Herbert Lom
Acting • Born 1917-09-12 – Died 2012-09-27
Biography
Herbert Lom (born Herbert Charles Angelo Kuchačevič ze Schluderpacheru; 11 September 1917 – 27 September 2012) was a Czech-born British film and television actor who moved to the United Kingdom in 1939. In a career lasting more than 60 years, he appeared in character roles, often portraying criminals or villains early in his career and professional men in later years. Lom was noted for his precise, elegant enunciation of English. He is best known for his roles in The Ladykillers, The Pink Panther film series and the television series The Human Jungle.
Filmography
117 credits
Spartacus
Movie • 1960
Tigranes Levantus
A Shot in the Dark
Movie • 1964
Charles Dreyfus
The Lady Vanishes
Movie • 1979
Dr. Egon Hartz
And Then There Were None
Movie • 1974
Dr. Edward Armstrong
Whoops Apocalypse
Movie • 1986
Gen. Mosquera
The Ladykillers
Movie • 1955
Louis, alias 'Mr. Harvey'
The Dead Zone
Movie • 1983
Dr. Sam Weizak
Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy 2
Movie • 1967
Etzel
Count Dracula
Movie • 1970
Van Helsing
Treasure of Silver Lake
Movie • 1962
Colonel Brinkley
The Masque of the Red Death
Movie • 1989
Ludwig
Revenge of the Pink Panther
Movie • 1978
Chief Inspector Dreyfus
Chase a Crooked Shadow
Movie • 1958
Police Commissar Vargas
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
Movie • 1984
Dr. Larsen (archive footage) (uncredited)
War and Peace
Movie • 1956
Napoleon
The Karate Killers
Movie • 1967
Randolph
The Return of the Pink Panther
Movie • 1975
Chief Inspector Dreyfus
Hopscotch
Movie • 1980
Yaskov
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Movie • 1976
Dreyfus
Asylum
Movie • 1972
Byron
King Solomon's Mines
Movie • 1985
Colonel Bockner
Trail of the Pink Panther
Movie • 1982
Chef Inspektor Charles Dreyfus
Night Boat to Dublin
Movie • 1946
Keitel
Gambit
Movie • 1966
Shahbandar
99 Women
Movie • 1969
Governor Santos
Doppelgänger
Movie • 1969
Doctor Hassler
Curse of the Pink Panther
Movie • 1983
Chief Insp. Charles LaRousse Dreyfus
And Now the Screaming Starts!
Movie • 1973
Henry Fengriffen
The Man with Bogart's Face
Movie • 1980
Mr. Zebra
Passport to Shame
Movie • 1958
Nick Biaggi
The Love Lottery
Movie • 1954
André Amico
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
Movie • 1952
Julius de Koster, Jr.
The Seventh Veil
Movie • 1945
Dr. Larsen
Mr. Denning Drives North
Movie • 1951
Mados
Action of the Tiger
Movie • 1957
Trifon, Albania Bandit
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Movie • 1971
Rene Marot
Hell Drivers
Movie • 1957
Gino Rossi
The Sect
Movie • 1991
Moebius Kelly
River of Death
Movie • 1989
Colonel Ricardo Diaz
Third Man on the Mountain
Movie • 1959
Emil Saxo
The Phantom of the Opera
Movie • 1962
The Phantom (Prof. L. Petrie)
Charleston
Movie • 1977
Inspector Watkins
Dorian Gray
Movie • 1970
Henry Wotton
Son of the Pink Panther
Movie • 1993
Police Commisioner Charles Dreyfus
Mark of the Devil
Movie • 1970
Lord Cumberland
Villa Rides
Movie • 1968
General Huerta
Mysterious Island
Movie • 1961
Captain Nemo
Our Man in Marrakesh
Movie • 1966
Mr. Casimir
Night and the City
Movie • 1950
Kristo
Mr. Topaze
Movie • 1961
Castel Benac
Skeleton Coast
Movie • 1988
Elia
The Frightened City
Movie • 1961
Waldo Zhernikov
Return from the Ashes
Movie • 1965
Dr. Charles Bovard
Fire Down Below
Movie • 1957
Harbour Master
Appointment with Crime
Movie • 1946
Gregory Lang
Good-Time Girl
Movie • 1948
Max Vine
Intent to Kill
Movie • 1958
Juan Menda
North West Frontier
Movie • 1959
Van Layden
Dual Alibi
Movie • 1947
Jules de Lisle / Georges de Lisle
Golden Salamander
Movie • 1950
Rankl
Beautiful Stranger
Movie • 1954
Emil Landosh
Hotel Reserve
Movie • 1944
Andre Roux
Ten Little Indians
Movie • 1989
Gen. Brancko Romensky
I Aim at the Stars
Movie • 1960
Anton Reger
Dark Places
Movie • 1973
Prescot
Eve
Movie • 1968
Diego
Rough Shoot
Movie • 1953
Sandorski
Vampir Cuadecuc
Movie • 1972
Self
Cage of Gold
Movie • 1950
Rahman
After Mein Kampf
Movie • 1940
Snowbound
Movie • 1948
Von Kellerman, alias Keramikos
State Secret
Movie • 1950
Karl Theodor
Assignment to Kill
Movie • 1968
Matt Wilson
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Movie • 1965
Simon Legree
Perilous Assignment
Movie • 1959
Self
The Dark Tower
Movie • 1943
Stephen Torg
Tomorrow We Live
Movie • 1943
Kurtz
Brass Monkey
Movie • 1948
Peter Hobart
The Big Fisherman
Movie • 1959
Herod Antipas
I Accuse!
Movie • 1958
Maj. DuPaty de Clam
The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau
Movie • 2002
self
Mister Jerico
Movie • 1970
Victor Russo
Hell Is Sold Out
Movie • 1951
Dominic Danges
Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard
Movie • 1952
Roger Ford
Memed My Hawk
Movie • 1984
Ali Safa Bey
The Ringer
Movie • 1952
Maurice Meister
No Trees in the Street
Movie • 1959
Wilkie
Portrait from Life
Movie • 1948
Fritz Kottler Hendlemann
Star of India
Movie • 1954
Governor Narbonne
Dracula vs. Vampir
Movie • 2012
The Roots of Heaven
Movie • 1958
Orsini
The Pope Must Die
Movie • 1991
Vittorio Corelli
Master of Dragonard Hill
Movie • 1987
Le Farge
I Have Been Here Before
Movie • 1982
Dr. Görtler
The Black Rose
Movie • 1950
Anthemus
Tiara Tahiti
Movie • 1962
Chong Sing
The Young Mr. Pitt
Movie • 1942
Napoleon
The Net
Movie • 1953
Dr. Alex Leon
Two on the Tiles
Movie • 1951
Ford
Secret Mission
Movie • 1942
Medical Officer
El Cid
Movie • 1961
Ben Yussuf
Boží mlýny
Movie • 1938
Žena pod křížem
Movie • 1937
Gustav
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Movie • 1976
Simon Legree (archive)
The Horse Without a Head
Movie • 1964
Schiapa
Going Bananas
Movie • 1987
Captain Mackintosh
Beloved Count
Movie • 2007
(archive footage)
Dad for a Day
Movie • 1939
Gas Station Patron
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
Movie • 2021
Self - (archive footage)
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Mondrago
The Human Jungle
TV • 1963
Doctor Roger Corder M. D., D. P. M.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1964
Randolph
The Detectives
TV • 1993
Van der Dyck
Lace
TV • 1984
Monsier Chardin
Peter and Paul
TV • 1981
Barnabas
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Dr. Görtler
The World of Hammer
TV • 1994
Self (archive footage)