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