Hugh Herbert

Born: 1884-08-09


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Footlight Parade

as Charlie Bowers
Released: 1933-10-21

A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife...

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Hellzapoppin'

as Quimby
Released: 1941-12-25

Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring...

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Four's a Crowd

as Silas Jenkins, Justice of the Peace
Released: 1938-08-04

A public relations man falls for his most difficult client's granddaughter.

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A Song Is Born

as Professor Twingle
Released: 1948-10-19

The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to...

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Stage Door Canteen

as Hugh Herbert
Released: 1943-06-24

A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous...

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Eternally Yours

as Benton
Released: 1939-10-07

Anita, engaged to solid Don Barnes, is swept off her feet by magician Arturo. Before you can say...

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Wonder Bar

as Corey Pratt
Released: 1934-03-31

Harry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with...

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The Black Cat

as Mr. Penny
Released: 1941-05-02

Greedy heirs wait in a mansion for a rich cat lover to die, only to learn her cats come first.

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Gold Diggers in Paris

as Maurice Giraud
Released: 1938-06-11

When the representative of the Paris International Dance Exposition arrives in New York to...

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Hollywood Hotel

as Chester Marshall
Released: 1938-01-15

After losing a coveted role in an upcoming film to another actress, screen queen Mona Marshall...

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Fashions of 1934

as Joe Ward
Released: 1934-02-14

When the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner...

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The Great Waltz

as Julius Hofbauer, Music Publisher
Released: 1938-11-04

Composer Johann Strauss risks his marriage over his infatuation with a beautiful singer.

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On Our Merry Way

as Eli Hobbs
Released: 1948-02-03

Oliver Pease gets a dose of courage from his wife Martha and tricks the editor of the paper...

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Kismet

as Feisal
Released: 1944-10-01

Hafiz, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter...

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Snout
Released: 1935-10-09

Four young people escape Athens to a forest where the king and queen of the fairies are...

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Gold Diggers of 1935

as T. Mosley Thorpe
Released: 1935-03-15

Romance strikes when a vacationing millionairess and her daughter and son spend their vacation...

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Sweet Adeline

as Rupert Rockingham
Released: 1934-12-29

In 1898, composer Sid Barnett manages to get his sweetheart, Adeline the beer-garden singer, to...

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Havana Rose

as Filbert Fillmore
Released: 1951-09-15

Ambassador Rico DeMarco is in Washington trying to raise a five-million dollar loan for his...

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Sh! The Octopus

as Kelly
Released: 1937-12-11

Comedy-mystery finds Detectives Kelly and Dempsey trapped in a deserted lighthouse with a group...

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Goodbye Again

as Harvey Wilson
Released: 1933-09-09

Flirtatious mix-ups abound when a celebrated novelist tangles with an old flame and her...

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Dames

as Ezra Ounce
Released: 1934-09-01

A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.

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The Perfect Specimen

as Killigrew Shaw
Released: 1937-10-23

Raised in seclusion to be the epitome of mental, physical and moral perfection, Gerald Beresford...

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Private Affairs

as Angus McPherson
Released: 1940-07-05

A girl decides to consult her natural father, whom she's never seen, for advice on her mixed-up...

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Things You Never See on the Screen

as Self
Released: 1935-12-01

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1935.

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Breakdowns of 1938

as Silas Jenkins / Maurice Giraud (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1938-12-31

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.

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She Had to Say Yes

as Luther Haines
Released: 1933-07-15

Florence Denny is Tommy Nelson's girlfriend and secretary at a clothing manufacturer during the...

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Badlands Of Dakota

as Rocky Plummer
Released: 1941-09-15

Up-and-coming Universal leading man Robert Stack made his western-movie debut in Badlands of...

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From Headquarters

as Manny Wales
Released: 1933-11-16

When a Broadway playboy is found dead, it's up to detective Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out...

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The Villain Still Pursued Her

as Frederick Healy
Released: 1940-10-11

Victorian melodrama is sent up in this spoof of the old production "The Drunkard; or, The Fallen...

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Colleen

as Cedric Ames
Released: 1936-03-21

Musical about dingaling millionaire businessman Cedric Ames and his various employees

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The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

as Doctor
Released: 1949-05-27

Saloon-bar singer Freddie gets very angry whenever boyfriend Blackie seems to be playing around....

