Phillips Holmes
Known for Acting · 48 credits
- Born
- 1907-07-22
- Died
- 1942-08-12
- Place of birth
- Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
- Also known as
- Phillips Raymond Holmes · Phillips R. Holmes
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.
Known For
Movies (48)
Pointed Heels
1929
as Donald Ogden
Caravan
1934
as Lieutenant Von Tokay
Dinner at Eight
1933
as Ernest DeGraff
Confessions of a Co-Ed
1931
as Dan Carter
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Stage Mother
1933
as Lord Reggie Aylesworth
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Ernest DeGraff in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. footage) (uncredited)
Looking Forward
1933
as Michael Service
The Criminal Code
1931
as Robert Graham
Penthouse
1933
as Tom Siddall
Chatterbox
1936
as Philip 'Phil' Greene Jr.
An American Tragedy
1931
as Clyde Griffiths
Broken Lullaby
1932
as Paul Renard
70,000 Witnesses
1932
as Buck Buchan
The Secret of Madame Blanche
1933
as Leonard St. John
Grumpy
1930
as Ernest Heron
The House That Shadows Built
1931
as (archive footage)
Man to Man
1930
as Michael Bolton
Night Court
1932
as Mike Thomas
Million Dollar Ransom
1934
as Stan Casserly
Housemaster
1938
as Philip de Pourville
Great Expectations
1934
as Pip
Her Man
1930
as Dan
The Devil's Holiday
1930
as David Stone
Men Must Fight
1933
as Bob Seward
Storm at Daybreak
1933
as Csaholyi
The Wild Party
1929
as Phil
The House of a Thousand Candles
1936
as Tony Carleton
Beauty for Sale
1933
as Burt Barton
General Spanky
1936
as Marshall Valient
The Divine Spark
1935
as Vincenzo Bellini
Paramount on Parade
1930
as Hunter ('Dream Girl')
Stairs of Sand
1929
as Adam Wansfell (as Phillips R. Holmes)
Nana
1934
as Lieutenant George Muffat
Two Kinds of Women
1932
as Joseph Gresham Jr.
His Private Life
1928
as Pierrot (uncredited)
Stolen Heaven
1931
as Joe Bartlett
Varsity
1928
as Middlebrook
Make Me a Star
1932
as Phillips Holmes (uncredited)
Only the Brave
1930
as Capt. Robert Darrington
Ten Minute Alibi
1935
as Colin Derwent
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1929
as Roger Longmore
The Big Brain
1933
as Terry Van Sloan
No Ransom
1934
as Tom Wilson
The Dancers
1930
as Tony
Uneasy Money
1918
as Caddy (uncredited)
The Dominant Sex
1937
as Dick Shale
About Phillips Holmes
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. A… With 48 credits spanning from 1918 to 1988, Phillips Holmes has appeared in 48 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Phillips Holmes Movies
- Pointed Heels (1929) — as Donald Ogden
- Caravan (1934) — as Lieutenant Von Tokay
- Dinner at Eight (1933) — as Ernest DeGraff
- Confessions of a Co-Ed (1931) — as Dan Carter
- The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988) — as Self (archive footage)
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