Phillips Holmes

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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.

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1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Movie Self (archive footage)
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie Self (archive footage)
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie Ernest DeGraff in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. footage) (uncredited)
1938
Housemaster
Movie Philip de Pourville
1937
The Dominant Sex
Movie Dick Shale
1936
General Spanky
Movie Marshall Valient
1936
The House of a Thousand Candles
Movie Tony Carleton
1936
Chatterbox
Movie Philip 'Phil' Greene Jr.
1935
Ten Minute Alibi
Movie Colin Derwent
1935
The Divine Spark
Movie Vincenzo Bellini
1934
Caravan
Movie Lieutenant Von Tokay
1934
Great Expectations
Movie Pip
1934
No Ransom
Movie Tom Wilson
1934
Million Dollar Ransom
Movie Stan Casserly
1934
Nana
Movie Lieutenant George Muffat
1933
Dinner at Eight
Movie Ernest DeGraff