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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.
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26 October 1944
A Nazi spy sneaks into the U.S., hoping to release hundreds of German prisoners. He fails, but not until plenty of bullets have been spent.
22 December 1939
Two reporters compete to discover a scientist living in hiding and win his daughter.
20 January 1919
Based on the 1907 play 'Lady Frederick' by W. Somerset Maugham, this tells the story of Betsy O'Hara in her pursuit of romance and love.
10 June 1942
Scientist-explorer David Lynd leaves wealthy bride-to-be June Claymore at the altar to join photographer Andy Parker and British secret service agent Leo Marzeli in search of rare minerals.
02 March 1928
Blinded in a train accident James Driscoll (Holmes Herbert), whose wife, Miriam Driscoll (Belle Bennett), has been having an affair with his young male secretary Phillip Kingston )Carroll Nye), regains his eyesight.
01 November 1920
Notorious pirate Joaquin Santos lives by the saying, "Dead Men Tell No Tales". He conspires with the prominent Squire Rattray to take over and plunder the Lady Jermyn, a ship carrying a considerable amount of gold, and then destroy the ship and kill its crew.
04 September 1947
Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond investigates the murder of the C.I.D. man who had been tracing validity of rival claims to a large estate.
14 December 1919
Romance between the playwright Harry Bryant and the homeless and illiterate Kate.
19 October 1929
Although his murdered friend was by all accounts a scoundrel, Edward Wales is determined to trap his killer by staging a seance using a famous medium.
25 September 1927
Rich boy Dick Wright, rejected by both the Army and the Navy because he is a sleepwalker, joins an ambulance unit during the war with his chauffeur and valet tagging along to protect him.
29 September 1943
The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.
31 October 1933
After experimenting on himself and becoming invisible, scientist Jack Griffin, now aggressive due to the drug's effects, seeks a way to reverse the experiment at any cost.
05 January 1940
A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Earl of Gorley.
15 February 1920
Sonia, a Russian dancer, comes to New York seeking her fortune. She marries Peter Derwynt, a young architect, but their marriage is not a good one.
15 May 1947
"Bulldog" Drummond is vacationing in his country home in England, and his house if rifled by two thieves.
21 March 1935
A department store clerk, wrongly accused of stealing by her lecherous boss, becomes involved in a romantic relationship with the boss's son.
01 December 1928
A man is put on trial for the murder of his best friend. A young attorney wants to become successful and decides to defend him.
25 March 1936
When a wealthy heiress discovers the terrible family secret that has been hidden from her since birth, her world is turned upside down.
31 January 1930
On a yacht sailing from Shanghai to the United States, the sailors, led by the megalomaniac steward, revolt and take control.
31 October 1951
The son of the notorious Dr. Henry Jekyll is determined to prove that his father's reputation has been unjustly deserved.
28 March 1931
Classes clash when a poor riveter and wealthy society woman fall in love with each other, much to the shock of her friends and family.
02 September 1926
The members of the Lambert household do not get along with each other, so Margaret and her youngest daughter Mary leave their home.
25 November 1936
Norfolk, England, 1770. The nephew of an innkeeper and the son of a reverend maintain a very close friendship until, after living a great adventure, they must separate their paths.
16 August 1940
American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war.
16 June 1937
Action-filled drama about a ship captain, ashamed of his background in the slave trade, forced against his will to again transport human cargo.
22 May 1939
A spoiled New York playboy learns the values of life when he's sent by his father to work in a rural mining community in Canada.
06 May 1936
The story is told in flashback. Backers want a gambler to marry a rich girl for her dowry.
24 December 1931
Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men: one that is good and one that is evil.
10 December 1932
Two destitute New Yorkers meet cute in Central Park and then separate and independently get tangled up with some gangsters only to be reunited again in the end.
02 July 1922
Linda Catherton, a poor small town girl in search of a wealthy suitor, meets Roland Bland, a man of notorious reputation, at the wedding of her friend Teddy Beaudine.
17 March 1939
A little girl goes in search of her father who is reported missing by the military during the Second Boer War.
