Jean Hersholt1886 - 1956

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Actor

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Biography

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.

Credits

Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Checking Out: Grand Hotel

2004

Documentary • Drama

as Self (archive footage)

7
0.3
Complicated Women
Complicated Women

2003

Documentary • TV Movie

as Self (archive footage)

6.7
0.3
Run for Cover
Run for Cover

1955

Drama • Western

as Mr. Swenson

6.6
0.4
A Star Is Born World Premiere
A Star Is Born World Premiere

1954

Documentary

as Self

8
0.3
Dancing in the Dark
Dancing in the Dark

1949

Comedy • Romance

as Jean Hersholt

5
0.2
To the People of the United States
To the People of the United States

1944

Documentary

as Colonel Jensen - Medical Corps

5.5
0
Stage Door Canteen
Stage Door Canteen

1943

Comedy • Music • Romance • War

as Jean Hersholt

5.8
0.6
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
6
0.2
They Meet Again
They Meet Again

1941

Drama

as Doctor Paul Christian

5
0.2
Melody for Three
Melody for Three

1941

Drama

as Doctor Paul Christian

5
0.1
Remedy for Riches
Remedy for Riches

1940

Comedy

as Doctor Paul Christian

4.8
0.2
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
Dr. Christian Meets the Women

1940

Drama

as Doctor Paul Christian

5
0.1
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

1940

Documentary

as Self

6.5
0.2
The Courageous Dr. Christian
The Courageous Dr. Christian

1940

Drama

as Doctor Paul Christian

5.4
0.3
Meet Dr. Christian
Meet Dr. Christian

1939

Comedy • Drama

as Doctor Paul Christian

0
0.1
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
Mr. Moto in Danger Island

1939

Action • Crime • Mystery • Thriller

as Mr. Sutter

6.7
0.3
Five of a Kind
Five of a Kind

1938

Comedy • Drama

as Dr. John Luke

4.2
0.1
I'll Give a Million
I'll Give a Million

1938

Comedy • Drama

as Victor

5.7
0.3
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Alexander's Ragtime Band

