Phillips Holmes
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 22, 1907
- Died
- August 12, 1942 (aged 35)
- Birthplace
- Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
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.
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Filmography
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie · as Ernest DeGraff in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. footage) (uncredited)
Housemaster
Movie · as Philip de Pourville
The Dominant Sex
Movie · as Dick Shale
General Spanky
Movie · as Marshall Valient
Chatterbox
Movie · as Philip 'Phil' Greene Jr.
The House of a Thousand Candles
Movie · as Tony Carleton
The Divine Spark
Movie · as Vincenzo Bellini
Ten Minute Alibi
Movie · as Colin Derwent
Nana
Movie · as Lieutenant George Muffat
Great Expectations
Movie · as Pip
Million Dollar Ransom
Movie · as Stan Casserly
Caravan
Movie · as Lieutenant Von Tokay
No Ransom
Movie · as Tom Wilson
Penthouse
Movie · as Tom Siddall
The Secret of Madame Blanche
Movie · as Leonard St. John
Men Must Fight
Movie · as Bob Seward
Beauty for Sale
Movie · as Burt Barton
Stage Mother
Movie · as Lord Reggie Aylesworth
Storm at Daybreak
Movie · as Csaholyi
Looking Forward
Movie · as Michael Service
Dinner at Eight
Movie · as Ernest DeGraff
The Big Brain
Movie · as Terry Van Sloan
Night Court
Movie · as Mike Thomas
Broken Lullaby
Movie · as Paul Renard
Two Kinds of Women
Movie · as Joseph Gresham Jr.
Make Me a Star
Movie · as Phillips Holmes (uncredited)
70,000 Witnesses
Movie · as Buck Buchan
The Criminal Code
Movie · as Robert Graham
An American Tragedy
Movie · as Clyde Griffiths
Confessions of a Co-Ed
Movie · as Dan Carter
Stolen Heaven
Movie · as Joe Bartlett
The House That Shadows Built
Movie · as (archive footage)
Only the Brave
Movie · as Capt. Robert Darrington
Man to Man
Movie · as Michael Bolton
Grumpy
Movie · as Ernest Heron
The Devil's Holiday
Movie · as David Stone
Her Man
Movie · as Dan
Paramount on Parade
Movie · as Hunter ('Dream Girl')
The Dancers
Movie · as Tony
The Wild Party
Movie · as Phil
Pointed Heels
Movie · as Donald Ogden
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Movie · as Roger Longmore
Stairs of Sand
Movie · as Adam Wansfell (as Phillips R. Holmes)
Varsity
Movie · as Middlebrook
His Private Life
Movie · as Pierrot (uncredited)
Uneasy Money
Movie · as Caddy (uncredited)