Holmes Herbert

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
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Personal Info

Id

29600

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

1

Gender

Male

Birthday

1882-07-30

Place of Birth

Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Also Known As

  • Horace Edward Jenner
  • Holmes E. Herbert
  • H.E. Herbert
  • H.J. Herbert
  • Холмс Херберт
  • Content Score

    100

    Yes! Looking good!

    Known For

    The Pursuit of Happiness

    The Pursuit

    A Woman's Vengeance

    A Woman's Ve

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    Dr. Jekyll a

    The Ghost of Frankenstein

    The Ghost of

    The Invisible Man

    The Invisibl

    Dressed to Kill

    Dressed to K

    The Kiss

    The Kiss

    The Lost Tribe

    The Lost Tri

    The Wild North

    The Wild Nor

    Mystery of the Wax Museum

    Mystery of t

    The Pearl of Death

    The Pearl of

    The House of Fear

    The House of

    The Divorcee

    The Divorcee

    Trapped in the Sky

    Trapped in t

    Hidden Power

    Hidden Power

    Tower of London

    Tower of Lon

    The Verdict

    The Verdict

    Invisible Agent

    Invisible Ag

    Mark of the Vampire

    Mark of the

    The Prince and the Pauper

    The Prince a

    Jealousy

    Jealousy

    Calling Dr. Death

    Calling Dr.

    The Uninvited

    The Uninvite

    Captain Blood

    Captain Bloo

    Madame X

    Madame X

    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    The Adventur

    Moonshine Valley

    Moonshine Va

    British Intelligence

    British Inte

    The Ghost Goes Wild

    The Ghost Go

    Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

    Love Laughs

    Singapore

    Singapore

    His Wife

    His Wife

    Placeholder

    The Fisherwo

    Placeholder

    Dead Men Tel

    The Mystery of Mr. Wong

    The Mystery

    The House of Secrets

    The House of

    The Unwritten Code

    The Unwritte

    The Thirteenth Chair

    The Thirteen

    Post Office Investigator

    Post Office

    Confidential Agent

    Confidential

    East Side, West Side

    East Side, W

    The Thirteenth Chair

    The Thirteen

    Untamed

    Untamed

    Enter Arsène Lupin

    Enter Arsène

    Miss Pinkerton

    Miss Pinkert

    The Fire Brigade

    The Fire Bri

    Chances

    Chances

    Say It with Songs

    Say It with

    The White Heather

    The White He

    Broadminded

    Broadminded

    The Brigand

    The Brigand

    The Hot Heiress

    The Hot Heir

    Placeholder

    His House in

    Lady Rose's Daughter

    Lady Rose's

    Here's Flash Casey

    Here's Flash

    Placeholder

    The Girl Sai

    Sister to Judas

    Sister to Ju

    South of St. Louis

    South of St.

