# Herbert Rawlinson

Herbert Banemann Rawlinson (15 November 1885 – 12 July 1953) was an English-born stage, film, radio, and television actor. A leading man during Hollywood's silent film era, Rawlinson transitioned to character roles after the advent of sound films.

## Early life

Rawlinson was born in New Brighton, Cheshire, England, UK on 15 November 1885. He was one of the four sons and three daughters of Robert Theodore Rawlinson and his wife Emily. He sailed to America on the same ship as Charlie Chaplin and established himself as a leading man in the silent movies, before making the transition as a character actor in the "talkies".

## Recognition

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Herbert Rawlinson has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6150 Hollywood Blvd on 8 February 1960.

## Personal life

Rawlinson married Roberta Arnold in 1917. They divorced in 1923 in which he had cited desertion. He married Loraine Abigail Long in 1924 and divorced in 1927. He was later married to Josephine Norman until her death on 24 January 1951. He died of lung cancer in 1953, immediately after starring in Ed Wood's 1954 crime drama Jail Bait.

## Main filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 1911 | The New Superintendent | | American short drama film directed by Francis Boggs. | |
| 1912 | The Count of Monte Cristo | Caderouse | | |
| 1913 | The Sea Wolf | Humphrey Van Weyden | | |
| 1914 | The Spy | Harvey Birch | | |
| 1914 | Martin Eden | Arthur Morse | | |
| 1914 | The Opened Shutters | John Dunham | | |
| 1914 | Damon and Pythias | Pythias | | |
| 1914 | Called Back | Gilbert Vaughan | | |
| 1915 | The Black Box | Sanford Quest | American drama film serial directed by Otis Turner. This serial is considered to be lost. | |
| 1916 | Little Eve Edgarton | James Barton | | |
| 1916 | The Eagle's Wings | Richard Wallace | | |
| 1917 | The Scarlet Crystal | Vincent Morgan | | |
| 1917 | Like Wildfire | Tommy Buckman | | |
| 1917 | Come Through | James Harrington Court, aka 'The Possum' | | |
| 1917 | Flirting with Death | 'Sky High' Billy Wardwell | | |
| 1917 | The Man Trap | John Mull | | |
| 1917 | The High Sign | Donald Bruce | | |
| 1918 | The Flash of Fate | Randolph Shorb | | |
| 1918 | Brace Up | Henry Court | | |
| 1918 | Smashing Through | Jack Mason | | |
| 1918 | Back to the Woods | Jimmy Raymond | | |
| 1918 | Out of the Night | Bob Storrow | | |
| 1918 | The Turn of the Wheel | Maxfield Grey | A lost silent film romantic drama directed by Reginald Barker. | |
| 1918 | The Mating | Dick Ives | | |
| 1918 | Kiss or Kill | Henry Warner | | |
| 1918 | The Floor Below | | Rawlinson is credited with appearing in this film by silentera.com, but not by IMDb. | |
| 1919 | The Common Cause | Orrin Palmer | A lost American silent film comedy directed and produced by J. Stuart Blackton. Based on the play, Getting Together, by Ian Hay, J. Hartley Manners and Percival Knight. | |
| 1919 | The Carter Case | Craig Kennedy | | |
| 1919 | Good Gracious, Annabelle | John Rawson | A lost American silent society comedy film directed by George Melford. Based on the Broadway play, Good Gracious, Annabelle by Clare Kummer. | |
| 1919 | A House Divided | Philip Carmichael | | |
