Discover
Hugh Herbert was a motion picture comedian. He began his career in vaudeville and wrote more than 150 plays and sketches.
Born
Sunday, 10 August 1884
Died
Wednesday, 12 March 1952
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hollywood and the Stars | Self | 1963 |
| Columbia Laff Hour | (archive footage) | 1956 |
| Havana Rose | Filbert Fillmore | 1951 |
| All Star Revue | Self | 1950 |
| One Shivery Night | Hugh | 1950 |
| The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter | Self - Comic Actor | 1950 |
| The Ken Murray Show | Self | 1950 |
| The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend | Doctor | 1949 |
| Celebrity Time | Himself - panelist | 1948 |
| A Pinch in Time | Hugh Herbert | 1948 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hollywood and the Stars | Self | 1963 |
| Columbia Laff Hour | (archive footage) | 1956 |
| Havana Rose | Filbert Fillmore | 1951 |
| All Star Revue | Self | 1950 |
| One Shivery Night | Hugh | 1950 |
| The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter | Self - Comic Actor | 1950 |
| The Ken Murray Show | Self | 1950 |
| The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend | Doctor | 1949 |
| Celebrity Time | Himself - panelist | 1948 |
| A Pinch in Time | Hugh Herbert | 1948 |
| One Touch of Venus | Mercury | 1948 |
| A Song Is Born | Professor Twingle | 1948 |
| The Girl from Manhattan | Aaron Goss | 1948 |
| The Milton Berle Show | Self - Comic Actor, Self - Actor | 1948 |
| So This Is New York | Mr. Lucius Trumball / Mr. Trumball | 1948 |
| We, the People | Self - Actor / Playwright | 1948 |
| Tall, Dark and Gruesome | Hugh Sherlock, playwright | 1948 |
| On Our Merry Way | Eli Hobbs | 1948 |
| Blondie in the Dough | Llewellyn Simmons / Liewellyn Simmons | 1947 |
| One Way to Love | Eustace P. Trumble | 1946 |
| Music for Millions | Uncle Ferdinand | 1944 |
| Ever Since Venus | P.G. Grimble | 1944 |
| Kismet | Feisal | 1944 |
| Stage Door Canteen | Hugh Herbert | 1943 |
| It's a Great Life | Timothy Brewster | 1943 |
| Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Marcus P. Throckmorton / Marcus Throckmorton | 1942 |
| There's One Born Every Minute | Colonel Cladius Zebediah Twine / Lemuel P. Twine / Abner Twine | 1942 |
| You're Telling Me | Hubert Abercrombie Gumm | 1942 |
| Don't Get Personal | Oscar Whippet / Elmer Whippet | 1942 |
| Hellzapoppin' | Quimby | 1941 |
| Badlands of Dakota | Rocky Plummer | 1941 |
| Hello, Sucker | Hubert Worthington Clippe | 1941 |
| The Black Cat | Mr. Penny | 1941 |
| Meet the Chump | Hugh Mansfield | 1941 |
| Slightly Tempted | Professor Ross | 1940 |
| Hit Parade of 1941 | Ferdinand Farraday | 1940 |
| The Villain Still Pursued Her | Frederick Healy | 1940 |
| A Little Bit of Heaven | Pop Loring | 1940 |
| La Conga Nights | Henry I. Dibble Sr. / Henry I. Dibble Jr. / Faith Dibble / Hope Dibble / Charity Dibble / Prudence Dibble / Mrs. Henry I. Dibble Jr. | 1940 |
| Little Accident | Herbert Pearson | 1939 |
| Eternally Yours | Benton | 1939 |
| The Lady's from Kentucky | Mousey Johnson | 1939 |
| The Family Next Door | George Pierce | 1939 |
