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Jean Hersholt

Jean Hersholt is known for acting, with popular credits including Greed, The Mask of Fu Manchu, The Beast of the City, Fifth Avenue Models.

Born 10 Jul 1886 Copenhagen, Denmark

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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.

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2004 Checking Out: Grand Hotel as Self (archive footage) movie 2003 Complicated Women as Self (archive footage) movie 1955 Run for Cover as Mr. Swenson movie 1954 A Star Is Born World Premiere as Self movie 1952 This Is Your Life as Self tv 1950 What's My Line? as Self tv 1949 Dancing in the Dark as Jean Hersholt movie 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show as Self tv 1944 To the People of the United States as Colonel Jensen - Medical Corps movie 1943 Stage Door Canteen as Jean Hersholt movie 1941 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 movie 1941 They Meet Again as Doctor Paul Christian movie 1941 Melody for Three as Doctor Paul Christian movie 1940 Remedy for Riches as Doctor Paul Christian movie 1940 Dr. Christian Meets the Women as Doctor Paul Christian movie 1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self movie 1940 The Courageous Dr. Christian as Doctor Paul Christian movie 1939 Meet Dr. Christian as Doctor Paul Christian movie 1939 Mr. Moto in Danger Island as Mr. Sutter movie 1938 Five of a Kind as Dr. John Luke movie 1938 I'll Give a Million as Victor movie 1938 Alexander's Ragtime Band as Prof. Heinrich movie 1938 Happy Landing as Lars Ericksen movie 1937 Heidi as Adolph Kramer movie 1937 Seventh Heaven as Father Chevillon movie 1937 One in a Million as Heinrich Muller movie 1936 Reunion as Dr. John Luke movie 1936 His Brother's Wife as Professor 'Pop' Fahrenheim movie 1936 Sins of Man as Christopher Freyman movie 1936 The Country Doctor as Dr. John Luke movie 1936 Tough Guy as Dr. Mulback movie 1935 Break of Hearts as Professor Thalma movie 1935 Murder in the Fleet as Victor Hanson movie 1935 Mark of the Vampire as Baron Otto movie 1934 The Painted Veil as Herr Koerber movie 1934 The Fountain as Baron von Leyden movie 1934 Men in White as Dr. Hochberg movie 1934 The Cat and the Fiddle as Professor Bertier movie 1933 Dinner at Eight as Jo Stengel movie 1933 Christopher Bean as Rosen movie 1933 Song of the Eagle as Otto Hoffman movie 1933 The Crime of the Century as Dr. Emil Brandt movie 1932 Flesh as Mr. Herman movie 1932 The Mask of Fu Manchu as Von Berg movie 1932 Grand Hotel as Senf movie 1932 Hearts of Humanity as Sol Bloom movie 1932 Skyscraper Souls as Jake movie 1932 Unashamed as Mr. Schmidt movie 1932 New Morals for Old as James Hallett movie 1932 Night Court as Herman the Janitor movie 1932 Are You Listening? as George Wagner movie 1932 The Beast of the City as Samuel "Sam" Belmonte movie 1932 Emma as Frederick Smith movie 1931 Private Lives as Oscar movie 1931 The Sin of Madelon Claudet as Dr. Dulac movie 1931 Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) as Karl Ohlin movie 1931 The Phantom of Paris as Herman movie 1931 Transatlantic as Rudolph aka Jed Kramer movie 1931 Daybreak as Herr Schnabel movie 1930 Viennese Nights as Herr Hofner, Elsa's Father movie 1930 The Third Alarm as Frank 'Dad' Morton movie 1930 The Cat Creeps as Dr. Patterson movie 1930 East Is West as Man movie 1930 Hell Harbor as Joseph Horngold movie 1930 Mamba as August Bolte (Mamba) movie 1930 The Case of Sergeant Grischa as Posnanski movie 1930 The Climax as Luigi Golfanti movie 1929 Modern Love as François Renault movie 1929 The Younger Generation as Julius Goldfish - Pa movie 1929 The Girl on the Barge as McCadden movie 1928 Give and Take as John Bauer movie 1928 Jazz Mad as Franz Hausmann movie 1928 The Battle of the Sexes as William Judson movie 1928 Abie's Irish Rose as Solomon Levy movie 1928 The Secret Hour as Tony movie 1928 The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg as Dr. Jüttner movie 1928 13 Washington Square as 'Deacon' Pyecroft movie 1927 Alias The Deacon as George Caswell or The Deacon movie 1927 The Wrong Mr. Wright as Seymour White movie 1926 The Old Soak as Clement Hawley, Sr. movie

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