Holmes Herbert
AKA: Horace Edward Jenner
Birthday: 1882-07-30
Died: 1956-12-26
Birthplace: Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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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.
Filmography
Character: Gen. Sir Henry Clinton
Character: Warder (uncredited)
Character: Dr. John Lanyon
Character: Chief of Police
Character: Ebenezer Crabtree
Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Magistrate (uncredited)
Character: James Goodram, courier
Character: Sir Paradine Fuldes
Character: Councilman (uncredited)
Character: Sir William Dawson
Character: Sir Alfred Spencer
Character: Sir Karell Borotyn
Character: Melvyn Russell
Character: Bryant, the Butler
Character: Charlie Jessup
Character: Justice of the Court
Character: Arthur Bennett
Character: Dr. White, Minister
Character: Prof. Ed Janney
Character: Sir Bertram Evans - Home Secretary
Character: McDowell (uncredited)
Character: Sir Roscoe Crosby
Character: Gilbert Van Horn
Character: Howard Presley
Character: Dr. Robert Merrill
Character: Lord Angus Cameron
Character: John J. Hackett Sr.
Character: Jacob Delafield
Character: Charles Dillon (scenes deleted)
Character: Donald Cabot Sr.
Character: Richard Granger
Character: Rev. Miller (uncredited)
Character: James Walton Kennedy
Character: Lt. Philip Nolan
Character: Curtis Chadburne
Character: Roger Van Dorn
Character: Mulloy (uncredited)
Character: Richard Carrington Sr.
Character: Mr. Rodney Allison
Character: Frederick Holcomb
Character: Saul Farnsworthy
Character: War Minister (uncredited)
Character: Bentham (uncredited)
Character: Inspector McIver
Character: Marshal Randon (uncredited)
Character: Colonial Official
Character: Police Inspector
Character: Majordomo (uncredited)
Character: Sergeant-at-Arms (uncredited)
Character: Harold Anderson
Character: Doctor (uncredited)
Character: Frawley (uncredited)
Character: Asst. Commissioner
Character: Robert's Friend at Bar at Party (uncredited)
Character: Member of Parliament (uncredited)
Character: Captain (uncredited)
Character: Frank Galloway
Character: Major Hillgrove
Character: Peter "Count Merlin" Dwight
Character: Goodman (as Holmes E. Herbert)
Character: Robert Newhall
Character: Wilkins (uncredited)
Character: Sir John Petrie
Character: Hospital Administrator
Character: Scotland Yard Inspector McIvar
Character: Captain McWilliams
Character: Commissioner Geoffrey Marsden
Character: English Sea Captain
Character: Henry Spoffard
Character: Commodore Ramsay
Character: James Driscoll
Character: Jim Brood (as Holmes E. Herbert)
Character: Thomas Josselyn
Character: Dustan Renshaw
Character: Member of Naval Company (Uncredited)
Character: Judge (uncredited)
Character: Thomas Jefferson
Character: Chief Constable (uncredited)
Character: Doctor (Uncredited)
Character: Arnold Maitland
Character: Rudolph Solomon
Character: Butler (uncredited)
Character: Benefit Emcee (uncredited)
Character: Herald (uncredited)
Character: John Plummer (as Holmes E. Herbert)
Character: Hugh Rochedale
Character: Lord Landslake
Character: Frank Manners (as Holmes E. Herbert)
Character: Thorvald Helmar
Character: Constable (Uncredited)
Character: Head of Canadian Parliament (uncredited)