Hugh Herbert

Biography

Career Overview

Hugh Herbert has 123 screen credits in a career dating back to 1927. Their work spans 2 cinematic universes — most prominently Blondie with 2 titles. Signature works include There's One Born Every Minute, The Black Cat, The Villain Still Pursued Her. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

123

Birth Date

1884-08-09 00:00:00

Birth Place

Binghamton, New York, USA

Known For

• 

  There's One Born Every Minute
• 

  The Black Cat
• 

  The Villain Still Pursued Her
• The Gink at the Sink
• Trouble In-Laws
• Woo-Woo Blues

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 2 universes

• Blondie (2 titles)
• The Olsen & Johnson in Hollywood Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Peggy Moran (1 collaborations)
• Tom Brown (1 collaborations)
• Guy Kibbee (1 collaborations)
• Catherine Doucet (1 collaborations)
• Edgar Kennedy (1 collaborations)
• Gus Schilling (1 collaborations)
• Elizabeth Taylor (1 collaborations)
• Charles Halton (1 collaborations)
• Renie Riano (1 collaborations)
• Carl Switzer (1 collaborations)

Credits

• visual effects (1 credits)

  • Kernel

    3d animator

    visual effects
    2013

• writing (4 credits)

  • Kernel

    script editor

    writing
    2013
  • Second Wife

    screenplay

    writing
    1930
  • The Great Gabbo

    dialogue

    writing
    1929
  • Lights of New York

    writer

    writing
    1928

• actors (118 credits)

  • Bob Hope's World of Comedy

    Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • The Gink at the Sink

    Hugh

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Trouble In-Laws

    Hugh Herbert

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Havana Rose

    Filbert Fillmore

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Woo-Woo Blues

    Hugh Herbert

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • A Slip and a Miss

    Hugh Herbert

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • One Shivery Night

    Hugh

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Super-Wolf

    Aunt Fanny / Dave McGurk alias Dave the Drip

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

    Doctor

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Trapped by a Blonde

    Hugh

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • A Pinch in Time

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • A Song Is Born

    Professor Twingle

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • The Girl from Manhattan

    Aaron Goss

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • So This Is New York

    Mr. Trumball

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Tall, Dark and Gruesome

    Hugh Sherlock, playwright

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • On Our Merry Way

    Eli Hobbs

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Should Husbands Marry?

    Hugh

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Blondie in the Dough

    Liewellyn Simmons

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Nervous Shakedown

    Mr. Penn

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Hot Heir

    Hugh Herbert

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Honeymoon Blues

    Hugh 'Hughie' Herbert

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Get Along, Little Zombie

    Hugh

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • When the Wife's Away

    Hugh

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • One Way to Love

    Eustace P. Trumble

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • The Mayor's Husband

    Hugh Herbert

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Wife Decoy

    Hughie Hawkins

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Woo, Woo!

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Music for Millions

    Uncle Ferdinand

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • A Knight and a Blonde

    Hugh

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Kismet

    Feisal

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Ever Since Venus

    P.G. Grimble

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • His Hotel Sweet

    Hugh 'Hughie' Herbert

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Oh, Baby!

    Elmer 'Picklepuss' Burns

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Who's Hugh?

    Hugh Herbert

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Pitchin' in the Kitchen

    Adam Spiggott

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Stage Door Canteen

    Hugh Herbert

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • It's a Great Life

    Timothy Brewster

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

    Marcus P. Throckmorton

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • There's One Born Every Minute

    Lemuel P. Twine / Abner Twine / Colonel Cladius Zebediah Twine

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • You're Telling Me

    Hubert Abercrombie Gumm

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Don't Get Personal

    Elmer Whippet / Oscar Whippet

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Hellzapoppin'

    Quimby

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Badlands of Dakota

    Rocky Plummer

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Hello, Sucker

    Hubert Worthington Clippe

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • The Black Cat

    Mr. Penny

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Meet the Chump

    Hugh Mansfield

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Slightly Tempted

    Professor Ross

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Hit Parade of 1941

    Ferdinand Farraday

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Villain Still Pursued Her

    Frederick Healy

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • A Little Bit of Heaven

    Pop Loring

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Private Affairs

    Angus McPherson

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • La Conga Nights

    Henry I. Dibble Jr. / Faith Dibble / Hope Dibble / Charity Dibble / Prudence Dibble / Mrs. Henry I. Dibble Jr. / Henry I. Dibble Sr.

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Little Accident

    Herbert Pearson

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Eternally Yours

    Benton

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Lady's from Kentucky

    Mousey Johnson

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Family Next Door

    George Pierce

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Breakdowns of 1938

    Silas Jenkins / Maurice Giraud (archive footage) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • The Great Waltz

    Julius Hofbauer, Music Publisher

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Four's a Crowd

    Silas Jenkins, Justice of the Peace

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Men Are Such Fools

    Harvey Bates

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Gold Diggers in Paris

    Maurice Giraud

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Hollywood Hotel

    Chester Marshall

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Breakdowns of 1937

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Sh! The Octopus

    Kelly

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • The Perfect Specimen

    Killigrew Shaw

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Marry the Girl

    John B. Radway

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • The Singing Marine

    Aeneas Phinney

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • A Day at Santa Anita

    Hugh Herbert (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Top of the Town

    Hubert

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • That Man's Here Again

    Thomas J. Jesse

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Sing Me a Love Song

    Siegfried Hammerschlag

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Love Begins at Twenty

    Horatio Gillingwater

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • We Went to College

    Ellery Standish

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • One Rainy Afternoon

    Toto

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Colleen

    Cedric Ames

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • A Dream Comes True

    Himself (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Miss Pacific Fleet

    Mr. J. August Freytag

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Things You Never See on the Screen

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • To Beat the Band

    Hugo Twist / Elizabeth Twist

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Snout

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • We're in the Money

    Homer Bronson

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Traveling Saleslady

    Elmer

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Gold Diggers of 1935

    T. Mosley Thorpe

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio

    Himself (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Sweet Adeline

    Rupert Rockingham

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Good Badminton

    Hugh

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Kansas City Princess

    Junior Ashcraft

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Fog Over Frisco

    Izzy Wright

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • The Merry Frinks

    Joe 'Poppa' Frink

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Merry Wives of Reno

    Colonel Fitch

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Harold Teen

    Ed Rathburn

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Wonder Bar

    Corey Pratt

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • And She Learned About Dames

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Hollywood Newsreel

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Fashions of 1934

    Joe Ward

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Easy to Love

    Detective

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Convention City

    Hotstetter

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • From Headquarters

    Manny Wales

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • College Coach

    Barnett

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Footlight Parade

    Bowers

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Bureau of Missing Persons

    Detective Hank Slade

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Goodbye Again

    Harvey Wilson

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • She Had to Say Yes

    Luther Haines

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Diplomaniacs

    Chinaman

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Strictly Personal

    Hugo Wetzel

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Sham Poo, the Magician

    Tourist

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Faithless

    Peter M. Blainey

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Million Dollar Legs

    Secretary of the Treasury

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • The Lost Squadron

    Sergeant Fritz

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Friends and Lovers

    McNellis

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Traveling Husbands

    Hymie Schwartz

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • The Sin Ship

    Charlie

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Laugh and Get Rich

    Joe Austin

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Danger Lights

    Professor

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Hook, Line and Sinker

    Hotel House Detective

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Caught in the Fog

    Detective Riley

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • Husbands for Rent

    Valet

    actor

    actors
    1927