Phillips Holmes
Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA — Jul 22 1907• Died Aug 12 1942
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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 dec…
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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
Ernest DeGraff in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. footage) (uncredited)
Dinner at Eight
Ernest DeGraff
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
Paramount on Parade
Hunter ('Dream Girl')
Make Me a Star
Phillips Holmes (uncredited)
Storm at Daybreak
Csaholyi
Men Must Fight
Bob Seward
Night Court
Mike Thomas
An American Tragedy
Clyde Griffiths
The House That Shadows Built
(archive footage)
Only the Brave
Capt. Robert Darrington
The Big Brain
Terry Van Sloan
70,000 Witnesses
Buck Buchan
Nana
Lieutenant George Muffat
Penthouse
Tom Siddall
Looking Forward
Michael Service
Stage Mother
Lord Reggie Aylesworth
Two Kinds of Women
Joseph Gresham Jr.
The Criminal Code
Robert Graham
Stolen Heaven
Joe Bartlett
His Private Life
Pierrot (uncredited)
Broken Lullaby
Paul Renard
Pointed Heels
Donald Ogden
The House of a Thousand Candles
Tony Carleton
General Spanky
Marshall Valient
Her Man
Dan
Grumpy
Ernest Heron
Varsity
Middlebrook
Housemaster
Philip de Pourville
Great Expectations
Pip
Stairs of Sand
Adam Wansfell (as Phillips R. Holmes)
Man to Man
Michael Bolton
The Devil's Holiday
David Stone
Caravan
Lieutenant Von Tokay
No Ransom
Tom Wilson
The Divine Spark
Vincenzo Bellini
Uneasy Money
Caddy (uncredited)
Confessions of a Co-Ed
Dan Carter
Chatterbox
Philip 'Phil' Greene Jr.
Million Dollar Ransom
Stan Casserly
Beauty for Sale
Burt Barton
The Secret of Madame Blanche
Leonard St. John
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Roger Longmore
The Dominant Sex
Dick Shale
The Wild Party
Phil
Ten Minute Alibi
Colin Derwent
The Dancers
Tony