Holmes Herbert

Holmes Herbert

July 30, 1882

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 appea…

Known For

28 titles
1
The Invisible Man

The Invisible Man

1933 · 1h 11m · Movie

A scientist finds a way of becoming invisible, but in doing so, he becomes murderously insane.

7.6
2
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1931 · 1h 38m · Movie

Dr. Jekyll faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run wild with a potion that transforms him into the animalistic Mr. Hyde.

7.6
3
Captain Blood

Captain Blood

1935 · 1h 59m · Movie

After treating a Monmouth rebel against King James II in 1680s England, a young Irish doctor is exiled as a slave to Jamaica where he captures a Spanish galleon and becomes the most feared pirate of the Caribbean.

7.7
4
The Uninvited

The Uninvited

1944 · 1h 39m · Movie

A composer and his sister discover that the reason they are able to purchase a beautiful gothic seacoast mansion very cheaply is the house's unsavory past.

7.2
5
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

1939 · 1h 25m · Movie

The master sleuth hunts his archenemy, Professor Moriarty, who is planning the crime of the century.

7.2
6
Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill

1946 · 1h 11m · Movie

A trio of music boxes contains the hidden secret to riches, and a group of criminals will kill for them. In Vibrant Color.

6.8
7
Mystery of the Wax Museum

Mystery of the Wax Museum

1933 · 1h 17m · Movie

The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.

6.8
8
The Ghost of Frankenstein

The Ghost of Frankenstein

1942 · 1h 7m · Movie

Dr. Frankenstein's plans to replace the brain of his monster are hijacked by his scheming and malevolent assistant Ygor.

6.1
9
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

1942 · 1h 8m · Movie

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson must protect a Swiss inventor of an advanced bomb sight from falling into German hands.

6.5
10
Man Hunt

Man Hunt

1941 · 1h 45m · Movie

In July 1939, British hunter Thorndike, vacationing in Bavaria, has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by German agents and aided by a young woman.

7.2
11
The House of Fear

The House of Fear

1945 · 1h 9m · Movie

Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of deaths at a castle with each foretold by the delivery of orange pips to the victims.

7.2
12
Mark of the Vampire

Mark of the Vampire

1935 · 1h 0m · Movie

When a nobleman is murdered, a professor of the occult blames vampires, but not all is what it seems.

6.3
13
The Pearl of Death

The Pearl of Death

1944 · 1h 9m · Movie

After a valuable pearl with a sinister reputation is stolen, Sherlock Holmes must investigate its link to a series of brutal murders.

7.1
14
Sherlock Holmes in Washington

Sherlock Holmes in Washington

1943 · 1h 11m · Movie

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson travel to Washington D.C. in order to prevent a secret document from falling into enemy hands.

6.7
15
Wife vs. Secretary

Wife vs. Secretary

1936 · 1h 28m · Movie

The wife of a publishing executive mistakenly believes that her husband's relationship with his attractive secretary is more than professional.

7.0
16
The Mummy's Curse

The Mummy's Curse

1944 · 1h 0m · Movie

Shipped to Louisiana, the mummy Kharis from Egypt roams the bayou, tormented by his forbidden love for Princess Ananka.

5.4
17
Intermezzo

Intermezzo

1939 · 1h 10m · Movie

A violinist's piano accompanist retires. He hears his daughter's piano teacher (Ingrid Bergman) play, asks her to play on his next international tour, and they fall in love.

6.6
18
Invisible Agent

Invisible Agent

1942 · 1h 21m · Movie

The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany.

5.9
19
The Verdict

The Verdict

1946 · 1h 26m · Movie

After an innocent man is executed in a case for which he was not responsible, a Scotland Yard superintendent finds himself investigating the murder of his key witness.

7.2
20
Calling Dr. Death

Calling Dr. Death

1943 · 1h 3m · Movie

A doctor is not sure if he murdered his beautiful but wicked wife, and has his attractive nurse try to find the truth by hypnotizing him.

6.1
21
The Mystery of Mr. Wong

The Mystery of Mr. Wong

1939 · 1h 8m · Movie

Detective tries to solve the murder of antiques collector who was in possession of a famous jewel known as "The Eye of the Daughter of The Moon."

6.1
22
Daughter of the Dragon

Daughter of the Dragon

1931 · 1h 10m · Movie

Princess Ling Moy, a young and beautiful Chinese aristocrat lives next door, unbeknownst to her, to Dr. Fu Manchu, a brilliant but twisted genius who is out to rule the world. She is involved with Ah Kee, a handsome young man, who...

5.6
23
Singapore

Singapore

1947 · 1h 19m · Movie

After WW2, an American skipper returns to Singapore to retrieve his hidden stash of pearls and finds his lost fiancée who now has amnesia.

6.4
24
Untamed

Untamed

1929 · 1h 26m · Movie

Wild-raised heiress Bingo inherits oil company after father's death. During NY-bound civilizing mission, she loves Andy, who chooses another due to her wealth. After she shoots him, he accepts marriage.

5.4
25
The Enchanted Cottage

The Enchanted Cottage

1924 · 1h 10m · Movie

A crippled World War I veteran retracts to a small cottage in the countryside to escape from his nosy family and to hide from the outside world. There he meets a plain but also a very kind young woman. She reveals to him that the ...

6.8
26
South of St. Louis

South of St. Louis

1949 · 1h 28m · Movie

The friendship of three Texas ranchers whose ranch is destroyed by Cottrell, of the Union army, and his band of outlaw raiders. The working title was "Distant Drums", and south of St. Louis was a term used to describe Civil War de...

6.0
27
Enter Arsene Lupin

Enter Arsene Lupin

1944 · 1h 12m · Movie

A rich but naive young woman is in possession of some priceless jewels. She doesn't realize it, but a gang of jewel thieves does.

6.1
28
Here's Flash Casey

Here's Flash Casey

1938 · 58m · Movie

Flash Casey, after working his way through college by taking pictures, finds the newspaper world harder to break into than he had expected.

5.6