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.
Known For
| Birth Location | Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK |
|---|---|
| Born | 1882-07-30 |
| Died | 1956-12-26 |
Movies
The Brigand
as Archbishop
1952
The Wild North
as Magistrate (uncredited)
1952
1951
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
as Constable (Uncredited)
1951
Anne of the Indies
as English Sea Captain
1951
The Iroquois Trail
as Gen. Johnson
1950
Barbary Pirate
as Thomas Jefferson
1949
Post Office Investigator
as James Seeley
1949
The Lost Tribe
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1949
1949
Jungle Jim
as Commissioner Geoffrey Marsden
1948
Family Honeymoon
as Rev. Miller (uncredited)
1948
Sorry, Wrong Number
as Wilkins (uncredited)
1948
Johnny Belinda
as Judge (uncredited)
1948
A Woman's Vengeance
as Warder (uncredited)
1948
The Wreck of the Hesperus
as Pastor West
1948
The Swordsman
as Lord Glowan
1948
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as Inspector McIver
1947
Singapore
as Rev. Barnes
1947
The Ghost Goes Wild
as Judge
1947
Ivy
as Mulloy (uncredited)
1947
Bulldog Drummond at Bay
as Scotland Yard Inspector McIvar
1947
Over the Santa Fe Trail
as Doc Henderson
1947
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
as Dr. White, Minister
1946
The Verdict
as Sir William Dawson
1946
Dressed to Kill
as Ebenezer Crabtree
1946
Three Strangers
as Sir Robert
1946
Confidential Agent
as Lord Benditch
1945
Swingin' on a Rainbow
as Butler (uncredited)
1945
Jealousy
as Melvyn Russell
1945
The House of Fear
as Alan Cosgrave
1945
The Mummy's Curse
as Dr. Cooper
1944
Enter Arsène Lupin
as Jobson
1944
The Unwritten Code
as McDowell (uncredited)
1944
The Pearl of Death
as James Goodram, courier
1944
The Uninvited
as Charlie Jessup
1944
Calling Dr. Death
as Bryant, the Butler
1943
Corvette K-225
as Commodore Ramsay
1943
Two Tickets to London
as Kilgallen
1943
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as Mr. Ahrens
1943
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
as Sir Reginald
1942
The Undying Monster
as Chief Constable (uncredited)
1942
Strictly in the Groove
as Commissioner
1942
Invisible Agent
as Sir Alfred Spencer
1942
Danger in the Pacific
as Commissioner
1942
This Above All
as Dr. Mathias
1942
The Ghost of Frankenstein
as Magistrate
1942
Man Hunt
as Saul Farnsworthy
1941
The Letter
as Robert's Friend at Bar at Party (uncredited)
1940
A Dispatch from Reuters
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
1940
Boom Town
as Doctor (uncredited)
1940
Foreign Correspondent
as Asst. Commissioner
1940
Phantom Raiders
as Sir Edward
1940
An Angel from Texas
as Second Banker
1940
The Earl of Chicago
as Sergeant-at-Arms (uncredited)
1940
Everything Happens at Night
as Featherstone
1939
We Are Not Alone
as Police Inspector
1939
Tower of London
as Councilman (uncredited)
1939
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
as Majordomo (uncredited)
1939
British Intelligence
as Arthur Bennett
1939
Rulers of the Sea
as Member of Naval Company (Uncredited)
1939
20,000 Men a Year
as Dean Norris
1939
Intermezzo: A Love Story
as Doctor (Uncredited)
1939
Hidden Power
as Dr. Morley
1939
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Justice of the Court
1939
Stanley and Livingstone
as Frederick Holcomb
1939
Bad Boy
as Mr. McNeil
1939
The House of Fear
as Minor Role
1939
Juarez
as Marshal Randon (uncredited)
1939
Trapped in the Sky
as Fielding
1939
The Sun Never Sets
as Colonial Official
1939
Wolf Call
as J.L. Winton
1939
Mystery of the White Room
as Hospital Administrator
1939
The Little Princess
as Doctor
1939
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
as Prof. Ed Janney
1939
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
as Bentham (uncredited)
1939
Say It in French
as Richard Carrington Sr.
