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Overview
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Former stage actor and playwright - he wrote over 150 plays and vaudeville... more
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Has a star on the Hollywood Hall of Fame. more
Awards:
1 win
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Filmography
Actor:
- The Gink at the Sink (1952) .... Hugh
- Trouble In-Laws (1951) .... Hugh
- Havana Rose (1951) .... Filbert Fillmore
- Woo-Woo Blues (1951) .... Hugh Herbert
- A Slip and a Miss (1950)
- One Shivery Night (1950)
- Super-Wolf (1949) .... Hugh
- The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949) .... Doctor
- Trapped by a Blonde (1949) .... Hugh
- A Pinch in Time (1948)
- A Song Is Born (1948) .... Professor Twingle
- The Girl from Manhattan (1948) .... Aaron Goss
- One Touch of Venus (1948) (scenes deleted) .... Mercury
- So This Is New York (1948) .... Mr. Lucius Trumball
- Tall, Dark and Gruesome (1948) .... Hugh Sherlock, playwright
- On Our Merry Way (1948) .... Eli Hobbs
... aka A Miracle Can Happen (USA: longer version) - Should Husbands Marry? (1947) .... Hugh
- Blondie in the Dough (1947) .... Llewellyn Simmons
- Nervous Shakedown (1947) .... Mr. Penn
- Hot Heir (1947)
- Honeymoon Blues (1946) .... Hugh 'Hughie' Herbert
- Get Along Little Zombie (1946) .... Hugh
- When the Wife's Away (1946) .... Hugh
- One Way to Love (1946) .... Eustace P. Trumble
- The Mayor's Husband (1945)
- Wife Decoy (1945) .... Hughie Hawkins
- Woo, Woo! (1945)
- Music for Millions (1944) .... Uncle Ferdinand
- A Knight and a Blonde (1944) .... Hugh
- Ever Since Venus (1944) .... P.G. Grimble
- Kismet (1944) .... Feisal
... aka Oriental Dream (USA: TV title) - His Hotel Sweet (1944) .... Hugh 'Hughie' Herbert
- Oh, Baby! (1944) .... Elmer 'Picklepuss' Burns
- Who's Hugh? (1943) .... Hugh Herbert
- Pitchin' in the Kitchen (1943) .... Adam Spiggott
- It's a Great Life (1943) .... Timothy Brewster
... aka Blondie and Dagwood: It's a Great Life - Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942) .... Marcus Throckmorton
- There's One Born Every Minute (1942) .... Lemuel P. Twine/Abner Twine/Colonel Cladius Zebediah Twine
- You're Telling Me (1942) .... Hubert Abercrombie Gumm
- Don't Get Personal (1942) .... Elmer Whippet/Oscar Whippet
- Hellzapoppin' (1941) .... Quimby
- Badlands of Dakota (1941) .... Rocky Plummer
- Hello, Sucker (1941) .... Hubert Worthington Clippe
- The Black Cat (1941) .... Mr. Penny
- Meet the Chump (1941) .... Hugh Mansfield
- Slightly Tempted (1940) .... Professor Ross
- Hit Parade of 1941 (1940) .... Ferdinand Farraday
... aka Romance and Rhythm (USA: reissue title) - A Little Bit of Heaven (1940) .... Pop Loring
- The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940) .... Frederick Healy
- Private Affairs (1940) .... Angus McPherson
- La Conga Nights (1940) .... Henry I. Dibble Jr./Faith Dibble/Hope Dibble/Charity Dibble/Prudence Dibble/Mrs. Henry I. Dibble Jr.
