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Hugh Herbert

Actor

Hugh Herbert

Born August 9, 1884 in Binghamton, New York, USADied March 12, 1952111 films

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Filmography

111 films as actor
  1. 1952The Gink at the SinkHugh
  2. 1951Trouble In-LawsHugh Herbert
  3. 1951Havana RoseFilbert Fillmore
  4. 1951Woo-Woo BluesHugh Herbert
  5. 1950A Slip and a MissHugh Herbert
  6. 1950One Shivery NightHugh
  7. 1949Super-WolfAunt Fanny / Dave McGurk alias Dave the Drip
  8. 1949The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful BendDoctor
  9. 1949Trapped by a BlondeHugh
  10. 1948A Pinch in Time
  11. 1948A Song Is BornProfessor Twingle
  12. 1948The Girl from ManhattanAaron Goss
  13. 1948So This Is New YorkMr. Trumball
  14. 1948Tall, Dark and GruesomeHugh Sherlock, playwright
  15. 1948On Our Merry WayEli Hobbs
  16. 1947Should Husbands Marry?Hugh
  17. 1947Blondie in the DoughLiewellyn Simmons
  18. 1947Nervous ShakedownMr. Penn
  19. 1947Hot HeirHugh Herbert
  20. 1946Honeymoon BluesHugh 'Hughie' Herbert
  21. 1946Get Along, Little ZombieHugh
  22. 1946When the Wife's AwayHugh
  23. 1946One Way to LoveEustace P. Trumble
  24. 1945The Mayor's HusbandHugh Herbert
  25. 1945Wife DecoyHughie Hawkins
  26. 1945Woo, Woo!
  27. 1944Music for MillionsUncle Ferdinand
  28. 1944A Knight and a BlondeHugh
  29. 1944KismetFeisal
  30. 1944Ever Since VenusP.G. Grimble
  31. 1944His Hotel SweetHugh 'Hughie' Herbert
  32. 1944Oh, Baby!Elmer 'Picklepuss' Burns
  33. 1943Who's Hugh?Hugh Herbert
  34. 1943Pitchin' in the KitchenAdam Spiggott
  35. 1943Stage Door CanteenHugh Herbert
  36. 1943It's a Great LifeTimothy Brewster
  37. 1942Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage PatchMarcus P. Throckmorton
  38. 1942There's One Born Every MinuteLemuel P. Twine / Abner Twine / Colonel Cladius Zebediah Twine
  39. 1942You're Telling MeHubert Abercrombie Gumm
  40. 1942Don't Get PersonalElmer Whippet / Oscar Whippet
  41. 1941Hellzapoppin'Quimby
  42. 1941Badlands of DakotaRocky Plummer
  43. 1941Hello, SuckerHubert Worthington Clippe
  44. 1941The Black CatMr. Penny
  45. 1941Meet the ChumpHugh Mansfield
  46. 1940Slightly TemptedProfessor Ross
  47. 1940Hit Parade of 1941Ferdinand Farraday
  48. 1940The Villain Still Pursued HerFrederick Healy
  49. 1940A Little Bit of HeavenPop Loring
  50. 1940Private AffairsAngus McPherson
  51. 1940La Conga NightsHenry I. Dibble Jr. / Faith Dibble / Hope Dibble / Charity Dibble / Prudence Dibble / Mrs. Henry I. Dibble Jr. / Henry I. Dibble Sr.
  52. 1939Little AccidentHerbert Pearson
  53. 1939Eternally YoursBenton
  54. 1939The Lady's from KentuckyMousey Johnson
  55. 1939The Family Next DoorGeorge Pierce
  56. 1938The Great WaltzJulius Hofbauer, Music Publisher
  57. 1938Four's a CrowdSilas Jenkins, Justice of the Peace
  58. 1938Men Are Such FoolsHarvey Bates
  59. 1938Gold Diggers in ParisMaurice Giraud
  60. 1938Hollywood HotelChester Marshall
  61. 1937Sh! The OctopusKelly
  62. 1937The Perfect SpecimenKilligrew Shaw
  63. 1937Marry the GirlJohn B. Radway
  64. 1937The Singing MarineAeneas Phinney
  65. 1937A Day at Santa AnitaHugh Herbert (uncredited)
  66. 1937Top of the TownHubert
  67. 1937That Man's Here AgainThomas J. Jesse
  68. 1936Sing Me a Love SongSiegfried Hammerschlag
  69. 1936Love Begins at TwentyHoratio Gillingwater
  70. 1936We Went to CollegeEllery Standish
  71. 1936One Rainy AfternoonToto
  72. 1936ColleenCedric Ames
  73. 1936Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
  74. 1935Miss Pacific FleetMr. J. August Freytag
  75. 1935To Beat the BandHugo Twist / Elizabeth Twist
  76. 1935A Midsummer Night's DreamSnout
  77. 1935We're in the MoneyHomer Bronson
  78. 1935Traveling SalesladyElmer
  79. 1935Gold Diggers of 1935T. Mosley Thorpe
  80. 1934Sweet AdelineRupert Rockingham
  81. 1934Good BadmintonHugh
  82. 1934Kansas City PrincessJunior Ashcraft
  83. 1934DamesEzra Ounce
  84. 1934Fog Over FriscoIzzy Wright
  85. 1934The Merry FrinksJoe 'Poppa' Frink
  86. 1934Merry Wives of RenoColonel Fitch
  87. 1934Harold TeenEd Rathburn
  88. 1934Wonder BarCorey Pratt
  89. 1934Fashions of 1934Joe Ward
  90. 1934Easy to LoveDetective
  91. 1933Convention CityHotstetter
  92. 1933From HeadquartersManny Wales
  93. 1933College CoachBarnett
  94. 1933Footlight ParadeBowers
  95. 1933Bureau of Missing PersonsDetective Hank Slade
  96. 1933Goodbye AgainHarvey Wilson
  97. 1933She Had to Say YesLuther Haines
  98. 1933DiplomaniacsChinaman
  99. 1933Strictly PersonalHugo Wetzel
  100. 1932Sham Poo, the MagicianTourist
  101. 1932FaithlessPeter M. Blainey
  102. 1932Million Dollar LegsSecretary of the Treasury
  103. 1932The Lost SquadronSergeant Fritz
  104. 1931Friends and LoversMcNellis
  105. 1931Traveling HusbandsHymie Schwartz
  106. 1931The Sin ShipCharlie
  107. 1931Laugh and Get RichJoe Austin
  108. 1931Danger LightsProfessor
  109. 1930Hook, Line and SinkerHotel House Detective
  110. 1928Caught in the FogDetective Riley
  111. 1927Husbands for RentValet