Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
8/9/1884
Place of Birth
Binghamton, New York, USA
Also Known As
Hugh Herbert
Biography
Known For
Million Dollar Legs
as Secretary of the Treasury
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Marcus P. Throckmorton
Harold Teen
as Ed Rathburn
Faithless
as Peter M. Blainey
Little Accident
as Herbert Pearson
Traveling Saleslady
as Elmer
Sweet Adeline
as Rupert Rockingham
Goodbye Again
as Harvey Wilson
Strictly Personal
as Hugo Wetzel
Hello, Sucker
as Hubert Worthington Clippe
Kismet
as Feisal
Hollywood Hotel
as Chester Marshall
Wonder Bar
as Corey Pratt
Hellzapoppin'
as Quimby
Eternally Yours
as Benton
Diplomaniacs
as Chinaman
From Headquarters
as Manny Wales
Slightly Tempted
as Professor Ross
The Great Waltz
as Julius Hofbauer, Music Publisher
A Song Is Born
as Professor Twingle
Career Timeline
1951
1949
1948
1947
1946
1945
1944
1943
1942
1941
1940
Slightly Tempted
as Professor Ross
Hit Parade of 1941
as Ferdinand Farraday
The Villain Still Pursued Her
as Frederick Healy
A Little Bit of Heaven
as Pop Loring
Private Affairs
as Angus McPherson
La Conga Nights
as Henry I. Dibble Jr. / Faith Dibble / Hope Dibble / Charity Dibble / Prudence Dibble / Mrs. Henry I. Dibble Jr. / Henry I. Dibble Sr.
1939
1938
Breakdowns of 1938
as Silas Jenkins / Maurice Giraud (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Great Waltz
as Julius Hofbauer, Music Publisher
Four's a Crowd
as Silas Jenkins, Justice of the Peace
Men Are Such Fools
as Harvey Bates
Gold Diggers in Paris
as Maurice Giraud
Hollywood Hotel
as Chester Marshall
1937
Breakdowns of 1937
as Self
Sh! The Octopus
as Kelly
The Perfect Specimen
as Killigrew Shaw
Marry the Girl
as John B. Radway
The Singing Marine
as Aeneas Phinney
A Day at Santa Anita
as Hugh Herbert (uncredited)
Top of the Town
as Hubert
That Man's Here Again
as Thomas J. Jesse
1936
1935
A Dream Comes True
as Himself (uncredited)
Miss Pacific Fleet
as Mr. J. August Freytag
Things You Never See on the Screen
as Self
To Beat the Band
as Hugo Twist / Elizabeth Twist
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Snout
We're in the Money
as Homer Bronson
Traveling Saleslady
as Elmer
Gold Diggers of 1935
as T. Mosley Thorpe
A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio
as Himself (uncredited)
1934
Sweet Adeline
as Rupert Rockingham
Good Badminton
as Hugh
Kansas City Princess
as Junior Ashcraft
Dames
as Ezra Ounce
Fog Over Frisco
as Izzy Wright
The Merry Frinks
as Joe 'Poppa' Frink
Merry Wives of Reno
as Colonel Fitch
Harold Teen
as Ed Rathburn
Wonder Bar
as Corey Pratt
And She Learned About Dames
as Himself
Hollywood Newsreel
as Himself
Fashions of 1934
as Joe Ward
Easy to Love
as Detective
1933
Convention City
as Hotstetter
From Headquarters
as Manny Wales
College Coach
as Barnett
Footlight Parade
as Charlie Bowers
Bureau of Missing Persons
as Detective Hank Slade
Goodbye Again
as Harvey Wilson
She Had to Say Yes
as Luther Haines
Diplomaniacs
as Chinaman
Strictly Personal
as Hugo Wetzel