Holmes Herbert

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, often as a British gentleman.
Early life
Born Horace Edward Jenner, (some sources give Edward Sanger) Holmes Herbert emigrated to the United States in 1912. He was the first son of Edward Henry Jenner (stage name Ned Herbert), who worked as an actor and comedian in the British theatre.
Career
Holmes Herbert never made a film in his native country but managed to appear in 228 films during his career in the U.S., beginning with stalwart leading roles during the silent era and numerous supporting roles in many 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).
In silent films, Herbert could play different nationalities, as did his contemporaries like Wyndham Standing, but when sound films came in, their pronounced British accents were revealed.
Herbert 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), 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 and The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1952). He also played in several of Universal's cycle of Sherlock Holmes films during the 1940s. He retired from acting in 1952.
Personal life and death
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. His third wife, Agnes Bartholomew, died in 1955, leaving Herbert a widower. He died in 1956 at age 74. He was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California.
Filmography
His Wife (1915) - John Dennys
Her Life and His (1917) - Ralph Howard
The Man Without a Country (1917) - Lt. Philip Nolan
A Doll's House (1918) - Thorvald Helmar
The Whirlpool (1918) - Judge Reverton
The Death Dance (1918) - Arnold Maitland
The Divorcee (1919) - Sir Paradine Fuldes
The Rough Neck (1919) - A Half-Breed Indian
The White Heather (1919) - Lord Angus Cameron
Other Men's Wives (1919) - Fenwick Flint
The Market of Souls (1919)
The A.B.C. of Love (1919) - Harry Bryant
On with the Dance (1920) - Minor Role
His House in Order (1920) - Filmer Jesson
Black Is White (1920) - Jim Brood
My Lady's Garter (1920) - Henry Van Derp, aka The Hawk
The Right to Love (1920) - Lord Falkland
Lady Rose's Daughter (1920) - Jacob Delafield
Dead Men Tell No Tales (1920) - Squire John Rattray
The Truth About Husbands (1920) - Dustan Renshaw
Her Lord and Master (1921) - R. Honorable Thurston Ralph, Viscount Canning
Heedless Moths (1921) - The Sculptor
The Wild Goose (1921) - Frank Manners
The Inner Chamber (1921) - Edward J. Wellman
The Family Closet (1921) - Alfred Dinsmore
Any Wife (1922) - Philip Gray
A Stage Romance (1922) - Prince of Wales
Evidence (1922) - Judge Rowland
Divorce Coupons (1922) - Roland Bland
Moonshine Valley (1922) - Dr. Martin
A Woman's Woman (1922) - John Plummer
Toilers of the Sea (1923) - Sandro
I Will Repay (1923) - Sir Percy Blakeney
Week End Husbands (1924) - William Randall
The Enchanted Cottage (1924) - Maj. Hillgrove
Another Scandal (1924) - Pelham Franklin
Her Own Free Will (1924) - Peter Craddock
Sinners in Heaven (1924) - Hugh Rochedale
Love's Wilderness (1924) - David Tennant
The Lost World (1925) - Angry Man at Meeting
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1925) - Greenough
Up the Ladder (1925) - Robert Newhall
Wildfire (1925) - Garrison
The Wanderer (1925) - Prophet
Wreckage (1925) - Stuart Ames
A Woman of the World (1925) - Richard Granger
The Passionate Quest (1926) - Erwen
The Honeymoon Express (1926) - Jim Donaldson
Josselyn's Wife (1926) - Thomas Josselyn
The Fire Brigade (1926) - James Corwin
One Increasing Purpose (1927) - Charles Paris
The Nest (1927) - Richard Elliot
When a Man Loves (1927) - Jean Tiberge
Mr. Wu (1927) - Mr. Gregory
Lovers (1927) - Milton
The Heart of Salome (1927) - Sir Humphrey
Slaves of Beauty (1927) - Leonard Jones
The Gay Retreat (1927) - Charles Wright
East Side, West Side (1927) - Gilbert Van Horn
The Silver Slave (1927) - Tom Richards
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928) - Henry Spoffard
Their Hour (1928) - Cora's Father
The Sporting Age (1928) - James Driscoll
The Terror (1928) - Goodman
Through the Breakers (1928) - Eustis Hobbs
On Trial (1928) - Gerald Trask
The Charlatan (1929) - Count Merlin - aka Peter Dwight
Careers (1929) - Carouge
Say It with Songs (1929) - Dr. Robert Merrill
Madame X (1929) - Noel
Her Private Life (1929) - Rudolph Solomon
The Careless Age (1929) - Sir John
The Thirteenth Chair (1929) - Sir Roscoe Crosby
The Kiss (1929) - M. Lassalle
Untamed (1929) - Howard Presley
The Ship from Shanghai (1930) - Paul Thorpe
The Single Sin (1931) - Roger Van Dorn
The Hot Heiress (1931) - Mr. Hunter
Chances (1931) - Maj. Bradford
Broadminded (1931) - John J. Hackett Sr.
