Facts: - death place: los angeles , california , united states - caption: herbert in the 1935 film , '' hollywood party - yearsactive: 1931 -- 46 - death date: 3 april 1946 - birth date: 25 november 1888 - name: tom herbert - image: file : tomherbert.1935.jpg - birth place: new york city , new york , united states - occupation: actor Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of tom herbert .
tom herbert was an american character actor of the 1930s and 40s .born in new york city on november 25 , 1888 , herbert broke into the film industry in 1931 in rko 's '' traveling husbands '' .during the next seventeen years he would appear in over 50 feature films , usually in bit or supporting roles .early in his career he was sometimes billed as tom francis , as he was in '' traveling husbands '' .his final picture , which was released after his death in 1946 , was the iconic biopic , '' night and day '' , starring cary grant and alexis smith .he was the brother to the actor , hugh herbert .tom herbert died on april 3 , 1946 .