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Hugh Herbert (1884–1952)

Actor | Soundtrack | Writer

Shy, stammering and widely popular US screen comedian of the 30's and 40's whose trademark gesture could be seen in all his fingers fluttering together, usually accompanied by his other trademark - that "woo-woo!" exclamation. See full bio »

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in Binghamton, New York, USA

Died:

(age 67) in North Hollywood, California, USA
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1952 The Gink at the Sink (short)
Hugh
 
1952 All Star Revue (TV series)
Guest Comedian
– Episode #2.19 (1952) … Guest Comedian
 
1951 Trouble In-Laws (short)
Hugh
 
1951 Havana Rose
Filbert Fillmore
 
1951 Woo-Woo Blues (short)
Hugh Herbert
 
1950 A Slip and a Miss (short)
 
1950 One Shivery Night (short)
Hugh
 
1949 Super-Wolf (short)
Aunt Fanny/Dave McGurk alias Dave the Drip
 
1949 The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Doctor
 
1949 Trapped by a Blonde (short)
Hugh
 
1948 A Pinch in Time (short)
 
1948 A Song Is Born
Professor Twingle
 
1948 The Girl from Manhattan
Aaron Goss
 
1948 One Touch of Venus
Mercury (scenes deleted)
 
1948 So This Is New York
Mr. Lucius Trumball
 
1948 Tall, Dark and Gruesome (short)
Hugh Sherlock, playwright
 
1948 On Our Merry Way
Eli Hobbs
 
1947 Should Husbands Marry? (short)
Hugh
 
1947 Blondie in the Dough
Llewellyn Simmons
 
1947 Nervous Shakedown (short)
Mr. Penn
 
1947 Hot Heir (short)
 
1946 Honeymoon Blues (short)
Hugh 'Hughie' Herbert
 
1946 Get Along Little Zombie (short)
Hugh
 
1946 When the Wife's Away (short)
Hugh
 
1946 One Way to Love
Eustace P. Trumble
 
1945 The Mayor's Husband (short)
 
1945 Wife Decoy (short)
Hughie Hawkins
 
1945 Woo, Woo! (short)
 
1944 Music for Millions
Uncle Ferdinand
 
1944 A Knight and a Blonde (short)
Hugh
 
1944 Ever Since Venus
P.G. Grimble
 
1944 Kismet
Feisal
 
1944 His Hotel Sweet (short)
Hugh 'Hughie' Herbert
 
1944 Oh, Baby! (short)
Elmer 'Picklepuss' Burns
 
1943 Who's Hugh? (short)
Hugh Herbert
 
1943 Pitchin' in the Kitchen (short)
Adam Spiggott
 
1943 Stage Door Canteen
Hugh Herbert
 
1943 It's a Great Life
Timothy Brewster
 
1942 Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Marcus Throckmorton
 
1942 There's One Born Every Minute
Lemuel P. Twine/Abner Twine/Colonel Cladius Zebediah Twine
 
1942 You're Telling Me
Hubert Abercrombie Gumm
 
1942 Don't Get Personal
Elmer Whippet/Oscar Whippet
 
1941 Hellzapoppin'
Quimby
 
1941 Badlands of Dakota
Rocky Plummer
 
1941 Hello, Sucker
Hubert Worthington Clippe
 
1941 The Black Cat
Mr. Penny
 
1941 Meet the Chump
Hugh Mansfield
 
1940 Slightly Tempted
Professor Ross
 
1940 Hit Parade of 1941
Ferdinand Farraday
 
1940 The Villain Still Pursued Her
Frederick Healy
 
1940 A Little Bit of Heaven
Pop Loring
 
1940 Private Affairs
Angus McPherson
 
1940 La Conga Nights
Henry I. Dibble Jr./Faith Dibble/Hope Dibble/Charity Dibble/Prudence Dibble/Mrs. Henry I. Dibble Jr.
 
