
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. 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.
Filmografi
Her Man1930 · Dan
Pointed Heels1929 · Donald Ogden
Two Kinds of Women1932 · Joseph Gresham Jr.
Dinner at Eight1933 · Ernest DeGraff
Uneasy Money1918 · Caddy (uncredited)
Beauty for Sale1933 · Burt Barton
The Secret of Madame Blanche1933 · Leonard St. John
Hollywood: The Dream Factory1972 · Self (archive footage)
An American Tragedy1931 · Clyde Griffiths
The Big Parade of Comedy1964 · Ernest DeGraff in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. footage) (uncredited)
Confessions of a Co-Ed1931 · Dan Carter
Make Me a Star1932 · Phillips Holmes (uncredited)
The House That Shadows Built1931 · (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind1988 · Self (archive footage)
Chatterbox1936 · Philip 'Phil' Greene Jr.
Nana1934 · Lieutenant George Muffat
Penthouse1933 · Tom Siddall
The Devil's Holiday1930 · David Stone
The Dominant Sex1937 · Dick Shale
The Wild Party1929 · Phil
Paramount on Parade1930 · Hunter ('Dream Girl')
Caravan1934 · Lieutenant Von Tokay
Broken Lullaby1932 · Paul Renard
Stanley Fields
James Gleason
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Grant Mitchell
Tenen Holtz
Fay Wray
Helen Twelvetrees
Slim Summerville
Lois Moran
Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
Wallace Beery
Elizabeth Patterson