1938

Drama • Music • Romance

as Prof. Heinrich

6.7
0.6
Happy Landing
Happy Landing

1938

Comedy • Music

as Lars Ericksen

5.3
0.3
Heidi
Heidi

1937

Drama • Family • Music

as Adolph Kramer

6.8
1.2
Seventh Heaven
Seventh Heaven

1937

Drama • Romance

as Father Chevillon

6.6
0.3
One in a Million
One in a Million

1937

Comedy • Music • Romance

as Heinrich Muller

7
0.2
Reunion
Reunion

1936

Comedy

as Dr. John Luke

0
0.2
His Brother's Wife
His Brother's Wife

1936

Drama • Romance

as Professor 'Pop' Fahrenheim

5.6
0.2
Sins of Man
Sins of Man

1936

Drama

as Christopher Freyman

0
0.2
The Country Doctor
The Country Doctor

1936

Drama

as Dr. John Luke

6
0.2
Tough Guy
Tough Guy

1936

Action • Crime • Drama

as Dr. Mulback

4.6
0.2
Break of Hearts
Break of Hearts

1935

Drama • Romance

as Professor Thalma

5.5
0.2
Murder in the Fleet
Murder in the Fleet

1935

Comedy • Drama • Mystery

as Victor Hanson

5
0.2
Mark of the Vampire
Mark of the Vampire

1935

Horror • Mystery

as Baron Otto

6.1
0.7
The Painted Veil
The Painted Veil

1934

Drama • Romance

as Herr Koerber

6.6
0.3
The Fountain
The Fountain

1934

Drama • Romance

as Baron von Leyden

9.5
0.4
Men in White
Men in White

1934

Drama • Romance

as Dr. Hochberg

6
0.2
The Cat and the Fiddle
The Cat and the Fiddle

1934

Comedy • Drama • Music • Romance

as Professor Bertier

6.9
0.3
Dinner at Eight
Dinner at Eight

1933

Comedy • Drama

as Jo Stengel

6.7
0.5
Christopher Bean
Christopher Bean

1933

Comedy

as Rosen

0
0.2
Song of the Eagle
Song of the Eagle

1933

Crime • Drama

as Otto Hoffman

0
0.1
The Crime of the Century
The Crime of the Century

1933

Crime • Mystery

as Dr. Emil Brandt

6.3
0.2
Flesh
Flesh

1932

Drama • Romance

as Mr. Herman

5.6
0.3
The Mask of Fu Manchu
The Mask of Fu Manchu

1932

Adventure • Horror • Science Fiction

as Von Berg

5.5
0.7
Hearts of Humanity
Hearts of Humanity

1932

Drama

as Sol Bloom

3.5
0.2
Skyscraper Souls
Skyscraper Souls

1932

Drama • Romance

as Jake

5.6
0.2
Unashamed
Unashamed

1932

Drama

as Mr. Schmidt

6.3
0.3
New Morals for Old
New Morals for Old

1932

Drama • Romance

as James Hallett

4.2
0.2
Night Court
Night Court

1932

Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Herman the Janitor

6.4
0.4
Grand Hotel
Grand Hotel

1932

Drama • Romance

as Senf

6.9
1.2
Are You Listening?
Are You Listening?

1932

Crime • Drama

as George Wagner

5
0.3
The Beast of the City
The Beast of the City

1932

Crime • Drama • Romance

as Samuel 'Sam' Belmonte

5.9
0.3
Emma
Emma

1932

Comedy • Drama

as Frederick Smith

6.4
0.6
Private Lives
Private Lives

1931

Comedy • Romance

as Oscar

6.3
0.3
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
The Sin of Madelon Claudet

1931

Drama

as Dr. Dulac

5.9
0.3
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)

1931

Drama • Romance

as Karl Ohlin

6.4
0.3
The Phantom of Paris
The Phantom of Paris

1931

Crime • Drama

as Herman

5.9
0.2
Transatlantic
Transatlantic

1931

Comedy • Drama • Thriller

as Rudolph aka Jed Kramer

5.5
0.2
Daybreak
Daybreak

1931

Drama

as Herr Schnabel

4
0.4
Viennese Nights
Viennese Nights

1930

Music • Romance

as Herr Hofner, Elsa's Father

2
0.1
The Third Alarm
The Third Alarm

1930

Action • Adventure • Drama

as Frank 'Dad' Morton

0
0.2
The Cat Creeps
The Cat Creeps

1930

Horror • Mystery

as Dr. Patterson

6
0.1
East Is West
East Is West

1930

Crime • Drama

as Man

4
0.1
Hell Harbor
Hell Harbor

1930

Drama • Romance

as Joseph Horngold

6
0.1
Mamba
Mamba

1930

Drama

as August Bolte (Mamba)

4.8
0.2
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
The Case of Sergeant Grischa

1930

Drama

as Posnanski

6.7
0.1
The Climax
The Climax

1930

Thriller

as Luigi Golfanti

0
0.1
Modern Love
Modern Love

1929

Comedy • Romance

as François Renault

0
0.1
The Younger Generation
The Younger Generation

1929

Drama

as Julius Goldfish - Pa

6.6
0.6
The Girl on the Barge
The Girl on the Barge

1929

Drama • Romance

as McCadden

0
0.1
Give and Take
Give and Take

1928

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as John Bauer

0
0.2
Jazz Mad
Jazz Mad

1928

Drama

as Franz Hausmann

0
0.3
The Battle of the Sexes
The Battle of the Sexes

1928

Comedy • Drama

as William Judson

5.2
0.2
Abie's Irish Rose
Abie's Irish Rose

1928

Comedy • Drama

as Solomon Levy

0
0.2
The Secret Hour
The Secret Hour

1928

Drama • Romance

as Tony

0
0.1
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

1928

Drama • Romance

as Dr. Jüttner

7.3
0.4
13 Washington Square
13 Washington Square

1928

Comedy • Crime

as 'Deacon' Pyecroft

5.2
0.1
Alias The Deacon
Alias The Deacon

1927

Drama

as George Caswell or The Deacon

0
0.2
The Wrong Mr. Wright
The Wrong Mr. Wright

1927

Comedy

as Seymour White

0
0.2
The Old Soak
The Old Soak

1926

Crime • Drama

as Clement Hawley, Sr.

