Holmes Herbert
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Film
The Invisible Man
Chief of Police
1933
Film
Captain Blood
Capt. Gardner
1935
Film
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. John Lanyon
1931
Film
Mark of the Vampire
Sir Karell Borotyn
1935
Film
Marie Antoinette
Herald (uncredited)
1938
Film
Sorry, Wrong Number
Wilkins (uncredited)
1948
Film
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Justice of the Court
1939
Film
Anne of the Indies
English Sea Captain
1951
Film
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Sir Reginald
1942
Film
The Ghost of Frankenstein
Magistrate
1942
Film
Foreign Correspondent
Asst. Commissioner
1940
Film
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Mr. Ahrens
1943
Film
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Majordomo (uncredited)
1939
Film
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Dr. Rasmussen
1933
Film
The Uninvited
Charlie Jessup
1944
Film
The Little Princess
Doctor
1939
Film
Dressed to Kill
Ebenezer Crabtree
1946
Film
The Letter
Robert's Friend at Bar at Party (uncredited)
1940
Film
The Prince and the Pauper
First Doctor
1937
Film
The Pearl of Death
James Goodram, courier
1944
Film
Lloyd's of London
Spokesman
1936
Film
Invisible Agent
Sir Alfred Spencer
1942
Film
Tower of London
Councilman (uncredited)
1939
Film
The Earl of Chicago
Sergeant-at-Arms (uncredited)
1940
Film
The Mummy's Curse
Dr. Cooper
1944
Film
Juarez
Marshal Randon (uncredited)
1939
Film
The House of Fear
Alan Cosgrave
1945
Film
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
1945
Film
At Sword's Point
1952
Film
The House of Rothschild
Rowerth
1934
Film
Confidential Agent
Lord Benditch
1945
Film
A Woman's Vengeance
Warder (uncredited)
1948
Film
Corvette K-225
Commodore Ramsay
1943
Film
We Are Not Alone
Police Inspector
1939
Film
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
Captain (uncredited)
1944
Film
Canadian Pacific
Head of Canadian Parliament (uncredited)
1949
Film
Lady in a Jam
Man at Auction (uncredited)
1942
Film
Three Strangers
Sir Robert (uncredited)
1946
Wildfire
Garrison
1925
Film
The Wild North
Magistrate (uncredited)
1952
Film
An Angel from Texas
Second Banker
1940
Film
Brilliant Marriage
Mr. Rodney Allison
1936
Film
Everything Happens at Night
Featherstone
1939
Film
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Dr. White (uncredited)
1946
Film
Johnny Belinda
Judge (uncredited)
1948
Film
Boom Town
Doctor (uncredited)
1940
Film
A Dispatch from Reuters
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
1940
Film
The Verdict
Sir William Dawson
1946
Film
The Sun Never Sets
Colonial Official
1939
Film
Wife vs. Secretary
Frawley (uncredited)
1936
Film
Mystery of the White Room
Hospital Administrator
1939
Film
This Above All
Dr. Mathias
1942
Film
Family Honeymoon
Rev. Miller (uncredited)
1948
Film
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
Prof. Ed Janney
1939
Film
Man Hunt
Saul Farnsworthy
1941
Film
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
Bentham (uncredited)
1939
Film
South of St. Louis
1949
Film
Say It in French
Richard Carrington Sr.
1938
Film
Rulers of the Sea
Member of Naval Company (Uncredited)
1939
Film
When a Man Loves
Jean Tiberge
1927
Film
Intermezzo: A Love Story
Doctor (Uncredited)
1939
Film
The Pursuit of Happiness
Gen. Sir Henry Clinton
1934
Film
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Inspector McIver
1947
Film
The Wreck of the Hesperus
Pastor West
1948
Film
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
Constable (uncredited)
1951
Film
Daughter of the Dragon
Sir John Petrie
1931
Film
The Girl Said No
Charles Dillon (scenes deleted)
1937
Film
Two Tickets to London
Kilgallen
1943
Film
The Gentleman from Louisiana
Chief Steward
1936
Film
The Unknown Man
(uncredited)
1951
Film
The House of Fear
Minor Role
1939
Film
20,000 Men a Year
Dean Norris
1939
Film
The Buccaneer
Captain McWilliams
1938
Film
The Ghost Goes Wild
Judge
1947
Film
Danger in the Pacific
Commissioner
1942
Film
Strictly in the Groove
Commissioner
1942
Film
Stanley and Livingstone
Frederick Holcomb
1939
Film
Wreckage
Stuart Ames
1925
Film
Careers
Carouge
1929
Film
Bulldog Drummond at Bay
Scotland Yard Inspector McIvar
1947
Film
Say It with Songs
Dr. Robert Merrill
1929
Film
One in a Million
Donald Cabot Sr.
