Acting · Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA · Born July 22, 1907
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Phillips Raymond Holmes (July 22, 1907 – August 12, 1942) was an American actor. In 1928 Holmes was spotted in the undergraduate crowd at Princeton University during the filming of Frank Tuttle's Varsity and offered a screen test. In the early 1930s he became a popular leading man, playing leads in a few important productions, notably in Josef von Sternberg's An American Tragedy. At Paramount, Holmes starred in melodrama and comedy. In 1933 his Paramount contract ran out and he moved to MGM for one year. As the decade progressed, his career declined, and he appeared in a few box-office failures, including Sam Goldwyn's poorly received Nana (1934). His last American movie was General Spanky (1936). In 1938 Holmes appeared in two UK movies. Housemaster was his last film. Then he returned to acting on stage in the United States. At the start of World War II, Holmes joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was killed in a mid-air collision in northwest Ontario, Canada in 1942. For his contributions to the film industry, Phillips Holmes was posthumously given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.
MovieThe Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
as Self (archive footage)
MovieHollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Ernest DeGraff in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. footage) (uncredited)
MovieHousemaster
1938
as Philip de Pourville
MovieThe Dominant Sex
1937
as Dick Shale
MovieGeneral Spanky
1936
as Marshall Valient
MovieThe House of a Thousand Candles
1936
as Tony Carleton
MovieChatterbox
1936
as Philip 'Phil' Greene Jr.
Ten Minute Alibi
1935
as Colin Derwent
The Divine Spark
1935
as Vincenzo Bellini
MovieCaravan
1934
as Lieutenant Von Tokay
MovieGreat Expectations
1934
as Pip
No Ransom
1934
as Tom Wilson
MovieMillion Dollar Ransom
1934
as Stan Casserly
MovieNana
1934
as Lieutenant George Muffat
MovieDinner at Eight
1933
as Ernest DeGraff
MovieStage Mother
1933
as Lord Reggie Aylesworth
MoviePenthouse
1933
as Tom Siddall
MovieBeauty for Sale
1933
as Burt Barton
MovieThe Big Brain
1933
as Terry Van Sloan
MovieStorm at Daybreak
1933
as Csaholyi
MovieLooking Forward
1933
as Michael Service
MovieMen Must Fight
1933
as Bob Seward
MovieThe Secret of Madame Blanche
1933
as Leonard St. John
Movie70,000 Witnesses
1932
as Buck Buchan
MovieMake Me a Star
1932
as Phillips Holmes (uncredited)
MovieNight Court
1932
as Mike Thomas
MovieBroken Lullaby
1932
as Paul Renard
MovieTwo Kinds of Women
1932
as Joseph Gresham Jr.
MovieAn American Tragedy
1931
as Clyde Griffiths
MovieConfessions of a Co-Ed
1931
as Dan Carter
MovieThe House That Shadows Built
1931
as (archive footage)
MovieStolen Heaven
1931
as Joe Bartlett
MovieThe Criminal Code
1931
as Robert Graham
MovieMan to Man
1930
as Michael Bolton
The Dancers
1930
as Tony
MovieHer Man
1930
as Dan
MovieGrumpy
1930
as Ernest Heron
MovieThe Devil's Holiday
1930
as David Stone
MovieParamount on Parade
1930
as Hunter ('Dream Girl')
MovieOnly the Brave
1930
as Capt. Robert Darrington
MoviePointed Heels
1929
as Donald Ogden
MovieThe Return of Sherlock Holmes
1929
as Roger Longmore
MovieStairs of Sand
1929
as Adam Wansfell (as Phillips R. Holmes)
MovieThe Wild Party
1929
as Phil
MovieHis Private Life
1928
as Pierrot (uncredited)
MovieVarsity
1928
as Middlebrook
MovieUneasy Money
1918
as Caddy (uncredited)
