Tom Herbert

Tom Herbert
File:TomHerbert.1935.jpg Herbert in the 1935 film, Hollywood Party
Born	(1888-11-25)November 25, 1888 New York City, New York, United States
Died	Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1931–46

Tom Herbert (November 25, 1888 - April 3, 1946) was an American character actor of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in New York City on November 25, 1888, Herbert broke into the film industry in 1931 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 iconic 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

(Per AFI database)

• Traveling Husbands (1931) (credited as Tom Francis)
• Ladies of the Jury (1932) (credited as Tom Francis)
• Bed of Roses (1933) (credited as Tom Francis)
• Advice to the Lovelorn (1933) (credited as Tom Francis)
• Secrets of Hollywood (1933) (credited as Tom Francis)
• The Cat's-Paw (1934)
• Belle of the Nineties (1934)
• You Can't Buy Everything (1934) (credited as Tom Francis)
• The Merry Widow (1934) (credited as Tom Francis)
• Helldorado (1934)
• Wild Gold (1934)
• The Casino Murder Case (1935)
• Love Me Forever (1935)
• Metropolitan (1935)
• Grand Exit (1935) (credited as Tom Francis)
• Banjo on My Knee (1936)
• Poppy (1936)
• Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
• The Princess Comes Across (1936)
• The Magnificent Brute (1936)
• Love on the Run (1936)
• Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937)
• Top of the Town (1937)
• The Wildcatter (1937)
• Hot Water (1937)
• Merry-Go-Round of 1938 (1937)
• Step Lively, Jeeves! (1937)
• Conquest (1937)
• Stars over Arizona (1937)
• Rascals (1938)
• Professor Beware (1938)
• Fast and Furious (1939)
• Kitty Foyle (1940)
• We Who Are Young (1940)
• The Golden Fleecing (1940)
• The Deadly Game (1941)
• Hello Sucker (1941)
• The Man Who Lost Himself (1941)
• Harvard, Here I Come (1941)
• Tennessee Johnson (1942)
• Broadway Big Shot (1942)
• Her Cardboard Lover (1942)
• Too Many Women (1942)
• Dixie (1943)
• Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
• Lost in a Harem (1944)
• Sailor's Holiday (1944)
• Shadow of Suspicion (1944)
• Shine on Harvest Moon (1944)
• Block Busters (1944)
• Along Came Jones (1945)
• Steppin' in Society (1945)
• Twice Blessed (1945)
• Night and Day (1946)

External links

• Tom Herbert at the Internet Movie Database
• Tom Herbert at the TCM Movie Database