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Hugh Herbert

Actor / Screenwriter / Film Director | * 08/10/1884 († 67, 03/12/1952) | Binghamton, New York (United States of America (USA))
Hugh Herbert (August 10, 1885 – March 12, 1952) was an American motion picture comedian. He began his career in vaudeville and wrote more than 150 plays and sketches. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Romance / Love | Music

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Comedy-mystery finds Detectives Kelly and Dempsey trapped in a deserted lighthouse with a group of strangers who are being terrorized by a killer octopus AND a mysterious crime figure named after the ...

Sh! The Octopus

Certification unknown

1937 | 3.0/5 | 54min
Mystery, Comedy
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A novelist has to chose between his wealthy patron and a penniless romantic. ...

He Knew Women

Certification unknown

1930 | 2.3/5 | 1h 26min
Romance / Love, Comedy
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A nine-year-old Elizabeth Taylor made her film debut in this lively comedy. She plays the spoiled-brat daughter of a pudding manufacturer who has been entered into the town's mayoral race by some of t ...

There's One Born Every Minute

Certification unknown

1942 | 4.1/5 | 1h
Comedy
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Greedy heirs wait in a mansion for a rich cat lover to die, only to learn her cats come first. ...

The Black Cat

Certification unknown

1941 | 3.3/5 | 1h 10min
Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Hugh Herbert

Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Movies with Hugh Herbert as Actor(116)

