

Cast & creator
Best known for The Invisible Man, Captain Blood, Sorry, Wrong Number
From 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.
Also known as: Horace Edward Jenner, Holmes E. Herbert, H.E. Herbert, H.J. Herbert, Холмс Херберт
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Chief of Police
1933
Capt. Gardner
1935
Wilkins (uncredited)
1948

Dr. John Lanyon
1931
Asst. Commissioner
1940
Sir Reginald
1942
Squire John Rattray
1920
Magistrate
1942
Sir Karell Borotyn
1935
Doctor
1939
Dr. Cooper
1944
Dr. Rasmussen
1933
Herald (uncredited)
1938
James Goodram, courier
1944

Lord Benditch
1945

McDowell (uncredited)
1944
Justice of the Court
1939
Sir John
1929
First Doctor
1937
Ebenezer Crabtree
1946
Marshal Randon (uncredited)
1939
Rev. Miller (uncredited)
1948
Robert's Friend at Bar at Party (uncredited)
1940
Mr. Ahrens
1943
Spokesman
1936
Frawley (uncredited)
1936
English Sea Captain
1951Garrison
1925
Rowerth
1934
Majordomo (uncredited)
1939
Captain (uncredited)
1944
Sir William Dawson
1946
Man at Auction (uncredited)
1942
Second Banker
1940
Sir Alfred Spencer
1942
Sir John Petrie
1931
Warder (uncredited)
1948
Carouge
1929
Charlie Jessup
1944
Sergeant-at-Arms (uncredited)
1940
Sir Robert (uncredited)
1946
Head of Canadian Parliament (uncredited)
1949
Alan Cosgrave
1945
Aaron Burr
1937
Judge
1938
Magistrate (uncredited)
1952
War Minister (uncredited)
1936
Doctor (Uncredited)
1939
Commodore Ramsay
1943
Member of Naval Company (Uncredited)
1939
Member of Parliament (uncredited)
1940
Judge (uncredited)
1948
Saul Farnsworthy
1941
Mr. Rodney Allison
1936
Prof. Ed Janney
1939
Mulloy (uncredited)
1947
Councilman (uncredited)
1939
Dr. White (uncredited)
1946
Constable (uncredited)
1951
Jean Tiberge
1927
Pastor West
1948
Police Inspector
1939
Arthur Bennett
1939
Dr. Mathias
1942
Scotland Yard Inspector McIvar
1947
Kilgallen
1943
Judge Rowland
1922
Charles Dillon (scenes deleted)
1937
Bentham (uncredited)
1939
Featherstone
1939
Gen. Sir Henry Clinton
1934
Doctor (uncredited)
1940
Judge
1947
Dean Norris
1939
Chief Steward
1936

Milton
1927
Sir Bertram Evans - Home Secretary
1936
(uncredited)
1951
Rev. Barnes
1947
Butler (uncredited)
1945
Frederick Holcomb
1939
Sandro
1923
Archbishop
1952
Noble
1935
Gen. Johnson
1950
Paul Thorpe
1930
Minor Role
1939
Captain McWilliams
1938
Colonial Official
1939
Thorvald Helmar
1918Ralph Howard
1917
Hospital Administrator
1939
Gilbert Van Horn
1927
Richard Carrington Sr.
1938
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1949Richard Elliot

Dr. Robert Merrill
1929
John Dennys
1915
James Seeley
1949
Richard Granger
1925
Commander
1937
Dr. Giddings
1938
Chief Constable (uncredited)
1942
Thomas Jefferson
1949
Donald Cabot Sr.
1935
Doc Henderson
1947
Commissioner
1942
Fielding
1939
Rudolph Solomon
1929
Commissioner Geoffrey Marsden
1948Cora's Father
1928
Lassalle
1929
Harold Anderson
1936
The Sculptor
1921

Arthur Glenn
1932
Temple Bane
1919
Fenwick Flint
1919
Roland Bland
1922
Bryant, the Butler
1943
Howard Presley
1929
Maj. Addison
1938
Sir Humphrey
1927
Sir Edward
1940
Lt. Philip Nolan
1917
Henry Spoffard
1928
John Plummer (as Holmes E. Herbert)
1922
Captain Dell
1936
J.L. Winton
1939
Stuart Ames
1925
Sir Roscoe Crosby
1929
Hugh Rochedale
1924
Commissioner
1942
David Tennant
1924
Dustan Renshaw
1920
Thomas Josselyn
1926
Jobson
1944
Lord Falkland
1920
Harry Bryant
1919
James Walton Kennedy
1932
Mr. McNeil
1939
Mr. Hunter
1931
Inspector McIver
1947
Eustis Hobbs
1928
Maj. Bradford
1931
Tom Richards
1927
Henry Van Derp, aka The Hawk
1920
Noel
1929
Goodman
1928
Lord Glowan
1948
James Bruton
1919R. Honorable Thurston Ralph, Viscount Canning
1921
Gerald Trask
1928
John J. Hackett Sr.
1931
Simpson
1940
Benefit Emcee (uncredited)
1932
Jacob Delafield
1920
Peter Craddock
1924
John Scorsby
1934
Arnold Maitland
1918
William Randall
1924
Filmer Jesson
1920
Governor Sir Roscoe Crosby
1937
Mr. Gregory
1927
Alfred Dinsmore
1921
Jim Donaldson
1926
Robert Newhall
1925
Lord Landslake
1934
Frank Galloway
1935
Dr. Morley
1939
Prince of Wales
1922
A Half-Breed Indian
1919
Dr. Martin
1922
Lord Angus Cameron
1919
Curtis Chadburne
1934
Peter "Count Merlin" Dwight
1929The Son
1915
Sir Percy Blakeney
1924
Sir Paradine Fuldes
1919
James Corwin
1926
Melvyn Russell
1945
Charles Paris
1927
Prophet
1925
Frank Manners (as Holmes E. Herbert)
1921
Roger Van Dorn
1931
Major Hillgrove
1924
Charles Wright
1927
Bruce Rogers
1932Leonard Jones
1927
James Driscoll
1928
Pelham Franklin
1924
Philip Gray
1922
Jim Brood (as Holmes E. Herbert)
1920