Holmes Herbert
Acting
🎂 1882-07-30
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.
Cast credits(183)
Gen. Johnson
1950
Judge (uncredited)
1948
Sir Reginald
1942
Roscoe Crosby
1937
Sir Roscoe Crosby
1929
Inspector McIver
1947
Gerald Trask
1928
First Doctor
1937
Thomas Jefferson
1949
Chief of Police
1933
Paul Thorpe
1930
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1949
Sergeant-at-Arms (uncredited)
1940
Majordomo (uncredited)
1939
Major Hillgrove
1924
Capt. Gardner
1935
Asst. Commissioner
1940
Chief Steward
1936
Magistrate (uncredited)
1952
Ebenezer Crabtree
1946
Sir John Petrie
1931
Wilkins (uncredited)
1948
Magistrate
1942
Captain Dell
1936
Rev. Barnes
1947
Head of Canadian Parliament (uncredited)
1949
Marshal Randon (uncredited)
1939
Doctor
1939
Mulloy (uncredited)
1947
Dr. Cooper
1944
Commander
1937
Sir Robert
1946
Dr. John Lanyon
1931
Bryant, the Butler
1943
Herald (uncredited)
1938
Archbishop
1952
James Goodram, courier
1944
John Plummer (as Holmes E. Herbert)
1922
Dr. Giddings
1938
Chief Constable (uncredited)
1942
Justice of the Court
1939
Commodore Ramsay
1943
Mr. Ahrens
1943
Rev. Miller (uncredited)
1948
James Driscoll
1928
Kilgallen
1943
Lord Benditch
1945
Robert's Friend at Bar at Party (uncredited)
1940
Rowerth
1934
Dr. White, Minister
1946
Doctor (Uncredited)
1939
Saul Farnsworthy
1941
Noel
1929
Lord Landslake
1934
Noble
1935
Bentham (uncredited)
1939
Mr. Rodney Allison
1936
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
1940
Benefit Emcee (uncredited)
1932
Warder (uncredited)
1948
Lord Angus Cameron
1919
Spokesman
1936
Doctor (uncredited)
1940
Lord Glowan
1948
Alan Cosgrave
1945
Dr. Rasmussen
1933
War Minister (uncredited)
1936
Constable (uncredited)
1951
James Seeley
1949
Sir William Dawson
1946
Robert Newhall
1925
J.L. Winton
1939
Sir Alfred Spencer
1942
English Sea Captain
1951
Pastor West
1948
Jobson
1944
Richard Carrington Sr.
1938
Minor Role
1939
Prophet
1925
Frederick Holcomb
1939
Donald Cabot Sr.
1935
Member of Naval Company (Uncredited)
1939
Dean Norris
1939
Prof. Ed Janney
1939
Captain (uncredited)
1944
Dr. Robert Merrill
1929
1951
Sir Karell Borotyn
1935
Roger Van Dorn
1931
Lassalle
1929
Butler (uncredited)
1945
Gen. Sir Henry Clinton
1934
Captain McWilliams
1938
Bruce Rogers
1932
Melvyn Russell
1945
Harold Anderson
1936
Goodman
1928
Aaron Burr
1937
Sir Edward
1940
Man at Auction (uncredited)
1942
Dr. Morley
1939
Commissioner
1942
Judge
1938
Judge
1947
Scotland Yard Inspector McIvar
1947
Henry Spoffard
1928
Featherstone
1939
Howard Presley
1929
Arthur Bennett
1939
Frank Manners (as Holmes E. Herbert)
1921
Doc Henderson
1947
1945
James Corwin
1926
Jim Donaldson
1926
Sir John
1929
Sir Humphrey
1927
Frank Galloway
1935
Colonial Official
1939
James Bruton
1919
Councilman (uncredited)
1939
Richard Granger
1925
Police Inspector
1939
Dustan Renshaw
1920
Maj. Addison
1938
Sir Bertram Evans - Home Secretary
1936
Fenwick Flint
1919
John Scorsby
1934
Charlie Jessup
1944
1949
Dr. Mathias
1942
Harry Bryant
1919
Thorvald Helmar
1918
Lord Falkland
1920
Arnold Maitland
1918
Thomas Josselyn
1926
John Dennys
1915
Second Banker
1940
Jean Tiberge
1927
Charles Wright
1927
Mr. McNeil
1939
Curtis Chadburne
1934
McDowell (uncredited)
1944
Roland Bland
1922
James Walton Kennedy
1932
Frawley (uncredited)
1936
Fielding
1939
Lt. Philip Nolan
1917
Maj. Bradford
1931
Mr. Gregory
1927
The Son
1915
Pelham Franklin
1924
Henry Van Derp, aka The Hawk
1920
1925
Jacob Delafield
1920
Charles Paris
1927
Peter Craddock
1924
1920
Eustis Hobbs
1928
John J. Hackett Sr.
1931
Hospital Administrator
1939
Arthur Glenn
1932
Commissioner
1942
Jim Brood (as Holmes E. Herbert)
1920
R. Honorable Thurston Ralph, Viscount Canning
1921
Tom Richards
1927
Squire John Rattray
1920
Hugh Rochedale
1924
Alfred Dinsmore
1921
Charles Dillon (scenes deleted)
1937
Leonard Jones
1927
Prince of Wales
1922
Commissioner Geoffrey Marsden
1948
Mr. Hunter
1931
Filmer Jesson
1920
Judge Rowland
1922
Rudolph Solomon
1929
Sir Percy Blakeney
1924
Gilbert Van Horn
1927
Peter "Count Merlin" Dwight
1929
Sir Paradine Fuldes
1919
Dr. Martin
1922
Carouge
1929
Philip Gray
1922