---
name: "Holmes Herbert"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/holmes-herbert"
roles: []
born: "30 July 1882"
died: "26 December 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-20T01:47:25.773204+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Holmes Herbert

Actor. Born 30 July 1882 in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. Died 26 December 1956.

## Details

- **Born:** 30 July 1882, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 26 December 1956
- **Active:** 1934–1940
- **Also known as:** Horace Edward Jenner, Holmes E. Herbert, H.E. Herbert, H.J. Herbert, Холмс Херберт
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 3 acting, 2 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 75 (2), 1940s 77 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 74 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action 1, Adventure 1, Crime 1, History 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmes_Herbert, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1344901, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0378555/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29600

## Biography

Holmes Herbert (born Horace Edward Jenner) was an English character actor who appeared in Hollywood films from 1915 to 1952. He emigrated to the United States in 1912 and never made a film in his native country. He began with leading roles in the silent era before taking numerous supporting parts in sound films.

He is credited in *The House of Rothschild* (1934) as Rowerth. Among his other roles were Dr John Lanyon in *Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde* (1931), the Chief of Police in *The Invisible Man* (1933), Captain Gardner in *Captain Blood* (1935), the Assistant Commissioner in *Foreign Correspondent* (1940) and appearances in several Universal Sherlock Holmes films. Herbert also featured in horror productions including *Mystery of the Wax Museum* (1933), *The Ghost of Frankenstein* (1942) and *The Mummy's Curse* (1944). He retired in 1952 and died in Hollywood, California, in 1956.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Performed in (3)

- *Foreign Correspondent* (1940), Fi1m 76, as Asst. Commissioner — [page](https://film.one/film/foreign-correspondent.md)
- *Captain Blood* (1935), Fi1m 80, as Capt. Gardner — [page](https://film.one/film/captain-blood.md)
- *The House of Rothschild* (1934), Fi1m 70, as Rowerth — [page](https://film.one/film/the-house-of-rothschild.md)

### Also credited (2) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Johnny Belinda* (1948), Fi1m 78, as Judge (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/johnny-belinda.md)
- *The Letter* (1940), Fi1m 78, as Robert's Friend at Bar at Party (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-letter.md)