| The Great Waltz | Hofbauer / Julius Hofbauer, Music Publisher | 1938 |
| Four's a Crowd | Jenkins / Silas Jenkins, Justice of the Peace | 1938 |
| Men Are Such Fools | Harvey Bates / Harvey C. Bates | 1938 |
| Gold Diggers in Paris | Maurice Giraud | 1938 |
| Breakdowns of 1938 | Himself / Silas Jenkins / Maurice Giraud (Four's a Crowd / Gold Diggers in Paris outtakes) | 1938 |
| Hollywood Hotel | Chester Marshall | 1937 |
| Sh! The Octopus | Kelly | 1937 |
| The Perfect Specimen | Killigrew Shaw | 1937 |
| Marry the Girl | John B. Radway | 1937 |
| The Singing Marine | Aeneas Phinney / Clarissa | 1937 |
| A Day at Santa Anita | Hugh Herbert | 1937 |
| That Man's Here Again | Thomas J. Jesse | 1937 |
| Top of the Town | Hubert | 1937 |
| Breakdowns of 1937 | Himself / Self | 1937 |
| Sing Me a Love Song | Siegfried Hammerschlag | 1937 |
| Love Begins at 20 | Horatio Gillingwater | 1936 |
| Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs | Self | 1936 |
| We Went to College | Professor Ellery Standish / Ellery Standish | 1936 |
| One Rainy Afternoon | Toto | 1936 |
| Colleen | Cedric Ames | 1936 |
| A Dream Comes True | Self | 1935 |
| Miss Pacific Fleet | Mr. J. August Freytag | 1935 |
| Things You Never See on the Screen | Self | 1935 |
| To Beat the Band | Elizabeth Twist / Hugo Twist | 1935 |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Snout - the Tinker / Snout, the Tinker | 1935 |
| We're in the Money | Lawyer Homer Bronson | 1935 |
| Traveling Saleslady | Elmer | 1935 |
| Gold Diggers of 1935 | T. Mosley Thorpe | 1935 |
| A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio | Self | 1935 |
| Sweet Adeline | Rupert Rockingham | 1934 |
| Kansas City Princess | Junior Ashcraft | 1934 |
| Dames | Ezra Ounce | 1934 |
| Fog Over Frisco | Izzy Wright | 1934 |
| The Merry Frinks | Joe 'Poppa' Frink | 1934 |
| Merry Wives of Reno | Colonel Fitch | 1934 |
| Harold Teen | Ed Rathburn | 1934 |
| And She Learned About Dames | Himself / Self | 1934 |
| Hollywood Newsreel | Himself / Self | 1934 |
| Wonder Bar | Corby Pratt / Corey Pratt | 1934 |
| Fashions of 1934 | Joe Ward | 1934 |
| Easy to Love | Detective | 1934 |
| Convention City | Hotstetter | 1933 |
| From Headquarters | Manny Wales | 1933 |
| College Coach | J- Marvin Barnett / Barnett | 1933 |
| Footlight Parade | Bowers / Charlie Bowers | 1933 |
| Bureau of Missing Persons | Hank Slade / Detective Hank Slade | 1933 |
| Goodbye Again | Harvey Wilson | 1933 |
| She Had to Say Yes | Luther Haines | 1933 |
| Diplomaniacs | Chinaman | 1933 |
| Strictly Personal | Wetzel / Hugo Wetzel | 1933 |
| Faithless | Peter M. Blainey | 1932 |
| Million Dollar Legs | Secretary of the Treasury | 1932 |
| The Lost Squadron | Fritz / Sergeant Fritz | 1932 |
| Friends and Lovers | McNellis | 1931 |
| Traveling Husbands | Hymie Schwartz | 1931 |
| The Sin Ship | Charlie | 1931 |
| Laugh and Get Rich | Joe Austin | 1931 |
| Hook, Line and Sinker | Hotel House Detective | 1930 |
| Danger Lights | Professor - the Hobo / Professor | 1930 |
| Caught in the Fog | Detective Riley | 1928 |
| Husbands for Rent | Valet | 1927 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| He Knew Women | 1930 |