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Ever Since Venus

as P.G. Grimble
Released: 1944-09-14

The American Beauty Association is about to hold its annual trade show in New York City and...

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Traveling Husbands

as Hymie Schwartz
Released: 1931-08-15

A salesman gets in trouble with a party girl and a debutante in Detroit.

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Strictly Personal

as Hugo Wetzel
Released: 1933-03-17

Soapy Gibson (Edward Ellis) and his wife Annie (Marjorie Rambeau) run a lonely hearts club in a...

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One Rainy Afternoon

as Toto
Released: 1936-05-13

Suave French actor Philippe Martin provokes a scandal when, in a darkened theater, he mistakes...

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Fog Over Frisco

as Izzy Wright
Released: 1934-06-02

Val takes the assistance of a society reporter and a journalist to investigate the disappearance...

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We're in the Money

as Homer Bronson
Released: 1935-08-17

Ginger and Dixie are process servers for goofy lawyer Homer Bronson. The two friends want to...

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Breakdowns of 1937

as Self
Released: 1937-12-31

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1937.

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Super-Wolf

as Aunt Fanny / Dave McGurk alias Dave the Drip
Released: 1949-10-13

Hugh is a dead ringer for a criminal terrorizing the city.

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Bureau of Missing Persons

as Detective Hank Slade
Released: 1933-09-16

Butch Saunders has been transferred to Missing Persons because he was too brutal in other police...

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Little Accident

as Herbert Pearson
Released: 1939-10-26

A baby is passed from hand to hand after her father abandons her.

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Convention City

as Hotstetter
Released: 1933-12-14

Extra-marital fun and games at a convention of the Honeywell Rubber Company in Atlantic City.

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Hook, Line and Sinker

as Hotel House Detective
Released: 1930-12-26

Two fast-talking insurance salesmen meet Mary, who is running away from her wealthy mother, and...

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Diplomaniacs

as Chinaman
Released: 1933-04-28

Barbers Willy Nilly and Hercules Glub have opened a barbershop in an Indian reservation, where...

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Faithless

as Peter M. Blainey
Released: 1932-10-15

Socialite Carol Morgan romps through the Depression and her wealth while breaking up with Bill...

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Harold Teen

as Ed Rathburn
Released: 1934-04-07

A young reporter pines for his high-school sweetheart, but she's preoccupied with appearing in...

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Hit Parade of 1941

as Ferdinand Farraday
Released: 1940-10-14

In this musical, the second entry in a five-film series, a thrift shop owner sells his business...

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Kansas City Princess

as Junior Ashcraft
Released: 1934-09-14

Rosie and Marie are wisecracking Kansas City manicurists. Marie is an unabashed golddigger but...

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The Girl from Manhattan

as Aaron Goss
Released: 1948-10-01

A small-town girl who's made it big in New York as a fashion model returns home, only to find...

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Million Dollar Legs

as Secretary of the Treasury
Released: 1932-07-08

A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics...

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The Merry Frinks

as Joe 'Poppa' Frink
Released: 1934-05-26

An heiress abandons an out-of-work husband, two sons and a lovesick daughter.

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Top of the Town

as Hubert
Released: 1937-04-17

In this musical set in swingin' Manhattan, an heiress plans a ballet in the famous Moonbeam...

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Hello, Sucker

as Hubert Worthington Clippe
Released: 1941-06-01

A young couple buy a bankrupt vaudeville booking agency, and try to make it a success.

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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.
Released: 1940-05-31

In this comedy, actor Hugh Herbert plays six different roles. Only one of the roles is a man....

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The Lost Squadron

as Sergeant Fritz
Released: 1932-03-12

When World War I comes to an end, three pilots find themselves on hard times. They wind up in...

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College Coach

as Barnett
Released: 1933-11-04

Ruthless Coach Gore creates turmoil at a college by hiring players and alienating students....

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Miss Pacific Fleet

as Mr. J. August Freytag
Released: 1935-12-14

A down-on-her-luck showgirl sets her eyes on the cash prize that comes with winning the title...