## Complete filmography (197)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Brigand* (1952), as Archbishop
- *At Sword's Point* (1952), Actor
- *The Wild North* (1952), as Magistrate (uncredited)
- *The Unknown Man* (1951), as (uncredited)
- *The Son of Dr. Jekyll* (1951), as Constable (uncredited)
- *Anne of the Indies* (1951), as English Sea Captain
- *The Iroquois Trail* (1950), as Gen. Johnson
- *Barbary Pirate* (1949), as Thomas Jefferson
- *Post Office Investigator* (1949), as James Seeley
- *Canadian Pacific* (1949), as Head of Canadian Parliament (uncredited)
- *The Lost Tribe* (1949), as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- *South of St. Louis* (1949), Actor
- *Jungle Jim* (1948), as Commissioner Geoffrey Marsden
- *Family Honeymoon* (1948), as Rev. Miller (uncredited)
- *Sorry, Wrong Number* (1948), as Wilkins (uncredited)
- *Johnny Belinda* (1948), as Judge (uncredited) — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/johnny-belinda.md)
- *A Woman's Vengeance* (1948), as Warder (uncredited)
- *The Wreck of the Hesperus* (1948), as Pastor West
- *The Swordsman* (1948), as Lord Glowan
- *Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back* (1947), as Inspector McIver
- *Singapore* (1947), as Rev. Barnes
- *The Ghost Goes Wild* (1947), as Judge
- *Ivy* (1947), as Mulloy (uncredited)
- *Bulldog Drummond at Bay* (1947), as Scotland Yard Inspector McIvar
- *Over the Santa Fe Trail* (1947), as Doc Henderson
- *Love Laughs at Andy Hardy* (1946), as Dr. White (uncredited)
- *The Verdict* (1946), as Sir William Dawson
- *Dressed to Kill* (1946), as Ebenezer Crabtree
- *Three Strangers* (1946), as Sir Robert (uncredited)
- *Confidential Agent* (1945), as Lord Benditch
- *Swingin' on a Rainbow* (1945), as Butler (uncredited)
- *The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry* (1945), Actor
- *Jealousy* (1945), as Melvyn Russell
- *The House of Fear* (1945), as Alan Cosgrave
- *The Mummy's Curse* (1944), as Dr. Cooper
- *Enter Arsène Lupin* (1944), as Jobson
- *Our Hearts Were Young and Gay* (1944), as Captain (uncredited)
- *The Unwritten Code* (1944), as McDowell (uncredited)
- *The Pearl of Death* (1944), as James Goodram, courier
- *The Uninvited* (1944), as Charlie Jessup
- *Calling Dr. Death* (1943), as Bryant, the Butler
- *Corvette K-225* (1943), as Commodore Ramsay
- *Two Tickets to London* (1943), as Kilgallen
- *Sherlock Holmes in Washington* (1943), as Mr. Ahrens
- *Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon* (1942), as Sir Reginald
- *The Undying Monster* (1942), as Chief Constable (uncredited)
- *Strictly in the Groove* (1942), as Commissioner
- *Invisible Agent* (1942), as Sir Alfred Spencer
- *Lady in a Jam* (1942), as Man at Auction (uncredited)
- *Danger in the Pacific* (1942), as Commissioner
- *This Above All* (1942), as Dr. Mathias
- *The Ghost of Frankenstein* (1942), as Magistrate
- *Man Hunt* (1941), as Saul Farnsworthy
- *The Letter* (1940), as Robert's Friend at Bar at Party (uncredited) — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-letter.md)
- *South of Suez* (1940), as Simpson
- *A Dispatch from Reuters* (1940), as Member of Parliament (uncredited)
- *Boom Town* (1940), as Doctor (uncredited)
- *Foreign Correspondent* (1940), as Asst. Commissioner — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/foreign-correspondent.md)
- *Phantom Raiders* (1940), as Sir Edward
- *An Angel from Texas* (1940), as Second Banker
- *The Earl of Chicago* (1940), as Sergeant-at-Arms (uncredited)
- *Everything Happens at Night* (1939), as Featherstone
- *We Are Not Alone* (1939), as Police Inspector
- *Tower of London* (1939), as Councilman (uncredited)
- *The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex* (1939), as Majordomo (uncredited)
- *British Intelligence* (1939), as Arthur Bennett
- *Rulers of the Sea* (1939), as Member of Naval Company (Uncredited)
- *20,000 Men a Year* (1939), as Dean Norris
- *Intermezzo: A Love Story* (1939), as Doctor (Uncredited)
- *Hidden Power* (1939), as Dr. Morley
- *The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes* (1939), as Justice of the Court
- *Stanley and Livingstone* (1939), as Frederick Holcomb
- *Bad Boy* (1939), as Mr. McNeil
- *The House of Fear* (1939), as Minor Role
- *Juarez* (1939), as Marshal Randon (uncredited)
- *Trapped in the Sky* (1939), as Fielding
- *The Sun Never Sets* (1939), as Colonial Official
- *Wolf Call* (1939), as J.L. Winton
- *The Little Princess* (1939), as Doctor
- *Mystery of the White Room* (1939), as Hospital Administrator
- *The Mystery of Mr. Wong* (1939), as Prof. Ed Janney
- *Mr. Moto's Last Warning* (1939), as Bentham (uncredited)
- *Say It in French* (1938), as Richard Carrington Sr.
- *Marie Antoinette* (1938), as Herald (uncredited)
- *Kidnapped* (1938), as Judge
- *The Buccaneer* (1938), as Captain McWilliams
- *The Black Doll* (1938), as Dr. Giddings
- *Here's Flash Casey* (1938), as Maj. Addison
- *The Man Without a Country* (1937), as Aaron Burr
- *The Girl Said No* (1937), as Charles Dillon (scenes deleted)
- *Slave Ship* (1937), as Commander
- *The Thirteenth Chair* (1937), as Governor Sir Roscoe Crosby
