
Holmes Herbert
Born: 1882-07-30
Place of Birth: Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Biography
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

Calling Dr. Death

The Heart of Salome

The Right to Love

The Wreck of the Hesperus

The Truth About Husbands

Hidden Power

The Earl of Chicago

A Woman's Woman

The Mystery of Mr. Wong

Man Hunt

The Black Doll

Invisible Agent

The Terror

Untamed

A Woman's Vengeance

Wolf Call

Phantom Raiders

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

Confidential Agent

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Miss Pinkerton

Beloved

Two Tickets to London

Jungle Jim

The Buccaneer

The Uninvited

The Invisible Man

Champagne Charlie

Lady Rose's Daughter

A Stage Romance

Bad Boy

The Swordsman

Juarez

Broadminded

A Woman of the World

Careers

Tower of London

Ivy

Jealousy

Mr. Wu

The Little Princess

The Pearl of Death

Sherlock Holmes in Washington

Kidnapped

Family Honeymoon

The Pursuit of Happiness

The Undying Monster

Shop Angel

Her Private Life

Chances

Singapore

Moonshine Valley

The Thirteenth Chair

The House of Fear

The Honeymoon Express

Divorce Coupons

The Iroquois Trail

Sorry, Wrong Number

Stanley and Livingstone

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

Cardinal Richelieu

Evidence

The Girl Said No

Mr. Moto's Last Warning

Anne of the Indies

Through the Breakers

Foreign Correspondent

The Gay Retreat

Strictly in the Groove

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Charlatan

The Family Closet

The House of Fear

The Letter

The House of Secrets

The White Angel

Brilliant Marriage

Enter Arsène Lupin

Captain Blood

The House of Rothschild

Rulers of the Sea

This Above All

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dressed to Kill

The White Heather

The Ghost of Frankenstein

The Wild North

Post Office Investigator

Greater Than Love

Boom Town

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

The Hot Heiress

The Single Sin

Josselyn's Wife

Lovers

Wife vs. Secretary

The Lost Tribe

The Ghost Goes Wild

Week End Husbands

The Careless Age

Mystery of the Wax Museum

The Mummy's Curse

The Market of Souls

Intermezzo: A Love Story

Marie Antoinette

The Fire Brigade

His Wife

One Increasing Purpose

Mark of the Vampire

15 Maiden Lane

The Prince and the Pauper

I Will Repay

British Intelligence

The Unknown Man

Sons of Steel

Corvette K-225

Lady in a Jam

Johnny Belinda

Canadian Pacific

Three Strangers

Mystery of the White Room

20,000 Men a Year

South of St. Louis

The Son of Dr. Jekyll

The Death Dance

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

Sinners in Heaven

Wreckage

Swingin' on a Rainbow

Lloyd's of London

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

The Brigand

The Wanderer

Say It with Songs

Slave Ship

Up the Ladder

The Sun Never Sets

Heedless Moths

Daughter of the Dragon

The Verdict

The Man Without a Country

The Wild Goose

My Lady's Garter

Say It in French

Madame X

The Enchanted Cottage

We Are Not Alone

His House in Order

Danger in the Pacific

The Kiss

Central Park

The Silver Slave

An Angel from Texas

A Doll's House

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

A Dispatch from Reuters

Our Hearts Were Young and Gay

The Unwritten Code

Here's Flash Casey

The Sporting Age

Any Wife

When a Man Loves

The Thirteenth Chair

Bulldog Drummond at Bay

Barbary Pirate

Black Is White

Everything Happens at Night

The Curtain Falls

Trapped in the Sky

On Trial

Sister to Judas

East Side, West Side

The Ship from Shanghai

The Divorcee

Another Scandal

The Gentleman from Louisiana

On with the Dance

The Rough Neck

Accent on Youth

Over the Santa Fe Trail

Other Men's Wives

The Man Without a Country

One in a Million

Dead Men Tell No Tales

Her Own Free Will

Toilers of the Sea

The ABC of Love
