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Holmes Herbert was an English character actor who appeared in Hollywood films from 1915 to 1952.
Birth Name
Horace Edward Jenner
Born
Sunday, 30 July 1882
Died
Wednesday, 26 December 1956
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Dr. Lanyon | 2007 |
| Life Is a Dream in Cinema: Pola Negri | Self | 2006 |
| The Brigand | Archbishop | 1952 |
| At Sword's Point | Mallard | 1952 |
| The Wild North | Magistrate | 1952 |
| The Unknown Man | Reverend Michael | 1951 |
| The Son of Dr. Jekyll | Constable / Constable (Uncredited) | 1951 |
| Anne of the Indies | English Sea Captain | 1951 |
| David and Bathsheba | Jesse | 1951 |
| The Law and the Lady | English Colonel | 1951 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Dr. Lanyon | 2007 |
| Life Is a Dream in Cinema: Pola Negri | Self | 2006 |
| The Brigand | Archbishop | 1952 |
| At Sword's Point | Mallard | 1952 |
| The Wild North | Magistrate | 1952 |
| The Unknown Man | Reverend Michael | 1951 |
| The Son of Dr. Jekyll | Constable / Constable (Uncredited) | 1951 |
| Anne of the Indies | English Sea Captain | 1951 |
| David and Bathsheba | Jesse | 1951 |
| The Law and the Lady | English Colonel | 1951 |
| The Magnificent Yankee | Justice McKenna | 1950 |
| To Please a Lady | Benson - Regina's Butler | 1950 |
| The Iroquois Trail | Gen. Johnson | 1950 |
| Mark of the Gorilla | Narrator | 1950 |
| The Lost Tribe | Narrator | 1949 |
| Post Office Investigator | James Seeley | 1949 |
| Barbary Pirate | Thomas Jefferson | 1949 |
| Canadian Pacific | Head of Canadian Parliament | 1949 |
| The Stratton Story | Doctor | 1949 |
| South of St. Louis | Sir Cecil | 1949 |
| Command Decision | Chairman | 1948 |
| Jungle Jim | Commissioner Geoffrey Marsden | 1948 |
| Family Honeymoon | Rev. Miller | 1948 |
| Hills of Home | Hillocks | 1948 |
| Sorry, Wrong Number | Wilkins | 1948 |
| Johnny Belinda | Judge | 1948 |
| The Wreck of the Hesperus | Pastor West | 1948 |
| A Woman's Vengeance | Warder | 1948 |
| The Swordsman | Lord Glowan | 1948 |
| If Winter Comes | Mr. Broadhurst | 1947 |
| This Time for Keeps | Norman Randall | 1947 |
| Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back | Inspector McIver | 1947 |
| Singapore | Rev. Thomas Barnes / Rev. Barnes | 1947 |
| Ivy | Mulloy | 1947 |
| Bulldog Drummond at Bay | Scotland Yard Inspector McIvar | 1947 |
| The Ghost Goes Wild | Judge | 1947 |
| Mr. District Attorney | Gallentyne | 1947 |
| Over the Santa Fe Trail | Doc Henderson | 1947 |
| Love Laughs at Andy Hardy | Dr. White, Minister | 1946 |
| The Verdict | Sir William Dawson | 1946 |
| Cloak and Dagger | British Officer | 1946 |
| Dressed to Kill | Ebenezer Crabtree | 1946 |
| Three Strangers | Sir Robert | 1946 |
| The Bandit of Sherwood Forest | Baron | 1946 |
| Confidential Agent | Lord Benditch | 1945 |
| George White's Scandals | Lord Michael Asbury | 1945 |
| Swingin' on a Rainbow | Butler | 1945 |
| The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry | Warden | 1945 |
| Jealousy | Melvyn Russell | 1945 |
| The House of Fear | Alan Cosgrave | 1945 |
| The Mummy's Curse | Dr. Cooper | 1944 |
| Enter Arsene Lupin | Jobson | 1944 |
| The Unwritten Code | McDowell | 1944 |
| Our Hearts Were Young and Gay | Captain | 1944 |
| The Pearl of Death | James Goodram / James Goodram, courier | 1944 |
| Bermuda Mystery | Judge | 1944 |
| The Uninvited | Charlie Jessup | 1944 |
| Calling Dr. Death | Bryant - the Butler / Bryant, the Butler | 1943 |
| Corvette K-225 | Commodore Ramsay | 1943 |
| The Man from Down Under | Government Official at Train Station | 1943 |
| Two Tickets to London | Kilgallen | 1943 |
| A Stranger in Town | Supreme Court Justice | 1943 |
