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Eternally Yours (1939) -- Anita Halstead, swept off her feet by magician Arturo, finds the results less than magical.
Eternally Yours (1939) -- Anita Halstead, swept off her feet by magician Arturo, finds the results less than magical.
Hook, Line and Sinker (1930) -- Two fast-talking insurance salesmen meet Mary, who is running away from her wealthy mother, and they agree to help her run a hotel that she owns...
The Great Gabbo (1929) -- An insanely, egocentric ventriloquist, even though he is possessed by his wooden dummy, is in love with a dancer who is in love with another. The dummy gives advice to the ventriloquist.

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Overview

Date of Death:
12 March 1952, North Hollywood, California, USA more
Mini Biography:
Former stage actor and playwright - he wrote over 150 plays and vaudeville... more
Trivia:
Has a star on the Hollywood Hall of Fame. more
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Down 15% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.
Awards:
1 win more

Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Actor, Soundtrack, Writer, Miscellaneous Crew, Self
Actor:
  1. The Gink at the Sink (1952) .... Hugh
  2. Trouble In-Laws (1951) .... Hugh
  3. Havana Rose (1951) .... Filbert Fillmore
  4. Woo-Woo Blues (1951) .... Hugh Herbert
  5. A Slip and a Miss (1950)
  6. One Shivery Night (1950)

  7. Super-Wolf (1949) .... Hugh
  8. The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949) .... Doctor
  9. Trapped by a Blonde (1949) .... Hugh
  10. A Pinch in Time (1948)
  11. A Song Is Born (1948) .... Professor Twingle
  12. The Girl from Manhattan (1948) .... Aaron Goss
  13. One Touch of Venus (1948) (scenes deleted) .... Mercury
  14. So This Is New York (1948) .... Mr. Lucius Trumball
  15. Tall, Dark and Gruesome (1948) .... Hugh Sherlock, playwright
  16. On Our Merry Way (1948) .... Eli Hobbs
    ... aka A Miracle Can Happen (USA: longer version)
  17. Should Husbands Marry? (1947) .... Hugh
  18. Blondie in the Dough (1947) .... Llewellyn Simmons
  19. Nervous Shakedown (1947) .... Mr. Penn
  20. Hot Heir (1947)
  21. Honeymoon Blues (1946) .... Hugh 'Hughie' Herbert
  22. Get Along Little Zombie (1946) .... Hugh
  23. When the Wife's Away (1946) .... Hugh
  24. One Way to Love (1946) .... Eustace P. Trumble
  25. The Mayor's Husband (1945)
  26. Wife Decoy (1945) .... Hughie Hawkins
  27. Woo, Woo! (1945)
  28. Music for Millions (1944) .... Uncle Ferdinand
  29. A Knight and a Blonde (1944) .... Hugh
  30. Ever Since Venus (1944) .... P.G. Grimble
  31. Kismet (1944) .... Feisal
    ... aka Oriental Dream (USA: TV title)
  32. His Hotel Sweet (1944) .... Hugh 'Hughie' Herbert
  33. Oh, Baby! (1944) .... Elmer 'Picklepuss' Burns
  34. Who's Hugh? (1943) .... Hugh Herbert
  35. Pitchin' in the Kitchen (1943) .... Adam Spiggott
  36. It's a Great Life (1943) .... Timothy Brewster
    ... aka Blondie and Dagwood: It's a Great Life
  37. Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942) .... Marcus Throckmorton
  38. There's One Born Every Minute (1942) .... Lemuel P. Twine/Abner Twine/Colonel Cladius Zebediah Twine
  39. You're Telling Me (1942) .... Hubert Abercrombie Gumm
  40. Don't Get Personal (1942) .... Elmer Whippet/Oscar Whippet
  41. Hellzapoppin' (1941) .... Quimby
  42. Badlands of Dakota (1941) .... Rocky Plummer
  43. Hello, Sucker (1941) .... Hubert Worthington Clippe
  44. The Black Cat (1941) .... Mr. Penny
  45. Meet the Chump (1941) .... Hugh Mansfield
  46. Slightly Tempted (1940) .... Professor Ross
  47. Hit Parade of 1941 (1940) .... Ferdinand Farraday
    ... aka Romance and Rhythm (USA: reissue title)
  48. A Little Bit of Heaven (1940) .... Pop Loring
  49. The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940) .... Frederick Healy
  50. Private Affairs (1940) .... Angus McPherson
  51. La Conga Nights (1940) .... Henry I. Dibble Jr./Faith Dibble/Hope Dibble/Charity Dibble/Prudence Dibble/Mrs. Henry I. Dibble Jr.

