Acting
Holmes Herbert
EN, XX cinema · 197 credits
Born
30 July 1882
Died
26 December 1956 (aged 74)
Birthplace
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Also known as Horace Edward Jenner · Holmes E. Herbert · H.E. Herbert · H.J. Herbert · Холмс Херберт
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
Filmography
The Nest
The Nest
as Richard Elliot
The Wild North
as Magistrate (uncredited)
The Brigand
as Archbishop
The Unknown Man
as (uncredited)
Anne of the Indies
as English Sea Captain
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
as Constable (uncredited)
The Iroquois Trail
as Gen. Johnson
The Lost Tribe
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Post Office Investigator
as James Seeley
Barbary Pirate
as Thomas Jefferson
Canadian Pacific
as Head of Canadian Parliament (uncredited)
A Woman's Vengeance
as Warder (uncredited)
Family Honeymoon
as Rev. Miller (uncredited)
The Swordsman
as Lord Glowan
The Wreck of the Hesperus
as Pastor West
Sorry, Wrong Number
as Wilkins (uncredited)
Jungle Jim
as Commissioner Geoffrey Marsden
Johnny Belinda
as Judge (uncredited)
The Ghost Goes Wild
as Judge
Singapore
as Rev. Barnes
Ivy
as Mulloy (uncredited)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as Inspector McIver
Over the Santa Fe Trail
as Doc Henderson
Bulldog Drummond at Bay
as Scotland Yard Inspector McIvar
Dressed to Kill
as Ebenezer Crabtree
The Verdict
as Sir William Dawson
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
as Dr. White (uncredited)
Three Strangers
as Sir Robert (uncredited)
The House of Fear
as Alan Cosgrave
Jealousy
as Melvyn Russell
Confidential Agent
as Lord Benditch
Swingin' on a Rainbow
as Butler (uncredited)
The Pearl of Death
as James Goodram, courier
The Uninvited
as Charlie Jessup
The Unwritten Code
as McDowell (uncredited)
Enter Arsène Lupin
as Jobson
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
as Captain (uncredited)
The Mummy's Curse
as Dr. Cooper
Calling Dr. Death
as Bryant, the Butler
Two Tickets to London
as Kilgallen
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as Mr. Ahrens
Corvette K-225
as Commodore Ramsay
The Ghost of Frankenstein
as Magistrate
Invisible Agent
as Sir Alfred Spencer
This Above All
as Dr. Mathias
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
as Sir Reginald
Danger in the Pacific
as Commissioner
The Undying Monster
as Chief Constable (uncredited)
Strictly in the Groove
as Commissioner
Lady in a Jam
as Man at Auction (uncredited)
Man Hunt
as Saul Farnsworthy
The Earl of Chicago
as Sergeant-at-Arms (uncredited)
Boom Town
as Doctor (uncredited)
The Letter
as Robert's Friend at Bar at Party (uncredited)
Foreign Correspondent
as Asst. Commissioner
A Dispatch from Reuters
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Phantom Raiders
as Sir Edward
An Angel from Texas
as Second Banker
South of Suez
as Simpson
Hidden Power
as Dr. Morley
Trapped in the Sky
as Fielding
Tower of London
as Councilman (uncredited)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Justice of the Court
British Intelligence
as Arthur Bennett
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
as Prof. Ed Janney
Bad Boy
as Mr. McNeil
Stanley and Livingstone
as Frederick Holcomb
Wolf Call
as J.L. Winton
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
as Bentham (uncredited)
The Little Princess
as Doctor
Juarez
as Marshal Randon (uncredited)
The Sun Never Sets
as Colonial Official
We Are Not Alone
as Police Inspector
The House of Fear
as Minor Role
Everything Happens at Night
as Featherstone
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
as Majordomo (uncredited)
20,000 Men a Year
as Dean Norris
Mystery of the White Room
as Hospital Administrator
Rulers of the Sea
as Member of Naval Company (Uncredited)
Intermezzo: A Love Story
as Doctor (Uncredited)
Here's Flash Casey
as Maj. Addison
The Black Doll
as Dr. Giddings
Say It in French
as Richard Carrington Sr.
Kidnapped
as Judge
The Buccaneer
as Captain McWilliams
Marie Antoinette
as Herald (uncredited)
The Prince and the Pauper
as First Doctor
The 13th Chair
as Governor Sir Roscoe Crosby
The Girl Said No
as Charles Dillon (scenes deleted)
Slave Ship
as Commander
The Man Without a Country
as Aaron Burr
The House of Secrets
as Sir Bertram Evans - Home Secretary
Brilliant Marriage
as Mr. Rodney Allison
The Gentleman from Louisiana
as Chief Steward
The White Angel
as War Minister (uncredited)
Champagne Charlie
as Captain Dell
15 Maiden Lane
as Harold Anderson
Wife vs. Secretary
as Frawley (uncredited)
Lloyd's of London
as Spokesman
Mark of the Vampire
as Sir Karell Borotyn
Captain Blood
as Capt. Gardner
One in a Million
as Donald Cabot Sr.