    The Unknown Man

    The Unknown

    One in a Million

    One in a Mil

    The Ship from Shanghai

    The Ship fro

    Two Tickets to London

    Two Tickets

    A Woman of the World

    A Woman of t

    Family Honeymoon

    Family Honey

    Bad Boy

    Bad Boy

    Placeholder

    Shop Angel

    The Black Doll

    The Black Do

    Placeholder

    The Man With

    Sons of Steel

    Sons of Stee

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    Evidence

    Placeholder

    The Single S

    Ivy

    Ivy

    Say It in French

    Say It in Fr

    Mr. Wu

    Mr. Wu

    Slave Ship

    Slave Ship

    Brilliant Marriage

    Brilliant Ma

    Placeholder

    The ABC of L

    Stanley and Livingstone

    Stanley and

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    Wolf Call

    Man Hunt

    Man Hunt

    This Above All

    This Above A

    The Curtain Falls

    The Curtain

    Any Wife

    Any Wife

    Cardinal Richelieu

    Cardinal Ric

    Placeholder

    The Right to

    The Gentleman from Louisiana

    The Gentlema

    The White Angel

    The White An

    Champagne Charlie

    Champagne Ch

    Mr. Moto's Last Warning

    Mr. Moto's L

    Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

    Bulldog Drum

    The Little Princess

    The Little P

    Juarez

    Juarez

    The Sun Never Sets

    The Sun Neve

    We Are Not Alone

    We Are Not A

    The House of Fear

    The House of

    Everything Happens at Night

    Everything H

    The Swordsman

    The Swordsma

    The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

    The Private

    Kidnapped

    Kidnapped

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    The Earl of

    15 Maiden Lane

    15 Maiden La

    When a Man Loves

    When a Man L

    Boom Town

    Boom Town

    Wife vs. Secretary

    Wife vs. Sec

    Foreign Correspondent

    Foreign Corr

    The Letter

    The Letter

    20,000 Men a Year

    20,000 Men a

    A Dispatch from Reuters

    A Dispatch f

    Phantom Raiders

    Phantom Raid

    Our Hearts Were Young and Gay

    Our Hearts W

    An Angel from Texas

    An Angel fro

    The Mummy's Curse

    The Mummy's

    The Wreck of the Hesperus

    The Wreck of

    The Honeymoon Express

    The Honeymoo

    The Iroquois Trail

    The Iroquois

    Accent on Youth

    Accent on Yo

    Over the Santa Fe Trail

    Over the San

    The Enchanted Cottage

    The Enchante

    Placeholder

    The Charlata

    Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

    Sherlock Hol

    On Trial

    On Trial

    The Terror

    The Terror

    Placeholder

    Careers

    On with the Dance

    On with the

    Up the Ladder

    Up the Ladde

    Sorry, Wrong Number

    Sorry, Wrong

    Daughter of the Dragon

    Daughter of

    The Careless Age

    The Careless

    Mystery of the White Room

    Mystery of t

    The Wanderer

    The Wanderer

    Bulldog Drummond at Bay

    Bulldog Drum

    The Buccaneer

    The Buccanee

    Jungle Jim

    Jungle Jim

    Anne of the Indies

    Anne of the

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    Gentlemen Pr

    Sherlock Holmes in Washington

    Sherlock Hol

    Danger in the Pacific

    Danger in th

    Corvette K-225

    Corvette K-2

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    The Man With

    Three Strangers

    Three Strang

    Lloyd's of London

    Lloyd's of L

    One Increasing Purpose

    One Increasi

    The Sporting Age

    The Sporting

    Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

    Daddy's Gone

    Black Is White

    Black Is Whi

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    Josselyn's W

    Placeholder

    The Truth Ab

    Rulers of the Sea

    Rulers of th

    Johnny Belinda

    Johnny Belin

    Barbary Pirate

    Barbary Pira

    The Undying Monster

    The Undying

    Intermezzo: A Love Story

    Intermezzo:

    The Death Dance

    The Death Da

    Her Private Life

    Her Private

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    The Heart of

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    Through the

    Swingin' on a Rainbow

    Swingin' on

    Central Park

    Central Park

    Marie Antoinette

    Marie Antoin

    A Woman's Woman

    A Woman's Wo

    The Silver Slave

    The Silver S

    Sinners in Heaven

    Sinners in H

    Beloved

    Beloved

    Strictly in the Groove

    Strictly in

    The Wild Goose

    The Wild Goo

    A Doll's House

    A Doll's Hou

    The Son of Dr. Jekyll

    The Son of D

    The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

    The Strange

    Canadian Pacific

    Canadian Pac

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    The Gay Retr

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    Divorce Coup

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    I Will Repay

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    Another Scan

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    Her Own Free

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    Greater Than

    Lady in a Jam

    Lady in a Ja

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    Other Men's

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    The Family C

    The House of Rothschild

    The House of

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    My Lady's Ga

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    Love's Wilde

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    The Rough Ne

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    Toilers of t

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    Wreckage

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    Week End Hus

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    The Market o

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    Heedless Mot

    Lovers

    Lovers

    1952

    The Brigand

    asArchbishop

    1952

    The Wild North

    asMagistrate (uncredited)