  52. Little Accident (1939) .... Herbert Pearson
  53. Eternally Yours (1939) .... Benton
  54. The Lady's from Kentucky (1939) .... Mousey Johnson
  55. The Family Next Door (1939) .... George Pierce
  56. The Great Waltz (1938) .... Julius Hofbauer, Music Publisher
  57. Four's a Crowd (1938) .... Silas Jenkins, Justice of the Peace
  58. Men Are Such Fools (1938) .... Harvey C. Bates
  59. Gold Diggers in Paris (1938) .... Maurice Giraud
    ... aka The Gay Impostors (UK)
  60. Hollywood Hotel (1937) .... Chester Marshall
  61. Sh! The Octopus (1937) .... Detective Harold Kelly
  62. The Perfect Specimen (1937) .... Killigrew Shaw
  63. Marry the Girl (1937) .... John B. Radway
  64. The Singing Marine (1937) .... Aeneas Phinney/Clarissa
  65. That Man's Here Again (1937) .... Thomas J. Jesse
  66. Top of the Town (1937) .... Hubert
  67. Sing Me a Love Song (1936) .... Siegfried Hammerschlag
    ... aka Let's Pretend and Come Up Smiling
  68. Love Begins at Twenty (1936) .... Horatio Gillingwater
    ... aka All One Night
  69. We Went to College (1936) .... Professor Ellery Standish
    ... aka The Old School Tie (UK)
  70. One Rainy Afternoon (1936) .... Toto
    ... aka Matinee Scandal (USA: reissue title)
  71. Colleen (1936) .... Uncle Cedric Ames
  72. Miss Pacific Fleet (1935) .... Mr. J. August Freytag
  73. To Beat the Band (1935) .... Hugo Twist/Elizabeth Twist
  74. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) .... Snout, the Tinker
  75. We're in the Money (1935) .... Lawyer Homer Bronson
  76. Traveling Saleslady (1935) .... Elmer Niles
  77. Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935) .... T. Mosley Thorpe
  78. Sweet Adeline (1934) .... Rupert Rockingham
  79. Kansas City Princess (1934) .... Junior Ashcraft
    ... aka The Kansas Princess (UK)
  80. Dames (1934) .... Ezra Ounce
  81. Fog Over Frisco (1934) .... Izzy Wright
  82. The Merry Frinks (1934) .... Joe 'Poppa' Frink
    ... aka Happy Family (UK)
  83. Merry Wives of Reno (1934) .... Colonel J. Kingsley Fitch
  84. Harold Teen (1934) .... Ed Rathburn
    ... aka Dancing Fool (UK)
  85. Wonder Bar (1934) .... Corey Pratt
  86. Fashions of 1934 (1934) .... Joe Ward
    ... aka Fashions (USA: TV title)
  87. Easy to Love (1934) .... Detective John McTavish
  88. Convention City (1933) .... Hotstetter
  89. From Headquarters (1933) .... Manny Wales
  90. College Coach (1933) .... J. Marvin Barnett
    ... aka Football Coach (UK)
  91. 'Tis Spring (1933)
  92. Footlight Parade (1933) .... Charlie Bowers
  93. Bureau of Missing Persons (1933) .... Detective Hank Slade
  94. Goodbye Again (1933) .... Harvey Wilson
  95. She Had to Say Yes (1933) .... Luther Haines
  96. Diplomaniacs (1933) .... Chinaman
  97. Strictly Personal (1933) .... Wetzel
  98. Sham Poo, the Magician (1932)
  99. Faithless (1932) .... Mr. Peter M. Blainey
  100. Million Dollar Legs (1932) .... Secretary of the Treasury
  101. The Lost Squadron (1932) .... Sgt. Fritz
  102. Friends and Lovers (1931) .... McNellis, Roberts's batman
  103. Traveling Husbands (1931) .... Hymie Schwartz
  104. The Sin Ship (1931) .... Charlie - the Mate
  105. Laugh and Get Rich (1931) .... Joseph 'Joe' Austin
  106. She Went for a Tramp (1931)
  107. Hook, Line and Sinker (1930) .... Hotel House Detective
  108. Danger Lights (1930) .... Professor, the Hobo

  109. Caught in the Fog (1928) .... Detective Riley
  110. Lucky in Love (1928)
    ... aka Clyde Cook in Lucky in Love (USA: copyright title)
  111. Husbands for Rent (1927) .... Valet
Soundtrack:
  1. The Singing Marine (1937) (performer: "The Song of the Marines" (1937)) ("'Cause My Baby Says It's So" (1937))
  2. Marry the Girl (1937) ("Dixie's Land" (uncredited), "Yankee Doodle" (uncredited))
  3. Colleen (1936) (lyrics: "You Gotta Know How to Dance" (1936))
  4. We Went to College (1936) (performer: "Alma Mater" (uncredited)) ("He Played on His Big Bass Drum" (uncredited))
    ... aka The Old School Tie (UK)
  5. We're in the Money (1935) ("The Gold Diggers Song (We're in the Money)" (1933) (uncredited))
  6. Sweet Adeline (1934) (performer: "'Twas Not So Long Ago" (1929)) ("Sweet Adeline" (1903) (uncredited))
  7. The Merry Frinks (1934) ("Jingle Bells" (1857))
    ... aka Happy Family (UK)
Writer:
  1. "Au théâtre ce soir" (1 episode, 1971)
        - La lune est bleue (1971) TV episode (play)

  2. The Great Gabbo (1929) (continuity) (dialogue)
  3. Lights of New York (1928) (writer)
  4. May McAvoy in Sunny California (1928) (story)
    ... aka Vitaphone No. 2239 (USA: series title)
Miscellaneous Crew:
  1. Danger Lights (1930) (dialogue director)
Self:
  1. "Four Star Revue" .... Himself (1 episode, 1952)
    ... aka All Star Revue (USA: new title)
        - Episode dated 12 January 1952 (1952) TV episode .... Himself

  2. Stage Door Canteen (1943) .... Himself

  3. Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 3: Outdoor Parties (1939) .... Himself, Party Guest
  4. For Auld Lang Syne (1938) (uncredited) .... Himself - arriving celebrity
    ... aka For Auld Lang Syne #3 (USA: series title)
  5. Breakdowns of 1938 (1938) (uncredited) .... Himself (Four's a Crowd/Gold Diggers in Paris outtakes)
  6. A Day at Santa Anita (1937) (uncredited) .... Himself
  7. Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (1936) (uncredited) .... Himself
  8. A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio (1935) (uncredited) .... Himself
  9. A Dream Comes True (1935) (also archive footage) (uncredited) .... Himself
  10. Hollywood Newsreel (1934) (uncredited) .... Himself
  11. And She Learned About Dames (1934) (uncredited) .... Himself

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