Jean Hersholt

Jean Hersholt

July 10, 1886

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 i…

Known For

11 titles
1
Grand Hotel

Grand Hotel

1932 · 1h 52m · Movie

A group of very different individuals staying at a luxurious hotel in Berlin deal with each of their respective dramas.

7.3
2
Mark of the Vampire

Mark of the Vampire

1935 · 1h 0m · Movie

When a nobleman is murdered, a professor of the occult blames vampires, but not all is what it seems.

6.3
3
Heidi

Heidi

1937 · 1h 28m · Movie

A plucky little orphan girl gets dumped abruptly into her gruff, hermit grandfather's care, then later gets retaken and delivered as a companion for an injured girl.

7.2
4
The Mask of Fu Manchu

The Mask of Fu Manchu

1932 · 1h 9m · Movie

Englishmen race to find the tomb of Genghis Khan before the sinister Fu Manchu does.

6.2
5
Run for Cover

Run for Cover

1955 · 1h 33m · Movie

Mistaken for train robbers, Matt Dow and Davey Bishop are shot at by the sheriff and his posse but they are cleared and hired as lawmen.

6.7
6
Flesh

Flesh

1932 · 1h 36m · Movie

Gifted German wrestler Polokai falls in love with ex-con Laura, who persuades him to emigrate to America and gets him involved with crooked promoters.

6.5
7
The Cat and the Fiddle

The Cat and the Fiddle

1934 · 1h 28m · Movie

A romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.

6.3
8
The Younger Generation

The Younger Generation

1929 · 1h 15m · Movie

Soap-opera about a social-climbing Jewish man and his old-world parents who are heartbroken by his rejection of them.

6.3
9
'49-'17

'49-'17

1917 · 1h 1m · Movie

A retired judge comes West to restore a ghost town.

5.8
10
The Crime of the Century

The Crime of the Century

1933 · 1h 13m · Movie

A doctor who is also a "mentalist" confesses to a murder. The only problem is that the murder he's confessed to hasn't happened yet--although dead bodies are now starting to turn up all over the place. A reporter sets out to solve...

6.6
11
Mamba

Mamba

1930 · 1h 18m · Movie

August Bolte, the richest man in a settlement in German East Africa in the period before World War I, is called "Mamba" by the locals, which is the name of a deadly snake. Despised by the locals and the European settlers alike for...

5.7
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