| 1919 | A Dangerous Affair | Terrence Redmond | | |
| 1920 | The $1,000,000 Reward | Man in suit | | |
| 1920 | The Poppy Trail | | | |
| 1920 | Passers By | Peter Waverton | | |
| 1920 | Man and His Woman | Dr. John Worthing | | |
| 1921 | The Wakefield Case | Wakefield Jr. | | |
| 1921 | Playthings of Destiny | Geoffrey Arnold | | |
| 1921 | Charge It | Philip Lawrence | | |
| 1921 | You Find It Everywhere | Andrew Gibson | | |
| 1921 | Wealth | Phillip Dominick | | |
| 1921 | Conflict | Jevons | | |
| 1921 | The Millionaire | Jack Norman | | |
| 1921 | Cheated Hearts | Barry Gordon | American drama film directed by Hobart Henley and featuring Boris Karloff. The film is considered to be lost. | |
| 1922 | The Scrapper | Malloy | | |
| 1922 | Another Man's Shoes | Stuart Granger | | |
| 1922 | Man Under Cover | Paul Porter | American crime film directed by Tod Browning. | |
| 1922 | The Black Bag | Billy Kirkwood | | |
| 1922 | Don't Shoot | James Harrington Court | | |
| 1922 | Confidence | Bob Mortimer | | |
| 1922 | The Black Bag | Stuart Paton | |
| 1922 | One Wonderful Night | John D. Curtis | Silent film mystery directed by Stuart Paton. A copy is held at the Gosfilmofond archive, Moscow. | |
| 1923 | The Scarlet Car | Billy Winthrop | | |
| 1923 | The Prisoner | Philip Quentin | American drama film directed by Jack Conway and featuring Boris Karloff. The film is considered lost. | |
| 1923 | Nobody's Bride | Jimmy Nevins | | |
| 1923 | Fools and Riches | Jimmy Dorgan | | |
| 1923 | Mary of the Movies | Himself | Uncredited Silent semi-autobiographical 1923 comedy directed by John McDermott based on the career of Marion Mack. | |
| 1923 | Railroaded | Richard Ragland | | |
| 1923 | The Victor | Cecil Fitzhugh Waring | | |
| 1923 | The Clean Up | Montgomery Bixby | | |
| 1923 | A Million to Burn | Thomas Gwynne | | |
| 1923 | His Mystery Girl | Kerry Reynolds | | |
| 1924 | Jack O'Clubs | John Francis Foley | | |
| 1924 | Stolen Secrets | The Eel, Miles Manning | | |
| 1924 | The Dancing Cheat | Brwlw Clay | | |
| 1924 | High Speed | Hi Moreland | | |
| 1924 | Dark Stairways | Sheldon Polk | | |
| 1924 | The Tomboy | Aldon Farwell | | |
| 1925 | The Prairie Wife | Duncan MacKail | American Western film directed by Hugo Ballin. Based on a story by Arthur Stringer. The film is considered to be lost. | |
| 1925 | My Neighbor's Wife | Allen Allwright | | |
| 1925 | Every Man's Wife | Mr. Randolph | | |
| 1925 | The Adventurous Sex | The Sweetheart | | |
| 1925 | The Man in Blue | Tom Conlin | Silent film drama directed by Edward Laemmle. | |
| 1925 | The Flame Fighter | Jack Sparks | Serial | |
| 1925 | The Unnamed Woman | Donald Brookes | | |
| 1925 | The Great Jewel Robbery | Steve Martindale | | |
| 1926 | The Gilded Butterfly | Courtney Roth | | |
| 1926 | Her Big Adventure | Ralph Merriwell | | |
| 1926 | Phantom Police | Jack Wright | Serial | |
| 1926 | The Millionaire Policeman | Steven Wallace | | |
| 1926 | Men of the Night | J. Rupert Dodds | | |
| 1926 | The Belle of Broadway | Paul Merlin | American silent romantic drama film directed by Harry O. Hoyt. This film is preserved in the Library of Congress collection. | |
| 1926 | Her Sacrifice | James Romaine | | |
