
H.B. Warner
Biography
Henry Byron Warner (often credited as H.B. Warner) was an English actor. He was the definitive cinematic Jesus Christ in Cecil B. DeMille's The King of Kings (1927). He was born into a prominent theatrical family on October 26, 1875 in London. His father was Charles Warner, and his grandfather was James Warner, both prominent English actors. He replaced J.B. Warner as Jesus in The King of Kings (1927) when J.B. died of tuberculosis at age 29. (J.B. was not Henry's brother. J.B. had taken th…
Known For
It's a Wonderful Life
Mr. Gower
Sunset Boulevard
H.B. Warner
The Ten Commandments
Amminadab
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Senate Majority Leader
You Can't Take It with You
Mr. Ramsey
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Judge May
Lost Horizon
Chang
All That Money Can Buy
Justice Hawthorne
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Filmography
Acting (131)
Movies (131)
Lux Æterna: The Art of Filmmaking
2019as The Son of God
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987as Self (archive footage)
The Ten Commandments
1956as Amminadab
Journey Into Light
1951as Wiz, the Wino
The First Legion
1951as Father José Sierra
Savage Drums
1951as Maou
Here Comes the Groom
1951as Uncle Elihu
Sunset Boulevard
1950as H.B. Warner
El Paso
1949as Judge Fletcher
Hellfire
1949as Brother Joseph
The Prince of Thieves
1948as Gilbert Head
Driftwood
1947as Rev. Hollingsworth
High Wall
1947as Mr. Slocum
The Judge Steps Out
1947as Chief Justice Hayes
It's a Wonderful Life
1946as Mr. Gower
Strange Impersonation
1946as Dr. Mansfield, plastic surgeon
Prospecting for Petroleum
1946as The Voice of History (voice)
Gentleman Joe Palooka
1946as Sen. McCarden
Captain Tugboat Annie
1945as Judge Abbott
Faces in the Fog
1944as Defense Attorney Rankins
Action in Arabia
1944as Abdul al-Rashid
Enemy of Women
1944as Col. Eberhart Brandt
Rogues' Gallery
1944as Professor Reynolds
Hitler's Children
1943as The Bishop
Women in Bondage
1943as Pastor Renz
Crossroads
1942as Prosecuting Attorney
A Yank in Libya
1942as Herbert Forbes
The Boss of Big Town
1942as Jeffrey Moore
Topper Returns
1941as Mr. Carrington
South of Tahiti
1941as High Chief Kawalima
The Corsican Brothers
1941as Dr. Enrico Paoli
All That Money Can Buy
1941as Justice Hawthorne
City of Missing Girls
1941as Capt. McVeigh
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
1941as Ray Jardin
New Moon
1940as Father Michel
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939as Senate Majority Leader
The Rains Came
1939as Maharajah
Let Freedom Ring
1939as Rutledge
Nurse Edith Cavell
1939as Hugh Gibson
Bulldog Drummond's Bride
1939as Colonel Nielson
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
1939as Richard Lawrence
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
1939as Colonel Nielson
You Can't Take It with You
1938as Mr. Ramsey
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
1938as Colonel J. A. Nielsen
Kidnapped
1938as Angus Rankeiller
Army Girl
1938as Col. Armstrong
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938as Chen Tsu
The Toy Wife
1938as Victor Brigard
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
1938as Colonel Nielsen
The Girl of the Golden West
1938as Father Sienna
Lost Horizon
1937as Chang
Victoria the Great
1937as Lord Melbourne
Our Fighting Navy
1937as British Consul Brent
Blackmailer
1936as Michael Rankin
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936as Judge May
Along Came Love
1936as Dr. Martin
Moonlight Murder
1936as Godfrey Chiltern
The Garden Murder Case
1936as Major Fenwicke-Ralston
Rose of the Rancho
1936as Don Pasqual Castro
A Tale of Two Cities
1935as Theophile Gabelle
Born to Gamble
1935as Carter Mathews
Viva Villa!
1934as Man
Night Alarm
1934as Henry B. Smith
Behold My Wife!
1934as Hubert Carter
Grand Canary
1934as Dr Ismay
In Old Santa Fe
1934as Charlie Miller
Sorrell and Son
1934as Captain Stephen Sorrell
Supernatural
1933as Dr. Carl Houston
Jennie Gerhardt
1933as William Gerhardt
Christopher Bean
1933as Maxwell Davenport
The Son-Daughter
1932as Sin Kai
The Crusader
1932as Phillip Brandon
The Menace
1932as Inspector Tracy
Tom Brown of Culver
1932as Dr. Brown
Cross-Examination
1932as Gerald Waring
Unholy Love
1932as Dr. Daniel Gregory
The Phantom of Crestwood
1932as Priam Andes
A Woman Commands
1932as Col. Stradimirovitsch
Charlie Chan's Chance
1932as Inspector Fife
The Reckless Hour
1931as Walter Nichols
Five Star Final
1931as Michael Townsend
Expensive Women
1931as Melville Raymond
A Woman of Experience
1931as Hugh Schmidt
The Princess and the Plumber
1930as Prince Conrad of Daritzia
The Second Floor Mystery
1930as Inspector Bray
Liliom
1930as Chief Magistrate
Wild Company
1930as Henry Grayson
The Green Goddess
1930as Major Crespin
On Your Back
1930as Raymond Pryor
The Furies
1930as Oliver Bedlow
The Argyle Case
1929as Hurley
The Gamblers
1929as James Darwin
Wedding Rings
1929as Lewis Dike
The Show of Shows
1929as The Victim - Guillotine Sequence (uncredited)
Stark Mad
1929as Prof. Dangerfield
The Doctor's Secret
1929as Richard Garson
The Trial of Mary Dugan
1929as District Attorney Galway
Tiger Rose
1929as Dr. Cusick
The Divine Lady
1928as Sir William Hamilton
Conquest
1928as James Farnham
Romance of a Rogue
1928as Bruce Lowry
Man-Made Women
1928as Jules Moret
The King of Kings
1927as Jesus, The Christ
French Dressing
1927as Phillip Grey
Sorrell and Son
1927as Stephen Sorrell
Silence
1926as Jim Warren
Whispering Smith
1926as 'Whispering Smith'
The Man from Broadway
1924as James Sanford Richardson
Is Love Everything?
1924as Jordan Southwick
Zaza
1923as Bernard Dufresne
When We Were Twenty-One
1921as Richard Carewe
One Hour Before Dawn
1920as George Clayton
Felix O'Day
1920as Felix O'Day
Dice of Destiny
1920as Jimmy Doyle
The Pagan God
1919as Bruce Winthrop
The Gray Wolf's Ghost
1919as Doctor West / Harry West
A Fugitive from Matrimony
1919as Stephen Van Courtlandt
For a Woman's Honor
1919as Captain Clyde Mannering
The Man Who Turned White
1919as Captain Rand / Ali Zaman
Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath
1917as Feodor
God's Man
1917as Arnold L'Hommedieu
The Seventh Sin
1917as Feodor
Danger Trail
1917as John Howland
The Vagabond Prince
1916as Prince Tonio
The Beggar of Cawnpore
1916as Dr. Robert Lowndes
The Market of Vain Desire
1916as John Armstrong
The Raiders
1916as Scott Wells
Shell 43
1916as William Berner
The Lost Paradise
1914as Reuben Warren
The Ghost Breaker
1914as Warren Jarvis
English Nell
1900as Duke of Monmouth
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