Cardinal Richelieu
as Noble
Accent on Youth
as Frank Galloway
The Pursuit of Happiness
as Gen. Sir Henry Clinton
Sons of Steel
as Curtis Chadburne
The Curtain Falls
as John Scorsby
Beloved
as Lord Landslake
The House of Rothschild
as Rowerth
The Invisible Man
as Chief of Police
Mystery of the Wax Museum
as Dr. Rasmussen
Miss Pinkerton
as Arthur Glenn
Sister to Judas
as Bruce Rogers
Shop Angel
as James Walton Kennedy
Central Park
as Benefit Emcee (uncredited)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. John Lanyon
Chances
as Maj. Bradford
Broadminded
as John J. Hackett Sr.
The Hot Heiress
as Mr. Hunter
The Single Sin
as Roger Van Dorn
Daughter of the Dragon
as Sir John Petrie
The Ship from Shanghai
as Paul Thorpe
The Kiss
as Lassalle
Madame X
as Noel
The Thirteenth Chair
as Sir Roscoe Crosby
Untamed
as Howard Presley
Say It with Songs
as Dr. Robert Merrill
The Charlatan
as Peter "Count Merlin" Dwight
Careers
as Carouge
The Careless Age
as Sir John
Her Private Life
as Rudolph Solomon
On Trial
as Gerald Trask
The Terror
as Goodman
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
as Henry Spoffard
The Sporting Age
as James Driscoll
Through the Breakers
as Eustis Hobbs
Their Hour
1928
Their Hour
as Cora's Father
East Side, West Side
as Gilbert Van Horn
Mr. Wu
as Mr. Gregory
Slaves of Beauty
1927
Slaves of Beauty
as Leonard Jones
When a Man Loves
as Jean Tiberge
One Increasing Purpose
as Charles Paris
The Heart of Salome
as Sir Humphrey
The Silver Slave
as Tom Richards
The Gay Retreat
as Charles Wright
Lovers
as Milton
The Fire Brigade
as James Corwin
The Honeymoon Express
as Jim Donaldson
Josselyn's Wife
as Thomas Josselyn
A Woman of the World
as Richard Granger
Up the Ladder
as Robert Newhall
The Wanderer
as Prophet
Wreckage
as Stuart Ames
Wildfire
1925
Wildfire
as Garrison
The Enchanted Cottage
as Major Hillgrove
Sinners in Heaven
as Hugh Rochedale
I Will Repay
as Sir Percy Blakeney
Another Scandal
as Pelham Franklin
Her Own Free Will
as Peter Craddock
Love's Wilderness
as David Tennant
Week End Husbands
as William Randall
Toilers of the Sea
as Sandro
Moonshine Valley
as Dr. Martin
Evidence
as Judge Rowland
Any Wife
as Philip Gray
A Woman's Woman
as John Plummer (as Holmes E. Herbert)
Divorce Coupons
as Roland Bland
A Stage Romance
as Prince of Wales
The Wild Goose
as Frank Manners (as Holmes E. Herbert)
Her Lord and Master
1921
Her Lord and Master
as R. Honorable Thurston Ralph, Viscount Canning
The Family Closet
as Alfred Dinsmore
Heedless Moths
as The Sculptor
Dead Men Tell No Tales
as Squire John Rattray
His House in Order
as Filmer Jesson
Lady Rose's Daughter
as Jacob Delafield
The Right to Love
as Lord Falkland
Black Is White
as Jim Brood (as Holmes E. Herbert)
The Truth About Husbands
as Dustan Renshaw
My Lady's Garter
as Henry Van Derp, aka The Hawk
The Divorcee
as Sir Paradine Fuldes
The White Heather
as Lord Angus Cameron
The ABC of Love
as Harry Bryant
Greater Than Love
as James Bruton
Other Men's Wives
as Fenwick Flint
The Rough Neck
as A Half-Breed Indian
The Market of Souls
as Temple Bane
The Death Dance
as Arnold Maitland
A Doll's House
as Thorvald Helmar
The Man Without a Country
as Lt. Philip Nolan
Her Life and His
1917
Her Life and His
as Ralph Howard
His Wife
as John Dennys