Phillips Holmes
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.
Filmography (48 titles)
8.2MovieThe Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage) · 1988
7.3MovieHollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage) · 1972
7.2MovieThe Big Parade of Comedy
Ernest DeGraff in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. footage) (uncredited) · 1964
7.0MovieHousemaster
Philip de Pourville · 1938
8.0MovieThe Dominant Sex
Dick Shale · 1937
5.7MovieGeneral Spanky
Marshall Valient · 1936
10.0MovieThe House of a Thousand Candles
Tony Carleton · 1936
7.0MovieChatterbox
Philip 'Phil' Greene Jr. · 1936
Ten Minute Alibi
Colin Derwent · 1935
The Divine Spark
Vincenzo Bellini · 1935
6.5MovieCaravan
Lieutenant Von Tokay · 1934
7.0MovieGreat Expectations
Pip · 1934
No Ransom
Tom Wilson · 1934
5.0MovieMillion Dollar Ransom
Stan Casserly · 1934
6.0MovieNana
Lieutenant George Muffat · 1934
6.8MovieDinner at Eight
Ernest DeGraff · 1933
6.3MovieStage Mother
Lord Reggie Aylesworth · 1933
6.8MoviePenthouse
Tom Siddall · 1933
7.2MovieBeauty for Sale
Burt Barton · 1933
8.0MovieThe Big Brain
Terry Van Sloan · 1933
6.6MovieStorm at Daybreak
Csaholyi · 1933
6.6MovieLooking Forward
Michael Service · 1933
6.2MovieMen Must Fight
Bob Seward · 1933
4.2MovieThe Secret of Madame Blanche
Leonard St. John · 1933
5.7Movie70,000 Witnesses
Buck Buchan · 1932
6.4MovieMake Me a Star
Phillips Holmes (uncredited) · 1932
6.4MovieNight Court
Mike Thomas · 1932
7.5MovieBroken Lullaby
Paul Renard · 1932
6.3MovieTwo Kinds of Women
Joseph Gresham Jr. · 1932
6.3MovieAn American Tragedy
Clyde Griffiths · 1931