Holmes Herbert

Known for ActingBorn 1882-07-30Died 1956-12-26Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

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.Read more

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Hidden Power

Careers

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

One Increasing Purpose

Lovers

Love's Wilderness

Lady Rose's Daughter

Black Is White

The Rough Neck

The Market of Souls

Strictly in the Groove

Mystery of the White Room

Beloved

Sister to Judas

The Silver Slave

Week End Husbands

Her Lord and Master

The Right to Love

The Divorcee

Trapped in the Sky

The Gentleman from Louisiana

15 Maiden Lane

The Careless Age

The Heart of Salome

The Gay Retreat

The Honeymoon Express

Wreckage

Sinners in Heaven

Another Scandal

Moonshine Valley

Evidence

Divorce Coupons

Heedless Moths

Other Men's Wives

The Fisherwoman

The House of Fear

Our Hearts Were Young and Gay

Two Tickets to London

Say It in French

The Invisible Man

The Swordsman

The Terror

Chances

The Letter

Lloyd's of London

Cardinal Richelieu

Captain Blood

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde