Holmes Herbert
Acting • Born 1882-07-30 – Died 1956-12-26
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.
Filmography
191 credits
The Pursuit of Happiness
Movie • 1934
Gen. Sir Henry Clinton
A Woman's Vengeance
Movie • 1948
Warder (uncredited)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie • 1931
Dr. John Lanyon
The Ghost of Frankenstein
Movie • 1942
Magistrate
The Invisible Man
Movie • 1933
Chief of Police
Dressed to Kill
Movie • 1946
Ebenezer Crabtree
The Kiss
Movie • 1929
Lassalle
The Lost Tribe
Movie • 1949
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Wild North
Movie • 1952
Magistrate (uncredited)
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Movie • 1933
Dr. Rasmussen
The Pearl of Death
Movie • 1944
James Goodram, courier
The House of Fear
Movie • 1945
Alan Cosgrave
The Divorcee
Movie • 1919
Sir Paradine Fuldes
Trapped in the Sky
Movie • 1939
Fielding
Hidden Power
Movie • 1939
Dr. Morley
Tower of London
Movie • 1939
Councilman (uncredited)
The Verdict
Movie • 1946
Sir William Dawson
Invisible Agent
Movie • 1942
Sir Alfred Spencer
Mark of the Vampire
Movie • 1935
Sir Karell Borotyn
The Prince and the Pauper
Movie • 1937
First Doctor
Jealousy
Movie • 1945
Melvyn Russell
Calling Dr. Death
Movie • 1943
Bryant, the Butler
The Uninvited
Movie • 1944
Charlie Jessup
Captain Blood
Movie • 1935
Capt. Gardner
Madame X
Movie • 1929
Noel
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Movie • 1939
Justice of the Court
Moonshine Valley
Movie • 1922
Dr. Martin
British Intelligence
Movie • 1939
Arthur Bennett
The Ghost Goes Wild
Movie • 1947
Judge
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Movie • 1946
Dr. White, Minister
Singapore
Movie • 1947
Rev. Barnes
His Wife
Movie • 1915
John Dennys
The Fisherwoman
Movie • 1915
The Son
Dead Men Tell No Tales
Movie • 1920
Squire John Rattray
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
Movie • 1939
Prof. Ed Janney
The House of Secrets
Movie • 1936
Sir Bertram Evans - Home Secretary
The Unwritten Code
Movie • 1944
McDowell (uncredited)
The Thirteenth Chair
Movie • 1929
Sir Roscoe Crosby
Post Office Investigator
Movie • 1949
James Seeley
Confidential Agent
Movie • 1945
Lord Benditch
East Side, West Side
Movie • 1927
Gilbert Van Horn
The Thirteenth Chair
Movie • 1937
Governor Sir Roscoe Crosby
Untamed
Movie • 1929
Howard Presley
Enter Arsène Lupin
Movie • 1944
Jobson
Miss Pinkerton
Movie • 1932
Arthur Glenn
The Fire Brigade
Movie • 1926
James Corwin
Chances
Movie • 1931
Maj. Bradford
Say It with Songs
Movie • 1929
Dr. Robert Merrill
The White Heather
Movie • 1919
Lord Angus Cameron
Broadminded
Movie • 1931
John J. Hackett Sr.
The Brigand
Movie • 1952
Archbishop
The Hot Heiress
Movie • 1931
Mr. Hunter
His House in Order
Movie • 1920
Filmer Jesson
Lady Rose's Daughter
Movie • 1920
Jacob Delafield
Here's Flash Casey
Movie • 1938
Maj. Addison
The Girl Said No
Movie • 1937
Charles Dillon (scenes deleted)
Sister to Judas
Movie • 1932
Bruce Rogers
South of St. Louis
Movie • 1949
The Unknown Man
Movie • 1951
(uncredited)
One in a Million
Movie • 1935
Donald Cabot Sr.