13 March 1942
Frankenstein's unscrupulous colleague, Dr. Bohmer, plans to transplant Ygor's brain so he can rule the world using the monster's body, but the plan goes sour when he turns malevolent and goes on a rampage.
04 February 1948
The story of an ex-sea captain who uses devious means to make his salvage company a success. Based on Longfellow's famous poem.
01 August 1931
Jack's father lowers the boom when his irresponsible rich-kid ends up in jail after a night of debauchery.
26 October 1939
Pilot disobeys unsafe orders and loses his job. He then starts a flying school which receives a boost when the government launches a program which it hopes will produce 20,000 pilots a year.
26 December 1935
Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.
24 September 1948
Leona Stevenson is confined to bed and uses her telephone to keep in contact with the outside world. One day she overhears a murder plot on the telephone and is desperate to find out who is the intended victim.
01 September 1939
Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “finish off” his last major nemesis, Sherlock Holmes, by making him fail to prevent the perfect crime.
10 July 1939
Johnny Fraser leaves his mother in their small home town and sets out for the big city. He obtains a job with a large firm of architects.
24 February 1944
A pair of siblings from London purchase a surprisingly affordable, lonely cliff-top house in Cornwall, only to discover that it actually carries a ghostly price—and soon they’re caught up in a bizarre romantic triangle from beyond the grave.
02 June 1929
In French Indochina, a magistrate is assigned to investigate the murder of his boss. Unknown to him, the boss had a policy of requiring the wives of his subordinates to sleep with him if they wanted their husbands to get promoted.
08 November 1939
The struggle of a man to build a steam ship to take him across the Atlantic in spite of all setbacks, and his win against a crack sailing boat in the early 19th century.
09 October 1927
Director Allan Dwan’s excellent use of New York locations enlivens a rags-to-riches tale that fully exploits star George O’Brien’s championship boxing prowess.
24 September 1922
A woman finds herself being a unpaid skivvy to her husband, two daughters and her son.
30 June 1939
A detective goes undercover as a producer to investigate an actor's murder, which occurred during the performance of a play.
25 June 1936
In Victorian England, Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly change the attitude towards nurses when it was considered a disreputable profession.
10 November 1939
During WWI pretty German master spy Helene von Lorbeer is sent undercover to London to live with the family of a high-placed British official where she is to rendezvous with the butler Valdar, also a spy, and help him transmit secret war plans back to Germany.
07 March 1920
A man's jealousy of his wife ruins their marriage. She leaves, taking a new name and beginning anew. Years later, they meet, but the husband does not know it is she.
01 August 1944
The famous Borgia Pearl, a valuable gem with a history of bringing murder and misfortune to its owner since the days of the Borgias, is brought to London, thanks in part to Sherlock Holmes.
23 July 1945
A female cabbie is suspected of killing her drunken husband.
30 April 1937
Two boys – the prince Edward and the pauper Tom – are born on the same day. Years later, when young teenage Tom sneaks into the palace garden, he meets the prince.
24 March 1943
In World War II, a British secret agent carrying a vitally important document is kidnapped en route to Washington.
23 January 1946
On the eve of the Chinese New Year, three strangers, Crystal Shackleford, married to a wealthy philanderer; Jerome Artbutny, an outwardly respectable judge; and Johnny West, a seedy sneak thief, make a pact before a small statue of the Chinese goddess of Destiny.
19 June 1942
A psychiatrist's patient, a nutty heiress, travels west to find gold in her grandfather's abandoned mine.
16 March 1945
The Good Comrades are a collection of varied gentlemen who crave one thing - solitude. They reside at Drearcliff House, ancestral home of their eldest member.
24 May 1946
A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes.
13 June 1941
Shortly before the start of WW2, renowned British big-game hunter Alan Thorndike, vacationing in Bavaria, has Hitler in his gun sight.
08 March 1925
Julian (Percy Marmont) is a poor artist who lives with wife Edith (Alice Joyce) and their newborn baby in Harlem.
18 February 1933
A wax sculptor opens a new museum years after he is severely injured during a fire that destroyed his original collection.
17 November 1939
In the 15th century, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother, King Edward IV of England.