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Slightly Tempted

as Professor Ross
Released: 1940-10-18

A con man tries to sell phony stocks to unwary investors.

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Sing Me a Love Song

as Siegfried Hammerschlag
Released: 1936-12-25

A young playboy inherits a financially-troubled New York City department store. To learn the...

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Marry the Girl

as John B. Radway
Released: 1937-07-13

Frantic screwball comedy about a meek personal assistant (Frank McHugh) who is promoted to...

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Danger Lights

as Professor
Released: 1930-11-15

Head railroad man Dan is as ugly as he is honorable. When he spots a drifter who'd hopped a...

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It's a Great Life

as Timothy Brewster
Released: 1943-05-27

Dagwood Bumstead, intending to buy a house, buys a horse instead. However, Dagwood quickly gets...

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Men Are Such Fools

as Harvey Bates
Released: 1938-06-15

Linda works at an advertising agency, but, unlike the other women in the secretarial pool, she...

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To Beat the Band

as Hugo Twist / Elizabeth Twist
Released: 1935-11-23

An eccentric heir must marry a widow in order to collect the millions left to him in his aunt's...

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Merry Wives of Reno

as Colonel Fitch
Released: 1934-04-18

Three couples raise a ruckus when they travel to Nevada for quickie divorces.

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Oh, Baby!

as Elmer 'Picklepuss' Burns
Released: 1944-04-17

Hugh, who has always made no secret about his disdain for children, changes his mind when he...

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Music for Millions

as Uncle Ferdinand
Released: 1944-12-18

Six-year-old "Mike" goes to live with her pregnant older sister, Babs, who plays string bass in...

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Easy to Love

as Detective
Released: 1934-01-13

Carol feels, for whatever reason, that her husband, John, has grown indifferent to her, and is...

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One Way to Love

as Eustace P. Trumble
Released: 1946-01-08

A Chicago team of radio scriptwriters must split up when he takes a job with his bride-to-be's...

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A Dream Comes True

as Himself (uncredited)
Released: 1935-12-31

A promotional short to hype the production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935).

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So This Is New York

as Mr. Trumball
Released: 1948-06-01

A small town man inherits a significant fortune and takes his family to New York City whereupon...

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Don't Get Personal

as Elmer Whippet / Oscar Whippet
Released: 1942-01-02

Elmer Whippet inherits the Whippet Pickles company and sets out to meet the two stars, Mary...

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Friends and Lovers

as McNellis
Released: 1931-10-03

British Army captain Geoff Roberts carries on an affair with Alva, the wife of the cruel Victor...

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Love Begins at Twenty

as Horatio Gillingwater
Released: 1936-08-22

A henpecked husband tries to help his daughter marry the man she loves and his wife loathes.

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Laugh and Get Rich

as Joe Austin
Released: 1931-03-27

An inept inventor and his stoic wife believe an oil well investment has paid off and that...

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There's One Born Every Minute

as Lemuel P. Twine / Abner Twine / Colonel Cladius Zebediah Twine
Released: 1942-06-26

A nine-year-old Elizabeth Taylor made her film debut in this lively comedy. She plays the...

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Hot Heir

as Hugh Herbert
Released: 1947-02-13

Hugh innocently becomes involved with his neighbors wife, just as his rich uncle comes to visit.

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Hollywood Newsreel

as Himself
Released: 1934-03-24

A potpourri of features involving Hollywood celebrities. The Columbia University football team,...

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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

as Marcus P. Throckmorton
Released: 1942-10-01

In the shanty town called the Cabbage Patch, Mrs. Wiggs scrabbles for survival with her brood of...

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A Little Bit of Heaven

as Pop Loring
Released: 1940-10-10

A child from the New York tenements sings on a radio quiz show and is eventually hired to a...

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That Man's Here Again

as Thomas J. Jesse
Released: 1937-04-16

An elevator operator in a swanky apartment building falls in love with a homeless girl who...

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The Family Next Door

as George Pierce
Released: 1939-03-30

Rose Pierce is discontent with her life as the wife of a small town plumber and has visions of...

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A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio

as Himself (uncredited)
Released: 1935-02-02

This short shows the entrances of the various Hollywood studios, then specifically visits Warner...