| Sherlock Holmes in Washington | Mr. Ahrens | 1943 |
| Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon | Sir. Reginald / Sir Reginald | 1942 |
| The Undying Monster | Chief Constable | 1942 |
| Strictly in the Groove | Commissioner | 1942 |
| Invisible Agent | Sir Alfred Spencer | 1942 |
| Lady in a Jam | Man | 1942 |
| Danger in the Pacific | Commissioner | 1942 |
| This Above All | Dr. Mathias | 1942 |
| The Ghost of Frankenstein | Magistrate / Magistrate of Vasaria | 1942 |
| The Men in Her Life | Second Doctor | 1941 |
| International Squadron | Sir Basil Wryxton | 1941 |
| Man Hunt | Saul Farnsworthy | 1941 |
| Rage in Heaven | The Judge | 1941 |
| The Letter | Robert's Friend at Bar at Party | 1940 |
| South of Suez | Simpson | 1940 |
| A Dispatch from Reuters | Member of Parliament | 1940 |
| Boom Town | Doctor | 1940 |
| Foreign Correspondent | Asst. Commissioner | 1940 |
| Phantom Raiders | Sir Edward | 1940 |
| Women in War | Chief Justice | 1940 |
| An Angel from Texas | Second Banker | 1940 |
| British Intelligence | Arthur Bennett | 1940 |
| The Earl of Chicago | Sergeant-at-Arms | 1940 |
| Everything Happens at Night | Featherstone | 1939 |
| Rulers of the Sea | Member of Naval Company / Member of Naval Company (Uncredited) | 1939 |
| We Are Not Alone | Police Inspector | 1939 |
| Tower of London | Councilman | 1939 |
| The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex | Majordomo | 1939 |
| 20, 000 Men a Year | Dean Norris | 1939 |
| Intermezzo | The Doctor / Doctor (Uncredited) | 1939 |
| Hidden Power | Dr. Morley | 1939 |
| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Justice / Justice of the Court | 1939 |
| Stanley and Livingstone | Frederick Holcomb | 1939 |
| Bad Boy | Mr. McNeil | 1939 |
| The House of Fear | Minor Role | 1939 |
| Juarez | Marshal Randon | 1939 |
| Trapped in the Sky | Fielding | 1939 |
| The Sun Never Sets | Colonial Official | 1939 |
| Wolf Call | J.L. Winton | 1939 |
| Mystery of the White Room | Hospital Administrator | 1939 |
| The Little Princess | Doctor | 1939 |
| The Mystery of Mr. Wong | Prof. Ed Janney | 1939 |
| Mr. Moto's Last Warning | Bentham | 1939 |
| Say It in French | Richard Carrington Sr. | 1938 |
| Marie Antoinette | Herald | 1938 |
| Kidnapped | Judge | 1938 |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | Archery Referee | 1938 |
| The Buccaneer | Captain McWilliams / Capt. McWilliams | 1938 |
| The Black Doll | Dr. Giddings | 1938 |
| Here's Flash Casey | Major Addison / Maj. Addison | 1938 |
| The Man Without a Country | Aaron Burr | 1937 |
| Lancer Spy | Dr. Aldrich | 1937 |
| The Girl Said No | Charles Dillon (scenes deleted) / Charles Dillon | 1937 |
| The Life of Emile Zola | Commander of Paris | 1937 |
| Love Under Fire | Darnley | 1937 |
| Slave Ship | Commander | 1937 |
| The Thirteenth Chair | Sir Roscoe Crosby / Roscoe Crosby | 1937 |
| The Prince and the Pauper | First Doctor | 1937 |
| Stolen Holiday | Nicole's Dance Partner at Party | 1937 |
| Lloyd's of London | Spokesman | 1936 |
| The House of Secrets | Sir Bertram Evans - Home Secretary | 1936 |
| The Charge of the Light Brigade | Gen. O'Neill | 1936 |
| 15 Maiden Lane | Harold Anderson | 1936 |
| The Gentleman from Louisiana | Chief Steward | 1936 |
| Charlie Chan at the Race Track | Chief Steward - Melbourne Cup | 1936 |
| The White Angel | War Minister | 1936 |
| Champagne Charlie | Captain Dell / Capt. Dell | 1936 |
| The Country Beyond | Inspector Reed | 1936 |
| Brilliant Marriage | Mr. Rodney Allison / Rodney Allison | 1936 |
| Wife vs. Secretary | Frawley | 1936 |
| Captain Blood | Capt. Gardner | 1935 |
| The Dark Angel | Major in Dugout | 1935 |
| Accent on Youth | Frank Galloway | 1935 |
| Cardinal Richelieu | Noble | 1935 |
