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Holmes Herbert
Mansfield, 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 f…
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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.
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1952
The Brigand
Movie Archbishop
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1952
At Sword's Point
Movie
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1952
The Wild North
Movie Magistrate (uncredited)
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1951
The Unknown Man
Movie (uncredited)
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1951
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
Movie Constable (uncredited)
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1951
Anne of the Indies
Movie English Sea Captain
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1950
The Iroquois Trail
Movie Gen. Johnson
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1949
Barbary Pirate
Movie Thomas Jefferson
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1949
Post Office Investigator
Movie James Seeley
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1949
Canadian Pacific
Movie Head of Canadian Parliament (uncredited)
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1949
The Lost Tribe
Movie Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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1949
South of St. Louis
Movie
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1948
Jungle Jim
Movie Commissioner Geoffrey Marsden
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1948
Family Honeymoon
Movie Rev. Miller (uncredited)
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1948
Sorry, Wrong Number
Movie Wilkins (uncredited)
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1948
Johnny Belinda
Movie Judge (uncredited)
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1948
A Woman's Vengeance
Movie Warder (uncredited)
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1948
The Wreck of the Hesperus
Movie Pastor West
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1948
The Swordsman
Movie Lord Glowan
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1947
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Movie Inspector McIver
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1947
Singapore
Movie Rev. Barnes
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1947
The Ghost Goes Wild
Movie Judge
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1947
Ivy
Movie Mulloy (uncredited)
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1947
Bulldog Drummond at Bay
Movie Scotland Yard Inspector McIvar
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1947
Over the Santa Fe Trail
Movie Doc Henderson
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1946
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Movie Dr. White (uncredited)
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1946
The Verdict
Movie Sir William Dawson
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1946
Dressed to Kill
Movie Ebenezer Crabtree
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1946
Three Strangers
Movie Sir Robert (uncredited)
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1945
Confidential Agent
Movie Lord Benditch
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1945
Swingin' on a Rainbow
Movie Butler (uncredited)
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1945
Jealousy
Movie Melvyn Russell
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1945
The House of Fear
Movie Alan Cosgrave
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1944
The Mummy's Curse
Movie Dr. Cooper
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1944
Enter Arsène Lupin
Movie Jobson
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1944
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
Movie Captain (uncredited)
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1944
The Unwritten Code
Movie McDowell (uncredited)
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1944
The Pearl of Death
Movie James Goodram, courier
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1944
The Uninvited
Movie Charlie Jessup