| 1926 | Trooper 77 | Steve Manning / Trooper 77 | Serial | |
| 1927 | Burning Gold | Bob Roberts | | |
| 1927 | Slipping Wives | Husband | Silent comedy short film directed by Fred Guiol. | Short |
| 1927 | The Bugle Call | Capt. Randolph | Drama silent film directed by Edward Sedgwick. The Lost Film Files database has this film as being lost. | |
| 1927 | Hour of Reckoning | Jim Armstrong | | |
| 1927 | Wages of Conscience | Henry McWade | | |
| 1933 | The Working Man | Reeves Co. Board Member | Uncredited | |
| 1933 | Moonlight and Pretzels | Sport Powell | | |
| 1933 | Get That Venus | Editor Nash | American comedy film directed by Arthur Varney. | |
| 1934 | Enlighten Thy Daughter | Dr. Richard Stevens | | |
| 1935 | The People's Enemy | Philip Francis Duke Ware | | |
| 1935 | Convention Girl | Ward Hollister | | |
| 1935 | Men Without Names | Crawford | | |
| 1935 | Confidential | J.W. Keaton | | |
| 1935 | Show Them No Mercy | Kurt Hansen | | |
| 1936 | Dancing Feet | Oliver Groves | | |
| 1936 | Follow the Fleet | Mr. Webber - Paradise Ballroom Owner | Uncredited | |
| 1936 | Hitch Hike to Heaven | Melville Delaney | | |
| 1936 | Bullets or Ballots | Mr. Caldwell | Gangster drama film directed by William Keighley featuring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell, & Humphrey Bogart. | |
| 1936 | Ticket to Paradise | Fred Townsend | American drama film directed by Aubrey Scotto. | |
| 1936 | A Son Comes Home | Bladeu | American drama film directed by E.A. Dupont. | |
| 1936 | Hollywood Boulevard | Manager of Grauman's | | |
| 1936 | Mad Holiday | Captain Bromley | | |
| 1936 | Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island | Grant Jackson | A Republic Movie serial directed by Ray Taylor and Mack V. Wright. | |
| 1936 | Mysterious Crossing | District Attorney Henry R. Charters | | |
| 1937 | God's Country and the Woman | Doyle | | |
| 1937 | Blake of Scotland Yard | Sir James Blake | | |
| 1937 | Midnight Court | District Attorney Larson | Uncredited | |
| 1937 | Nobody's Baby | Radio Audition Executive | | |
| 1937 | The Go Getter | Lester | Directed by Busby Berkeley. | |
| 1937 | Make a Wish | Dr. Stevens | | |
| 1937 | S.O.S. Coast Guard | Boyle, Coast guard commander | A Republic film serial directed by Alan James and William Witney. | |
| 1937 | That Certain Woman | Dr. Hartman | | |
| 1937 | Back in Circulation | District Attorney Saunders | American film directed by Ray Enright. | |
| 1937 | Something to Sing About | Studio Attorney | Uncredited | |
| 1937 | Love Is on the Air | Mr. George Copelin | | |
| 1937 | Over the Goal | Stanley Short | | |
| 1937 | Every Day's a Holiday | Guest at Party | Uncredited | |
| 1938 | The Kid Comes Back | Mr. Redmann | | |
| 1938 | Hawaii Calls | Mr. Harlow | | |
| 1938 | Over the Wall | Prosecutor | Uncredited | |
| 1938 | Women Are Like That | Avery Flickner | | |
| 1938 | Marie Antoinette | Goguelot | Uncredited | |
| 1938 | Under the Big Top | Herman | | |
| 1938 | Valley of the Giants | Land Commissioner | Uncredited | |
| 1938 | Secrets of an Actress | Mr. Harrison | Romantic drama film directed by William Keighley. | |
| 1938 | Hard to Get | Mr. Jones | Uncredited | |
