Phillips Holmes
An image from An American Tragedy, one of the productions that also features Phillips Holmes.
Phillips Holmes

Phillips Holmes

July 22, 1907 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

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Phillips Raymond Holmes (July 22, 1907 – August 12, 1942) was an American actor. In 1928 Holmes was spotted in the undergraduate crowd at Princeton University during the filming of Frank Tuttle's Varsity and offered a screen test. In the early 1930s he became a popular leading man, playing leads in a few important productions, notably in Josef von Sternberg's An American Tragedy.

At Paramount, Holmes starred in melodrama and comedy. In 1933 his Paramount contract ran out and he moved to MGM for one year. As the decade progressed, his career declined, and he appeared in a few box-office failures, including Sam Goldwyn's poorly received Nana (1934). His last American movie was General Spanky (1936). In 1938 Holmes appeared in two UK movies. Housemaster was his last film. Then he returned to acting on stage in the United States.

At the start of World War II, Holmes joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was killed in a mid-air collision in northwest Ontario, Canada in 1942.

For his contributions to the film industry, Phillips Holmes was posthumously given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.

Broken Lullaby

Broken Lullaby

1932

The Criminal Code

The Criminal Code

1931

Penthouse

Penthouse

1933

Her Man

Her Man

1930

An American Tragedy

An American Tragedy

1931

The Wild Party

The Wild Party

1929

The Devil's Holiday

The Devil's Holiday

1930

Night Court

Night Court

1932