1939 Little Accident
Herbert Pearson
 
1939 Eternally Yours
Benton
 
1939 The Lady's from Kentucky
Mousey Johnson
 
1939 The Family Next Door
George Pierce
 
1938 The Great Waltz
Hofbauer
 
1938 Four's a Crowd
Jenkins
 
1938 Men Are Such Fools
Harvey Bates
 
1938 Gold Diggers in Paris
Maurice Giraud
 
1937 Hollywood Hotel
Chester Marshall
 
1937 Sh! The Octopus
Kelly
 
1937 The Perfect Specimen
Killigrew Shaw
 
1937 Marry the Girl
John B. Radway
 
1937 The Singing Marine
Aeneas Phinney/Clarissa
 
1937 That Man's Here Again
Thomas J. Jesse
 
1937 Top of the Town
Hubert
 
1936 Sing Me a Love Song
Siegfried Hammerschlag
 
1936 Love Begins at Twenty
Horatio Gillingwater
 
1936 We Went to College
Professor Ellery Standish
 
1936 One Rainy Afternoon
Toto
 
1936 Good Badminton (short)
Hugh
 
1936 Colleen
Cedric Ames
 
1935 Miss Pacific Fleet
Mr. J. August Freytag
 
1935 To Beat the Band
Hugo Twist/Elizabeth Twist
 
1935 A Midsummer Night's Dream
Snout - the Tinker
 
1935 We're in the Money
Lawyer Homer Bronson
 
1935 Traveling Saleslady
Elmer
 
1935 Gold Diggers of 1935
T. Mosley Thorpe
 
1934 Sweet Adeline
Rupert Rockingham
 
1934 Kansas City Princess
Junior Ashcraft
 
1934 Dames
Ezra
 
1934 Fog Over Frisco
Izzy Wright
 
1934 The Merry Frinks
Joe 'Poppa' Frink
 
1934 Merry Wives of Reno
Colonel Fitch
 
1934 Harold Teen
Ed Rathburn
 
1934 Wonder Bar
Pratt
 
1934 Fashions of 1934
Joe Ward
 
1934 Easy to Love
Detective
 
1933 Convention City
Hotstetter
 
1933 From Headquarters
Manny Wales
 
1933 College Coach
Barnett
 
1933 'Tis Spring (short)
 
1933 Footlight Parade
Bowers
 
1933 Bureau of Missing Persons
Detective Hank Slade
 
1933 Goodbye Again
Harvey Wilson
 
1933 She Had to Say Yes
Luther Haines
 
1933 Diplomaniacs
Chinaman
 
1933 Strictly Personal
Wetzel
 
1932 Sham Poo, the Magician (short)
Sham Poo
 
1932 Faithless
Mr. Peter M. Blainey
 
1932 Million Dollar Legs
Secretary of the Treasury
 
1932 The Lost Squadron
Fritz
 
1931 Friends and Lovers
McNellis
 
1931 Traveling Husbands
Hymie Schwartz
 
1931 The Sin Ship
Charlie - the Mate
 
1931 Laugh and Get Rich
Joe Austin
 
1931 She Went for a Tramp (short)
 
1930 Hook Line and Sinker
Hotel House Detective
 
1930 Danger Lights
Professor - the Hobo
 
1928 Caught in the Fog
Detective Riley
 
1928 Lucky in Love (short)
 
1927 Husbands for Rent
Valet
 
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1937 The Singing Marine (performer: "The Song of the Marines" 1937 - uncredited, "'Cause My Baby Says It's So" 1937 - uncredited)
 
1937 Marry the Girl (performer: "Dixie's Land" - uncredited, "Yankee Doodle" - uncredited)
 
1936 Colleen (lyrics: "You Gotta Know How to Dance" 1936 - uncredited / performer: "You Gotta Know How to Dance" 1936 - uncredited)
 
1936 We Went to College (performer: "Alma Mater" - uncredited, "He Played on His Big Bass Drum" - uncredited)
 
1935 We're in the Money (performer: "The Gold Diggers' Song We're in the Money" 1933 - uncredited)
 
1935 Traveling Saleslady (performer: "By a Waterfall" 1933 - uncredited)
 
1934 Sweet Adeline (performer: "Sweet Adeline" 1903 - uncredited, "'Twas Not So Long Ago" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1934 The Merry Frinks (performer: "Jingle Bells" 1857 - uncredited)
 
1931 Laugh and Get Rich (performer: "Pop! Goes the Weasel" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (3 titles)
1929 The Great Gabbo (continuity / dialogue)
 
1928 Lights of New York (by)
 
1928/II Sunny California (short) (story)
 
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1930 Danger Lights (dialogue director)
 
Show ShowSelf (11 titles)
1949-1950 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Himself - Actor / Himself - Comic Actor
– Episode #3.8 (1950) … Himself - Comic Actor
– Episode #2.4 (1949) … Himself - Actor
 
1939 Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 3: Outdoor Parties (documentary short)
Himself, Party Guest
 
1938 For Auld Lang Syne (documentary short)
Himself - Arriving Celebrity (uncredited)
 
1938 Breakdowns of 1938 (short)
Himself (Four's a Crowd/Gold Diggers in Paris outtakes) (uncredited)
 
1937 A Day at Santa Anita (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1936 Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1935 A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1935 Things You Never See on the Screen (short)
Himself
 
1935 A Dream Comes True (documentary short)
Himself (also archive footage) (uncredited)
 
1934 Hollywood Newsreel (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1934 And She Learned About Dames (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
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Star Sign:

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