Phillips Holmes
Age: N/A | From: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Phillips Raymond Holmes , Phillips R. Holmes
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
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Movie Involvements: 32
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Phillips Raymond Holmes (July 22, 1907 – August 12, 1942) was an American actor. In 1928 Holmes was spotted in the undergraduate crowd at Princeton University during the filming of Frank Tuttle's Varsity and offered a screen test. In the early 1930s he became a popular leading man, playing leads in a few important productions, notably in Josef von Sternberg's An American Tragedy. At Paramount, Holmes starred in melodrama and comedy. In 1933 his Paramount contract ran out and he moved to MGM for one year. As the decade progressed, his career declined, and he appeared in a few box-office failures, including Sam Goldwyn's poorly received Nana (1934). His last American movie was General Spanky (1936). In 1938 Holmes appeared in two UK movies. Housemaster was his last film. Then he returned to acting on stage in the United States. At the start of World War II, Holmes joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was killed in a mid-air collision in northwest Ontario, Canada in 1942. For his contributions to the film industry, Phillips Holmes was posthumously given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.
Most Famous Work
The Big Brain
(1933) Terry Van Sloan
Broken Lullaby
(1932) Paul Renard
The Criminal Code
(1931) Robert Graham
Night Court
(1932) Mike Thomas
Stage Mother
(1933) Lord Reggie Aylesworth
Ten Minute Alibi
(1935) Colin Derwent
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
(1929) Roger Longmore
Great Expectations
(1934) PipActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1972 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1964 | Ernest DeGraff in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1938 | Philip de Pourville | |
| 1937 | Dick Shale | |
| 1936 | Marshall Valient | |
| Tony Carleton | ||
| Philip 'Phil' Greene Jr. | ||
| 1935 | Colin Derwent | |
| Vincenzo Bellini | ||
| 1934 | Lieutenant Von Tokay | |
| Pip | ||
| Tom Wilson | ||
| Stan Casserly | ||
| Lieutenant George Muffat | ||
| 1933 | Ernest DeGraff | |
| Lord Reggie Aylesworth | ||
| Tom Siddall | ||
| Burt Barton | ||
| Terry Van Sloan | ||
| Csaholyi | ||
| Michael Service | ||
| Bob Seward | ||
| Leonard St. John | ||
| 1932 | Buck Buchan | |
| Phillips Holmes (uncredited) | ||
| Mike Thomas | ||
| Paul Renard | ||
| Joseph Gresham Jr. | ||
| 1931 | Clyde Griffiths | |
| Dan Carter | ||
| (archive footage) | ||
| Joe Bartlett | ||
| Robert Graham | ||
| 1930 | Michael Bolton | |
| Dan | ||
| Ernest Heron | ||
| David Stone | ||
| Hunter ('Dream Girl') | ||
| Capt. Robert Darrington | ||
| 1929 | Donald Ogden | |
| Roger Longmore | ||
| Adam Wansfell (as Phillips R. Holmes) | ||
| Phil | ||
| 1928 | Pierrot (uncredited) | |
| Middlebrook | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
