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:
- 113
- First Appeared:
- In the movie A New Hat for the Madam 1906-11-15
- 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 | 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 | Stage Door Canteen | Jean Hersholt | 1943-06-24 |
| Movie | Melody for Three | Doctor Paul Christian | 1941-06-19 |
| Movie | They Meet Again | Doctor Paul Christian | 1941-07-11 |
| Movie | Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 | 1941-12-05 | |
| Movie | The Courageous Dr. Christian | Doctor Paul Christian | 1940-04-04 |
| Movie | Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self | 1940-07-31 |
| Movie | Dr. Christian Meets the Women | Doctor Paul Christian | 1940-08-05 |
| Movie | Remedy for Riches | Doctor Paul Christian | 1940-11-29 |
| 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 | Five of a Kind | Dr. John Luke | 1938-10-14 |
| Movie | I'll Give a Million | Victor | 1938-07-27 |
| 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 | Murder in the Fleet | Victor Hanson | 1935-05-24 |
| Movie | Mark of the Vampire | Baron Otto | 1935-04-26 |
| Movie | Break of Hearts | Professor Thalma | 1935-05-31 |
| Movie | The Cat and the Fiddle | Professor Bertier | 1934-02-16 |
| Movie | Men in White | Dr. Hochberg | 1934-04-06 |
| 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 | Grand Hotel | Senf | 1932-05-25 |
| Movie | Night Court | Herman the Janitor | 1932-06-04 |
| Movie | The Beast of the City | Samuel 'Sam' Belmonte | 1932-02-13 |
| Movie | Emma | Frederick Smith | 1932-01-02 |
| Movie | Are You Listening? | George Wagner | 1932-03-21 |
| Movie | New Morals for Old | James Hallett | 1932-06-04 |
| Movie | Flesh | Mr. Herman | 1932-12-08 |
| Movie | Unashamed | Mr. Schmidt | 1932-07-02 |
| Movie | The Mask of Fu Manchu | Von Berg | 1932-11-05 |
| Movie | Hearts of Humanity | Sol Bloom | 1932-08-31 |
| Movie | Skyscraper Souls | Jake | 1932-07-16 |
| Movie | The Phantom of Paris | Herman | 1931-09-12 |
| Movie | Daybreak | Herr Schnabel | 1931-05-02 |
| Movie | Transatlantic | Rudolph aka Jed Kramer | 1931-08-19 |
| Movie | Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) | Karl Ohlin | 1931-10-10 |
| Movie | Private Lives | Oscar | 1931-12-12 |
| Movie | The Sin of Madelon Claudet | Dr. Dulac | 1931-10-23 |
| 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 Student Prince in Old Heidelberg | Dr. Jüttner | 1928-01-30 |
| Movie | 13 Washington Square | 'Deacon' Pyecroft | 1928-01-28 |
| Movie | The Secret Hour | Tony | 1928-02-04 |
| Movie | The Battle of the Sexes | William Judson | 1928-10-12 |
| Movie | Abie's Irish Rose | Solomon Levy | 1928-04-19 |
| Movie | Jazz Mad | Franz Hausmann | 1928-11-18 |
| Movie | Give and Take | John Bauer | 1928-12-23 |
| Movie | Alias The Deacon | George Caswell or The Deacon | 1927-06-20 |
| Movie | My Old Dutch | 'Erb 'Uggins | 1926-05-23 |
| Movie | The Greater Glory | Gustav Schmidt | 1926-05-02 |
| Movie | The Old Soak | Clement Hawley, Sr. | 1926-10-11 |
| Movie | Don Q Son of Zorro | Don Fabrique Borusta | 1925-06-15 |
| Movie | Fifth Avenue Models | Mr. Jones - a Crook | 1925-04-26 |
| Movie | Stella Dallas | Ed Munn | 1925-11-16 |
| Movie | Her Night of Romance | Joe Diamond | 1924-11-24 |
| Movie | The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal Studios | 1924-03-21 | |
| Movie | The Goldfish | Herman Krauss | 1924-03-30 |
| Movie | Greed | Marcus | 1924-12-04 |
| 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 | Red Lights | Ezra Carson | 1923-09-30 |
| Movie | Souls for Sale | Self - Celebrity Actor | 1923-04-22 |
| Movie | Heart's Haven | Henry Bird | 1922-08-08 |
| Movie | Tess of the Storm Country | Ben Letts | 1922-11-12 |
| Movie | The Strangers' Banquet | Fiend | 1922-12-31 |
| 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 Red Lane | Vetal Beaulieu | 1920-07-12 |
| Movie | The Deceiver | 1920-12-01 | |
| Movie | The Golden Trail | Harry Teal | 1920-09-01 |
| Movie | Love's Prisoner | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1919-06-07 |
| Movie | Madame Spy | Count Von Ornstorff | 1918-01-21 |
| Movie | Love Aflame | Reginald | 1917-01-29 |
| Movie | Black Orchids | 1917-01-01 | |
| Movie | Southern Justice | Caleb Talbot | 1917-05-28 |
| Movie | The Saintly Sinner | Undetermined Role | 1917-02-26 |
| 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 | A Stormy Knight | Dr. Fraser | 1917-09-10 |
| 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 |
| Movie | A New Hat for the Madam | 1906-11-15 |