Holmes Herbert
Acting
🎂 1882-07-30
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.
Cast credits(182)
Ebenezer Crabtree
1946
Dr. White, Minister
1946
Sir Reginald
1942
Chief of Police
1933
Noel
1929
Arthur Bennett
1939
Capt. Gardner
1935
Mr. Ahrens
1943
Asst. Commissioner
1940
Doctor
1939
Charlie Jessup
1944
Wilkins (uncredited)
1948
First Doctor
1937
Dr. John Lanyon
1931
Magistrate
1942
Sir Robert
1946
Dr. Cooper
1944
Rowerth
1934
Prof. Ed Janney
1939
Robert's Friend at Bar at Party (uncredited)
1940
Majordomo (uncredited)
1939
Doctor (uncredited)
1940
Dr. Rasmussen
1933
Herald (uncredited)
1938
James Goodram, courier
1944
Alan Cosgrave
1945
Saul Farnsworthy
1941
Justice of the Court
1939
Bryant, the Butler
1943
Lassalle
1929
Frawley (uncredited)
1936
Sir Bertram Evans - Home Secretary
1936
Constable (uncredited)
1951
Head of Canadian Parliament (uncredited)
1949
Rev. Barnes
1947
Archbishop
1952
Judge (uncredited)
1948
Sir Alfred Spencer
1942
Councilman (uncredited)
1939
Dr. Mathias
1942
Bentham (uncredited)
1939
Marshal Randon (uncredited)
1939
Dr. Giddings
1938
1951
Dean Norris
1939
Mulloy (uncredited)
1947
Gen. Johnson
1950
Charles Wright
1927
Sir Karell Borotyn
1935
Arnold Maitland
1918
Noble
1935
Major Hillgrove
1924
Captain McWilliams
1938
Featherstone
1939
Doctor (Uncredited)
1939
Frank Manners (as Holmes E. Herbert)
1921
Sir William Dawson
1946
Police Inspector
1939
Man at Auction (uncredited)
1942
Sir Roscoe Crosby
1929
1945
Arthur Glenn
1932
Jim Donaldson
1926
Judge
1938
J.L. Winton
1939
Goodman (as Holmes E. Herbert)
1928
Commodore Ramsay
1943
Thomas Jefferson
1949
Frederick Holcomb
1939
War Minister (uncredited)
1936
The Son
1915
Gerald Trask
1928
R. Honorable Thurston Ralph, Viscount Canning
1921
Richard Carrington Sr.
1938
Captain Dell
1936
Harold Anderson
1936
1920
Butler (uncredited)
1945
Sir John
1929
Kilgallen
1943
English Sea Captain
1951
Hospital Administrator
1939
McDowell (uncredited)
1944
Filmer Jesson
1920
Benefit Emcee (uncredited)
1932
Hugh Rochedale
1924
Mr. Rodney Allison
1936
Spokesman
1936
James Seeley
1949
1925
Warder (uncredited)
1948
Richard Granger
1925
Fielding
1939
Doc Henderson
1947
Melvyn Russell
1945
Sergeant-at-Arms (uncredited)
1940
Sir Edward
1940
Lord Glowan
1948
Howard Presley
1929
Dr. Robert Merrill
1929
Pastor West
1948
Philip Gray
1922
Henry Spoffard
1928
Magistrate (uncredited)
1952
Mr. Gregory
1927
1949
Second Banker
1940
Roland Bland
1922
Peter Craddock
1924
Prince of Wales
1922
Gen. Sir Henry Clinton
1934
Maj. Bradford
1931
Chief Constable (uncredited)
1942
Roscoe Crosby
1937
Aaron Burr
1937
Lord Benditch
1945
Dustan Renshaw
1920
Chief Steward
1936
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
1940
Carouge
1929
Captain (uncredited)
1944
Mr. Hunter
1931
Thomas Josselyn
1926
Scotland Yard Inspector McIvar
1947
Curtis Chadburne
1934
Jean Tiberge
1927
Maj. Addison
1938
Dr. Morley
1939
Roger Van Dorn
1931
John Plummer (as Holmes E. Herbert)
1922
Colonial Official
1939
Squire John Rattray
1920
Paul Thorpe
1930
Commissioner
1942
Tom Richards
1927
Jobson
1944
Commander
1937
Lord Landslake
1934
Judge
1947
James Bruton
1919
Commissioner Geoffrey Marsden
1948
Sir John Petrie
1931
Commissioner
1942
Inspector McIver
1947
James Driscoll
1928
Prophet
1925
Robert Newhall
1925
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1949
Member of Naval Company (Uncredited)
1939
Jacob Delafield
1920
Charles Dillon (scenes deleted)
1937
Judge Rowland
1922
Sir Humphrey
1927
Mr. McNeil
1939
Rev. Miller (uncredited)
1948
James Walton Kennedy
1932
Minor Role
1939
Peter "Count Merlin" Dwight
1929
Charles Paris
1927
Lt. Philip Nolan
1917
James Corwin
1926
Rudolph Solomon
1929
John Scorsby
1934
John J. Hackett Sr.
1931
Eustis Hobbs
1928
Gilbert Van Horn
1927
Dr. Martin
1922
Sir Paradine Fuldes
1919
John Dennys
1915
Lord Falkland
1920
Fenwick Flint
1919
Frank Galloway
1935
Harry Bryant
1919
Pelham Franklin
1924
Thorvald Helmar
1918
Donald Cabot Sr.
1935
Sir Percy Blakeney
1924
Alfred Dinsmore
1921
Lord Angus Cameron
1919
Jim Brood (as Holmes E. Herbert)
1920
Leonard Jones
1927
Bruce Rogers
1932