as Hugh1952 The Gink at the Sink
as Filbert Fillmore1951 Havana Rose
as himself1951 Trouble In-Laws
as himself1951 Woo-Woo Blues
as Hugh1950 One Shivery Night
as himself1950 A Slip and a Miss
as Hugh1949 Trapped by a Blonde
as Doctor1949 The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
as Aunt Fanny / Dave McGurk alias Dave the Drip1949 Super-Wolf
as Eli Hobbs1948 On Our Merry Way
1948 A Pinch in Time
as Aaron Goss1948 The Girl from Manhattan
as Mr. Trumball1948 So This Is New York
as Hugh Sherlock, playwright1948 Tall, Dark and Gruesome
as Professor Twingle1948 A Song Is Born
as Liewellyn Simmons1947 Blondie in the Dough
as Mr. Penn1947 Nervous Shakedown
as himself1947 Hot Heir
as Hugh1947 Should Husbands Marry?
as Eustace P. Trumble1946 One Way to Love
as Hugh1946 Get Along, Little Zombie
as Hugh1946 When the Wife's Away
as Hugh 'Hughie' Herbert1946 Honeymoon Blues
1945 Woo, Woo!
as Hughie Hawkins1945 Wife Decoy
as himself1945 The Mayor's Husband
as Hugh 'Hughie' Herbert1944 His Hotel Sweet
as Feisal1944 Kismet
as Hugh1944 A Knight and a Blonde
as Uncle Ferdinand1944 Music for Millions
as P.G. Grimble1944 Ever Since Venus
as Elmer 'Picklepuss' Burns1944 Oh, Baby!
as himself1943 Stage Door Canteen
as Adam Spiggott1943 Pitchin' in the Kitchen
as himself1943 Who's Hugh?
as Timothy Brewster1943 It's a Great Life
as Hubert Abercrombie Gumm1942 You're Telling Me
as Lemuel P. Twine / Abner Twine / Colonel Cladius Zebediah Twine1942 There's One Born Every Minute
as Marcus P. Throckmorton1942 Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Elmer Whippet / Oscar Whippet1942 Don't Get Personal
as Hubert Worthington Clippe1941 Hello, Sucker
as Rocky Plummer1941 Badlands Of Dakota
as Mr. Penny1941 The Black Cat
as Hugh Mansfield1941 Meet the Chump
as Quimby1941 Hellzapoppin'
as Professor Ross1940 Slightly Tempted
as Henry I. Dibble Jr. / Faith Dibble / Hope Dibble / Charity Dibble / Prudence Dibble / Mrs. Henry I. 1940 La Conga Nights
as Frederick Healy1940 The Villain Still Pursued Her
as Ferdinand Farraday1940 Hit Parade of 1941
as Angus McPherson1940 Private Affairs
as Pop Loring1940 A Little Bit of Heaven
as George Pierce1939 The Family Next Door
as Benton1939 Eternally Yours
as Mousey Johnson1939 The Lady's from Kentucky
as Herbert Pearson1939 Little Accident
as Julius Hofbauer, Music Publisher1938 The Great Waltz
as Silas Jenkins, Justice of the Peace1938 Four's a Crowd
as Silas Jenkins / Maurice Giraud (archive footage) (uncredited)1938 Breakdowns of 1938
as Maurice Giraud1938 Gold Diggers in Paris
as Harvey Bates1938 Men Are Such Fools
as Hugh Herbert (uncredited)1937 A Day at Santa Anita
as Aeneas Phinney1937 The Singing Marine
as John B. Radway1937 Marry the Girl
as Kelly1937 Sh! The Octopus
as Chester Marshall1937 Hollywood Hotel
as Hubert1937 Top of the Town
as Thomas J. Jesse1937 That Man's Here Again
as Killigrew Shaw1937 The Perfect Specimen
as himself1937 Breakdowns of 1937
as Siegfried Hammerschlag1936 Sing Me a Love Song
as Toto1936 One Rainy Afternoon
as Ellery Standish1936 We Went to College
1936 Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
as Cedric Ames1936 Colleen
as Horatio Gillingwater1936 Love Begins at Twenty
as Hugo Twist / Elizabeth Twist1935 To Beat the Band
as himself1935 Things You Never See on the Screen
as Snout, the Tinker1935 A Midsummer Night's Dream
as T. Mosley Thorpe1935 Gold Diggers of 1935
as Elmer1935 Traveling Saleslady
as Mr. J. August Freytag1935 Miss Pacific Fleet
as Homer Bronson1935 We're in the Money
as Himself (uncredited)1935 A Dream Comes True
as Himself (uncredited)1935 A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio
as Izzy Wright1934 Fog Over Frisco
as Joe Ward1934 Fashions of 1934
as Corey Pratt1934 Wonder Bar
as Junior Ashcraft1934 Kansas City Princess
as himself1934 Hollywood Newsreel
as Detective1934 Easy to Love
as Ed Rathburn1934 Harold Teen
as Colonel Fitch1934 Merry Wives of Reno
as Rupert Rockingham1934 Sweet Adeline
as Ezra Ounce1934 Dames
as himself1934 And She Learned About Dames
as Hugh1934 Good Badminton
as Joe 'Poppa' Frink1934 The Merry Frinks
as Luther Haines1933 She Had to Say Yes
as Hotstetter1933 Convention City
as Hugo Wetzel1933 Strictly Personal
as Charlie Bowers1933 Footlight Parade
as Chinaman1933 Diplomaniacs
as Barnett1933 College Coach
as Harvey Wilson1933 Goodbye Again
as Detective Hank Slade1933 Bureau of Missing Persons
as Manny Wales1933 From Headquarters
as Sergeant Fritz1932 The Lost Squadron
as Peter M. Blainey1932 Faithless
as Secretary of the Treasury1932 Million Dollar Legs
as McNellis1931 Friends and Lovers
as Charlie1931 The Sin Ship
as Joe Austin1931 Laugh and Get Rich
as Hymie Schwartz1931 Traveling Husbands
as Professor1930 Danger Lights
as Hotel House Detective1930 Hook, Line and Sinker
as Detective Riley1928 Caught in the Fog

Movies with Hugh Herbert as Crew(3)

Writing/Screenplay1930 Second Wife
Writing/Dialogue1929 The Great Gabbo
Writing/Writer1928 Lights of New York

Full Name: Hugh Herbert
Born: Sunday, 08/10 1884 (August) in Binghamton, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Wednesday, 03/12 1952 (March) in North Hollywood (aged: 67)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Spouses (current/former): Anita Pam
Siblings: Tom Herbert
Other names for Hugh Herbert (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Хью Херберт"
Hugh Herbert frequently works together with these people:
Orry-Kelly (18x, Crew)
Hobart Cavanaugh (17x, Actor)
Dick Powell (16x, Actor)
Allen Jenkins (14x, Actor)
Leo F. Forbstein (14x, Crew)
Busby Berkeley (14x, Crew)
Joan Blondell (13x, Actress)
Frank McHugh (13x, Actor)
Heinz Roemheld (13x, Crew)
Glenda Farrell (12x, Actress)
Guy Kibbee (11x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:3307, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024