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Woo, Woo!

as uncredited
Released: 1945-01-05

Hugh Herbert forms a company to relieve other people from worrying, but a jealous husband, Harry...

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Traveling Saleslady

as Elmer
Released: 1935-03-28

A toothpaste magnate's mischievous daughter, tired of her father's traditional ways of...

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The Singing Marine

as Aeneas Phinney
Released: 1937-07-03

Bob Brent, a young Marine from Arkansas, impresses his comrades with his singing ability, and...

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Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

as uncredited
Released: 1936-08-05

Winners of the Lucky Stars National Dance Contest - one woman from each state of the United...

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Blondie in the Dough

as Liewellyn Simmons
Released: 1947-10-16

BBlondie opens a bakery in her home to help fill the family cookie jar. Her tasty cookies...

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Pitchin' in the Kitchen

as Adam Spiggott
Released: 1943-09-10

While his wife works at a defense plant, Hugh stays home and tries to do the housework.

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Honeymoon Blues

as Hugh 'Hughie' Herbert
Released: 1946-10-17

Immediately after his wedding, Hugh's boss comes to him with an important job - he is to...

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Should Husbands Marry?

as Hugh
Released: 1947-11-13

Hugh's loudmouth pal crashes a dinner party Hugh is throwing for his boss.

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The Sin Ship

as Charlie
Released: 1931-04-18

A lecherous ship captain becomes spiritually changed by a female passenger, not realizing she...

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One Shivery Night

as Hugh
Released: 1950-07-13

Hugh and his partner, Julius are assigned to demolish a old mansion that's rumored to have a...

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You're Telling Me

as Hubert Abercrombie Gumm
Released: 1942-05-03

Hubert Abercrombie Gumm, a flighty, eccentric screwball acquires a job as an executive at a...

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A Day at Santa Anita

as Hugh Herbert (uncredited)
Released: 1937-05-22

Orphaned horse-trainer's little daughter has reciprocated bond with horse, which needs her...

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Wife Decoy

as Hughie Hawkins
Released: 1945-05-18

While in a nightclub, Hugh doesn't recognize his wife, who has recently changed her hair color...

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Get Along, Little Zombie

as Hugh
Released: 1946-05-09

There's a monster running around loose in the house Hugh is showing to two prospective clients.

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Tall, Dark and Gruesome

as Hugh Sherlock, playwright
Released: 1948-04-15

A crate containing a live gorilla is delivered to a mountain cabin Hugh has rented.

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Caught in the Fog

as Detective Riley
Released: 1928-08-25

Wealthy Bob visits his mother's Florida houseboat in order to remove her jewelry and stumbles...

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Nervous Shakedown

as Mr. Penn
Released: 1947-03-13

Hugh and Dudley stay at Dr. Flint's Sanitarium, unaware that two escaped convicts are using the...

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And She Learned About Dames

as Himself
Released: 1934-03-27

Students at New York's Rovina Finishing School for Girls send their photographs to the makers of...

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The Lady's from Kentucky

as Mousey Johnson
Released: 1939-04-27

Good-natured gambler Marty Black falls into ownership of a booking joint but soon falls on hard...

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Sham Poo, the Magician

as Tourist
Released: 1932-11-25

Hugh Herbert and Roscoe Ates are in a bar where all the men wear fezzes. They are trying to make...

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The Mayor's Husband

as Hugh Herbert
Released: 1945-09-20

Gangsters pry incriminating evidence from Hugh through the use of a gun moll.

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A Pinch in Time

as uncredited
Released: 1948-11-11

A beautiful blonde has just stolen a necklace and is being pursued by the police. She plants the...

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Trapped by a Blonde

as Hugh
Released: 1949-04-07

Hugh goes on a camping trip with his brother-in-law and innocently gets involved with the...

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His Hotel Sweet

as Hugh 'Hughie' Herbert
Released: 1944-07-09

Hugh stops his friend from committing suicide - and is accused of being a home-wrecker.

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A Knight and a Blonde

as Hugh
Released: 1944-11-18

Hugh has difficulty eluding a sleepwalking blonde.

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Who's Hugh?

as Hugh Herbert
Released: 1943-12-17

Hugh's wife goes to Palm Springs to file for a divorce, and Hugh follows her to try to talk her...

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