
Holmes Herbert
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 Capta…
Known For
The Invisible Man
Chief of Police
Foreign Correspondent
Asst. Commissioner
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. John Lanyon
Captain Blood
Capt. Gardner
The Letter
Robert's Friend at Bar at Party (uncredited)
The Uninvited
Charlie Jessup
Sorry, Wrong Number
Wilkins (uncredited)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Justice of the Court
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Filmography
Acting (194)
Movies (194)
The Wild North
1952as Magistrate (uncredited)
The Brigand
1952as Archbishop
Anne of the Indies
1951as English Sea Captain
The Unknown Man
1951as (uncredited)
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
1951as Constable (uncredited)
The Iroquois Trail
1950as Gen. Johnson
Post Office Investigator
1949as James Seeley
South of St. Louis
1949
Canadian Pacific
1949as Head of Canadian Parliament (uncredited)
The Lost Tribe
1949as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Barbary Pirate
1949as Thomas Jefferson
A Woman's Vengeance
1948as Warder (uncredited)
The Wreck of the Hesperus
1948as Pastor West
Jungle Jim
1948as Commissioner Geoffrey Marsden
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948as Wilkins (uncredited)
Family Honeymoon
1948as Rev. Miller (uncredited)
Johnny Belinda
1948as Judge (uncredited)
The Swordsman
1948as Lord Glowan
Ivy
1947as Mulloy (uncredited)
The Ghost Goes Wild
1947as Judge
Singapore
1947as Rev. Barnes
Over the Santa Fe Trail
1947as Doc Henderson
Bulldog Drummond at Bay
1947as Scotland Yard Inspector McIvar
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1947as Inspector McIver
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
1946as Dr. White, Minister
Dressed to Kill
1946as Ebenezer Crabtree
The Verdict
1946as Sir William Dawson
Three Strangers
1946as Sir Robert (uncredited)
Jealousy
1945as Melvyn Russell
The House of Fear
1945as Alan Cosgrave
Confidential Agent
1945as Lord Benditch
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
1945
Swingin' on a Rainbow
1945as Butler (uncredited)
The Mummy's Curse
1944as Dr. Cooper
The Pearl of Death
1944as James Goodram, courier
Enter Arsène Lupin
1944as Jobson
The Uninvited
1944as Charlie Jessup
The Unwritten Code
1944as McDowell (uncredited)
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
1944as Captain (uncredited)
Calling Dr. Death
1943as Bryant, the Butler
Two Tickets to London
1943as Kilgallen
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
1943as Mr. Ahrens
Corvette K-225
1943as Commodore Ramsay
Strictly in the Groove
1942as Commissioner
The Undying Monster
1942as Chief Constable (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
1942as Sir Reginald
Invisible Agent
1942as Sir Alfred Spencer
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942as Magistrate
This Above All
1942as Dr. Mathias
Lady in a Jam
1942as Man at Auction (uncredited)
Danger in the Pacific
1942as Commissioner
Man Hunt
1941as Saul Farnsworthy
The Earl of Chicago
1940as Sergeant-at-Arms (uncredited)
The Letter
1940as Robert's Friend at Bar at Party (uncredited)
Foreign Correspondent
1940as Asst. Commissioner
Phantom Raiders
1940as Sir Edward
Boom Town
1940as Doctor (uncredited)
South of Suez
1940as Simpson
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
An Angel from Texas
1940as Second Banker
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
1939as Prof. Ed Janney
Tower of London
1939as Councilman (uncredited)
Juarez
1939as Marshal Randon (uncredited)
Wolf Call
1939as J.L. Winton
The Little Princess
1939as Doctor
The House of Fear
1939as Minor Role
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
1939as Bentham (uncredited)
Stanley and Livingstone
1939as Frederick Holcomb
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939as Majordomo (uncredited)
Rulers of the Sea
1939as Member of Naval Company (Uncredited)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939as Justice of the Court
Hidden Power
1939as Dr. Morley
Bad Boy
1939as Mr. McNeil
20,000 Men a Year
1939as Dean Norris
British Intelligence
1939as Arthur Bennett
Mystery of the White Room
1939as Hospital Administrator
Intermezzo: A Love Story
1939as Doctor (Uncredited)
The Sun Never Sets
1939as Colonial Official
We Are Not Alone
1939as Police Inspector
Trapped in the Sky
1939as Fielding
Everything Happens at Night
1939as Featherstone
The Black Doll
1938as Dr. Giddings
Kidnapped
1938as Judge
Marie Antoinette
1938as Herald (uncredited)
The Buccaneer
1938as Captain McWilliams
Say It in French
1938as Richard Carrington Sr.