Daughter of the Dragon (1931) - Sir John Petrie
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) - Dr. John Lanyon
Shop Angel (1932) - James Walton Kennedy
Miss Pinkerton (1932) - Arthur Glenn
Central Park (1932) - Benefit Emcee
Sister to Judas (1932) - Bruce Rogers
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) - Dr. Rasmussen
The Invisible Man (1933) - Chief of Police
Beloved (1934) - Lord Landslake
The House of Rothschild (1934) - Rowerth
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) - Judge
The Pursuit of Happiness (1934) - Gen. Sir Henry Clinton
The Curtain Falls (1934) - John Scorsby
Sons of Steel (1934) - Curtis Chadburne
One in a Million (1935) - Donald Cabot, Sr.
Cardinal Richelieu (1935) - Noble
Mark of the Vampire (1935) - Sir Karell Borotyn
Accent on Youth (1935) - Frank Galloway
The Dark Angel (1935) - Major in Dugout
Captain Blood (1935) - Capt. Gardner
Wife vs. Secretary (1936) - Frawley
Brilliant Marriage (1936) - Mr. Rodney Allison
The Country Beyond (1936) - Insp. Reed
Champagne Charlie (1936) - Capt. Dell
The White Angel (1936) - War Minister
Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936) - Chief Steward, Melbourne Cup
The Gentleman from Louisiana (1936) - Chief Steward
15 Maiden Lane (1936) - Harold Anderson
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) - Gen. O'Neill
House of Secrets (1936) - Sir Bertram Evans - Home Secretary
Lloyd's of London (1936) - Spokesman
Stolen Holiday (1937) - Nicole's Dance Partner at Party
The Prince and the Pauper (1937) - First Doctor
The Thirteenth Chair (1937) - Sir Roscoe Crosby
Slave Ship (1937) - Commander
The Life of Emile Zola (1937) - Commander of Paris
Love Under Fire (1937) - Darnley
The Girl Said No (1937) - Charles Dillon (scenes deleted)
Lancer Spy (1937) - Dr. Aldrich
The Buccaneer (1938) - Captain McWilliams
Here's Flash Casey (1938) - Major Addison
The Black Doll (1938) - Dr. Giddings
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) - Archery Referee
Kidnapped (1938) - Judge
Marie Antoinette (1938) - Herald
Say It in French (1938) - Richard Carrington Sr.
Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939) - Bentham
The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939) - Prof. Ed Janney
The Little Princess (1939) - Doctor
Mystery of the White Room (1939) - Hospital Administrator
Juarez (1939) - Marshal Randon
Wolf Call (1939) - J.L. Winton
The Sun Never Sets (1939) - Colonial Official
Trapped in the Sky (1939) - Fielding
The House of Fear (1939) - Minor Role
Stanley and Livingstone (1939) - Frederick Holcomb
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939) - Justice
Hidden Power (1939) - Dr. Morley
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) - Majordomo
Intermezzo (1939) - The Doctor
20,000 Men a Year (1939) - Dean Norris
Rulers of the Sea (1939) - Member of Naval Company
Tower of London (1939) - Councilman
We Are Not Alone (1939) - Police Inspector
Everything Happens at Night (1939) - Featherstone
The Earl of Chicago (1940) - Sergeant-at-Arms
British Intelligence (1940) - Arthur Bennett
An Angel from Texas (1940) - Second Banker
Women in War (1940) - Chief Justice
Phantom Raiders (1940) - Sir Edward
Foreign Correspondent (1940) - Asst. Commissioner
Boom Town (1940) - Doctor
A Dispatch from Reuters (1940) - Member of Parliament
The Letter (1940) - Robert's Friend at Bar at Party
South of Suez (1940) - Simpson
Rage in Heaven (1941) - The Judge
Scotland Yard (1941) - Dr. Woodward
Man Hunt (1941) - Saul Farnsworthy
International Squadron (1941) - Sir Basil Wryxton
The Men in Her Life (1941) - Second Doctor
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) - Magistrate
Danger in the Pacific (1942) - Commissioner
Lady in a Jam (1942) - Man
Invisible Agent (1942) - Sir Alfred Spencer
Strictly in the Groove (1942) - Commissioner
The Undying Monster (1942) - Chief Constable
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942) - Sir. Reginald
Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943) - Mr. Ahrens
A Stranger in Town (1943) - Supreme Court Justice
Two Tickets to London (1943) - Kilgallen
The Man from Down Under (1943) - Government Official at Train Station
Corvette K-225 (1943) - Commodore Ramsay
Calling Dr. Death (1943) - Bryant - the Butler
The Uninvited (1944) - Charlie Jessup
Bermuda Mystery (1944) - Judge
The Pearl of Death (1944) - James Goodram
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay (1944) - Captain
The Unwritten Code (1944) - McDowell
Enter Arsène Lupin (1944) - Jobson
The Mummy's Curse (1944) - Dr. Cooper
Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear (1945) - Alan Cosgrave
Jealousy (1945) - Melvyn Russell
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945) - Warden
Swingin' on a Rainbow (1945) - Butler
George White's Scandals (1945) - Lord Michael Asbury
Confidential Agent (1945) - Lord Benditch
Three Strangers (1946) - Sir Robert
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946) - Baron
Dressed to Kill (1946) - Ebenezer Crabtree
Cloak and Dagger (1946) - British Officer
The Verdict (1946) - Sir William Dawson
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946) - Dr. White, Minister
Over the Santa Fe Trail (1947) - Doc Henderson
Mr. District Attorney (1947) - Gallentyne
The Ghost Goes Wild (1947) - Judge
Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947) - Scotland Yard Inspector McIvar
Ivy (1947) - Mulloy
Singapore (1947) - Rev. Thomas Barnes
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1947) - Scotland Yard Inspector McIvar
This Time for Keeps (1947) - Norman Randall
If Winter Comes (1947) - Mr. Broadhurst, the Chemist
The Swordsman (1948) - Lord Glowan
A Woman's Vengeance (1948) - Warder
The Wreck of the Hesperus (1948) - Pastor West
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) - Wilkins
Johnny Belinda (1948) - Judge
Hills of Home (1948) - Hillocks
Family Honeymoon (1948) - Rev. Miller
Jungle Jim (1948) - Commissioner Geoffrey Marsden
Command Decision (1948) - Chairman
South of St. Louis (1949) - Sir Cecil
The Lost Tribe (1949) - Narrator
The Stratton Story (1949) - Doctor
Canadian Pacific (1949) - Head of Canadian Parliament
Barbary Pirate (1949) - Thomas Jefferson
Post Office Investigator (1949) - James Seeley
Mark of the Gorilla (1950) - Narrator
The Iroquois Trail (1950) - Gen. Johnson
To Please a Lady (1950) - Benson - Regina's Butler
The Magnificent Yankee (1950) - Justice McKenna
The Law and the Lady (1951) - English Colonel
David and Bathsheba (1951) - Jesse
Anne of the Indies (1951) - English Sea Captain
The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951) - Constable
The Unknown Man (1951) - Reverend Michael
The Wild North (1952) - Magistrate
At Sword's Point (1952) - Mallard
The Brigand (1952) - Archbishop
References
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1882 births
1956 deaths
English male film actors
English male silent film actors
People from Mansfield
20th-century English male actors
Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
Male actors from Nottinghamshire
British emigrants to the United States