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Holmes Herbert
Known for: ActingFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Herbert immigrated to the United States in 1912. He never made a film in his native country, but appeared in 228 films during his career in the U.S., beginning with stalwart leading roles during the silent era, then numerous supporting roles in 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). He 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), The 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 (1944), and The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951). He also played in several of Universal's cycle of Sherlock Holmes films during the 1940s. Holmes 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. Third wife Agnes Bartholomew died, leaving Herbert a widower, in 1955. He died in 1956 at age 74.
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Den usynlige mand
as Chief of Police 
The Uninvited
as Charlie Jessup 
Kaptajn Blod
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as Capt. Gardner 
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. John Lanyon 
Johnny Belinda
as Judge (uncredited) 
Galt nummer
as Wilkins (uncredited) 
The Ghost of Frankenstein
as Magistrate 
Sherlock Holmes og Det Hemmelige Våben
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as Sir Reginald 
Sherlock Holmes
as Justice of the Court 
Mark of the Vampire
as Sir Karell Borotyn 
Sherlock Holmes i Washington
as Mr. Ahrens 
Den lille prinsesse
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as Doctor 
Sherlock Holmes: Dødens perle
as James Goodram, courier 
Dronningens elsker
as Majordomo (uncredited) 
Sherlock Holmes: Klædt på til mord
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as Ebenezer Crabtree 
Mystery of the Wax Museum
as Dr. Rasmussen 
Invisible Agent
as Sir Alfred Spencer 
Anne of the Indies
as English Sea Captain 
Confidential Agent
as Lord Benditch 
Sherlock Holmes: Skrækkens hus
as Alan Cosgrave 
Wife vs. Secretary
as Frawley (uncredited) 
Intermezzo
as Doctor (Uncredited) 
Man Hunt
as Saul Farnsworthy 
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
as Bentham (uncredited) 
The Mummy's Curse
as Dr. Cooper 
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
as Dr. White (uncredited) 
Huset Rothschild
as Rowerth 
Daughter of the Dragon
as Sir John Petrie 
Brilliant Marriage
as Mr. Rodney Allison 
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
as Prof. Ed Janney 
This Above All
as Dr. Mathias 
The House of Fear
as Minor Role 
The House of Secrets
as Sir Bertram Evans - Home Secretary 
Say It with Songs
as Dr. Robert Merrill 
When a Man Loves
as Jean Tiberge 
Kysset
as Lassalle 
Korsaren
as Captain McWilliams 
A Woman of the World
as Richard Granger 
Mr. Wu
as Mr. Gregory 
The Thirteenth Chair
as Sir Roscoe Crosby 
The Girl Said No
as Charles Dillon (scenes deleted) 
Miss Pinkerton
as Arthur Glenn 
Calling Dr. Death
as Bryant, the Butler 