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Tom Herbert is a Actor born on 25 november 1888

Tom Herbert

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Birth 25 november 1888
Death 3 april 1946 (at 57 years)

Tom Herbert was an American character actor of the 1930s and 40s. Born in New York City on November 25, 1888, Herbert broke into the film industry in 1931 in RKO's Traveling Husbands. During the next seventeen years he would appear in over 50 feature films, usually in bit or supporting roles. Early in his career he was sometimes billed as Tom Francis, as he was in Traveling Husbands. His final picture, which was released after his death in 1946, was the iconic biopic, Night and Day, starring Cary Grant and Alexis Smith. He was the brother to the actor, Hugh Herbert. Tom Herbert died on April 3, 1946.

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Filmography of Tom Herbert (34 films)

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Along Came Jones, 1h30
Directed by Stuart Heisler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Romance, Western
Actors Gary Cooper, Loretta Young, Dan Duryea, William Demarest, Lane Chandler, Frank Sully
Roles Card Player (uncredited)
Rating64% 3.2449353.2449353.2449353.2449353.244935
Easygoing Melody Jones (Gary Cooper) and his friend George Fury (William Demarest) wander into a town. Jones is mistaken for a wanted bandit named Monte Jarrad (Dan Duryea), which causes him no end of trouble. Meanwhile, the real Jarrad is hiding out in the home of his girl, Cherry de Longpre (Loretta Young). At first, she tries to use the newcomer to distract the townsfolk, but as she gets to know Jones, her feelings start to change.
Block Busters, 1h
Directed by Wallace Fox
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, William Benedict, Noah Beery Sr., Harry Langdon
Roles Meyer
Rating53% 2.6599652.6599652.6599652.6599652.659965
After an afternoon of playing baseball, Muggs McGinnis (Leo Gorcey) and the East Side Kids gang arrive at the door of their clubhouse, where a man named Higgins (silent comedian Harry Langdon, in one of his last film appearances) is removing their "East Side Club" sign. Higgins explains that the owner of the place plans to rent it to some "respectable" tenants. When Muggs learns that the new tenants are due to examine the place at noon the following day, he plans to frighten them away by picking a fight with Butch (Billy Benedict) and the Five Pointers, a rival gang.
Lost in a Harem, 1h29
Directed by Charles Reisner
Genres Comedy
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marilyn Maxwell, John Conte, Douglass Dumbrille, Lock Martin
Roles Café Drunk (uncredited)
Rating62% 3.1463753.1463753.1463753.1463753.146375
When a traveling vaudeville show becomes stranded in the Middle East, their singer, Hazel Moon (Marilyn Maxwell), takes a job at a local cafe. Two of the show's prop men, Peter Johnson (Bud Abbott) and Harvey Garvey (Lou Costello), are hired as comedy relief, but their act unfortunately initiates a brawl. The two men, along with Hazel, wind up in jail (where Abbott and Costello perform the famous "Slowly I Turned" routine with a crazy derelict [Murray Leonard] with Pokomoko as the trigger word). They encounter Prince Ramo (John Conte), a sheik, who offers to help them escape if they agree to help him regain the throne that his Uncle Nimativ (Douglass Dumbrille) had usurped with the aid of two hypnotic rings.
Ghosts on the Loose, 1h7
Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Horror
Themes Spy films, Ghost films, Political films
Actors Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Ernie Morrison, William Benedict, Stanley Clements
Roles Park Central Plaza Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Rating49% 2.4999852.4999852.4999852.4999852.499985
When Glimpy (Huntz Hall)'s sister Betty (Ava Gardner) marries Jack (Rick Vallin), Muggs (Leo Gorcey) singlehandedly organises the wedding. The gang provide a choral version of Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes as well as organ music. Scruno (Sammy Morrison), Stash (Stanley Clements) and Benny (Billy Benedict) provide a floral centrepiece by borrowing a funeral wreath meant for a murdered gangster's funeral on the morrow. Danny (Bobby Jordan) and Rocky (Bobby Stone) also borrow the deceased gangster's tuxedo prior to his funeral for Glimpy who is the best man. Scruno's mother provides rice to throw that she has cooked to make extra soft. Muggs also organises a police escort by telling the police gangsters will try and break up the wedding with Glimpy adlibbing they are the notorious Katzman Gang, (the producer of the film series).
One Thrilling Night, 1h9
Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Political films
Actors John Beal, Warren Hymer, J. Farrell MacDonald, Barbara Pepper, Tom Neal, Ernie Adams
Roles Hotel Clerk
Rating56% 2.814382.814382.814382.814382.81438
One Thrilling Night opens as the newlywed country bumpkin Connecticut couple, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Jason ( John Beal and Wanda McKay), check into the Hotel Clarke in New York City, prepared to spend their first night together as a married couple; their first and last night before Horace joins the army.
Too Many Women, 1h7
Directed by Bernard B. Ray
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Neil Hamilton, June Lang, Joyce Compton, Barbara Read, Marlo Dwyer, Maurice Cass
Roles W. R. Mitchell
Rating47% 2.3953952.3953952.3953952.3953952.395395
Unsure of their financial situation, Richard Sutton and Linda Pearson have postponed their plans to marry to when they have a steady income. To be able to turn down a job offer he doesn't like, he pretends to have inherited money from a relative. Problem arises as his grandmother hears of the inheritance and believes it is a particular wealthy uncle Woodrow in Brazil who has thrown in the towel, leaving his $3 Million to Richard. She is also unaware of Richard's engagement to Linda.
Kitty Foyle, 1h48
Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, James Craig, Eduardo Ciannelli, Doodles Weaver, Ernest Cossart
Roles Nightclub Waiter #2 (uncredited)
Rating68% 3.446683.446683.446683.446683.44668
Kitty Foyle (Ginger Rogers), a saleswoman in a New York boutique working for Delphine Detaille (Odette Myrtil), faces a life-changing decision: marry doctor Mark Eisen (James Craig) or run away to South America with the man she has loved for many years, the already-married Wyn Strafford (Dennis Morgan). As she wrestles with her decision, the film flashes back to her youth in Philadelphia.
Double or Nothing, 18minutes
Directed by Roy Mack
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Lee Dixon, Sara Berner, Tom Herbert, Gloria Warren
Roles Hugh Herbert Impersonator / The King / Mr. Christian
Rating60% 3.0471753.0471753.0471753.0471753.047175
The film's plot is similar to the Warners release Double or Nothing (1936), where an actor (Dixon) gets knocked out and dreams of actors "doubled" by their actual stand-ins.
Fast and Furious, 1h13
Directed by Busby Berkeley, John E. Burch
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Franchot Tone, Ann Sothern, Ruth Hussey, Allyn Joslyn, Lee Bowman, Frank Orth
Roles Man Sweating in Elevator (uncredited)
Rating60% 3.047333.047333.047333.047333.04733
Joel Sloane (Tone) is trying to find a murderer at a seaside beauty contest. His friend Ted Bentley (Joslyn) is jailed, and Sloane attempts to clear Bentley's name when there is a second murder. Sloane has also been named a judge in the beauty pageant and Garda his wife (Sothern) is not too happy about it. Clues emerge, narrow escapes are achieved, and the murderer is eventually unmasked.