| Mark of the Vampire | Sir Karell Borotyn | 1935 |
| One in a Million | Donald Cabot Sr. / Donald Cabot, Sr. | 1935 |
| Sons of Steel | Curtis Chadburne | 1934 |
| The Curtain Falls | John Scorsby | 1934 |
| The Pursuit of Happiness | Gen. Sir Henry Clinton | 1934 |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Judge | 1934 |
| The House of Rothschild | Rowerth | 1934 |
| Beloved | Lord Landslake | 1934 |
| The Invisible Man | Chief of Police | 1933 |
| Mystery of the Wax Museum | Dr. Rasmussen | 1933 |
| Sister to Judas | Bruce Rogers | 1932 |
| Central Park | Benefit Emcee | 1932 |
| Miss Pinkerton | Arthur Glenn | 1932 |
| Shop Angel | James Walton Kennedy | 1932 |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Dr. John Lanyon / Dr. Lanyon | 1931 |
| Daughter of the Dragon | Sir John Petrie | 1931 |
| Broadminded | John J. Hackett Sr. | 1931 |
| Chances | Maj. Bradford | 1931 |
| The Hot Heiress | Mr. Hunter | 1931 |
| The Single Sin | Roger Van Dorn | 1931 |
| Her Private Life | Rudolph Solomon | 1930 |
| The Ship from Shanghai | Paul Thorpe | 1930 |
| Untamed | Howard Presley | 1929 |
| The Kiss | Lassalle / M. Lassalle | 1929 |
| The Thirteenth Chair | Sir Roscoe Crosby | 1929 |
| The Careless Age | Sir John Hayward / Sir John | 1929 |
| Madame X | Noel | 1929 |
| Say It with Songs | Dr. Robert Merrill | 1929 |
| Careers | Carouge | 1929 |
| The Charlatan | Count Merlin - aka Peter Dwight / Peter "Count Merlin" Dwight | 1929 |
| Through the Breakers | Eustis Hobbs | 1928 |
| The Terror | Goodman (as Holmes E. Herbert) / Goodman | 1928 |
| Their Hour | Cora's Father | 1928 |
| The Silver Slave | Tom Richards | 1927 |
| East Side, West Side | Gilbert Van Horn | 1927 |
| The Gay Retreat | Charles Wright | 1927 |
| Slaves of Beauty | Leonard Jones | 1927 |
| The Heart of Salome | Sir Humphrey | 1927 |
| Mr. Wu | Mr. Gregory | 1927 |
| The Nest | Richard Elliot | 1927 |
| When a Man Loves | Jean Tiberge | 1927 |
| One Increasing Purpose | Charles Paris | 1927 |
| The Fire Brigade | James Corwin | 1926 |
| Josselyn's Wife | Thomas Josselyn | 1926 |
| The Passionate Quest | Erwen | 1926 |
| A Woman of the World | Richard Granger | 1925 |
| Wildfire | Garrison | 1925 |
| Up the Ladder | Robert Newhall | 1925 |
| Daddy's Gone A-Hunting | Greenough | 1925 |
| The Lost World | Undetermined Secondary Role | 1925 |
| Love's Wilderness | David Tennant | 1924 |
| Her Lord and Master | R. Honorable Thurston Ralph, Viscount Canning | 1924 |
| Sinners in Heaven | Hugh Rochedale | 1924 |
| Her Own Free Will | Peter Craddock | 1924 |
| Another Scandal | Pelham Franklin | 1924 |
| The Enchanted Cottage | Major Hillgrove / Maj. Hillgrove | 1924 |
| Swords and the Woman | Sir Percy Blakeney | 1924 |
| Week End Husbands | William Randall | 1924 |
| A Woman's Woman | John Plummer / John Plummer (as Holmes E. Herbert) | 1922 |
| Moonshine Valley | Dr. Martin | 1922 |
| Divorce Coupons | Roland Bland | 1922 |
| A Stage Romance | Prince of Wales | 1922 |
| Any Wife | Philip Gray | 1922 |
| The Family Closet | Alfred Dinsmore | 1921 |
| The Inner Chamber | Edward J. Wellman | 1921 |
| Heedless Moths | The Sculptor | 1921 |
| The Truth About Husbands | Dustan Renshaw | 1920 |
| Lady Rose's Daughter | Jacob Delafield | 1920 |
| On with the Dance | Undetermined Role | 1920 |
| The A.B.C. of Love | Harry Bryant | 1919 |
| The Market of Souls | Temple Bane | 1919 |
| The White Heather | Lord Angus Cameron | 1919 |
| The Rough Neck | A Half-Breed Indian | 1919 |
| The Divorcee | Sir Paradine Fuldes | 1919 |
| The Death Dance | Arnold Maitland | 1918 |
| A Doll's House | Thorvald Helmer / Thorvald Helmar | 1918 |
| The Man Without a Country | Lt. Philip Nolan | 1917 |
| Her Life and His | Ralph Howard | 1917 |