1935
Film
The House of Secrets
Sir Bertram Evans - Home Secretary
1936
Film
The Man Without a Country
Aaron Burr
1937
Film
Swingin' on a Rainbow
Butler (uncredited)
1945
Film
Kidnapped
Judge
1938
Film
The White Angel
War Minister (uncredited)
1936
Film
15 Maiden Lane
Harold Anderson
1936
Film
Untamed
Howard Presley
1929
Film
The Ship from Shanghai
Paul Thorpe
1930
Film
East Side, West Side
Gilbert Van Horn
1927
Film
Toilers of the Sea
Sandro
1923
Film
Singapore
Rev. Barnes
1947
Film
Shop Angel
James Walton Kennedy
1932
Film
Miss Pinkerton
Arthur Glenn
1932
Film
Post Office Investigator
James Seeley
1949
Film
His Wife
John Dennys
1915
Film
Evidence
Judge Rowland
1922
Film
Slave Ship
Commander
1937
Film
Over the Santa Fe Trail
Doc Henderson
1947
Film
The Thirteenth Chair
Sir Roscoe Crosby
1929
Film
British Intelligence
Arthur Bennett
1939
Film
Enter Arsène Lupin
Jobson
1944
Film
The Brigand
Archbishop
1952
Film
The Unwritten Code
McDowell (uncredited)
1944
Film
Cardinal Richelieu
Noble
1935
Film
The Terror
Goodman
1928
Film
Ivy
Mulloy (uncredited)
1947
Film
The Kiss
Lassalle
1929
Film
The Iroquois Trail
Gen. Johnson
1950
Film
A Woman of the World
Richard Granger
1925
Film
Heedless Moths
The Sculptor
1921
Film
Here's Flash Casey
Maj. Addison
1938
Film
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Henry Spoffard
1928
Film
Trapped in the Sky
Fielding
1939
Film
Champagne Charlie
Captain Dell
1936
Film
Barbary Pirate
Thomas Jefferson
1949
Film
Lovers
Milton
1927
Film
Phantom Raiders
Sir Edward
1940
The Nest
Richard Elliot
Film
The Lost Tribe
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1949
Film
The Undying Monster
Chief Constable (uncredited)
1942
Film
A Doll's House
Thorvald Helmar
1918
Film
The Heart of Salome
Sir Humphrey
1927
Film
Divorce Coupons
Roland Bland
1922
Film
The Silver Slave
Tom Richards
1927
Film
Accent on Youth
Frank Galloway
1935
Film
Other Men's Wives
Fenwick Flint
1919
Film
Jungle Jim
Commissioner Geoffrey Marsden
1948
Film
The Swordsman
Lord Glowan
1948
Film
Mr. Wu
Mr. Gregory
1927
Film
The Truth About Husbands
Dustan Renshaw
1920
Film
The Thirteenth Chair
Governor Sir Roscoe Crosby
1937
Their Hour
Cora's Father
1928
The Fisherwoman
The Son
1915
Film
The Right to Love
Lord Falkland
1920
Film
The Market of Souls
Temple Bane
1919
Film
Her Private Life
Rudolph Solomon
1929
Film
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
1925
Film
On with the Dance
1920
Film
Chances
Maj. Bradford
1931
Film
A Woman's Woman
John Plummer (as Holmes E. Herbert)
1922
Film
South of Suez
Simpson
1940
Film
My Lady's Garter
Henry Van Derp, aka The Hawk
1920
Film
The Honeymoon Express
Jim Donaldson
1926
Film
The Man Without a Country
Lt. Philip Nolan
1917
Film
I Will Repay
Sir Percy Blakeney
1924
Film
Sinners in Heaven
Hugh Rochedale
1924
Film
Central Park
Benefit Emcee (uncredited)
1932
Film
Dead Men Tell No Tales
Squire John Rattray
1920
Film
The Family Closet
Alfred Dinsmore
1921
Her Life and His
Ralph Howard
1917
Film
The Black Doll
Dr. Giddings
1938
Film
Sons of Steel
Curtis Chadburne
1934
Film
A Stage Romance
Prince of Wales
1922
Film
Madame X
Noel
1929
Film
Hidden Power
Dr. Morley
1939
Film
Broadminded
John J. Hackett Sr.
1931
Film
The Hot Heiress
Mr. Hunter
1931
Film
The Wanderer
Prophet
1925
Film
Calling Dr. Death
Bryant, the Butler
1943
Film
Up the Ladder
Robert Newhall
1925
Film
Love's Wilderness
David Tennant
1924
Film
The Fire Brigade
James Corwin
1926
Film
The Death Dance
Arnold Maitland
1918
Film
Wolf Call
J.L. Winton
1939
Film
The Careless Age
Sir John
1929
Film
Jealousy
Melvyn Russell
1945
Film
Week End Husbands
William Randall
1924
Film
The Sporting Age
James Driscoll
1928
Film
The Enchanted Cottage
Major Hillgrove
1924
Film
His House in Order
Filmer Jesson
1920
Her Lord and Master
R. Honorable Thurston Ralph, Viscount Canning
1921
Film
Her Own Free Will
Peter Craddock
1924
Film
The Rough Neck
A Half-Breed Indian
1919
Film
Lady Rose's Daughter
Jacob Delafield
1920
Slaves of Beauty
Leonard Jones
1927
Film
Another Scandal
Pelham Franklin
1924
Film
Josselyn's Wife
Thomas Josselyn
1926
Film
Greater Than Love
James Bruton
1919
Film
The Curtain Falls
John Scorsby
1934
Film
Beloved
Lord Landslake
1934
Film
Through the Breakers
Eustis Hobbs
1928
Film
The White Heather
Lord Angus Cameron
1919
Film
Bad Boy
Mr. McNeil
1939
Film
On Trial
Gerald Trask
1928
Film
The ABC of Love
Harry Bryant
1919
Film
Black Is White
Jim Brood (as Holmes E. Herbert)
1920
Film
The Charlatan
Peter "Count Merlin" Dwight
1929
Film
The Divorcee
Sir Paradine Fuldes
1919
Film
One Increasing Purpose
Charles Paris
1927
Film
Moonshine Valley
Dr. Martin
1922
Film
Any Wife
Philip Gray
1922
Film
Sister to Judas
Bruce Rogers
1932
Film
The Wild Goose
Frank Manners (as Holmes E. Herbert)
1921
Film
The Single Sin
Roger Van Dorn
1931
Film
The Gay Retreat
Charles Wright
1927