Capt. John Holling — Mystery Liner Character Profile

About Capt. John Holling

The original captain of the liner who suffers a nervous breakdown and is subsequently relieved of his command before the ship's planned remote control experiment.

Capt. John Holling — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Noah Beery

Appears in

Mystery Liner (1934)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (5)

• Capt. John Holling — Professional Command Successor — Capt. Downey (Boothe Howard)

  Holling is replaced by Downey as captain after suffering a nervous breakdown

• Capt. John Holling — Professional Former Commander — First Officer Cliff Rogers (Cornelius Keefe)

  Captain Holling was formerly in command of First Officer Cliff Rogers

• Capt. John Holling — Social Concerned Associate — Lila Kane (Astrid Allwyn)

  Lila Kane shows concern for Captain Holling after his breakdown

• Capt. John Holling — Social Family Friend — Granny Plimpton (Zeffie Tilbury)

  Granny Plimpton has a relationship with Captain Holling

• Capt. John Holling — Professional Attending Physician — Dr. Howard (Howard Hickman)

  Howard treats Holling after his nervous breakdown

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• Major Pope (Edwin Maxwell)
• Inspector Von Kessling (Gustav von Seyffertitz)
• Watson (John M. Sullivan)
• Prof. Grimson (Ralph Lewis)
• Crewman (uncredited) (Slim Whitaker)
• Waiter (uncredited) (George Nash)
• Spy Chief (uncredited) (Raymond Brown)
• Aide (uncredited) (Harry Schultz)
• First Officer Cliff Rogers (Cornelius Keefe)
• Commander Bryson (uncredited) (Gordon De Main)
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