1898-08-20 ( 126 years old ) in St Helens, Lancashire, UK
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Herbert Mundin (21 August 1898 – 5 March 1939) was an English-born Hollywood character actor. He was frequently typecast in films as an older cheeky eccentric, a type helped by his jowled features and cheerful disposition.
He was born Herbert Thomas Mundin in St Helens, then in Lancashire (now part of Merseyside). His father was a nomadic, Primitive Methodist home missionary. His family moved within a short time of his birth to St Albans in Hertfordshire (the 1901 census data reveal that the family lived at St Helens Villa, Paxton Road, St Albans; his parents William and Jane apparently naming their house after the town where they first met and where Herbert was born).
Mundin was educated at St Albans School, and joined the Royal Navy during World War I. He began his acting career on the London stage during the 1920s. Mundin first travelled to America on 18 December 1923 for a series of theatrical engagements in New York. He sailed from Southampton on the RMS Aquitania and described himself in ship’s passenger manifest as 5'7" tall with a fair complexion, brown hair, blue eyes and a scar over his left eye. His big break as an actor was arguably with Gertrude Lawrence and Beatrice Lillie in Charlot's Revue when it appeared on Broadway in 1925.
In 1931, after working in Australia and London, he permanently moved to the US, where he received a contract with Twentieth Century Fox Studios and enjoyed a successful career as a character actor in over 50 films.
Perhaps his most celebrated role was as Much in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), alongside Errol Flynn. Other film appearances included Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) with Charles Laughton and Clark Gable, and MGM's David Copperfield (1935).
He died in Van Nuys, California following a car crash. He was killed instantly when the car in which he was riding collided with another car at a street intersection. The force of the impact threw open the door and hurled Mundin to the street.He received a fractured skull and crushed chest.He was 40 years old. The other occupants of the car were not injured.
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Movies
Society Lawyer
1939-03-21
Exposed
1938-11-05
Lord Jeff
1938-06-17
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938-05-13
Invisible Enemy
1938-04-03
Angel
1937-10-29
Another Dawn
1937-06-26
You Can't Beat Love
1937-06-25
Tarzan Escapes
1936-11-06
Champagne Charlie
1936-05-06
Under Two Flags
1936-04-30
A Message to Garcia
1936-04-10
Charlie Chan's Secret
1936-01-10
King of Burlesque
1936-01-03
The Widow from Monte Carlo
1935-12-19
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935-11-22
The Perfect Gentleman
1935-11-22
Black Sheep
1935-08-01
Spring Tonic
1935-06-27
Ladies Love Danger
1935-05-03
David Copperfield
1935-01-18
Hell in the Heavens
1934-12-12
Love Time
1934-11-03
Springtime for Henry
1934-08-22
Call It Luck
1934-07-09
Such Women Are Dangerous
1934-06-08
All Men Are Enemies
1934-04-26
Bottoms Up
1934-04-12
Ever Since Eve
1934-03-25
Orient Express
1934-02-28
Hoopla
1933-11-30
Shanghai Madness
1933-08-03
Arizona to Broadway
1933-07-22
The Devil's in Love
1933-07-21
It's Great to Be Alive
1933-07-08
Adorable
1933-05-18
Pleasure Cruise
1933-04-01
Dangerously Yours
1933-02-24
Cavalcade
1933-02-08
Sherlock Holmes
1932-11-05
One Way Passage
1932-10-04
Life Begins
1932-09-10
Love Me Tonight
1932-08-18
Chandu the Magician
1932-08-04
Bachelor's Affairs
1932-06-26
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932-05-01
Devil's Lottery
1932-03-27
The Silent Witness
1932-02-07
The Wrong Mr. Perkins
1931-12-31
East Lynne on the Western Front
1931-07-13
Immediate Possession
1931-02-10
Ashes
1930-12-31
Enter the Queen
1930-11-01
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