Phillips Holmes
Known For
Acting
Born
1907-07-22 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Died
1942-08-12
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.
Most Known For
Pointed Heels
as Donald Ogden
Her Man
as Dan
Beauty for Sale
as Burt Barton
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
The Dominant Sex
as Dick Shale
Dinner at Eight
as Ernest DeGraff
An American Tragedy
as Clyde Griffiths
Broken Lullaby
as Paul Renard
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Ernest DeGraff in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. footage) (uncredited)
Paramount on Parade
as Hunter ('Dream Girl')
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
The Wild Party
as Phil
Penthouse
as Tom Siddall
Stage Mother
as Lord Reggie Aylesworth
70,000 Witnesses
as Buck Buchan
Make Me a Star
as Phillips Holmes (uncredited)
Men Must Fight
as Bob Seward
Caravan
as Lieutenant Von Tokay
The Criminal Code
as Robert Graham
Looking Forward
as Michael Service