Holmes Herbert
Acting
Born 1882-07-30
Died 1956-12-26
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
58 credits
The Invisible Man
Captain Blood
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dressed to Kill
Juarez
Foreign Correspondent
The Uninvited
The Ghost of Frankenstein
The Letter
Man Hunt
The Little Princess
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Marie Antoinette
Sorry, Wrong Number
Boom Town
Wildfire
His Wife
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Verdict
Wife vs. Secretary
The Prince and the Pauper
The Mummy's Curse
The Pearl of Death
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Three Strangers
The Wild North
Johnny Belinda
Confidential Agent
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Anne of the Indies
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Canadian Pacific
Invisible Agent
Careers
A Woman's Vengeance
The Buccaneer
Brilliant Marriage
The Kiss
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
The Earl of Chicago
Tower of London
Mark of the Vampire
Stanley and Livingstone
The Black Doll
Untamed
The White Angel
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
Slave Ship
Family Honeymoon
Miss Pinkerton
Ivy
Corvette K-225
A Dispatch from Reuters
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
The House of Fear
Everything Happens at Night
Heedless Moths
Mr. Wu
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