- *The Prince and the Pauper* (1937), as First Doctor
- *Lloyd's of London* (1936), as Spokesman
- *The House of Secrets* (1936), as Sir Bertram Evans - Home Secretary
- *15 Maiden Lane* (1936), as Harold Anderson
- *The Gentleman from Louisiana* (1936), as Chief Steward
- *The White Angel* (1936), as War Minister (uncredited)
- *Champagne Charlie* (1936), as Captain Dell
- *Brilliant Marriage* (1936), as Mr. Rodney Allison
- *Wife vs. Secretary* (1936), as Frawley (uncredited)
- *Captain Blood* (1935), as Capt. Gardner — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-blood.md)
- *Accent on Youth* (1935), as Frank Galloway
- *Mark of the Vampire* (1935), as Sir Karell Borotyn
- *Cardinal Richelieu* (1935), as Noble
- *One in a Million* (1935), as Donald Cabot Sr.
- *Sons of Steel* (1934), as Curtis Chadburne
- *The Curtain Falls* (1934), as John Scorsby
- *The Pursuit of Happiness* (1934), as Gen. Sir Henry Clinton
- *The House of Rothschild* (1934), as Rowerth — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-house-of-rothschild.md)
- *Beloved* (1934), as Lord Landslake
- *The Invisible Man* (1933), as Chief of Police
- *Mystery of the Wax Museum* (1933), as Dr. Rasmussen
- *Sister to Judas* (1932), as Bruce Rogers
- *Central Park* (1932), as Benefit Emcee (uncredited)
- *Miss Pinkerton* (1932), as Arthur Glenn
- *Shop Angel* (1932), as James Walton Kennedy
- *Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde* (1931), as Dr. John Lanyon
- *Daughter of the Dragon* (1931), as Sir John Petrie
- *Broadminded* (1931), as John J. Hackett Sr.
- *Chances* (1931), as Maj. Bradford
- *The Hot Heiress* (1931), as Mr. Hunter
- *The Single Sin* (1931), as Roger Van Dorn
- *The Ship from Shanghai* (1930), as Paul Thorpe
- *Untamed* (1929), as Howard Presley
- *The Kiss* (1929), as Lassalle
- *The Thirteenth Chair* (1929), as Sir Roscoe Crosby
- *The Careless Age* (1929), as Sir John
- *Her Private Life* (1929), as Rudolph Solomon
- *Madame X* (1929), as Noel
- *Say It with Songs* (1929), as Dr. Robert Merrill
- *Careers* (1929), as Carouge
- *The Charlatan* (1929), as Peter "Count Merlin" Dwight
- *On Trial* (1928), as Gerald Trask
- *Through the Breakers* (1928), as Eustis Hobbs
- *The Terror* (1928), as Goodman
- *The Sporting Age* (1928), as James Driscoll
- *Their Hour* (1928), as Cora's Father
- *Gentlemen Prefer Blondes* (1928), as Henry Spoffard
- *The Silver Slave* (1927), as Tom Richards
- *East Side, West Side* (1927), as Gilbert Van Horn
- *The Gay Retreat* (1927), as Charles Wright
- *When a Man Loves* (1927), as Jean Tiberge
- *Slaves of Beauty* (1927), as Leonard Jones
- *The Heart of Salome* (1927), as Sir Humphrey
- *Lovers* (1927), as Milton
- *Mr. Wu* (1927), as Mr. Gregory
- *One Increasing Purpose* (1927), as Charles Paris
- *The Fire Brigade* (1926), as James Corwin
- *Josselyn's Wife* (1926), as Thomas Josselyn
- *The Honeymoon Express* (1926), as Jim Donaldson
- *A Woman of the World* (1925), as Richard Granger
- *Wreckage* (1925), as Stuart Ames
- *The Wanderer* (1925), as Prophet
- *Wildfire* (1925), as Garrison
- *Up the Ladder* (1925), as Robert Newhall
- *Daddy's Gone A-Hunting* (1925), Actor
- *Love's Wilderness* (1924), as David Tennant
- *Sinners in Heaven* (1924), as Hugh Rochedale
- *Her Own Free Will* (1924), as Peter Craddock
- *Another Scandal* (1924), as Pelham Franklin
- *The Enchanted Cottage* (1924), as Major Hillgrove
- *I Will Repay* (1924), as Sir Percy Blakeney
- *Week End Husbands* (1924), as William Randall
- *Toilers of the Sea* (1923), as Sandro
- *A Woman's Woman* (1922), as John Plummer (as Holmes E. Herbert)
- *Moonshine Valley* (1922), as Dr. Martin
- *Divorce Coupons* (1922), as Roland Bland
- *Evidence* (1922), as Judge Rowland
- *A Stage Romance* (1922), as Prince of Wales
- *Any Wife* (1922), as Philip Gray
- *The Family Closet* (1921), as Alfred Dinsmore
- *The Wild Goose* (1921), as Frank Manners (as Holmes E. Herbert)
- *Heedless Moths* (1921), as The Sculptor
- *Her Lord and Master* (1921), as R. Honorable Thurston Ralph, Viscount Canning
- *The Truth About Husbands* (1920), as Dustan Renshaw
- *Dead Men Tell No Tales* (1920), as Squire John Rattray
- *The Right to Love* (1920), as Lord Falkland
- *Lady Rose's Daughter* (1920), as Jacob Delafield
- *My Lady's Garter* (1920), as Henry Van Derp, aka The Hawk
- *His House in Order* (1920), as Filmer Jesson
- *Black Is White* (1920), as Jim Brood (as Holmes E. Herbert)
- *On with the Dance* (1920), Actor
- *The ABC of Love* (1919), as Harry Bryant
- *The Market of Souls* (1919), as Temple Bane
- *The White Heather* (1919), as Lord Angus Cameron
- *Other Men's Wives* (1919), as Fenwick Flint
- *Greater Than Love* (1919), as James Bruton
- *The Rough Neck* (1919), as A Half-Breed Indian
- *The Divorcee* (1919), as Sir Paradine Fuldes
- *The Death Dance* (1918), as Arnold Maitland
- *A Doll's House* (1918), as Thorvald Helmar
- *The Man Without a Country* (1917), as Lt. Philip Nolan
- *Her Life and His* (1917), as Ralph Howard
- *The Fisherwoman* (1915), as The Son
- *His Wife* (1915), as John Dennys
- *The Nest*, as Richard Elliot

