Taylor Holmes

Actor May 15 (died age 81) Newark, New Jersey, USA 1917–1997 (80 year career)

5.9 avg rating

Highest Rated

Hazard

1948 · as Mr. Meeler

8.0

The Red Skelton Show

1951 · as Judge

7.4

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

1953 · as Mr. Esmond Sr.

7.3

Known For

Film

Sleeping Beauty

King Stefan (voice)

Film

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Mr. Esmond Sr.

Film

Nightmare Alley

Ezra Grindle

Film

Father of the Bride

Warner

Film

Kiss of Death

Earl Howser

Film

Act of Violence

Gavery

Film

Caged

Sen. Ted Donnolly (uncredited)

Film

Boomerang!

T.M. Wade

Filmography

Acting (80)

Movies (69)

Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas

1997

as Ebeneezer Scrooge (archive footage)

5.4

Sleeping Beauty

1959

as King Stefan (voice)

6.9

Wink of an Eye

1958

as Mr. Vanryzin

5.0

The Helen Morgan Story

1957

as Elderly Actor on Train (uncredited)

5.0

The Book of Acts Series

1957

as High Priest

The Maverick Queen

as Pete Callaher

The Peacemaker

as Mr. Wren

The Fighting Chance

as Railbird

The Outcast

as Andrew Devlin

Hell's Outpost

as Timothy Byers

Tobor the Great

as Prof. Arnold Nordstrom

5.2

Untamed Heiress

1954

as Walter Martin

6.0

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

as Mr. Esmond Sr.

Ride the Man Down

as Lowell Priest

Beware, My Lovely

as Walter Armstrong

Hoodlum Empire

as Benjamin Lawton

Hold That Line

as Dean Forrester

Woman of the North Country

1952

as Andrew Dawson

4.0

Drums in the Deep South

as Albert Monroe

The First Legion

as Father Keene

Rhubarb

as P. Duncan Munk

Caged

as Sen. Ted Donnolly (uncredited)

Bright Leaf

as Calhoun - Lawyer

Quicksand

as Harvey

Father of the Bride

as Warner

Copper Canyon

as Theodosius Roberts

5.5

Double Deal

1950

as C.D. 'Corpus' Mills

Woman in Hiding

as Lucius Maury

Act of Violence

as Gavery

The Christmas Carol

as Ebeneezer Scrooge

Once More, My Darling

1949

as Jed Connell

5.7

Mr. Belvedere Goes to College

1949

as Dr. Gibbs

6.7

Joe Palooka in the Big Fight

as Dr. Benson

Smart Woman

as Dr. Jasper

Joan of Arc

as The Bishop of Avranches

The Plunderers

as Eben Martin

That Wonderful Urge

as Attorney Rice

Hazard

as Mr. Meeler

Let's Live Again

as Uncle Jim

Kiss of Death

as Earl Howser

Nightmare Alley

as Ezra Grindle

Boomerang!

as T.M. Wade

Mr. Bell

as Gardiner Hubbard

The First Baby

1936

as Mr. Wells

Make Way for a Lady

1936

as George Terry

5.0

Git Along Little Wifie

1933

as Husband

Before Morning

as Leo Bergman

It Happened in Paris

Terry of the 'Times'

Dad Knows Best

as Father

One Hour of Love

1927

as Joe Monahan

The Verdict

1925

as Valet

Her Market Value

1925

as Courtney Brooks

Borrowed Finery

1925

as Billy

Twenty Dollars a Week

1924

as William Hart

Nothing But the Truth

1920

as Robert Bennett

The Very Idea

1920

as Gilbert Goodhue

Nothing But Lies

1920

as George Cross

It's a Bear

1919

as Orlando Wintrhop

Three Black Eyes

1919

as Larry Van Cortlandt

Upside Down

1919

as Archibald Pim

A Regular Fellow

1919

as Dalion Pemberton

A Pair of Sixes

1918

as T. Boggs Johns

Ruggles of Red Gap

1918

as Marmaduke Ruggles

Uneasy Money

1918

as Lord Dawlish

The Small Town Guy

1917

as Ernest Gledhill

Efficiency Edgar's Courtship

1917

as Edgar Bumpus

5.0

Fools For Luck

1917

as Philander Jepson

Two-Bit Seats

1917

as Jimmy Mason

Television (11)

Meet McGraw

as Uncle Cyrus

The Millionaire

as Shelby Lincoln

The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Judge Tyler

Lassie

as Mr. Delahaney

The Whistler

The Life Of Riley

Letter to Loretta

as Mr. Blackwell

The Ford Television Theatre

as Gerald Fitzgerald

The Red Skelton Show

as Judge

Dragnet

Lux Video Theatre

as Jay-Jay Johnson