The Ship from Shanghai
Movie • 1930
Paul Thorpe
Two Tickets to London
Movie • 1943
Kilgallen
A Woman of the World
Movie • 1925
Richard Granger
Family Honeymoon
Movie • 1948
Rev. Miller (uncredited)
Bad Boy
Movie • 1939
Mr. McNeil
Shop Angel
Movie • 1932
James Walton Kennedy
The Black Doll
Movie • 1938
Dr. Giddings
The Man Without a Country
Movie • 1917
Lt. Philip Nolan
Sons of Steel
Movie • 1934
Curtis Chadburne
Evidence
Movie • 1922
Judge Rowland
The Single Sin
Movie • 1931
Roger Van Dorn
Ivy
Movie • 1947
Mulloy (uncredited)
Say It in French
Movie • 1938
Richard Carrington Sr.
Mr. Wu
Movie • 1927
Mr. Gregory
Slave Ship
Movie • 1937
Commander
Brilliant Marriage
Movie • 1936
Mr. Rodney Allison
The ABC of Love
Movie • 1919
Harry Bryant
Stanley and Livingstone
Movie • 1939
Frederick Holcomb
Wolf Call
Movie • 1939
J.L. Winton
Man Hunt
Movie • 1941
Saul Farnsworthy
This Above All
Movie • 1942
Dr. Mathias
The Curtain Falls
Movie • 1934
John Scorsby
Any Wife
Movie • 1922
Philip Gray
Slaves of Beauty
Movie • 1927
Leonard Jones
Cardinal Richelieu
Movie • 1935
Noble
The Right to Love
Movie • 1920
Lord Falkland
The Gentleman from Louisiana
Movie • 1936
Chief Steward
The White Angel
Movie • 1936
War Minister (uncredited)
Champagne Charlie
Movie • 1936
Captain Dell
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
Movie • 1939
Bentham (uncredited)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Movie • 1947
Inspector McIver
The Little Princess
Movie • 1939
Doctor
Juarez
Movie • 1939
Marshal Randon (uncredited)
The Sun Never Sets
Movie • 1939
Colonial Official
We Are Not Alone
Movie • 1939
Police Inspector
The House of Fear
Movie • 1939
Minor Role
Everything Happens at Night
Movie • 1939
Featherstone
The Swordsman
Movie • 1948
Lord Glowan
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Movie • 1939
Majordomo (uncredited)
Kidnapped
Movie • 1938
Judge
The Earl of Chicago
Movie • 1940
Sergeant-at-Arms (uncredited)
15 Maiden Lane
Movie • 1936
Harold Anderson
When a Man Loves
Movie • 1927
Jean Tiberge
Boom Town
Movie • 1940
Doctor (uncredited)
Wife vs. Secretary
Movie • 1936
Frawley (uncredited)
Foreign Correspondent
Movie • 1940
Asst. Commissioner
The Letter
Movie • 1940
Robert's Friend at Bar at Party (uncredited)
20,000 Men a Year
Movie • 1939
Dean Norris
A Dispatch from Reuters
Movie • 1940
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Phantom Raiders
Movie • 1940
Sir Edward
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
Movie • 1944
Captain (uncredited)
An Angel from Texas
Movie • 1940
Second Banker
The Mummy's Curse
Movie • 1944
Dr. Cooper
The Wreck of the Hesperus
Movie • 1948
Pastor West
The Honeymoon Express
Movie • 1926
Jim Donaldson
The Iroquois Trail
Movie • 1950
Gen. Johnson
Accent on Youth
Movie • 1935
Frank Galloway
Over the Santa Fe Trail
Movie • 1947
Doc Henderson
The Enchanted Cottage
Movie • 1924
Major Hillgrove
The Charlatan
Movie • 1929
Peter "Count Merlin" Dwight
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Movie • 1942
Sir Reginald
On Trial
Movie • 1928
Gerald Trask
The Terror
Movie • 1928
Goodman
Careers
Movie • 1929
Carouge
On with the Dance
Movie • 1920
Up the Ladder
Movie • 1925
Robert Newhall
Sorry, Wrong Number
Movie • 1948
Wilkins (uncredited)
Daughter of the Dragon
