H.B. Warner

Personal Info

Birthday

October 25, 1875

Day of Death

1958-12-21

(83 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Also Known As

Harry Byron Lickfold

Henry B. Warner

H. B. Warner

Henry Byron Warner

H.B. Warner

Biography

Henry Byron Warner (often credited as H.B.

Warner; 25 October 1875 – 21 December 1958) was an English actor. He was the definitive cinematic Jesus Christ in Cecil B. DeMille's The King of Kings (1927).

Known For

It's a Wonderful Life

The Ten Commandments

Sunset Boulevard

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

South of Tahiti

You Can't Take It with You

Lost Horizon

In Old Santa Fe

Filmography

2019
Lux Æterna: The Art of Filmmaking
as The Son of God
1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1956
The Ten Commandments
as Amminadab
1951
Journey Into Light
as Wiz, the Wino
Here Comes the Groom
as Uncle Elihu
Savage Drums
as Maou
The First Legion
as Father José Sierra
1950
Sunset Boulevard
as H.B. Warner
1949
Hellfire
as Brother Joseph
El Paso
as Judge Fletcher
1948
The Prince of Thieves
as Gilbert Head
1947
High Wall
as Mr. Slocum
The Judge Steps Out
as Chief Justice Hayes
Driftwood
as Rev. Hollingsworth
1946
It's a Wonderful Life
as Mr. Gower
Gentleman Joe Palooka
as Sen. McCarden
Strange Impersonation
as Dr. Mansfield, plastic surgeon
Prospecting for Petroleum
as The Voice of History (voice)
1945
Captain Tugboat Annie
as Judge Abbott
1944
Rogues' Gallery
as Professor Reynolds
Faces in the Fog
as Defense Attorney Rankins
Enemy of Women
as Col. Eberhart Brandt
Action in Arabia
as Abdul al-Rashid
1943
Women in Bondage
as Pastor Renz
Hitler's Children
as The Bishop
1942
The Boss of Big Town
as Jeffrey Moore
A Yank in Libya
as Herbert Forbes
Crossroads
as Prosecuting Attorney
1941
The Corsican Brothers
as Dr. Enrico Paoli
South of Tahiti
as High Chief Kawalima
All That Money Can Buy
as Justice Hawthorne
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
as Ray Jardin
City of Missing Girls
as Capt. McVeigh
Topper Returns
as Mr. Carrington
1940
New Moon
as Father Michel
1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Senate Majority Leader
The Rains Came
as Maharajah
Nurse Edith Cavell
as Hugh Gibson
Bulldog Drummond's Bride
as Colonel Nielson
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
as Richard Lawrence
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
as Colonel Nielson
Let Freedom Ring
as Rutledge
1938
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
as Colonel Nielsen
You Can't Take It with You
as Mr. Ramsey
Army Girl
as Col. Armstrong
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
as Colonel J. A. Nielsen
The Toy Wife
as Victor Brigard
Kidnapped
as Angus Rankeiller
The Adventures of Marco Polo
as Chen Tsu
The Girl of the Golden West
as Father Sienna
1937
Our Fighting Navy
as British Consul Brent
Victoria the Great
as Lord Melbourne
Lost Horizon
as Chang
1936
Along Came Love
as Dr. Martin
Blackmailer
as Michael Rankin
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Judge May
Moonlight Murder
as Godfrey Chiltern
The Garden Murder Case
as Major Fenwicke-Ralston
Rose of the Rancho
as Don Pasqual Castro
1935
A Tale of Two Cities
as Theophile Gabelle
Born to Gamble
as Carter Mathews
1934
Night Alarm
as Henry B. Smith
Behold My Wife!
as Hubert Carter
In Old Santa Fe
as Charlie Miller
Grand Canary
as Dr Ismay
Viva Villa!
as Man
1933
Christopher Bean
as Maxwell Davenport
Jennie Gerhardt
as William Gerhardt
Supernatural
as Dr. Carl Houston
1932
The Son-Daughter
as Sin Kai
The Phantom of Crestwood
as Priam Andes
The Crusader
as Phillip Brandon
Tom Brown of Culver
as Dr. Brown
Unholy Love
as Dr. Daniel Gregory
Cross-Examination
as Gerald Waring
A Woman Commands
as Col. Stradimirovitsch
The Menace
as Inspector Tracy
Charlie Chan's Chance
as Inspector Fife
1931
Expensive Women
as Melville Raymond
Five Star Final
as Michael Townsend
The Reckless Hour
as Walter Nichols
A Woman of Experience
as Hugh Schmidt
1930
The Princess and the Plumber
as Prince Conrad of Daritzia
Liliom
as Chief Magistrate
On Your Back
as Raymond Pryor
Wild Company
as Henry Grayson
The Second Floor Mystery
as Inspector Bray
The Furies
as Oliver Bedlow
The Green Goddess
as Major Crespin
1929
Wedding Rings
as Lewis Dike
Tiger Rose
as Dr. Cusick
The Show of Shows
as The Victim - Guillotine Sequence (uncredited)
The Argyle Case
as Hurley
The Gamblers
as James Darwin
The Trial of Mary Dugan
as District Attorney Galway
Stark Mad
as Prof. Dangerfield
The Doctor's Secret
as Richard Garson
1928
The Divine Lady
as Sir William Hamilton
Conquest
as James Farnham
Romance of a Rogue
as Bruce Lowry
Man-Made Women
as Jules Moret
1927
French Dressing
as Phillip Grey
Sorrell and Son
as Stephen Sorrell
The King of Kings
as Jesus, The Christ
1926
Silence
as Jim Warren
Whispering Smith
as 'Whispering Smith'
1924
Is Love Everything?
as Jordan Southwick
The Man from Broadway
as James Sanford Richardson
1923
Zaza
as Bernard Dufresne
1921
When We Were Twenty-One
as Richard Carewe
1920
Felix O'Day
as Felix O'Day
One Hour Before Dawn
as George Clayton
1919
The Pagan God
as Bruce Winthrop
1917
Danger Trail
as John Howland
God's Man
as Arnold L'Hommedieu
The Seventh Sin
as Feodor
Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath
as Feodor
1916
The Vagabond Prince
as Prince Tonio
Shell 43
as William Berner
The Market of Vain Desire
as John Armstrong
The Beggar of Cawnpore
as Dr. Robert Lowndes
The Raiders
as Scott Wells
1914
The Ghost Breaker
as Warren Jarvis
The Lost Paradise
as Reuben Warren
1900
English Nell
as Duke of Monmouth