1907-07-22 ( 117 years old ) in 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.
Movies
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988-10-01
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972-01-10
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964-09-02
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961-12-31
Housemaster
1938-01-31
The Dominant Sex
1937-01-26
General Spanky
1936-12-11
The House of a Thousand Candles
1936-04-02
Chatterbox
1936-01-17
Ten Minute Alibi
1935-08-12
The Divine Spark
1935-06-01
Caravan
1934-12-30
Great Expectations
1934-10-22
No Ransom
1934-10-07
Million Dollar Ransom
1934-09-01
Nana
1934-02-01
Dinner at Eight
1933-12-22
Stage Mother
1933-09-29
Penthouse
1933-09-08
Beauty for Sale
1933-09-01
The Big Brain
1933-08-04
Storm at Daybreak
1933-06-14
Looking Forward
1933-04-28
Men Must Fight
1933-02-17
The Secret of Madame Blanche
1933-02-03
70,000 Witnesses
1932-09-09
Make Me a Star
1932-07-01
Night Court
1932-06-04
Broken Lullaby
1932-01-19
Two Kinds of Women
1932-01-16
An American Tragedy
1931-08-22
Confessions of a Co-Ed
1931-07-11
The House That Shadows Built
1931-07-08
Stolen Heaven
1931-02-20
The Criminal Code
1931-01-03
Man to Man
1930-12-05
Her Man
1930-09-21
Grumpy
1930-08-01
The Devil's Holiday
1930-05-09
Only the Brave
1930-03-07
Pointed Heels
1929-12-20
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1929-10-26
Stairs of Sand
1929-06-08
The Wild Party
1929-04-06
His Private Life
1928-11-17
Varsity
1928-10-27
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