Jean Hersholt
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Hersholt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Jul 12, 1886 In Copenhagen, Denmark
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 83
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Disciple 1915-10-16
- Latest Project:
- Movie Complicated Women 2003-05-06
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) | 2003-05-06 |
| Movie | Hollywood Without Make-Up | Self (archive footage) | 1963-07-01 |
| Movie | Run for Cover | Mr. Swenson | 1955-04-29 |
| Movie | A Star Is Born World Premiere | Self | 1954-09-28 |
| Movie | Dancing in the Dark | Jean Hersholt | 1949-12-02 |
| Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
| Movie | To the People of the United States | Colonel Jensen - Medical Corps | 1944-04-16 |
| Movie | Stage Door Canteen | Jean Hersholt | 1943-06-24 |
| Movie | They Meet Again | Doctor Paul Christian | 1941-07-11 |
| Movie | Melody for Three | Doctor Paul Christian | 1941-06-19 |
| Movie | Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 | 1941-12-05 | |
| Movie | The Courageous Dr. Christian | Doctor Paul Christian | 1940-04-04 |
| Movie | Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self | 1940-07-31 |
| Movie | Dr. Christian Meets the Women | Doctor Paul Christian | 1940-08-05 |
| Movie | Remedy for Riches | Doctor Paul Christian | 1940-11-29 |
| Movie | Mr. Moto in Danger Island | Mr. Sutter | 1939-04-07 |
| Movie | Meet Dr. Christian | Doctor Paul Christian | 1939-11-17 |
| Movie | Happy Landing | Lars Ericksen | 1938-01-23 |
| Movie | Five of a Kind | Dr. John Luke | 1938-10-14 |
| Movie | Alexander's Ragtime Band | Prof. Heinrich | 1938-05-24 |
| Movie | I'll Give a Million | Victor | 1938-07-27 |
| Movie | One in a Million | Heinrich Muller | 1937-01-01 |
| Movie | Seventh Heaven | Father Chevillon | 1937-03-25 |
| Movie | Heidi | Adolph Kramer | 1937-10-15 |
| Movie | The Country Doctor | Dr. John Luke | 1936-03-12 |
| Movie | Sins of Man | Christopher Freyman | 1936-06-19 |
| Movie | Tough Guy | Dr. Mulback | 1936-01-24 |
| Movie | His Brother's Wife | Professor 'Pop' Fahrenheim | 1936-08-07 |
| Movie | Reunion | Dr. John Luke | 1936-11-20 |
| Movie | Mark of the Vampire | Baron Otto | 1935-04-26 |
| Movie | Murder in the Fleet | Victor Hanson | 1935-05-24 |
| Movie | Break of Hearts | Professor Thalma | 1935-05-31 |
| Movie | The Cat and the Fiddle | Professor Bertier | 1934-02-16 |
| Movie | Men in White | Dr. Hochberg | 1934-04-06 |
| Movie | The Fountain | Baron von Leyden | 1934-08-22 |
| Movie | The Painted Veil | Herr Koerber | 1934-11-23 |
| Movie | Song of the Eagle | Otto Hoffman | 1933-04-27 |
| Movie | The Crime of the Century | Dr. Emil Brandt | 1933-02-18 |
| Movie | Christopher Bean | Rosen | 1933-11-17 |
| Movie | Dinner at Eight | Jo Stengel | 1933-12-22 |
| Movie | Grand Hotel | Senf | 1932-05-25 |
| Movie | Are You Listening? | George Wagner | 1932-03-21 |
| Movie | The Beast of the City | Samuel 'Sam' Belmonte | 1932-02-13 |
| Movie | New Morals for Old | James Hallett | 1932-06-04 |
| Movie | Emma | Frederick Smith | 1932-01-02 |
| Movie | Hearts of Humanity | Sol Bloom | 1932-08-31 |
| Movie | Night Court | Herman the Janitor | 1932-06-04 |
| Movie | Flesh | Mr. Herman | 1932-12-08 |
| Movie | Skyscraper Souls | Jake | 1932-07-16 |
| Movie | Unashamed | Mr. Schmidt | 1932-07-02 |
| Movie | Transatlantic | Rudolph aka Jed Kramer | 1931-08-19 |
| Movie | The Phantom of Paris | Herman | 1931-09-12 |
| Movie | Daybreak | Herr Schnabel | 1931-05-02 |
| Movie | Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) | Karl Ohlin | 1931-10-10 |
| Movie | Private Lives | Oscar | 1931-12-12 |
| Movie | The Sin of Madelon Claudet | Dr. Dulac | 1931-10-23 |
| Movie | Mamba | August Bolte (Mamba) | 1930-03-09 |
| Movie | The Case of Sergeant Grischa | Posnanski | 1930-02-23 |
| Movie | Hell Harbor | Joseph Horngold | 1930-03-14 |
| Movie | Viennese Nights | Herr Hofner, Elsa's Father | 1930-11-25 |
| Movie | The Cat Creeps | Dr. Patterson | 1930-11-10 |
| Movie | East Is West | Man | 1930-10-23 |
| Movie | The Younger Generation | Julius Goldfish - Pa | 1929-03-04 |
| Movie | The Secret Hour | Tony | 1928-02-04 |
| Movie | Abie's Irish Rose | Solomon Levy | 1928-04-19 |
| Movie | The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg | Dr. Jüttner | 1928-01-30 |
| Movie | Jazz Mad | Franz Hausmann | 1928-11-18 |
| Movie | The Battle of the Sexes | William Judson | 1928-10-12 |
| Movie | Give and Take | John Bauer | 1928-12-23 |
| Movie | My Old Dutch | 'Erb 'Uggins | 1926-05-23 |
| Movie | Don Q Son of Zorro | Don Fabrique Borusta | 1925-06-15 |
| Movie | Stella Dallas | Ed Munn | 1925-11-16 |
| Movie | So Big | Aug Hempel | 1924-12-28 |
| Movie | Her Night of Romance | Joe Diamond | 1924-11-24 |
| Movie | Jazzmania | Prince Otto of Como | 1923-02-12 |
| Movie | Souls for Sale | Self - Celebrity Actor | 1923-04-22 |
| Movie | Tess of the Storm Country | Ben Letts | 1922-11-12 |
| Movie | The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Prof. von Hartrott (uncredited) | 1921-03-06 |
| Movie | Black Orchids | 1917-01-01 | |
| Movie | The Soul Herder | The Minister | 1917-08-07 |
| Movie | '49–'17 | 'Gentleman Jim' Raynor | 1917-10-15 |
| Movie | The Aryan | (uncredited) | 1916-04-09 |
| Movie | The Disciple | Mob Member | 1915-10-16 |