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.
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- Born:
- Jul 12, 1886 In Copenhagen, Denmark
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 121
- 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 | Vincent Price's Dracula | Baron Otto - (archive footage) | 1986-09-29 |
| Movie | Hollywood Without Make-Up | 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 |
| Series | What's My Line? | Himself - Mystery Guest | 1950-02-02 |
| Movie | Dancing in the Dark | Jean Hersholt | 1949-12-02 |
| Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
| Movie | To the People of the United States | Colonel Jensen - Medical Corps | 1944-04-16 |
| Movie | Stage Door Canteen | Jean Hersholt | 1943-06-24 |
| Movie | They Meet Again | Doctor Paul Christian | 1941-07-11 |
| Movie | Melody for Three | Doctor Paul Christian | 1941-06-19 |
| Movie | Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 | 1941-12-05 | |
| Movie | Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self | 1940-07-31 |
| Movie | The Courageous Dr. Christian | Doctor Paul Christian | 1940-04-04 |
| 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 | Reunion | Dr. John Luke | 1936-11-20 |
| Movie | Sins of Man | Christopher Freyman | 1936-06-19 |
| Movie | His Brother's Wife | Professor 'Pop' Fahrenheim | 1936-08-07 |
| 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 | Transatlantic | Rudolph aka Jed Kramer | 1931-08-19 |
| Movie | The Phantom of Paris | Herman | 1931-09-12 |
| Movie | Daybreak | Herr Schnabel | 1931-05-02 |
| 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 | The Case of Sergeant Grischa | Posnanski | 1930-02-23 |
| Movie | The Climax | Luigi Golfanti | 1930-01-04 |
| Movie | Mamba | August Bolte (Mamba) | 1930-03-09 |
| 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 | East Is West | Man | 1930-10-23 |
| 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 | The Wrong Mr. Wright | Seymour White | 1927-02-27 |
| Movie | Alias The Deacon | George Caswell or The Deacon | 1927-06-20 |
| Movie | The Greater Glory | Gustav Schmidt | 1926-05-02 |
| Movie | My Old Dutch | 'Erb 'Uggins | 1926-05-23 |
| Movie | It Must Be Love | Pop Schmidt | 1926-08-22 |
| Movie | The Old Soak | Clement Hawley, Sr. | 1926-10-11 |
| Movie | Fifth Avenue Models | Mr. Jones - a Crook | 1925-04-26 |
| Movie | Don Q Son of Zorro | Don Fabrique Borusta | 1925-06-15 |
| 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 | The Saintly Sinner | Undetermined Role | 1917-02-26 |
| Movie | Princess Virtue | Emile Carre | 1917-11-12 |
| Movie | Love Aflame | Reginald | 1917-01-29 |
| Movie | Black Orchids | 1917-01-01 | |
| Movie | Perils of the Secret Service | Prince Feodor (Episode #2) | 1917-03-09 |
| Movie | The Terror | Jimm, the Dope | 1917-02-12 |
| Movie | Southern Justice | Caleb Talbot | 1917-05-28 |
| Movie | '49–'17 | 'Gentleman Jim' Raynor | 1917-10-15 |
| Movie | A Stormy Knight | Dr. Fraser | 1917-09-10 |
| Movie | The Soul Herder | The Minister | 1917-08-07 |
| 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 |