    1951

    The Unknown Man

    as

    1951

    The Son of Dr. Jekyll

    asConstable (uncredited)

    1951

    Anne of the Indies

    asEnglish Sea Captain

    1950

    The Iroquois Trail

    asGen. Johnson

    1949

    Barbary Pirate

    asThomas Jefferson

    1949

    Post Office Investigator

    asJames Seeley

    1949

    Canadian Pacific

    asHead of Canadian Parliament (uncredited)

    1949

    The Lost Tribe

    asNarrator (voice) (uncredited)

    1949

    South of St. Louis

    as

    1948

    Jungle Jim

    asCommissioner Geoffrey Marsden

    1948

    Family Honeymoon

    asRev. Miller (uncredited)

    1948

    Sorry, Wrong Number

    asWilkins (uncredited)

    1948

    Johnny Belinda

    asJudge (uncredited)

    1948

    A Woman's Vengeance

    asWarder (uncredited)

    1948

    The Wreck of the Hesperus

    asPastor West

    1948

    The Swordsman

    asLord Glowan

    1947

    Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

    asInspector McIver

    1947

    Singapore

    asRev. Barnes

    1947

    The Ghost Goes Wild

    asJudge

    1947

    Ivy

    asMulloy (uncredited)

    1947

    Bulldog Drummond at Bay

    asScotland Yard Inspector McIvar

    1947

    Over the Santa Fe Trail

    asDoc Henderson

    1946

    Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

    asDr. White, Minister

    1946

    The Verdict

    asSir William Dawson

    1946

    Dressed to Kill

    asEbenezer Crabtree

    1946

    Three Strangers

    asSir Robert (uncredited)

    1945

    Confidential Agent

    asLord Benditch

    1945

    Swingin' on a Rainbow

    asButler (uncredited)

    1945

    The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

    as

    1945

    Jealousy

    asMelvyn Russell

    1945

    The House of Fear

    asAlan Cosgrave

    1944

    The Mummy's Curse

    asDr. Cooper

    1944

    Enter Arsène Lupin

    asJobson

    1944

    Our Hearts Were Young and Gay

    asCaptain (uncredited)

    1944

    The Unwritten Code

    asMcDowell (uncredited)

    1944

    The Pearl of Death

    asJames Goodram, courier

    1944

    The Uninvited

    asCharlie Jessup

    1943

    Calling Dr. Death

    asBryant, the Butler

    1943

    Corvette K-225

    asCommodore Ramsay

    1943

    Two Tickets to London

    asKilgallen

    1943

    Sherlock Holmes in Washington

    asMr. Ahrens

    1943

    Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

    asSir Reginald

    1942

    The Undying Monster

    asChief Constable (uncredited)

    1942

    Strictly in the Groove

    asCommissioner

    1942

    Invisible Agent

    asSir Alfred Spencer

    1942

    Lady in a Jam

    asMan at Auction (uncredited)

    1942

    Danger in the Pacific

    asCommissioner

    1942

    This Above All

    asDr. Mathias

    1942

    The Ghost of Frankenstein

    asMagistrate

    1941

    Man Hunt

    asSaul Farnsworthy

    1940

    The Letter

    asRobert's Friend at Bar at Party (uncredited)

    1940

    A Dispatch from Reuters

    asMember of Parliament (uncredited)

    1940

    Boom Town

    asDoctor (uncredited)

    1940

    Foreign Correspondent

    asAsst. Commissioner

    1940

    Phantom Raiders

    asSir Edward

    1940

    An Angel from Texas

    asSecond Banker

    1940

    The Earl of Chicago

    asSergeant-at-Arms (uncredited)

    1939

    Everything Happens at Night

    asFeatherstone

    1939

    We Are Not Alone

    asPolice Inspector

    1939

    Tower of London

    asCouncilman (uncredited)