## Gallery

- ![Holmes Herbert](https://film.one/media/person/1227359/gallery-8623dba155b5.jpg) Holmes Herbert — Terry O. Morse, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/HolmesHerbert.gif?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Holmes Herbert in Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon - cropped screenshot (1943)](https://film.one/media/person/1227359/gallery-b9a5e86a37c4.png) Holmes Herbert in Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon - cropped screenshot (1943) — film screenshot (Universal), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Holmes_Herbert_in_Sherlock_Holmes_and_the_Secret_Weapon_%281942%29.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Film actor Holmes Herbert. Subjects (LCTGM): actors (1926)](https://film.one/media/person/1227359/gallery-f89beb6ca0f8.jpg) Film actor Holmes Herbert. Subjects (LCTGM): actors (1926) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Film_actor_Holmes_Herbert_%28SAYRE_3794%29.jpg/1280px-Film_actor_Holmes_Herbert_%28SAYRE_3794%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Still from the American comedy film Her Lord and Master (1921) with Holmes Herbert and Alice Joyce, on page 64 of the February 19, 1921 Exhibitors Herald.](https://film.one/media/person/1227359/gallery-1768193b8b9c.jpg) Still from the American comedy film Her Lord and Master (1921) with Holmes Herbert and Alice Joyce, on page 64 of the February 19, 1921 Exhibitors Herald. — Vitagraph Company of America, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Her_Lord_and_Master_%281921%29_-_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Holmes Herbert](https://film.one/media/person/1227359/gallery-d09c80011049.jpg) Holmes Herbert — Image via TMDB
- ![Still from the American drama film On Trial (1928). Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actresses, actors](https://film.one/media/person/1227359/gallery-436c95bfea20.jpg) Still from the American drama film On Trial (1928). Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actresses, actors — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/On_Trial_%28SAYRE_14636%29.jpg/1280px-On_Trial_%28SAYRE_14636%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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