Wendell Holmes

Actor Aug 17 (died age 47) Cheshire, Ohio, U.S. 1953–1995 (42 year career)

6.3 avg rating

Biography

Oliver Wendell Holmes (August 17, 1914 – April 27, 1962) was an American actor whose career included work in radio, television, broadway, and film.

Known For

Film

Inherit the Wind

Banker - Critic at City Meeting (uncredited)

Film

Elmer Gantry

Reverend Ulrich

Film

The Absent-Minded Professor

General Poynter

Film

I Want to Live!

Detective

Film

Edge of Eternity

Sam Houghton

Film

The Twilight Zone

Cooper

Film

Good Day for a Hanging

Tallant Joslin, Prosecutor

Film

Bonanza

Judge Rand

Filmography

Acting (35)

Movies (11)

Lotto Land

1995

as Milt

4.0

The Absent-Minded Professor

1961

as General Poynter

6.5

Inherit the Wind

1960

as Banker - Critic at City Meeting (uncredited)

7.7

Elmer Gantry

1960

as Reverend Ulrich

7.3

Because They're Young

1960

as Principal Donlan

5.5

Good Day for a Hanging

1959

as Tallant Joslin, Prosecutor

But Not for Me

as Miles Montgomery

Edge of Eternity

as Sam Houghton

Judgment at Nuremberg

1959

as Judge Ives

Young and Wild

1958

as Lewis J. Christopher

3.0

I Want to Live!

1958

as Detective

6.9

Television (24)

Hazel

Bus Stop

The Westerner

as Henry Hadley

Bonanza

as Judge Rand

The Twilight Zone

as Cooper

Hawaiian Eye

Mr. Lucky

Black Saddle

as Dr. Hazen

Lawman

as Frank MacStrowd

The Texan

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Peter Gunn

Behind Closed Doors

Man with a Camera

Perry Mason

as Dr. Forbes

Maverick

Leave It to Beaver

as Mr. T.J. Willet

Zorro

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

as Cobson - Auctioneer

6.0

Playhouse 90

1956

as Judge Ives

7.6

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

1956

5.0

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

as Rigsby (uncredited)

7.8

Gunsmoke

1955

as Betchel

6.6

The Man Behind the Badge

1953

5.5