| 1938 | Torchy Gets Her Man | Tom Brennan | | |
| 1938 | Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus | Race Judge | Uncredited | |
| 1938 | Orphans of the Street | Adams | | |
| 1939 | Blackwell's Island | Dave Reynolds | Uncredited | |
| 1939 | Secret Service of the Air | Adm. A.C. Schuyler | | |
| 1939 | You Can't Get Away with Murder | District Attorney | Crime drama directed by Lewis Seiler and starring Humphrey Bogart. | |
| 1939 | Sudden Money | | | |
| 1939 | Dark Victory | Dr. Carter | American drama film directed by Edmund Goulding. The screenplay by Casey Robinson was based on the 1934 play of the same title by George Brewer and Bertram Bloch, starring Tallulah Bankhead. | |
| 1939 | Naughty but Nice | Hardwick's Attorney | Uncredited | |
| 1939 | Days of Jesse James | Bank Association Official | Uncredited | |
| 1939 | Swanee River | Army Officer | Uncredited | |
| 1939 | Money to Burn | Dover | | |
| 1940 | Swiss Family Robinson | Captain | | |
| 1940 | Five Little Peppers at Home | Mr. Decker | | |
| 1940 | Framed | Walter Billings | | |
| 1940 | Free, Blonde and 21 | John Crane | | |
| 1940 | Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe | Dr. Frohmann | Serial, [Chs. 1, 4] | |
| 1940 | Cross-Country Romance | Ship's Capt. Brawley | Uncredited | |
| 1940 | I Want a Divorce | Len Howard | Uncredited | |
| 1940 | King of the Royal Mounted | Ross King | Serial, [chs 1-4] | |
| 1940 | Seven Sinners | First Mate | | |
| 1941 | Flying Wild | Mr. Reynolds | | |
| 1941 | I Wanted Wings | Mr. Young | Uncredited | |
| 1941 | Strange Alibi | King Carney | Uncredited | |
| 1941 | The Flame of New Orleans | Party Guest | Uncredited | |
| 1941 | Sheriff of Tombstone | Dodge City Marshal | Uncredited | |
| 1941 | Adventure in Washington | Senator Jenkins | Uncredited | |
| 1941 | Blondie in Society | Mr. Judson, Bank President | Uncredited | |
| 1941 | Mystery Ship | Inspector Clark | Uncredited | |
| 1941 | Scattergood Meets Broadway | The Governor | | |
| 1941 | Gentleman from Dixie | Prison Warden | | |
| 1941 | Bad Man of Deadwood | Judge Gary | | |
| 1941 | Lydia | Dignitary on Podium | Uncredited | |
| 1941 | It Started with Eve | Party Guest | Uncredited | |
| 1941 | King of the Texas Rangers | Ranger Colonel Lee Avery | Serial, [Chs. 1,12] | |
| 1941 | Arizona Cyclone | George Randolph | | |
| 1941 | I Killed That Man | Prison Warden | | |
| 1941 | Riot Squad | Police Chief | | |
| 1942 | Don Winslow of the Navy | Adm. Warburton | Serial, [Ch. 1] | |
| 1942 | Broadway Big Shot | District Attorney | | |
| 1942 | Stagecoach Buckaroo | Bill Kincaid | | |
| 1942 | We Were Dancing | Hubert's Friend | Uncredited | |
| 1942 | Lady Gangster | D.A. Lewis Sinton | | |
| 1942 | Tramp, Tramp, Tramp | Ex-Soldier Commander | Uncredited | |
| 1942 | Hello, Annapolis | Capt. Dugan | | |
| 1942 | The Panther's Claw | District Attorney Bill Dougherty | | |
| 1942 | Perils of the Royal Mounted | Richard Winton | Serial | |
| 1942 | I Live on Danger | Chief of Police | Uncredited | |
| 1942 | Perils of Nyoka | Maj. Reynolds | Serial, [Ch. 1], Uncredited | |
| 1942 | Sons of the Pioneers | Townsman | Uncredited | |
| 1942 | Smart Alecks | Captain Bronson | | |
| 1942 | Just Off Broadway | Court Stenographer | Uncredited | |
