Jean Hersholt
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jean Pierre Hersholt (12 July 1886 – 2 June 1956) was a Danish-born actor who lived in the United States, where he was a leading film and radio talent, best known for his 17 years starring on radio in Dr. Christian and for playing Shirley Temple's grandfather in Heidi. Asked how to pronounce his name, he told The Literary Digest, "In English, her'sholt; in Danish, hairs'hult." Of his total credits, 75 were silent films and 65 were sound films. He appeared in 140 films and directed four. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Hersholt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Jul 12, 1886 In Copenhagen, Denmark
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 112
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Disciple 1915-10-16
- Latest Project:
- Movie Checking Out: Grand Hotel 2004-02-03
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Checking Out: Grand Hotel | Self (archive footage) | 2004-02-03 |
| Movie | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) | 2003-05-06 |
| Movie | Vincent Price's Dracula | Baron Otto - (archive footage) | 1986-09-29 |
| Movie | Hollywood Without Make-Up | Self (archive footage) | 1963-07-01 |
| Movie | Run for Cover | Mr. Swenson | 1955-04-29 |
| Movie | A Star Is Born World Premiere | Self | 1954-09-28 |
| Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
| Movie | Dancing in the Dark | Jean Hersholt | 1949-12-02 |
| Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
| Movie | To the People of the United States | Colonel Jensen - Medical Corps | 1944-04-16 |
| Movie | Stage Door Canteen | Jean Hersholt | 1943-06-24 |
| Movie | Melody for Three | Doctor Paul Christian | 1941-06-19 |
| Movie | Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 | 1941-12-05 | |
| Movie | They Meet Again | Doctor Paul Christian | 1941-07-11 |
| Movie | The Courageous Dr. Christian | Doctor Paul Christian | 1940-04-04 |
| Movie | Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self | 1940-07-31 |
| Movie | Remedy for Riches | Doctor Paul Christian | 1940-11-29 |
| Movie | Dr. Christian Meets the Women | Doctor Paul Christian | 1940-08-05 |
| Movie | Mr. Moto in Danger Island | Mr. Sutter | 1939-04-07 |
| Movie | Meet Dr. Christian | Doctor Paul Christian | 1939-11-17 |
| Movie | Happy Landing | Lars Ericksen | 1938-01-23 |
| Movie | Alexander's Ragtime Band | Prof. Heinrich | 1938-05-24 |
| Movie | I'll Give a Million | Victor | 1938-07-27 |
| Movie | Five of a Kind | Dr. John Luke | 1938-10-14 |
| Movie | One in a Million | Heinrich Muller | 1937-01-01 |
| Movie | Seventh Heaven | Father Chevillon | 1937-03-25 |
| Movie | Heidi | Adolph Kramer | 1937-10-15 |
| Movie | Tough Guy | Dr. Mulback | 1936-01-24 |
| Movie | The Country Doctor | Dr. John Luke | 1936-03-12 |
| Movie | His Brother's Wife | Professor 'Pop' Fahrenheim | 1936-08-07 |
| Movie | Sins of Man | Christopher Freyman | 1936-06-19 |
| Movie | Reunion | Dr. John Luke | 1936-11-20 |
| Movie | Mark of the Vampire | Baron Otto | 1935-04-26 |
| Movie | Break of Hearts | Professor Thalma | 1935-05-31 |
| Movie | Murder in the Fleet | Victor Hanson | 1935-05-24 |
| Movie | Men in White | Dr. Hochberg | 1934-04-06 |
| Movie | The Cat and the Fiddle | Professor Bertier | 1934-02-16 |
| Movie | The Fountain | Baron von Leyden | 1934-08-22 |
| Movie | The Painted Veil | Herr Koerber | 1934-11-23 |
| Movie | Song of the Eagle | Otto Hoffman | 1933-04-27 |
| Movie | The Crime of the Century | Dr. Emil Brandt | 1933-02-18 |
| Movie | Christopher Bean | Rosen | 1933-11-17 |
| Movie | Dinner at Eight | Jo Stengel | 1933-12-22 |
| Movie | Are You Listening? | George Wagner | 1932-03-21 |
| Movie | Grand Hotel | Senf | 1932-05-25 |
| Movie | Emma | Frederick Smith | 1932-01-02 |
| Movie | New Morals for Old | James Hallett | 1932-06-04 |
