1907-07-22 Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
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.
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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | Self (archive footage) | 1988-10-01 |
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) | 1972-01-10 |
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The Big Parade of Comedy | Ernest DeGraff in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. footage) (uncredited) | 1964-09-02 |
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Hollywood: The Selznick Years | 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1961-12-31 |
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Housemaster | Philip de Pourville | 1938-01-31 |
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The Dominant Sex | Dick Shale | 1937-01-26 |
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The House of a Thousand Candles | Tony Carleton | 1936-04-02 |
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Chatterbox | Philip 'Phil' Greene Jr. | 1936-01-17 |
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General Spanky | Marshall Valient | 1936-12-11 |
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The Divine Spark | Vincenzo Bellini | 1935-06-01 |
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Ten Minute Alibi | Colin Derwent | 1935-08-12 |
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Million Dollar Ransom | Stan Casserly | 1934-09-01 |
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Great Expectations | Pip | 1934-10-22 |
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Caravan | Lieutenant Von Tokay | 1934-12-30 |
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No Ransom | Tom Wilson | 1934-10-07 |
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Nana | Lieutenant George Muffat | 1934-02-01 |
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Penthouse | Tom Siddall | 1933-09-08 |
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Storm at Daybreak | Csaholyi | 1933-06-14 |
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The Secret of Madame Blanche | Leonard St. John | 1933-02-03 |
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Dinner at Eight | Ernest DeGraff | 1933-12-22 |
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Beauty for Sale | Burt Barton | 1933-09-01 |
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Stage Mother | Lord Reggie Aylesworth | 1933-09-29 |
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Men Must Fight | Bob Seward | 1933-02-17 |
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The Big Brain | Terry Van Sloan | 1933-08-04 |
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Looking Forward | Michael Service | 1933-04-28 |
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Make Me a Star | Phillips Holmes (uncredited) | 1932-07-01 |
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70,000 Witnesses | Buck Buchan | 1932-09-09 |
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Broken Lullaby | Paul Renard | 1932-01-19 |
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Night Court | Mike Thomas | 1932-06-04 |
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Two Kinds of Women | Joseph Gresham Jr. | 1932-01-16 |
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Confessions of a Co-Ed | Dan Carter | 1931-07-11 |
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Stolen Heaven | Joe Bartlett | 1931-02-20 |
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An American Tragedy | Clyde Griffiths | 1931-08-22 |
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The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) | 1931-07-08 |
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The Criminal Code | Robert Graham | 1931-01-03 |
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Her Man | Dan | 1930-09-21 |
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Only the Brave | Capt. Robert Darrington | 1930-03-07 |
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The Devil's Holiday | David Stone | 1930-05-09 |
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Grumpy | Ernest Heron | 1930-08-01 |
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Man to Man | Michael Bolton | 1930-12-05 |
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Pointed Heels | Donald Ogden | 1929-12-20 |
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes | Roger Longmore | 1929-10-26 |
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Stairs of Sand | Adam Wansfell (as Phillips R. Holmes) | 1929-06-08 |
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The Wild Party | Phil | 1929-04-06 |
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Varsity | Middlebrook | 1928-10-27 |
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His Private Life | Pierrot (uncredited) | 1928-11-17 |