| 1942 | Foreign Agent | Stevens | | |
| 1942 | War Dogs | David J. Titus | | |
| 1942 | Silver Queen | Judge | | |
| 1942 | Lost Canyon | Tom Clark | | |
| 1943 | Silent Witness | Benjamin Yeager | | |
| 1943 | The Crime Smasher | Mr. James J. Blake | | |
| 1943 | Reveille with Beverly | Announcer | Uncredited | |
| 1943 | Two Weeks to Live | J.J. Stark Sr. | | |
| 1943 | King of the Cowboys | Businessman | Uncredited | |
| 1943 | Daredevils of the West | T.M. Sawyer - Banker | Serial, (Ch. 10), Uncredited | |
| 1943 | Days of Old Cheyenne | Governor Frank Shelby | | |
| 1943 | Colt Comrades | Varney | | |
| 1943 | The Masked Marvel | Mr. Kellering | Serial, Uncredited | |
| 1943 | Doughboys in Ireland | Larry Hunt | | |
| 1943 | Where Are Your Children? | Brooks the Butler | | |
| 1943 | Old Acquaintance | Red Cross Chairman | Uncredited | |
| 1943 | Riders of the Deadline | Ranger Captain Jennings | | |
| 1943 | The Woman of the Town | Doc Sears | | |
| 1944 | Marshal of Gunsmoke | Sam Garret | | |
| 1944 | Nabonga | T.F. Stockwell | A PRC film starring Buster Crabbe and Julie London (in her film debut). Directed by Sam Newfield. Retitled Jungle Woman in the British Empire. | |
| 1944 | Sailor's Holiday | Director | Uncredited | |
| 1944 | Oklahoma Raiders | Colonel Rogers | | |
| 1944 | Shake Hands with Murder | John Clark | American comedy mystery film directed by Albert Herman. | |
| 1944 | Lumberjack | Buck Peters | | |
| 1944 | Forty Thieves | Buck Peters | American western directed by Lesley Selander. | |
| 1944 | Marshal of Reno | Editor John Palmer | | |
| 1944 | Goin' to Town | Wentworth | | |
| 1944 | Sheriff of Sundown | Governor Brainerd | American western drama film directed by Lesley Selander. | |
| 1944 | Hi, Beautiful | Board Member | Uncredited | |
| 1946 | Accomplice | Vincent Springer | | |
| 1946 | San Quentin | Dr. Stanton | Uncredited American film directed by Gordon Douglas. | |
| 1947 | Honeymoon | American | Uncredited | |
| 1947 | Railroaded! | Doctor Attending Cowie | Uncredited | |
| 1948 | Silent Conflict | Yardman Pete | | |
| 1948 | The Argyle Secrets | Dr. Van Selbin | Uncredited | |
| 1948 | The Gallant Legion | Major Grant | | |
| 1948 | The Counterfeiters | Norman Talbot | | |
| 1948 | Sinister Journey | Marshal Reardon | | |
| 1948 | Borrowed Trouble | Groves | | |
| 1948 | Superman | Graham | Serial, [Chs. 3, 9-11, 13-15] | |
| 1948 | Strange Gamble | John Murray | | |
| 1948 | Joan of Arc | Judge Marguerie | Uncredited | |
| 1949 | Brimstone | Storekeeper | | |
| 1949 | Fighting Man of the Plains | Lawyer | | |
| 1950 | Chain Gang | Senator Harden | Uncredited | |
| 1951 | Gene Autry and the Mounties | Inspector Wingate | | |
| 1953 | The Stranger Wore a Gun | Man on Riverboat Stairs | Uncredited | |
| 1953 | The Flaming Urge | Herb | American crime film directed by Harold Ericson. | |
| 1954 | Jail Bait | Dr. Boris Gregor | American film noir crime film directed by Ed Wood. | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1952 | Adventures of Superman | Rozan | 1 episode |
| 1953 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Captain Benson | 1 episode |
| 1953 | Mr. and Mrs. North | Hugo Crosset | 1 episode |