0
0.1
Flames
Flames

1926

Drama

as Ole Bergson

0
0.1
It Must Be Love
It Must Be Love

1926

Comedy

as Pop Schmidt

0
0.2
My Old Dutch
My Old Dutch

1926

Drama • Romance

as 'Erb 'Uggins

0
0.2
The Greater Glory
The Greater Glory

1926

Drama • Romance • War

as Gustav Schmidt

0
0
Stella Dallas
Stella Dallas

1925

Drama

as Ed Munn

7.1
0.3
Don Q Son of Zorro
Don Q Son of Zorro

1925

Adventure • Romance • Western

as Don Fabrique Borusta

6.6
0.6
Fifth Avenue Models
Fifth Avenue Models

1925

Drama

as Mr. Jones - a Crook

0
0.2
Dangerous Innocence
Dangerous Innocence

1925

Comedy • Romance

as Gilchrist

0
0
So Big
So Big

1924

Drama

as Aug Hempel

0
0.2
Cheap Kisses
Cheap Kisses

1924

Drama

as Gustaf Borgstrom

0
0.1
Greed
Greed

1924

Crime • Drama

as Marcus

7.4
1
Her Night of Romance
Her Night of Romance

1924

Comedy • Romance

as Joe Diamond

6.4
0.1
The Woman on the Jury
The Woman on the Jury

1924

Drama

as Jury Foreman

0
0.1
The Goldfish
The Goldfish

1924

Comedy

as Herman Krauss

0
0.2
Torment
Torment

1924

Crime • Drama

as Boris

0
0.2
Red Lights
Red Lights

1923

Mystery

as Ezra Carson

0
0.3
Souls for Sale
Souls for Sale

1923

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Self - Celebrity Actor

6.2
0.5
Jazzmania
Jazzmania

1923

Drama

as Prince Otto of Como

0
0.2
The Strangers' Banquet
0
0
Tess of the Storm Country
Tess of the Storm Country

1922

Drama • Romance

as Ben Letts

5.8
0.1
Heart's Haven
Heart's Haven

1922

Drama

as Henry Bird

0
0
When Romance Rides
When Romance Rides

1922

as Joel Creech

0
0.1
The Man Of The Forest
The Man Of The Forest

1921

Western

as Lem Beasley

0
0.2
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

1921

Drama • Romance • War

as Prof. von Hartrott (uncredited)

6.6
0.5
The Deceiver
The Deceiver

1920

Drama

0
0.2
The Golden Trail
The Golden Trail

1920

Drama

as Harry Teal

0
0.1
The Red Lane
The Red Lane

1920

Drama

as Vetal Beaulieu

0
0.1
Love's Prisoner
Love's Prisoner

1919

Crime • Drama

as Party Guest (uncredited)

5.7
0.1
Little Red Decides
Little Red Decides

1918

Comedy • Drama • Western

as Sour Milk

0
0.1
Madame Spy
Madame Spy

1918

Comedy • Drama

as Count Von Ornstorff

0
0.1
Princess Virtue
Princess Virtue

1917

Drama

as Emile Carre

0
0.2
'49–'17
'49–'17

1917

Western

as 'Gentleman Jim' Raynor

5.7
0.2
A Stormy Knight
A Stormy Knight

1917

Comedy • Mystery

as Dr. Fraser

0
0.1
The Soul Herder
The Soul Herder

1917

Western

as The Minister

4.5
0.1
Southern Justice
Southern Justice

1917

Drama

as Caleb Talbot

0
0.1
The Clash of Steel
The Clash of Steel

1917

Adventure • Thriller

as Prince Feodor

0
0
Perils of the Secret Service
Perils of the Secret Service

1917

Adventure • Thriller

as Prince Feodor (Episode #2)

0
0.1
The Saintly Sinner
The Saintly Sinner

1917

Crime • Drama

as Undetermined Role

0
0.1
The Terror
The Terror

1917

Crime • Drama

as Jimm, the Dope

7
0.1
Love Aflame
Love Aflame

1917

Comedy • Drama

as Reginald

9.5
0.1
Fighting for Love
Fighting for Love

1917

Comedy • Drama

as Ferdinand

0
0.1
Black Orchids
Black Orchids

1917

Drama • Horror

1
0.2
Kinkaid, Gambler
Kinkaid, Gambler

1916

Crime • Drama

0
0
The Aryan
The Aryan

1916

Western

as (uncredited)

5.5
0.2
Hell's Hinges
Hell's Hinges

1916

Romance • Western

as Bartender (uncredited)

6
0.3
The Disciple
The Disciple

1915

Western

as Mob Member

8
0.1
A New Hat for the Madam
1.5
0.1

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