Phillips Holmes
Acting
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.
Born: July 22, 1907
Place of Birth: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Ernest DeGraff in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. footage) (uncredited)
as Philip de Pourville
as Dick Shale
as Marshall Valient
as Tony Carleton
as Philip 'Phil' Greene Jr.
as Lieutenant Von Tokay
as Pip
as Stan Casserly
as Lieutenant George Muffat
as Ernest DeGraff
as Lord Reggie Aylesworth
as Tom Siddall
as Burt Barton
as Terry Van Sloan
as Csaholyi
as Michael Service
as Bob Seward
as Leonard St. John
as Buck Buchan
as Phillips Holmes (uncredited)
as Mike Thomas
as Paul Renard
as Joseph Gresham Jr.
as Clyde Griffiths
as Dan Carter
as (archive footage)
as Joe Bartlett
as Robert Graham
as Michael Bolton
as Dan
as Ernest Heron
as David Stone
as Hunter ('Dream Girl')
as Capt. Robert Darrington
as Donald Ogden
as Roger Longmore
as Adam Wansfell (as Phillips R. Holmes)
as Phil
as Pierrot (uncredited)
as Middlebrook