Jean Hersholt
Acting
Born 1886-07-10
Died 1956-06-02
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Jean Pierre Hersholt (12 July 1886 – 2 June 1956) was a Danish-born actor who lived in the United States, where he was a leading film and radio talent, best known for his 17 years starring on radio in Dr. Christian and for playing Shirley Temple's grandfather in Heidi. Asked how to pronounce his name, he told The Literary Digest, "In English, her'sholt; in Danish, hairs'hult." Of his total credits, 75 were silent films and 65 were sound films. He appeared in 140 films and directed four.
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Filmography
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Acting
57 credits
What's My Line?
The Ed Sullivan Show
This Is Your Life
Greed
Run for Cover
Grand Hotel
Heidi
Susan Lenox
Dinner at Eight
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Stage Door Canteen
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Happy Landing
Men in White
Seventh Heaven
Complicated Women
Jazzmania
Souls for Sale
The Goldfish
Hell Harbor
Skyscraper Souls
The Terror
Alexander's Ragtime Band
The Beast of the City
The Country Doctor
The Painted Veil
Mark of the Vampire
Don Q Son of Zorro
His Brother's Wife
Dancing in the Dark
A Star Is Born World Premiere
The Climax
Five of a Kind
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Night Court
Mamba
The Saintly Sinner
Cheap Kisses
The Greater Glory
Murder in the Fleet
Break of Hearts
Tough Guy
To the People of the United States
Fighting for Love
Torment
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
Hell's Hinges
Sins of Man
I'll Give a Million
Emma
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
Flesh
Tess of the Storm Country
It Must Be Love
The Strangers' Banquet
Daybreak
The Crime of the Century
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