- Little Accident (1939) .... Herbert Pearson
- Eternally Yours (1939) .... Benton
- The Lady's from Kentucky (1939) .... Mousey Johnson
- The Family Next Door (1939) .... George Pierce
- The Great Waltz (1938) .... Julius Hofbauer, Music Publisher
- Four's a Crowd (1938) .... Silas Jenkins, Justice of the Peace
- Men Are Such Fools (1938) .... Harvey C. Bates
- Gold Diggers in Paris (1938) .... Maurice Giraud
... aka The Gay Impostors (UK) - Hollywood Hotel (1937) .... Chester Marshall
- Sh! The Octopus (1937) .... Detective Harold Kelly
- The Perfect Specimen (1937) .... Killigrew Shaw
- Marry the Girl (1937) .... John B. Radway
- The Singing Marine (1937) .... Aeneas Phinney/Clarissa
- That Man's Here Again (1937) .... Thomas J. Jesse
- Top of the Town (1937) .... Hubert
- Sing Me a Love Song (1936) .... Siegfried Hammerschlag
... aka Let's Pretend and Come Up Smiling - Love Begins at Twenty (1936) .... Horatio Gillingwater
... aka All One Night - We Went to College (1936) .... Professor Ellery Standish
... aka The Old School Tie (UK) - One Rainy Afternoon (1936) .... Toto
... aka Matinee Scandal (USA: reissue title) - Colleen (1936) .... Uncle Cedric Ames
- Miss Pacific Fleet (1935) .... Mr. J. August Freytag
- To Beat the Band (1935) .... Hugo Twist/Elizabeth Twist
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) .... Snout, the Tinker
- We're in the Money (1935) .... Lawyer Homer Bronson
- Traveling Saleslady (1935) .... Elmer Niles
- Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935) .... T. Mosley Thorpe
- Sweet Adeline (1934) .... Rupert Rockingham
- Kansas City Princess (1934) .... Junior Ashcraft
... aka The Kansas Princess (UK) - Dames (1934) .... Ezra Ounce
- Fog Over Frisco (1934) .... Izzy Wright
- The Merry Frinks (1934) .... Joe 'Poppa' Frink
... aka Happy Family (UK) - Merry Wives of Reno (1934) .... Colonel J. Kingsley Fitch
- Harold Teen (1934) .... Ed Rathburn
... aka Dancing Fool (UK) - Wonder Bar (1934) .... Corey Pratt
- Fashions of 1934 (1934) .... Joe Ward
... aka Fashions (USA: TV title) - Easy to Love (1934) .... Detective John McTavish
- Convention City (1933) .... Hotstetter
- From Headquarters (1933) .... Manny Wales
- College Coach (1933) .... J. Marvin Barnett
... aka Football Coach (UK) - 'Tis Spring (1933)
- Footlight Parade (1933) .... Charlie Bowers
- Bureau of Missing Persons (1933) .... Detective Hank Slade
- Goodbye Again (1933) .... Harvey Wilson
- She Had to Say Yes (1933) .... Luther Haines
- Diplomaniacs (1933) .... Chinaman
- Strictly Personal (1933) .... Wetzel
- Sham Poo, the Magician (1932)
- Faithless (1932) .... Mr. Peter M. Blainey
- Million Dollar Legs (1932) .... Secretary of the Treasury
- The Lost Squadron (1932) .... Sgt. Fritz
- Friends and Lovers (1931) .... McNellis, Roberts's batman
- Traveling Husbands (1931) .... Hymie Schwartz
- The Sin Ship (1931) .... Charlie - the Mate
- Laugh and Get Rich (1931) .... Joseph 'Joe' Austin
- She Went for a Tramp (1931)
- Hook, Line and Sinker (1930) .... Hotel House Detective
- Danger Lights (1930) .... Professor, the Hobo
- Caught in the Fog (1928) .... Detective Riley
- Lucky in Love (1928)
... aka Clyde Cook in Lucky in Love (USA: copyright title) - Husbands for Rent (1927) .... Valet
Soundtrack:
- The Singing Marine (1937) (performer: "The Song of the Marines" (1937)) ("'Cause My Baby Says It's So" (1937))
- Marry the Girl (1937) ("Dixie's Land" (uncredited), "Yankee Doodle" (uncredited))
- Colleen (1936) (lyrics: "You Gotta Know How to Dance" (1936))
- We Went to College (1936) (performer: "Alma Mater" (uncredited)) ("He Played on His Big Bass Drum" (uncredited))
... aka The Old School Tie (UK) - We're in the Money (1935) ("The Gold Diggers Song (We're in the Money)" (1933) (uncredited))
- Sweet Adeline (1934) (performer: "'Twas Not So Long Ago" (1929)) ("Sweet Adeline" (1903) (uncredited))
- The Merry Frinks (1934) ("Jingle Bells" (1857))
... aka Happy Family (UK)
Writer:
- "Au théâtre ce soir" (1 episode, 1971)
- La lune est bleue (1971) TV episode (play) - The Great Gabbo (1929) (continuity) (dialogue)
- Lights of New York (1928) (writer)
- May McAvoy in Sunny California (1928) (story)
... aka Vitaphone No. 2239 (USA: series title)
Miscellaneous Crew:
- Danger Lights (1930) (dialogue director)
Self:
- "Four Star Revue" .... Himself (1 episode, 1952)
... aka All Star Revue (USA: new title)
- Episode dated 12 January 1952 (1952) TV episode .... Himself - Stage Door Canteen (1943) .... Himself
- Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 3: Outdoor Parties (1939) .... Himself, Party Guest
- For Auld Lang Syne (1938) (uncredited) .... Himself - arriving celebrity
... aka For Auld Lang Syne #3 (USA: series title) - Breakdowns of 1938 (1938) (uncredited) .... Himself (Four's a Crowd/Gold Diggers in Paris outtakes)
- A Day at Santa Anita (1937) (uncredited) .... Himself
- Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (1936) (uncredited) .... Himself
- A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio (1935) (uncredited) .... Himself
- A Dream Comes True (1935) (also archive footage) (uncredited) .... Himself
- Hollywood Newsreel (1934) (uncredited) .... Himself
- And She Learned About Dames (1934) (uncredited) .... Himself
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