Phillips Holmes
Phillips Holmes is known for Dinner at Eight (1933), Broken Lullaby (1932), The Criminal Code (1931).
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.
Questions about Phillips Holmes
How many Phillips Holmes films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 31 films with Phillips Holmes, from 1929 to 1988.
What is the best rated Phillips Holmes film?
The best rated Phillips Holmes film in the catalogue is Dinner at Eight (1933), rated 6.8.
What was the first Phillips Holmes film?
The first Phillips Holmes film in the catalogue is Dinner at Eight, from 1933.
People data: TMDb.
Known for
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6.8 Dinner at Eight
1933
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7.4 Broken Lullaby
1932
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5.2 Her Man
1930
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6.4 Pointed Heels
1929
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7.2 Beauty for Sale
1933
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6.8 The Wild Party
1929
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6.9 Penthouse
1933
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6.3 Stage Mother
1933
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7.2 Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
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8.2 The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
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6.5 Night Court
1932
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6.3 An American Tragedy
1931
Full filmography
48 films — 31 in the catalogue
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8.2
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988 · Self (archive footage)
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7.2
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 · Self (archive footage)
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7.2 The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 · Ernest DeGraff in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. footage) (uncredited)
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7.5 Housemaster
1938 · Philip de Pourville
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8.0 The Dominant Sex
1937 · Dick Shale
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5.8 General Spanky
1936 · Marshall Valient
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10.0 The House of a Thousand Candles
1936 · Tony Carleton
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7.0 Chatterbox
1936 · Philip 'Phil' Greene Jr.
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7.0
Ten Minute Alibi
1935 · Colin Derwent
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8.0
The Divine Spark
1935 · Vincenzo Bellini
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6.5 Caravan
1934 · Lieutenant Von Tokay
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7.0 Great Expectations
1934 · Pip
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8.0 No Ransom
1934 · Tom Wilson
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5.0 Million Dollar Ransom
1934 · Stan Casserly
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6.0 Nana
1934 · Lieutenant George Muffat
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6.8
Dinner at Eight
1933 · Ernest DeGraff
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6.3
Stage Mother
1933 · Lord Reggie Aylesworth
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6.9
Penthouse
1933 · Tom Siddall
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7.2
Beauty for Sale
1933 · Burt Barton
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8.0 The Big Brain
1933 · Terry Van Sloan
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6.6 Storm at Daybreak
1933 · Csaholyi
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6.6 Looking Forward
1933 · Michael Service
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6.2 Men Must Fight
1933 · Bob Seward
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4.2 The Secret of Madame Blanche
1933 · Leonard St. John
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5.7 70,000 Witnesses
1932 · Buck Buchan
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6.4 Make Me a Star
1932 · Phillips Holmes (uncredited)
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6.5
Night Court
1932 · Mike Thomas
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7.4
Broken Lullaby
1932 · Paul Renard
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6.3 Two Kinds of Women
1932 · Joseph Gresham Jr.
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6.3
An American Tragedy
1931 · Clyde Griffiths
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6.0 Confessions of a Co-Ed
1931 · Dan Carter
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8.5 The House That Shadows Built
1931 · (archive footage)
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7.0 Stolen Heaven
1931 · Joe Bartlett
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6.1 The Criminal Code
1931 · Robert Graham
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6.2 Man to Man
1930 · Michael Bolton
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7.0
The Dancers
1930 · Tony
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5.2
Her Man
1930 · Dan
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5.3 Grumpy
1930 · Ernest Heron
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6.3 The Devil's Holiday
1930 · David Stone
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5.9 Paramount on Parade
1930 · Hunter ('Dream Girl')
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7.0 Only the Brave
1930 · Capt. Robert Darrington
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6.4
Pointed Heels
1929 · Donald Ogden
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9.0 The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1929 · Roger Longmore
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Stairs of Sand
1929 · Adam Wansfell (as Phillips R. Holmes)
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6.8
The Wild Party
1929 · Phil
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9.0 His Private Life
1928 · Pierrot (uncredited)
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7.0 Varsity
1928 · Middlebrook
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Uneasy Money
1918 · Caddy (uncredited)
People data: TMDb.
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