
Slaves of Beauty
as Leonard Jones · 1927
The Hot Heiress
as Mr. Hunter · 1931
The Charlatan
as Peter "Count Merlin" Dwight · 1929
Sister to Judas
as Bruce Rogers · 1932
The Curtain Falls
as John Scorsby · 1934
Another Scandal
as Pelham Franklin · 1924
The Wanderer
as Prophet · 1925
The Gay Retreat
as Charles Wright · 1927
The Sporting Age
as James Driscoll · 1928
Any Wife
as Philip Gray · 1922
Black Is White
as Jim Brood (as Holmes E. Herbert) · 1920