
Holmes Herbert
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.
197 acting credits
Acting · 197

The Invisible Man
1933

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939

The Verdict
1946

The Letter
1940

Foreign Correspondent
1940

Dressed to Kill
1946

Sorry, Wrong Number
1948

Captain Blood
1935

The Little Princess
1939

Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933

The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
1942

The Uninvited
1944

Man Hunt
1941

Juarez
1939

Mark of the Vampire
1935

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939

Canadian Pacific
1949

Marie Antoinette
1938

The House of Fear
1945

Slave Ship
1937

Invisible Agent
1942

Boom Town
1940

The Terror
1928

Wife vs. Secretary
1936

Johnny Belinda
1948

Three Strangers
1946

The Mummy's Curse
1944

The Prince and the Pauper
1937

This Above All
1942

Confidential Agent
1945

British Intelligence
1939

The Iroquois Trail
1950

Ivy
1947

Cardinal Richelieu
1935

Sherlock Holmes in Washington
1943

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
1945

Singapore
1947

Lloyd's of London
1936

The Unknown Man
1951

Intermezzo: A Love Story
1939

Lady in a Jam
1942

Calling Dr. Death
1943

Mr. Wu
1927

The Kiss
1929

The Pearl of Death
1944

The Buccaneer
1938

Broadminded
1931

Anne of the Indies
1951

Family Honeymoon
1948

Stanley and Livingstone
1939

At Sword's Point
1952

Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
1944

The Wild North
1952

Say It in French
1938

The Earl of Chicago
1940

Daughter of the Dragon
1931

The Wreck of the Hesperus
1948

Enter Arsène Lupin
1944

The Hot Heiress
1931

Tower of London
1939

Two Tickets to London
1943

The Thirteenth Chair
1929

The House of Rothschild
1934

Phantom Raiders
1940

Madame X
1929

Miss Pinkerton
1932

Wolf Call
1939

The House of Fear
1939

The White Angel
1936

The Sun Never Sets
1939

The Mystery of Mr. Wong
1939

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1928

The Undying Monster
1942

Kidnapped
1938

South of St. Louis
1949

A Woman's Vengeance
1948

South of Suez
1940

Corvette K-225
1943

Hidden Power
1939
The Nest
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Say It with Songs
1929

Post Office Investigator
1949

An Angel from Texas
1940

Champagne Charlie
1936

The Pursuit of Happiness
1934

The Son of Dr. Jekyll
1951

A Dispatch from Reuters
1940

The Ship from Shanghai
1930

Barbary Pirate
1949

When a Man Loves
1927

Untamed
1929

Central Park
1932

Mr. Moto's Last Warning
1939

Beloved
1934

Rulers of the Sea
1939

The Lost Tribe
1949

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
1946

Trapped in the Sky
1939

The Brigand
1952

Chances
1931

20,000 Men a Year
1939

On Trial
1928

The Curtain Falls
1934

Everything Happens at Night
1939

The Wanderer
1925

Bulldog Drummond at Bay
1947

Through the Breakers
1928

15 Maiden Lane
1936

The Ghost Goes Wild
1947

We Are Not Alone
1939

The Careless Age
1929

The Unwritten Code
1944

Brilliant Marriage
1936

The Man Without a Country
1937

The Enchanted Cottage
1924

East Side, West Side
1927

The Gentleman from Louisiana
1936

Josselyn's Wife
1926

Jealousy
1945

Swingin' on a Rainbow
1945

Accent on Youth
1935

Lovers
1927

The Right to Love
1920

The Thirteenth Chair
1937

The Charlatan
1929

Divorce Coupons
1922

A Woman's Woman
1922

Careers
1929

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1947

Her Private Life
1929

Another Scandal
1924

Greater Than Love
1919

The Silver Slave
1927

The Sporting Age
1928

Here's Flash Casey
1938

The Honeymoon Express
1926

The Girl Said No
1937

Week End Husbands
1924

The Swordsman
1948

Up the Ladder
1925

Sinners in Heaven
1924

Mystery of the White Room
1939

Bad Boy
1939

One Increasing Purpose
1927

Danger in the Pacific
1942

Jungle Jim
1948

A Woman of the World
1925

The Divorcee
1919

Sons of Steel
1934

Any Wife
1922

A Stage Romance
1922

The White Heather
1919

The Black Doll
1938
Slaves of Beauty
1927

One in a Million
1935

I Will Repay
1924

The Single Sin
1931

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
1925

Strictly in the Groove
1942

On with the Dance
1920

My Lady's Garter
1920

Over the Santa Fe Trail
1947

Moonshine Valley
1922

Evidence
1922

Toilers of the Sea
1923

Black Is White
1920

A Doll's House
1918

The House of Secrets
1936

Lady Rose's Daughter
1920

Shop Angel
1932

The Man Without a Country
1917

The Fire Brigade
1926

Sister to Judas
1932

The Gay Retreat
1927

Love's Wilderness
1924

His Wife
1915

Other Men's Wives
1919

The Death Dance
1918

The Heart of Salome
1927

The ABC of Love
1919
Their Hour
1928

Wreckage
1925

The Wild Goose
1921

The Truth About Husbands
1920

Her Own Free Will
1924
The Fisherwoman
1915

The Rough Neck
1919

His House in Order
1920

The Market of Souls
1919
Wildfire
1925

Dead Men Tell No Tales
1920

The Family Closet
1921
Her Lord and Master
1921

Heedless Moths
1921
Her Life and His
1917