    1939

    The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

    asMajordomo (uncredited)

    1939

    British Intelligence

    asArthur Bennett

    1939

    Rulers of the Sea

    asMember of Naval Company (Uncredited)

    1939

    20,000 Men a Year

    asDean Norris

    1939

    Intermezzo: A Love Story

    asDoctor (Uncredited)

    1939

    Hidden Power

    asDr. Morley

    1939

    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    asJustice of the Court

    1939

    Stanley and Livingstone

    asFrederick Holcomb

    1939

    Bad Boy

    asMr. McNeil

    1939

    The House of Fear

    asMinor Role

    1939

    Juarez

    asMarshal Randon (uncredited)

    1939

    Trapped in the Sky

    asFielding

    1939

    The Sun Never Sets

    asColonial Official

    1939

    Wolf Call

    asJ.L. Winton

    1939

    The Little Princess

    asDoctor

    1939

    Mystery of the White Room

    asHospital Administrator

    1939

    The Mystery of Mr. Wong

    asProf. Ed Janney

    1939

    Mr. Moto's Last Warning

    asBentham (uncredited)

    1938

    Say It in French

    asRichard Carrington Sr.

    1938

    Marie Antoinette

    asHerald (uncredited)

    1938

    Kidnapped

    asJudge

    1938

    The Buccaneer

    asCaptain McWilliams

    1938

    The Black Doll

    asDr. Giddings

    1938

    Here's Flash Casey

    asMaj. Addison

    1937

    The Man Without a Country

    asAaron Burr

    1937

    The Girl Said No

    asCharles Dillon (scenes deleted)

    1937

    Slave Ship

    asCommander

    1937

    The Thirteenth Chair

    asGovernor Sir Roscoe Crosby

    1937

    The Prince and the Pauper

    asFirst Doctor

    1936

    Lloyd's of London

    asSpokesman

    1936

    The House of Secrets

    asSir Bertram Evans - Home Secretary

    1936

    15 Maiden Lane

    asHarold Anderson

    1936

    The Gentleman from Louisiana

    asChief Steward

    1936

    The White Angel

    asWar Minister (uncredited)

    1936

    Champagne Charlie

    asCaptain Dell

    1936

    Brilliant Marriage

    asMr. Rodney Allison

    1936

    Wife vs. Secretary

    asFrawley (uncredited)

    1935

    Captain Blood

    asCapt. Gardner

    1935

    Accent on Youth

    asFrank Galloway

    1935

    Mark of the Vampire

    asSir Karell Borotyn

    1935

    Cardinal Richelieu

    asNoble

    1935

    One in a Million

    asDonald Cabot Sr.

    1934

    Sons of Steel

    asCurtis Chadburne

    1934

    The Curtain Falls

    asJohn Scorsby

    1934

    The Pursuit of Happiness

    asGen. Sir Henry Clinton

    1934

    The House of Rothschild

    asRowerth

    1934

    Beloved

    asLord Landslake

    1933

    The Invisible Man

    asChief of Police

    1933

    Mystery of the Wax Museum

    asDr. Rasmussen

    1932

    Sister to Judas

    asBruce Rogers

    1932

    Central Park

    asBenefit Emcee (uncredited)

    1932

    Miss Pinkerton

    asArthur Glenn

    1932

    Shop Angel

    asJames Walton Kennedy

    1932

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    asDr. John Lanyon

    1931

    Daughter of the Dragon

    asSir John Petrie

    1931

    Broadminded

    asJohn J. Hackett Sr.

