Phillips Holmes
Phillips Holmes | |
|---|---|
 1930 | |
| Born | July 22, 1907 Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States |
| Died | August 12, 1942 (aged 35) Ontario, Canada |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge University of Grenoble Princeton University |
| Occupation | Actor |
Phillips Holmes (July 22, 1907 – August 12, 1942) was an American film actor who appeared in 44 films between 1928 and 1938.
Early life, education and career
Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the son of stage star Taylor Holmes, Holmes enjoyed a privileged childhood and received his education at Trinity College, Cambridge, the University of Grenoble and a year at Princeton University where he was spotted in the undergraduate crowd during the filming of Frank Tuttle's Varsity in 1928 and offered a screen test.[1]
Military service and death
At the start of World War II, he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was killed in a mid-air collision in northwest Ontario, Canada.[2][3]
Legacy
Holmes has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Partial filmography
- Her Market Value (1925) (uncredited)
- Varsity (1928)
- The Wild Party (1929)
- Stairs of Sand (1929)
- The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1929)
- The Devil's Holiday (1930)
- Her Man (1930)
- Man to Man (1930)
- The Dancers (1930)
- Grumpy (1930)
- The Criminal Code (1931)
- Stolen Heaven (1931)
- An American Tragedy (1931)
- Broken Lullaby (1932)
- Night Court (1932)
- Men Must Fight (1933)
- Looking Forward (1933)
- Dinner at Eight (1933)
- Beauty for Sale (1933)
- Penthouse (1933)
- Stage Mother (1933)
- Nana (1934)
- Caravan (1934)
- Great Expectations (1934)
- Million Dollar Ransom (1934)
- The Divine Spark (1935)
- Ten Minute Alibi (1935)
- Chatterbox (1936)
- General Spanky (1936)
- The Dominant Sex (1937)
- Housemaster (1938)
See also
- List of alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
- List of people from Grand Rapids, Michigan
- List of Princeton University people
- Lists of actors
References
- ^ "Phillips Holmes '30 – Going Hollywood and After" (PDF format). Princeton University Library Chronicle, Volume 31, Autumn 1969.
- ^ "Actor Phillips Holmes Dies in Warplane Crash". Los Angeles Times. August 15, 1942.
- ^ Database (undated). "Phillips Holmes". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
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Categories:
- 1907 births
- 1942 deaths
- 20th-century American male actors
- Accidental deaths in Ontario
- Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
- American expatriate male actors in Canada
- American expatriate male actors in France
- American expatriate male actors in the United Kingdom
- American expatriates in England
- American male film actors
- Canadian military personnel killed in World War II
- Male actors from Michigan
- People from Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Princeton University alumni, 1920–29
- Royal Canadian Air Force personnel of World War II
- University of Grenoble alumni
- Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Canada