Phillips Holmes
Known for: Acting
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Filmography
Film
Dinner at Eight
Ernest DeGraff
1933
Film
Her Man
Dan
1930
Film
Uneasy Money
Caddy (uncredited)
1918
Film
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
1988
Film
Penthouse
Tom Siddall
1933
Film
The Big Parade of Comedy
Ernest DeGraff in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. footage) (uncredited)
1964
Film
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
1972
Film
Broken Lullaby
Paul Renard
1932
Film
Stage Mother
Lord Reggie Aylesworth
1933
Film
Beauty for Sale
Burt Barton
1933
Film
An American Tragedy
Clyde Griffiths
1931
Film
The Secret of Madame Blanche
Leonard St. John
1933
Film
Two Kinds of Women
Joseph Gresham Jr.
1932
Film
Pointed Heels
Donald Ogden
1929
Film
Paramount on Parade
Hunter ('Dream Girl')
1930
Film
Make Me a Star
Phillips Holmes (uncredited)
1932
Film
Great Expectations
Pip
1934
Film
Night Court
Mike Thomas
1932
Film
Confessions of a Co-Ed
Dan Carter
1931
Film
Caravan
Lieutenant Von Tokay
1934
Film
Man to Man
Michael Bolton
1930
Film
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Roger Longmore
1929
Film
Men Must Fight
Bob Seward
1933
Film
The Dominant Sex
Dick Shale
1937
The Dancers
Tony
1930
Film
The Criminal Code
Robert Graham
1931
Film
The House That Shadows Built
(archive footage)
1931
Film
70,000 Witnesses
Buck Buchan
1932
Film
Million Dollar Ransom
Stan Casserly
1934
Film
The Wild Party
Phil
1929
Film
Chatterbox
Philip 'Phil' Greene Jr.
1936
Film
General Spanky
Marshall Valient
1936
Film
The Devil's Holiday
David Stone
1930
The Divine Spark
Vincenzo Bellini
1935
Film
Looking Forward
Michael Service
1933
Film
The Big Brain
Terry Van Sloan
1933
Film
Only the Brave
Capt. Robert Darrington
1930
No Ransom
Tom Wilson
1934
Film
Storm at Daybreak
Csaholyi
1933
Film
The House of a Thousand Candles
Tony Carleton
1936
Film
Housemaster
Philip de Pourville
1938
Film
Nana
Lieutenant George Muffat
1934
Film
Grumpy
Ernest Heron
1930
Film
His Private Life
Pierrot (uncredited)
1928
Ten Minute Alibi
Colin Derwent
1935
Film
Stairs of Sand
Adam Wansfell (as Phillips R. Holmes)
1929
Film
Stolen Heaven
Joe Bartlett
1931
Film
Varsity
Middlebrook
1928