Holmes Herbert
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.
Filmography (195 Appearances)
The Nest
The Brigand
The Wild North
The Unknown Man
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
Anne of the Indies
The Iroquois Trail
Barbary Pirate
Post Office Investigator
Canadian Pacific
The Lost Tribe
South of St. Louis
Jungle Jim
Family Honeymoon
Sorry, Wrong Number
Johnny Belinda
A Woman's Vengeance
The Wreck of the Hesperus
The Swordsman
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Singapore
The Ghost Goes Wild
Ivy
Bulldog Drummond at Bay
Over the Santa Fe Trail
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
The Verdict
Dressed to Kill
Three Strangers
Confidential Agent
Swingin' on a Rainbow
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
Jealousy
The House of Fear
The Mummy's Curse
Enter Arsène Lupin
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
The Unwritten Code
The Pearl of Death
The Uninvited
Calling Dr. Death
Corvette K-225
Two Tickets to London
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
The Undying Monster
Strictly in the Groove
Invisible Agent
Lady in a Jam
Danger in the Pacific
This Above All
The Ghost of Frankenstein
Man Hunt
The Letter
South of Suez
A Dispatch from Reuters
Boom Town
Foreign Correspondent
Phantom Raiders
An Angel from Texas
The Earl of Chicago
Everything Happens at Night
We Are Not Alone
Tower of London
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
British Intelligence
Rulers of the Sea
20,000 Men a Year
Intermezzo: A Love Story
Hidden Power
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Stanley and Livingstone
Bad Boy
The House of Fear
Juarez
Trapped in the Sky
The Sun Never Sets
Wolf Call
The Little Princess
Mystery of the White Room
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
Say It in French
Marie Antoinette
Kidnapped
The Buccaneer
The Black Doll
Here's Flash Casey
The Man Without a Country
The Girl Said No
Slave Ship
The Thirteenth Chair
The Prince and the Pauper
Lloyd's of London
The House of Secrets
15 Maiden Lane
The Gentleman from Louisiana
The White Angel
Champagne Charlie
Brilliant Marriage
Wife vs. Secretary
Captain Blood
Accent on Youth
Mark of the Vampire
Cardinal Richelieu
One in a Million
Sons of Steel
The Curtain Falls
The Pursuit of Happiness
The House of Rothschild
Beloved
The Invisible Man
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Sister to Judas
Central Park
Miss Pinkerton
Shop Angel
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Daughter of the Dragon
Broadminded
Chances
The Hot Heiress
The Single Sin
The Ship from Shanghai
Untamed
The Kiss
The Thirteenth Chair
The Careless Age
Her Private Life
Madame X
Say It with Songs
Careers
The Charlatan
On Trial
Through the Breakers
The Terror
The Sporting Age
Their Hour
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
The Silver Slave
East Side, West Side
The Gay Retreat
When a Man Loves
Slaves of Beauty
The Heart of Salome
Lovers
Mr. Wu
One Increasing Purpose
The Fire Brigade
Josselyn's Wife
The Honeymoon Express
A Woman of the World
Wreckage
The Wanderer
Wildfire
Up the Ladder
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Love's Wilderness
Sinners in Heaven
Her Own Free Will
Another Scandal
The Enchanted Cottage
I Will Repay
Week End Husbands
Toilers of the Sea
A Woman's Woman
Moonshine Valley
Divorce Coupons
Evidence
A Stage Romance
Any Wife
The Family Closet
The Wild Goose
Heedless Moths
Her Lord and Master
The Truth About Husbands
Dead Men Tell No Tales
The Right to Love
Lady Rose's Daughter
My Lady's Garter
His House in Order
Black Is White
On with the Dance
The ABC of Love
The Market of Souls
The White Heather
Other Men's Wives
Greater Than Love
The Rough Neck
The Divorcee
The Death Dance
A Doll's House
The Man Without a Country
The Fisherwoman
His Wife