
Jean Hersholt
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jean Pierre Hersholt (12 July 1886 – 2 June 1956) was a Danish-born actor who lived in the United States, where he was a leading film and radio talent, best known for his 17 years starring on radio in Dr. Christian and for playing Shirley Temple's grandfather in Heidi. Asked how to pronounce his name, he told The Literary Digest, "In English, her'sholt; in Danish, hairs'hult." Of his total credits, 75 were silent films and 65 were sound films. He appeared in 140 films and directed four.
138 acting credits · 2 directing credits
Acting · 138

What's My Line?
1950

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948

This Is Your Life
1952

Grand Hotel
1932

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1921

Greed
1924

Heidi
1937

Complicated Women
2003

Mark of the Vampire
1935

Dinner at Eight
1933

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940

Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938

A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954

Stage Door Canteen
1943

The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932

Run for Cover
1955

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941

Emma
1932

Private Lives
1931

The Fountain
1934

The Cat and the Fiddle
1934

Hell's Hinges
1916

Dancing in the Dark
1949

The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
1928

The Painted Veil
1934

The Beast of the City
1932

Seventh Heaven
1937

Happy Landing
1938

The Country Doctor
1936

Men in White
1934

Skyscraper Souls
1932

Souls for Sale
1923

Stella Dallas
1925

The Greater Glory
1926

Flames
1926

Mamba
1930

Night Court
1932

Transatlantic
1931

I'll Give a Million
1938

Reunion
1936
The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal Studios
1924

Flesh
1932

The Aryan
1916

The Crime of the Century
1933

Jazz Mad
1928

Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939

The Younger Generation
1929

Sins of Man
1936

His Brother's Wife
1936

Are You Listening?
1932

Unashamed
1932
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004

Tough Guy
1936

Dr. Christian Meets the Women
1940

Quicksands
1923

To the People of the United States
1944

Meet Dr. Christian
1939

Murder in the Fleet
1935

The Goldfish
1924

Abie's Irish Rose
1928

Love Aflame
1917

Daybreak
1931

Torment
1924

Remedy for Riches
1940

Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
1931

Break of Hearts
1935

Princess Virtue
1917

Melody for Three
1941

East Is West
1930

'49–'17
1917

The Courageous Dr. Christian
1940

Christopher Bean
1933

The Third Alarm
1930

Song of the Eagle
1933

The Wrong Mr. Wright
1927

Don Q Son of Zorro
1925

One in a Million
1937

Whom the Gods Would Destroy
1919

The Girl on the Barge
1929

The Phantom of Paris
1931

The Climax
1930

The Battle of the Sexes
1928

Her Night of Romance
1924

Fifth Avenue Models
1925

The Case of Sergeant Grischa
1930

Madame Spy
1918

Jazzmania
1923

So Big
1924

Modern Love
1929

The Man Of The Forest
1921

New Morals for Old
1932

Viennese Nights
1930

They Meet Again
1941

Dangerous Innocence
1925

Five of a Kind
1938

The Soul Herder
1917

Southern Justice
1917

The Old Soak
1926

Black Orchids
1917

Hell Harbor
1930

The Strangers' Banquet
1922

Perils of the Secret Service
1917

The Disciple
1915

My Old Dutch
1926

The Saintly Sinner
1917

The Red Lane
1920

Red Lights
1923

The Secret Hour
1928
A Woman's Faith
1925
Bullets and Brown Eyes
1916

A Certain Rich Man
1921

The Woman on the Jury
1924
Little Red Decides
1918

The Terror
1917

Alias The Deacon
1927

Cheap Kisses
1924
Give and Take
1928

The Golden Trail
1920

Love's Prisoner
1919

Hearts of Humanity
1932

A Stormy Knight
1917

Tess of the Storm Country
1922

The Cat Creeps
1930
The Servant in the House
1921

When Romance Rides
1922

13 Washington Square
1928

It Must Be Love
1926
Never Again
1915

Heart's Haven
1922

Sinners in Silk
1924

A New Hat for the Madam
1906

The Deceiver
1920

Fighting for Love
1917
Kinkaid, Gambler
1916

Merely Mary Ann
1920
The Clash of Steel
1917

The Answer
1918