Tom Herbert


Tom Herbert was an American character actor of the 1930s and 1940s.

Biography

Born in New York City on November 25, 1888, Herbert broke into the film industry in RKO's Traveling Husbands. During the next seventeen years he would appear in over 50 feature films, usually in bit or supporting roles. Early in his career he was sometimes billed as Tom Francis, as he was in Traveling Husbands. His final picture, which was released after his death in 1946, was the Cole Porter biopic, Night and Day, starring Cary Grant and Alexis Smith. He was the brother to the actor, Hugh Herbert. Tom Herbert died on April 3, 1946.

Filmography

Traveling Husbands as Walter Consolation Marriage as Dog Owner Ladies of the Jury as Wilbur - Jury Room Officer Bed of Roses as Salesman Ogelthorpe Advice to the Lovelorn as Reporter Secrets of Hollywood as Bob - a Writer The Cat's-Paw as Drunk Belle of the Nineties as GilbertYou Can't Buy Everything as Salesman Sleeping on Train The Merry Widow as Orthodox Priest Wild Gold as Traveling Salesman Helldorado as Hot Dog Stand Proprietor The Casino Murder Case as Reporter Love Me Forever as Cafe Customer Metropolitan Grand Exit as Twigs Banjo on My Knee as Man in chair at Scott's Poppy Wife vs. Secretary as Business Man in Lobby The Princess Comes Across as Cabin Steward The Magnificent Brute as Drunk Worker Love on the Run as Comic Taxi Driver Think Fast, Mr. Moto as Seasick Male Passenger Top of the Town as Comedy Waiter The Wildcatter Hot Water as Barber's Customer Merry-Go-Round of 1938 as Waiter Step Lively, Jeeves! as Bartender Conquest as Servant Stars Over Arizona as DocRascals as Patient Professor Beware as Hobo Fast and Furious as Man Sweating in Elevator Kitty Foyle as Nightclub Waiter #2 We Who Are Young as Drunk The Golden Fleecing as Aide The Deadly Game as FBI AgentHello, Sucker as Minor Role The Man Who Lost Himself as News Vendor Harvard, Here I Come as Prof. TeeterTennessee Johnson as Lang Broadway Big Shot as Carnation CharlieHer Cardboard Lover Too Many Women as W. R. MitchellDixie as HomerGhosts on the Loose as Park Central Plaza Desk Clerk Lost in a Harem as Café Drunk Sailor's Holiday Shadow of Suspicion as HolmanShine on Harvest Moon as Drunk at Table Block Busters as MeyerAlong Came Jones as Card Player Steppin' in Society as HilliardTwice Blessed as Danceland Manager Night and Day as Drunk