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Hugh Herbert

Hugh Herbert was an American motion picture comedian. He began his career in vaudeville and wrote more than 150 plays and sketches.

Career
Born in Binghamton, New York, Herbert attended Cornell University. As an actor, he "had many serious roles, and for years was seen on major vaudeville circuits as a pathetic old Hebrew." He continued to star in these comedies for the remainder of his life. Herbert wrote six screenplays, co-wrote the screenplays for the films Lights of New York (1928) and Second Wife (1930), and contributed to The Great Gabbo (1929) and others. He acted in three films co-written by the much more prolific (but unrelated) screenwriter F. Hugh Herbert: Fashions of 1934 (1934), ''We're in the Money (1935) and Colleen (1936). He also directed one film, He Knew Women'' (1930). ==Recognition==
Recognition
Herbert has a star at 6251 Hollywood Boulevard on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It was dedicated February 8, 1960. ==Personal life==
Personal life
Herbert was married to Rose Epstein, who was also known by the name Anita Pam. Herbert died on March 12, 1952, at age 66 from cardiovascular disease in North Hollywood, Los Angeles. ==Selected filmography==
Selected filmography
Husbands for Rent (1927) as Valet • Caught in the Fog (1928) as Detective Riley • Mind Your Business (1928, short) • Danger Lights (1930) as Professor – the Hobo • Hook, Line and Sinker (1930) as Hotel House Detective • She Went for a Tramp (1931, short) • Laugh and Get Rich (1931) as Joe Austin • The Sin Ship (1931) as Charlie • Traveling Husbands (1931) as Hymie Schwartz • Friends and Lovers (1931) as McNellis • The Lost Squadron (1932) as Fritz • Million Dollar Legs (1932) as Secretary of the Treasury • Faithless (1932) as Mr. Peter M. Blainey • Sham Poo, the Magician (1932, short) as Sham Poo • Strictly Personal (1933) as Wetzel • Diplomaniacs (1933) as Chinaman • She Had to Say Yes (1933) as Luther Haines • Goodbye Again (1933) as Harvey Wilson • Bureau of Missing Persons (1933) as Hank Slade • Footlight Parade (1933) as Bowers • Tis Spring (1933, short) • College Coach (1933) as J-Marvin Barnett • From Headquarters (1933) as Manny Wales • Convention City (1933) as Hotstetter • Easy to Love (1934) as Detective • Fashions of 1934 (1934) as Joe Ward • Wonder Bar (1934) as Pratt • Harold Teen (1934) as Ed Rathburn • Merry Wives of Reno (1934) as Colonel Fitch • The Merry Frinks (1934) as Joe 'Poppa' Frink • Fog Over Frisco (1934) as Izzy Wright • Dames (1934) as Ezra Ounce • Kansas City Princess (1934) as Junior Ashcraft • Good Badminton (1935, short) as Hugh • Sweet Adeline (1935) as Rupert Rockingham • Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935) as T. Mosley Thorpe • Traveling Saleslady (1935) as Elmer • ''We're in the Money'' (1935) as Lawyer Homer Bronson • ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (1935) as Snout, the Tinker • To Beat the Band (1935) as Hugo Twist / Elizabeth Twist • Miss Pacific Fleet (1935) as Mr. J. August Freytag • Colleen (1936) as Cedric Ames • One Rainy Afternoon (1936) as Toto • We Went to College (1936) as Professor Standish • Love Begins at Twenty (1936) as Horatio Gillingwater • Sing Me a Love Song (1936) as Siegfried Hammerschlag • Top of the Town (1937) as Hubert • ''That Man's Here Again'' (1937) as Thomas J. Jesse • A Day at Santa Anita (1937, short) as Himself (uncredited) • The Singing Marine (1937) as Aeneas Phinney / Clarissa • Marry the Girl (1937) as John B. Radway • The Perfect Specimen (1937) as Killigrew Shaw • Sh! The Octopus (1937) as Kelly • Hollywood Hotel (1937) as Chester Marshall • Gold Diggers in Paris (1938) as Maurice Giraud • Men Are Such Fools (1938) as Harvey Bates • ''Four's a Crowd'' (1938) as Jenkins • The Great Waltz (1938) as Hofbauer • The Family Next Door (1939) as George Pierce • ''The Lady's from Kentucky'' (1939) as Mousey Johnson • Eternally Yours (1939) as Benton • Little Accident (1939) as Herbert Pearson • La Conga Nights (1940) as Henry I. Dibble Jr. / Faith Dibble / Hope Dibble / Charity Dibble / Prudence Dibble / Mrs. Henry I. Dibble Jr. / Henry I. Dibble Sr. • Private Affairs (1940) as Angus McPherson • A Little Bit of Heaven (1940) as Pop Loring • The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940) as Frederick Healy • Hit Parade of 1941 (1940) as Ferdinand Farraday • Slightly Tempted (1940) as Professor Ross • Meet the Chump (1941) as Hugh Mansfield • The Black Cat (1941) as Mr. Penny • Hello, Sucker (1941) as Hubert Worthington Clippe • Badlands of Dakota (1941) as Rocky Plummer • ''Hellzapoppin''' (1941) as Quimby • ''Don't Get Personal'' (1942) as Elmer Whippet / Oscar Whippet • ''You're Telling Me'' (1942) as Hubert Abercrombie Gumm • ''There's One Born Every Minute'' (1942) as Lemuel P. Twine / Abner Twine / Colonel Cladius Zebediah Twine • Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942) as Marcus Throckmorton • ''It's a Great Life'' (1943) as Timothy Brewster • Stage Door Canteen (1943) as Himself • ''Pitchin' in the Kitchen'' (1943, short) as Adam Spiggott • ''Who's Hugh?'' (1943, short) as Himself • Oh, Baby! (1944, short) as Elmer 'Picklepuss' Burns • His Hotel Sweet (1944, short) as Himself • Kismet (1944) as Feisal • Ever Since Venus (1944) as P.G. Grimble • A Knight and a Blonde (1944, short) as Himself • Music for Millions (1944) as Uncle Ferdinand • Woo, Woo! (1945, short) • Wife Decoy (1945, short) as Hughie Hawkins • ''The Mayor's Husband'' (1945, short) as Himself • One Way to Love (1946) as Eustace P. Trumble • ''When the Wife's Away'' (1946, short) as Himself • Get Along Little Zombie (1946, short) as Himself • Honeymoon Blues (1946, short) as Himself • Hot Heir (1947, short) as Himself • Nervous Shakedown (1947, short) as Mr. Penn • Blondie in the Dough (1947) as Llewellyn Simmons • Should Husbands Marry? (1947, short) as Himself • On Our Merry Way (1948) as Eli Hobbs • Tall, Dark and Gruesome (1948, short) as Hugh Sherlock, playwright • So This Is New York (1948) as Mr. Lucius Trumball • One Touch of Venus (1948) as Mercury (scenes deleted) • The Girl from Manhattan (1948) as Aaron Goss • A Song Is Born (1948) as Professor Twingle • A Pinch in Time (1948, short) as Himself • Trapped by a Blonde (1949, short) as Himself • The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949) as Doctor • Super Wolf (1949, short) as Aunt Fanny / Dave McGurk alias Dave the Drip • One Shivery Night (1950, short) as Himself • A Slip and a Miss (1950, short) sa Himself • Woo-Woo Blues (1951, short) as Himself • Havana Rose (1951) as Filbert Fillmore • Trouble In-Laws (1951, short) as Himself • The Gink in the Sink (1952, short) as Himself As writerSunny California (1928, short) • Lights of New York (1928) • Mind Your Business (1928, short) • The Great Gabbo (1930) • The Second Wife (1930) • He Knew Women (1930) • The Sin Ship (1931) As directorHe Knew Women (1930) ==References==
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