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name: "Taylor Holmes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/taylor-holmes"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 May 1878"
died: "30 September 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T06:08:14.180185+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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# Taylor Holmes

Actor. Born 15 May 1878 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. Died 30 September 1959.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 May 1878, Newark, New Jersey, USA
- **Died:** 30 September 1959
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q430625, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0392067/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11172

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Sleeping Beauty*](https://film.one/film/sleeping-beauty.md) (78)

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## Biography

Taylor Holmes was an American actor who appeared in over 100 Broadway productions and numerous films across a career spanning from 1899 to 1959. He made his Broadway debut in 1900 in the play Sapho and went on to perform in many stage hits before shifting focus to screen work in the 1940s.

His film roles included appearances in Nightmare Alley (1947), Kiss of Death (1947), Act of Violence (1949), Joan of Arc (1948), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) and Father of the Bride (1950). He provided the voice of King Stefan in Disney's Sleeping Beauty (1959), his final credited screen role.

Holmes was married to actress Edna Phillips and was the father of actors Phillips Holmes and Ralph Holmes. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sleeping Beauty* (1959), Fi1m 78, as King Stefan (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/sleeping-beauty.md)

## Also known for

- *Gentlemen Prefer Blondes* (1953), Mr. Esmond Sr.
- *Father of the Bride* (1950), Warner
- *Nightmare Alley* (1947), Ezra Grindle
- *Kiss of Death* (1947), Earl Howser
- *Act of Violence* (1949), Gavery
- *Caged* (1950), Sen. Ted Donnolly (uncredited)
- *Joan of Arc* (1948), The Bishop of Avranches
- *Boomerang!* (1947), T.M. Wade

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