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