1938
Marie Antoinette
as Herald (uncredited)
1938
Kidnapped
as Judge
1938
The Buccaneer
as Captain McWilliams
1938
The Black Doll
as Dr. Giddings
1938
Here's Flash Casey
as Maj. Addison
1938
The Man Without a Country
as Aaron Burr
1937
The Girl Said No
as Charles Dillon (scenes deleted)
1937
Slave Ship
as Commander
1937
The Thirteenth Chair
as Roscoe Crosby
1937
The Prince and the Pauper
as First Doctor
1937
Lloyd's of London
as Spokesman
1936
The House of Secrets
as Sir Bertram Evans - Home Secretary
1936
15 Maiden Lane
as Harold Anderson
1936
The Gentleman from Louisiana
as Chief Steward
1936
The White Angel
as War Minister (uncredited)
1936
Champagne Charlie
as Captain Dell
1936
Brilliant Marriage
as Mr. Rodney Allison
1936
Wife vs. Secretary
as Frawley (uncredited)
1936
Captain Blood
as Capt. Gardner
1935
Accent on Youth
as Frank Galloway
1935
Mark of the Vampire
as Sir Karell Borotyn
1935
Cardinal Richelieu
as Noble
1935
One in a Million
as Donald Cabot Sr.
1935
Sons of Steel
as Curtis Chadburne
1934
The Curtain Falls
as John Scorsby
1934
The Pursuit of Happiness
as Gen. Sir Henry Clinton
1934
Beloved
as Lord Landslake
1934
The Invisible Man
as Chief of Police
1933
Mystery of the Wax Museum
as Dr. Rasmussen
1933
Sister to Judas
as Bruce Rogers
1932
Central Park
as Benefit Emcee (uncredited)
1932
Miss Pinkerton
as Arthur Glenn
1932
Shop Angel
as James Walton Kennedy
1932
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. John Lanyon
1931
Daughter of the Dragon
as Sir John Petrie
1931
Broadminded
as John J. Hackett Sr.
1931
Chances
as Maj. Bradford
1931
The Hot Heiress
as Mr. Hunter
1931
The Single Sin
as Roger Van Dorn
1931
The Ship from Shanghai
as Paul Thorpe
1930
Untamed
as Howard Presley
1929
The Kiss
as Lassalle
1929
The Thirteenth Chair
as Sir Roscoe Crosby
1929
The Careless Age
as Sir John
1929
Her Private Life
as Rudolph Solomon
1929
Madame X
as Noel
1929
Say It with Songs
as Dr. Robert Merrill
1929
Careers
as Carouge
1929
The Charlatan
as Peter "Count Merlin" Dwight
1929
On Trial
as Gerald Trask
1928
Through the Breakers
as Eustis Hobbs
1928
The Terror
as Goodman (as Holmes E. Herbert)
1928
The Sporting Age
as James Driscoll
1928
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
as Henry Spoffard
1928
The Silver Slave
as Tom Richards
1927
East Side, West Side
as Gilbert Van Horn
1927
When a Man Loves
as Jean Tiberge
1927
Slaves of Beauty
as Leonard Jones
1927
The Heart of Salome
as Sir Humphrey
1927
Mr. Wu
as Mr. Gregory
1927
One Increasing Purpose
as Charles Paris
1927
The Fire Brigade
as James Corwin
1926
Josselyn's Wife
as Thomas Josselyn
1926
The Honeymoon Express
as Jim Donaldson
1926
A Woman of the World
as Richard Granger
1925
The Wanderer
as Prophet
1925
Up the Ladder
as Robert Newhall
1925
Sinners in Heaven
as Hugh Rochedale
1924
The Enchanted Cottage
as Major Hillgrove
1924
A Woman's Woman
as John Plummer (as Holmes E. Herbert)
1922
Moonshine Valley
as Dr. Martin
1922
Evidence
as Judge Rowland
1922
Any Wife
as Philip Gray
1922
The Wild Goose
as Frank Manners (as Holmes E. Herbert)
1921
The Right to Love
as Lord Falkland
1920
Lady Rose's Daughter
as Jacob Delafield
1920
His House in Order
as Filmer Jesson
1920
Black Is White
as Jim Brood (as Holmes E. Herbert)
1920
1920
The ABC of Love
as Harry Bryant
1919
The White Heather
as Lord Angus Cameron
1919
The Divorcee
as Sir Paradine Fuldes
1919
The Death Dance
as Arnold Maitland
1918
A Doll's House
as Thorvald Helmar
1918
The Man Without a Country
as Lt. Philip Nolan
1917
The Fisherwoman
as The Son
1915
His Wife
as John Dennys
1915
Holmes Herbert hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows
