Phillips Holmes
Acting
Born 1907-07-22
Died 1942-08-12
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
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Phillips Raymond Holmes (July 22, 1907 – August 12, 1942) was an American actor. In 1928 Holmes was spotted in the undergraduate crowd at Princeton University during the filming of Frank Tuttle's Varsity and offered a screen test. In the early 1930s he became a popular leading man, playing leads in a few important productions, notably in Josef von Sternberg's An American Tragedy.
At Paramount, Holmes starred in melodrama and comedy. In 1933 his Paramount contract ran out and he moved to MGM for one year. As the decade progressed, his career declined, and he appeared in a few box-office failures, including Sam Goldwyn's poorly received Nana (1934). His last American movie was General Spanky (1936). In 1938 Holmes appeared in two UK movies. Housemaster was his last film. Then he returned to acting on stage in the United States.
At the start of World War II, Holmes joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was killed in a mid-air collision in northwest Ontario, Canada in 1942.
For his contributions to the film industry, Phillips Holmes was posthumously given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.
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Filmography
Dinner at Eight
Uneasy Money
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Her Man
The Big Parade of Comedy
Stage Mother
Broken Lullaby
An American Tragedy
Pointed Heels
Penthouse
Beauty for Sale
The Criminal Code
Paramount on Parade
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
The Big Brain
Night Court
The Secret of Madame Blanche
The Wild Party
Two Kinds of Women
Great Expectations
Looking Forward
Caravan
The House That Shadows Built
General Spanky
Nana
70,000 Witnesses
Men Must Fight
Confessions of a Co-Ed
The Dancers
Million Dollar Ransom
The Devil's Holiday
Stairs of Sand
The House of a Thousand Candles
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Make Me a Star
Housemaster
Storm at Daybreak
Chatterbox
The Dominant Sex
Man to Man
No Ransom
Only the Brave
Varsity
Ten Minute Alibi
The Divine Spark
Grumpy
His Private Life
Stolen Heaven
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