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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 22, 1907
Died
August 12, 1942
Place of Birth
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Also Known As
- Phillips Raymond Holmes
- Phillips R. Holmes
Phillips Holmes
0.3 Popularity
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.
Known For
8.0
Self (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
6.0
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
6.3
Ernest DeGraff in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. footage) (uncredited)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
3.3
'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
0.0
Philip de Pourville
Housemaster
1938
6.0
Dick Shale
The Dominant Sex
1937
5.4
Marshall Valient
General Spanky
1936
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Tony Carleton
The House of a Thousand Candles
1936
6.0
Philip 'Phil' Greene Jr.
Chatterbox
1936
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6.0
Colin Derwent
Ten Minute Alibi
1935
Credits
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
1988
8.0
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972
6.0
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Ernest DeGraff in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. footage) (uncredited)
1964
6.3
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961
3.3
Housemaster
as Philip de Pourville
1938
0.0
The Dominant Sex
as Dick Shale
1937
6.0
General Spanky
as Marshall Valient
1936
5.4
The House of a Thousand Candles
as Tony Carleton
1936
0.0
Chatterbox
as Philip 'Phil' Greene Jr.
1936
6.0
🎬
Ten Minute Alibi
as Colin Derwent
1935
6.0
🎬
The Divine Spark
as Vincenzo Bellini
1935
0.0
Caravan
as Lieutenant Von Tokay
1934
5.0
Great Expectations
as Pip
1934
6.2
🎬
No Ransom
as Tom Wilson
1934
0.0
Million Dollar Ransom
as Stan Casserly
1934
0.0
Nana
as Lieutenant George Muffat
1934
5.0
Dinner at Eight
as Ernest DeGraff
1933
6.7
Stage Mother
as Lord Reggie Aylesworth
1933
5.0
Penthouse
as Tom Siddall
1933
6.7
Beauty for Sale
as Burt Barton
1933
7.0
The Big Brain
as Terry Van Sloan
1933
0.0
Storm at Daybreak
as Csaholyi
1933
5.8
Looking Forward
as Michael Service
1933
6.2
Men Must Fight
as Bob Seward
1933
5.7
The Secret of Madame Blanche
as Leonard St. John
1933
4.0
70,000 Witnesses
as Buck Buchan
1932
4.8
Make Me a Star
as Phillips Holmes (uncredited)
1932
5.5
Night Court
as Mike Thomas
1932
6.4
Broken Lullaby
as Paul Renard
1932
7.5
Two Kinds of Women
as Joseph Gresham Jr.
1932
5.0
An American Tragedy
as Clyde Griffiths
1931
6.1
Confessions of a Co-Ed
as Dan Carter
1931
5.8
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
1931
7.0
Stolen Heaven
as Joe Bartlett
1931
5.0
The Criminal Code
as Robert Graham
1931
6.1
Man to Man
as Michael Bolton
1930
5.7
Her Man
as Dan
1930
5.3
Grumpy
as Ernest Heron
1930
4.0
The Devil's Holiday
as David Stone
1930
6.3
Only the Brave
as Capt. Robert Darrington
1930
0.0
Pointed Heels
as Donald Ogden
1929
7.2
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
as Roger Longmore
1929
0.0
Stairs of Sand
as Adam Wansfell (as Phillips R. Holmes)
1929
0.0
The Wild Party
as Phil
1929
6.7
His Private Life
as Pierrot (uncredited)
1928
0.0
Varsity
as Middlebrook
1928
0.0