Phillips Holmes

Personal Info

Birthday

July 22, 1907

Day of Death

1942-08-12

(35 years old)

Place of Birth

Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Also Known As

Phillips Raymond Holmes

Phillips R. Holmes

Phillips 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.

Known For

The Devil's Holiday

The Wild Party

Broken Lullaby

Penthouse

Dinner at Eight

The Criminal Code

Stage Mother

Looking Forward

Filmography

1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Ernest DeGraff in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. footage) (uncredited)
1961
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
Housemaster
as Philip de Pourville
1937
The Dominant Sex
as Dick Shale
1936
General Spanky
as Marshall Valient
The House of a Thousand Candles
as Tony Carleton
Chatterbox
as Philip 'Phil' Greene Jr.
1935
Ten Minute Alibi
as Colin Derwent
The Divine Spark
as Vincenzo Bellini
1934
Caravan
as Lieutenant Von Tokay
Great Expectations
as Pip
No Ransom
as Tom Wilson
Million Dollar Ransom
as Stan Casserly
Nana
as Lieutenant George Muffat
1933
Dinner at Eight
as Ernest DeGraff
Stage Mother
as Lord Reggie Aylesworth
Penthouse
as Tom Siddall
Beauty for Sale
as Burt Barton
The Big Brain
as Terry Van Sloan
Storm at Daybreak
as Csaholyi
Looking Forward
as Michael Service
Men Must Fight
as Bob Seward
The Secret of Madame Blanche
as Leonard St. John
1932
70,000 Witnesses
as Buck Buchan
Make Me a Star
as Phillips Holmes (uncredited)
Night Court
as Mike Thomas
Broken Lullaby
as Paul Renard
Two Kinds of Women
as Joseph Gresham Jr.
1931
An American Tragedy
as Clyde Griffiths
Confessions of a Co-Ed
as Dan Carter
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
Stolen Heaven
as Joe Bartlett
The Criminal Code
as Robert Graham
1930
Man to Man
as Michael Bolton
Her Man
as Dan
Grumpy
as Ernest Heron
The Devil's Holiday
as David Stone
Only the Brave
as Capt. Robert Darrington
1929
Pointed Heels
as Donald Ogden
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
as Roger Longmore
Stairs of Sand
as Adam Wansfell (as Phillips R. Holmes)
The Wild Party
as Phil
1928
His Private Life
as Pierrot (uncredited)
Varsity
as Middlebrook