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