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Phillips Holmes

Phillips Holmes

Actor · 1907–1942 · Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

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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.

Acted in 42

1960s

  1. 1964

    The Big Parade of Comedy

    Ernest DeGraff in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. footage) (uncredited)

1930s

  1. 1938

    Housemaster

    Philip de Pourville

  2. 1937

    The Dominant Sex

    Dick Shale

  3. 1936

    General Spanky

    Marshall Valient

  4. The House of a Thousand Candles

    Tony Carleton

  5. Chatterbox

    Philip 'Phil' Greene Jr.

  6. 1934

    Caravan

    Lieutenant Von Tokay

  7. Great Expectations

    Pip

  8. Million Dollar Ransom

    Stan Casserly

  9. Nana

    Lieutenant George Muffat

  10. 1933

    Dinner at Eight

    Ernest DeGraff

    78

  11. Stage Mother

    Lord Reggie Aylesworth

  12. Penthouse

    Tom Siddall

  13. Beauty for Sale

    Burt Barton

  14. The Big Brain

    Terry Van Sloan

  15. Storm at Daybreak

    Csaholyi

  16. Looking Forward

    Michael Service

  17. Men Must Fight

    Bob Seward

  18. The Secret of Madame Blanche

    Leonard St. John

  19. 1932

    70,000 Witnesses

    Buck Buchan

  20. Make Me a Star

    Phillips Holmes (uncredited)

  21. Night Court

    Mike Thomas

  22. Broken Lullaby

    Paul Renard

  23. Two Kinds of Women

    Joseph Gresham Jr.

  24. 1931

    An American Tragedy

    Clyde Griffiths

  25. Confessions of a Co-Ed

    Dan Carter

  26. The House That Shadows Built

    (archive footage)

  27. Stolen Heaven

    Joe Bartlett

  28. The Criminal Code

    Robert Graham

    67
  29. 1930

    Man to Man

    Michael Bolton

  30. Her Man

    Dan

  31. Grumpy

    Ernest Heron

  32. The Devil's Holiday

    David Stone

  33. Paramount on Parade

    Hunter ('Dream Girl')

  34. Only the Brave

    Capt. Robert Darrington

1920s

  1. 1929

    Pointed Heels

    Donald Ogden

  2. The Return of Sherlock Holmes

    Roger Longmore

  3. Stairs of Sand

    Adam Wansfell (as Phillips R. Holmes)

  4. The Wild Party

    Phil

  5. 1928

    His Private Life

    Pierrot (uncredited)

  6. Varsity

    Middlebrook

1910s

  1. 1918

    Uneasy Money

    Caddy (uncredited)

Appearances2

1980s

  1. 1988

    The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

    Self (archive footage)

1970s

  1. 1972

    Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    Self (archive footage)