Stuart Holmes
Stuart Holmes | |
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| File:Silent film actor Stuart Holmes (SAYRE 3543).jpg Holmes, c. 1923 | |
| Born | Joseph Liebchen March 10, 1884 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | December 29, 1971 (aged 87) Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Stewart Holmes |
| Occupations | Actor, sculptor |
| Years active | 1909–1964 |
| Spouse |
Blanca Maynard (m. 1916) |
Stuart Holmes (born Joseph Liebchen; March 10, 1884 – December 29, 1971) was an American actor and sculptor whose career spanned seven decades. He appeared in almost 450 films between 1909 and 1964, sometimes credited as Stewart Holmes.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Holmes was born Joseph Liebchen on March 10, 1884, in Chicago, Illinois, where he was educated.[1]
For 20 years, Holmes performed in vaudeville and on stage, with the latter often being in Shakespeare's plays. His work in the theater included a stint in Germany.[1]
Holmes's film career began in 1911 and ended with The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962).
As a sculptor, Holmes created work for at least three California United States post offices — in Oceanside (1936), Claremont (1937), and Bell (1937).[2]
Holmes's wife, Blanca, was an actress.[3][1]
Selected filmography
[edit | edit source]- The Woman Hater (1910, Short) as Carrol Morten
- Oliver Twist (1912)
- The Young Millionaire (1912)
- The Tell-Tale Message (1912)
- A Battle of Wits (1912)
- A Business Buccaneer (1912)
- The Game Warden (1913)
- The Fire Coward (1913)
- The Face at the Window (1913)
- The Pursuit of the Smugglers (1913)
- The Combination of the Safe (1914)
- The Celebrated Scandal (1915)
- The Clemenceau Case (1915)
- A Woman's Resurrection (1915)
- Should A Mother Tell? (1915)
- The Blindness of Devotion (1915)
- The Green-Eyed Monster (1916)
- East Lynne (1916)
- Under Two Flags (1916)
- The Witch (1916)
- Her Double Life (1916)
- Love and Hate (1916)
- Tangled Lives (1917)
- Love's Law (1917)
- Love Aflame (1917)
- The Wild Girl (1917)
- The Ghosts of Yesterday (1918)
- When Men Betray (1918)
- Treason (1918)
- The Poor Rich Man (1918)
- The New Moon (1919)
- The Way of a Woman (1919)
- The Other Man's Wife (1919)
- Trailed by Three (1920)
- Lifting Shadows (1920)
- The Evil Eye (1920)
- Passion Fruit (1921)
- No Woman Knows (1921)
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
- All's Fair in Love (1921)
- The Strangers' Banquet (1922)
- Her Husband's Trademark (1922)
- The Prisoner of Zenda (1922)
- Under Two Flags (1922)
- Paid Back (1922)
- The Scarlet Lily (1923)
- The Unknown Purple (1923)
- Daughters of the Rich (1923)
- Temporary Marriage (1923)
- Tipped Off (1923)
- Three Weeks (1924)
- On Time (1924)
- Between Friends (1924)
- Vanity's Price (1924)
- The Beloved Brute (1924)
- The Primrose Path (1925)
- The Salvation Hunters (1925)
- The Fighting Cub (1925)
- Friendly Enemies (1925)
- Steele of the Royal Mounted (1925)
- The Perfect Clown (1925)
- Three Keys (1925)
- Heir-Loons (1925)
- North Star (1925)
- Shadow of the Law (1926)
- Good and Naughty (1926)
- The Midnight Message (1926)
- Beyond the Trail (1926)
- The Hurricane (1926)
- Broken Hearts of Hollywood (1926)
- Duck Soup (1927)
- Polly of the Movies (1927)
- When a Man Loves (1927)
- Your Wife and Mine (1927)
- Burning Daylight (1928)
- The Hawk's Nest (1928)
- Should Tall Men Marry? (1928)
- Devil Dogs (1928)
- The Man Who Laughs (1928) as Lord Dirry-Moir
- The Cavalier (1928)
- Captain of the Guard (1930)
- Belle of the Nineties (1934)
- Bengal Tiger (1936)
- Hearts Divided (1936)
- Penrod and Sam (1937)
- Jezebel (1938) as Doctor at Duel (uncredited)
- Devil's Island (1939)
- The Oklahoma Kid (1939) as President Grover Cleveland (uncredited)
- On Trial (1939)
- Affectionately Yours (1941)
- Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
- The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) as Man Ordered Out of Train Compartment by the Captain (uncredited)
- Street Corner (1948)
- Alias Nick Beal (1949) (uncredited)
- People Will Talk (1951) (uncredited)
- Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1953)
- Remains to Be Seen (1953)
- Reprisal! (1956)
- The Nutty Professor (1963)
- Mary Poppins (1964)
- Youngblood Hawke (1964)
References
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- ^ American Art Annual, Geographical Dictionary Of Murals and Sculptures commissioned by Section of Fine Arts, Public Buildings Administration, Federal Works Agency. The American Federation of Arts, 1941, pp. 624–25.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Stuart Holmes at IMDb
- Stuart Holmes at Find a GraveLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Stuart Holmes portrait
- Holmes' sculptures
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