Movie • 1931
Sir John Petrie
The Careless Age
Movie • 1929
Sir John
Mystery of the White Room
Movie • 1939
Hospital Administrator
The Wanderer
Movie • 1925
Prophet
Bulldog Drummond at Bay
Movie • 1947
Scotland Yard Inspector McIvar
The Buccaneer
Movie • 1938
Captain McWilliams
Jungle Jim
Movie • 1948
Commissioner Geoffrey Marsden
Anne of the Indies
Movie • 1951
English Sea Captain
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Movie • 1928
Henry Spoffard
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Movie • 1943
Mr. Ahrens
Danger in the Pacific
Movie • 1942
Commissioner
Corvette K-225
Movie • 1943
Commodore Ramsay
The Man Without a Country
Movie • 1937
Aaron Burr
Three Strangers
Movie • 1946
Sir Robert (uncredited)
Lloyd's of London
Movie • 1936
Spokesman
One Increasing Purpose
Movie • 1927
Charles Paris
The Sporting Age
Movie • 1928
James Driscoll
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Movie • 1925
Black Is White
Movie • 1920
Jim Brood (as Holmes E. Herbert)
Josselyn's Wife
Movie • 1926
Thomas Josselyn
The Truth About Husbands
Movie • 1920
Dustan Renshaw
Rulers of the Sea
Movie • 1939
Member of Naval Company (Uncredited)
Johnny Belinda
Movie • 1948
Judge (uncredited)
Barbary Pirate
Movie • 1949
Thomas Jefferson
The Undying Monster
Movie • 1942
Chief Constable (uncredited)
Intermezzo: A Love Story
Movie • 1939
Doctor (Uncredited)
The Death Dance
Movie • 1918
Arnold Maitland
Her Private Life
Movie • 1929
Rudolph Solomon
The Heart of Salome
Movie • 1927
Sir Humphrey
Through the Breakers
Movie • 1928
Eustis Hobbs
Swingin' on a Rainbow
Movie • 1945
Butler (uncredited)
Central Park
Movie • 1932
Benefit Emcee (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette
Movie • 1938
Herald (uncredited)
A Woman's Woman
Movie • 1922
John Plummer (as Holmes E. Herbert)
The Silver Slave
Movie • 1927
Tom Richards
Sinners in Heaven
Movie • 1924
Hugh Rochedale
Beloved
Movie • 1934
Lord Landslake
Strictly in the Groove
Movie • 1942
Commissioner
The Wild Goose
Movie • 1921
Frank Manners (as Holmes E. Herbert)
A Doll's House
Movie • 1918
Thorvald Helmar
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
Movie • 1951
Constable (uncredited)
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
Movie • 1945
Canadian Pacific
Movie • 1949
Head of Canadian Parliament (uncredited)
The Gay Retreat
Movie • 1927
Charles Wright
Divorce Coupons
Movie • 1922
Roland Bland
I Will Repay
Movie • 1924
Sir Percy Blakeney
Another Scandal
Movie • 1924
Pelham Franklin
Her Own Free Will
Movie • 1924
Peter Craddock
Greater Than Love
Movie • 1919
James Bruton
Lady in a Jam
Movie • 1942
Man at Auction (uncredited)
Her Lord and Master
Movie • 1921
R. Honorable Thurston Ralph, Viscount Canning
Other Men's Wives
Movie • 1919
Fenwick Flint
The Family Closet
Movie • 1921
Alfred Dinsmore
The House of Rothschild
Movie • 1934
Rowerth
A Stage Romance
Movie • 1922
Prince of Wales
My Lady's Garter
Movie • 1920
Henry Van Derp, aka The Hawk
Love's Wilderness
Movie • 1924
David Tennant
The Rough Neck
Movie • 1919
A Half-Breed Indian
Toilers of the Sea
Movie • 1923
Sandro
Wreckage
Movie • 1925
Stuart Ames
Week End Husbands
Movie • 1924
William Randall
The Market of Souls
Movie • 1919
Temple Bane
Heedless Moths
Movie • 1921
Lovers
Movie • 1927
Milton