    1931

    Chances

    asMaj. Bradford

    1931

    The Hot Heiress

    asMr. Hunter

    1931

    The Single Sin

    asRoger Van Dorn

    1930

    The Ship from Shanghai

    asPaul Thorpe

    1929

    Untamed

    asHoward Presley

    1929

    The Kiss

    asLassalle

    1929

    The Thirteenth Chair

    asSir Roscoe Crosby

    1929

    The Careless Age

    asSir John

    1929

    Her Private Life

    asRudolph Solomon

    1929

    Madame X

    asNoel

    1929

    Say It with Songs

    asDr. Robert Merrill

    1929

    Careers

    asCarouge

    1929

    The Charlatan

    asPeter "Count Merlin" Dwight

    1928

    On Trial

    asGerald Trask

    1928

    Through the Breakers

    asEustis Hobbs

    1928

    The Terror

    asGoodman

    1928

    The Sporting Age

    asJames Driscoll

    1928

    Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

    asHenry Spoffard

    1927

    The Silver Slave

    asTom Richards

    1927

    East Side, West Side

    asGilbert Van Horn

    1927

    The Gay Retreat

    asCharles Wright

    1927

    When a Man Loves

    asJean Tiberge

    1927

    Slaves of Beauty

    asLeonard Jones

    1927

    The Heart of Salome

    asSir Humphrey

    1927

    Lovers

    asMilton

    1927

    Mr. Wu

    asMr. Gregory

    1927

    One Increasing Purpose

    asCharles Paris

    1926

    The Fire Brigade

    asJames Corwin

    1926

    Josselyn's Wife

    asThomas Josselyn

    1926

    The Honeymoon Express

    asJim Donaldson

    1925

    A Woman of the World

    asRichard Granger

    1925

    Wreckage

    asStuart Ames

    1925

    The Wanderer

    asProphet

    1925

    Up the Ladder

    asRobert Newhall

    1925

    Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

    as

    1924

    Love's Wilderness

    asDavid Tennant

    1924

    Sinners in Heaven

    asHugh Rochedale

    1924

    Her Own Free Will

    asPeter Craddock

    1924

    Another Scandal

    asPelham Franklin

    1924

    The Enchanted Cottage

    asMajor Hillgrove

    1924

    I Will Repay

    asSir Percy Blakeney

    1924

    Week End Husbands

    asWilliam Randall

    1923

    Toilers of the Sea

    asSandro

    1922

    A Woman's Woman

    asJohn Plummer (as Holmes E. Herbert)

    1922

    Moonshine Valley

    asDr. Martin

    1922

    Divorce Coupons

    asRoland Bland

    1922

    Evidence

    asJudge Rowland

    1922

    A Stage Romance

    asPrince of Wales

    1922

    Any Wife

    asPhilip Gray

    1921

    The Family Closet

    asAlfred Dinsmore

    1921

    The Wild Goose

    asFrank Manners (as Holmes E. Herbert)

    1921

    Heedless Moths

    as

    1921

    Her Lord and Master

    asR. Honorable Thurston Ralph, Viscount Canning

    1920

    The Truth About Husbands

    asDustan Renshaw

    1920

    Dead Men Tell No Tales

    asSquire John Rattray

    1920

    The Right to Love

    asLord Falkland

    1920

    Lady Rose's Daughter

    asJacob Delafield

    1920

    My Lady's Garter

    asHenry Van Derp, aka The Hawk

    1920

    His House in Order

    asFilmer Jesson

    1920

    Black Is White

    asJim Brood (as Holmes E. Herbert)

    1920

    On with the Dance

    as

    1919

    The ABC of Love

    asHarry Bryant

    1919

    The Market of Souls

    asTemple Bane

    1919

    The White Heather

    asLord Angus Cameron

    1919

    Other Men's Wives

    asFenwick Flint

    1919

    Greater Than Love

    asJames Bruton

    1919

    The Rough Neck

    asA Half-Breed Indian

    1919

    The Divorcee

    asSir Paradine Fuldes

    1918

    The Death Dance

    asArnold Maitland

    1918

    A Doll's House

    asThorvald Helmar

    1917

    The Man Without a Country

    asLt. Philip Nolan

    1915

    The Fisherwoman

    asThe Son

    1915

    His Wife

    asJohn Dennys