Here's Flash Casey
1938as Maj. Addison
The Prince and the Pauper
1937as First Doctor
The Girl Said No
1937as Charles Dillon (scenes deleted)
The Man Without a Country
1937as Aaron Burr
The Thirteenth Chair
1937as Governor Sir Roscoe Crosby
Slave Ship
1937as Commander
The House of Secrets
1936as Sir Bertram Evans - Home Secretary
The White Angel
1936as War Minister (uncredited)
Brilliant Marriage
1936as Mr. Rodney Allison
Wife vs. Secretary
1936as Frawley (uncredited)
15 Maiden Lane
1936as Harold Anderson
Champagne Charlie
1936as Captain Dell
Lloyd's of London
1936as Spokesman
The Gentleman from Louisiana
1936as Chief Steward
Captain Blood
1935as Capt. Gardner
Cardinal Richelieu
1935as Noble
Mark of the Vampire
1935as Sir Karell Borotyn
One in a Million
1935as Donald Cabot Sr.
Accent on Youth
1935as Frank Galloway
The Pursuit of Happiness
1934as Gen. Sir Henry Clinton
The House of Rothschild
1934as Rowerth
Beloved
1934as Lord Landslake
Sons of Steel
1934as Curtis Chadburne
The Curtain Falls
1934as John Scorsby
The Invisible Man
1933as Chief of Police
Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933as Dr. Rasmussen
Shop Angel
1932as James Walton Kennedy
Miss Pinkerton
1932as Arthur Glenn
Sister to Judas
1932as Bruce Rogers
Central Park
1932as Benefit Emcee (uncredited)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931as Dr. John Lanyon
The Single Sin
1931as Roger Van Dorn
The Hot Heiress
1931as Mr. Hunter
Chances
1931as Maj. Bradford
Broadminded
1931as John J. Hackett Sr.
Daughter of the Dragon
1931as Sir John Petrie
The Ship from Shanghai
1930as Paul Thorpe
Untamed
1929as Howard Presley
Careers
1929as Carouge
The Thirteenth Chair
1929as Sir Roscoe Crosby
Her Private Life
1929as Rudolph Solomon
The Careless Age
1929as Sir John
The Charlatan
1929as Peter "Count Merlin" Dwight
Say It with Songs
1929as Dr. Robert Merrill
The Kiss
1929as Lassalle
Madame X
1929as Noel
Through the Breakers
1928as Eustis Hobbs
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1928as Henry Spoffard
On Trial
1928as Gerald Trask
The Terror
1928as Goodman
The Sporting Age
1928as James Driscoll
Their Hour
1928as Cora's Father
When a Man Loves
1927as Jean Tiberge
The Gay Retreat
1927as Charles Wright
Slaves of Beauty
1927as Leonard Jones
One Increasing Purpose
1927as Charles Paris
Mr. Wu
1927as Mr. Gregory
Lovers
1927as Milton
The Heart of Salome
1927as Sir Humphrey
East Side, West Side
1927as Gilbert Van Horn
The Silver Slave
1927as Tom Richards
The Honeymoon Express
1926as Jim Donaldson
Josselyn's Wife
1926as Thomas Josselyn
The Fire Brigade
1926as James Corwin
A Woman of the World
1925as Richard Granger
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
1925
Up the Ladder
1925as Robert Newhall
The Wanderer
1925as Prophet
Wreckage
1925as Stuart Ames
Week End Husbands
1924as William Randall
Love's Wilderness
1924as David Tennant
I Will Repay
1924as Sir Percy Blakeney
Sinners in Heaven
1924as Hugh Rochedale
The Enchanted Cottage
1924as Major Hillgrove
Another Scandal
1924as Pelham Franklin
Her Own Free Will
1924as Peter Craddock
Toilers of the Sea
1923as Sandro
A Stage Romance
1922as Prince of Wales
A Woman's Woman
1922as John Plummer (as Holmes E. Herbert)
Moonshine Valley
1922as Dr. Martin
Evidence
1922as Judge Rowland
Divorce Coupons
1922as Roland Bland
Any Wife
1922as Philip Gray
The Family Closet
1921as Alfred Dinsmore
The Wild Goose
1921as Frank Manners (as Holmes E. Herbert)
Heedless Moths
1921Her Lord and Master
1921as R. Honorable Thurston Ralph, Viscount Canning
The Right to Love
1920as Lord Falkland
The Truth About Husbands
1920as Dustan Renshaw
Lady Rose's Daughter
1920as Jacob Delafield
My Lady's Garter
1920as Henry Van Derp, aka The Hawk
Black Is White
1920as Jim Brood (as Holmes E. Herbert)
On with the Dance
1920
Dead Men Tell No Tales
1920as Squire John Rattray
His House in Order
1920as Filmer Jesson
The White Heather
1919as Lord Angus Cameron
Greater Than Love
1919as James Bruton
The Market of Souls
1919as Temple Bane
Other Men's Wives
1919as Fenwick Flint
The Rough Neck
1919as A Half-Breed Indian
The Divorcee
1919as Sir Paradine Fuldes
The ABC of Love
1919as Harry Bryant
A Doll's House
1918as Thorvald Helmar
The Death Dance
1918as Arnold Maitland
The Man Without a Country
1917as Lt. Philip Nolan
His Wife
1915as John Dennys
The Fisherwoman
1915as The Son
The Nest
as Richard Elliot
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