| Movie | The Beast of the City | Samuel 'Sam' Belmonte | 1932-02-13 |
| Movie | Flesh | Mr. Herman | 1932-12-08 |
| Movie | The Mask of Fu Manchu | Von Berg | 1932-11-05 |
| Movie | Night Court | Herman the Janitor | 1932-06-04 |
| Movie | Hearts of Humanity | Sol Bloom | 1932-08-31 |
| Movie | Skyscraper Souls | Jake | 1932-07-16 |
| Movie | Unashamed | Mr. Schmidt | 1932-07-02 |
| Movie | Transatlantic | Rudolph aka Jed Kramer | 1931-08-19 |
| Movie | Daybreak | Herr Schnabel | 1931-05-02 |
| Movie | The Phantom of Paris | Herman | 1931-09-12 |
| Movie | The Sin of Madelon Claudet | Dr. Dulac | 1931-10-23 |
| Movie | Private Lives | Oscar | 1931-12-12 |
| Movie | Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) | Karl Ohlin | 1931-10-10 |
| Movie | Mamba | August Bolte (Mamba) | 1930-03-09 |
| Movie | The Case of Sergeant Grischa | Posnanski | 1930-02-23 |
| Movie | East Is West | Man | 1930-10-23 |
| Movie | Hell Harbor | Joseph Horngold | 1930-03-14 |
| Movie | Viennese Nights | Herr Hofner, Elsa's Father | 1930-11-25 |
| Movie | The Third Alarm | Frank 'Dad' Morton | 1930-11-16 |
| Movie | The Cat Creeps | Dr. Patterson | 1930-11-10 |
| Movie | The Younger Generation | Julius Goldfish - Pa | 1929-03-04 |
| Movie | Modern Love | François Renault | 1929-07-21 |
| Movie | The Secret Hour | Tony | 1928-02-04 |
| Movie | The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg | Dr. Jüttner | 1928-01-30 |
| Movie | Abie's Irish Rose | Solomon Levy | 1928-04-19 |
| Movie | Jazz Mad | Franz Hausmann | 1928-11-18 |
| Movie | The Battle of the Sexes | William Judson | 1928-10-12 |
| Movie | Give and Take | John Bauer | 1928-12-23 |
| Movie | Alias The Deacon | George Caswell or The Deacon | 1927-06-20 |
| Movie | The Greater Glory | Gustav Schmidt | 1926-05-02 |
| Movie | My Old Dutch | 'Erb 'Uggins | 1926-05-23 |
| Movie | Fifth Avenue Models | Mr. Jones - a Crook | 1925-04-26 |
| Movie | Don Q Son of Zorro | Don Fabrique Borusta | 1925-06-15 |
| Movie | Stella Dallas | Ed Munn | 1925-11-16 |
| Movie | Greed | Marcus | 1924-12-04 |
| Movie | The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal Studios | 1924-03-21 | |
| Movie | Her Night of Romance | Joe Diamond | 1924-11-24 |
| Movie | Cheap Kisses | Gustaf Borgstrom | 1924-12-21 |
| Movie | So Big | Aug Hempel | 1924-12-28 |
| Movie | Jazzmania | Prince Otto of Como | 1923-02-12 |
| Movie | Souls for Sale | Self - Celebrity Actor | 1923-04-22 |
| Movie | Red Lights | Ezra Carson | 1923-09-30 |
| Movie | When Romance Rides | Joel Creech | 1922-03-16 |
| Movie | Heart's Haven | Henry Bird | 1922-08-08 |
| Movie | The Strangers' Banquet | Fiend | 1922-12-31 |
| Movie | Tess of the Storm Country | Ben Letts | 1922-11-12 |
| Movie | The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Prof. von Hartrott (uncredited) | 1921-03-06 |
| Movie | The Man Of The Forest | Lem Beasley | 1921-06-01 |
| Movie | The Golden Trail | Harry Teal | 1920-09-01 |
| Movie | The Red Lane | Vetal Beaulieu | 1920-07-12 |
| Movie | The Deceiver | 1920-12-01 | |
| Movie | Whom the Gods Would Destroy | 1919-04-15 | |
| Movie | Love's Prisoner | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1919-06-07 |
| Movie | Madame Spy | Count Von Ornstorff | 1918-01-21 |
| Movie | The Saintly Sinner | Undetermined Role | 1917-02-26 |
| Movie | Love Aflame | Reginald | 1917-01-29 |
| Movie | Black Orchids | 1917-01-01 | |
| Movie | Southern Justice | Caleb Talbot | 1917-05-28 |
| Movie | The Soul Herder | The Minister | 1917-08-07 |
| Movie | Princess Virtue | Emile Carre | 1917-11-12 |
| Movie | '49–'17 | 'Gentleman Jim' Raynor | 1917-10-15 |
| Movie | Hell's Hinges | Bartender (uncredited) | 1916-03-05 |
| Movie | Kinkaid, Gambler | 1916-12-04 | |
| Movie | The Aryan | (uncredited) | 1916-04-09 |
| Movie | The Disciple | Mob Member | 1915-10-16 |