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Acting

Phillips Holmes

Career: Active from 1928 to 1938, busiest in 1933 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles: 28
top three billing

Average score: 59/100

Highest rated: Broken Lullaby
74/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Phillips Holmes Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.4, average 5.4
Pop Culture
0.7, average 2.2
Fantasy
0.5, average 1.7
Uncanny
1.4, average 2.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Setting 4
Melodrama 3
Pre-Code Drama 2
Character-Driven 2
Nostalgic Tone 2
Wholesome Entertainment 2
Social Commentary 2
Psychological Tension 2
Romance 2
Nostalgic 2
Historical Mystery 2
Intricate Plot 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

46

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1960s

1 title · average score 65

The Big Parade of Comedy

65

as Ernest DeGraff in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. footage) (uncredited)

1930s

38 titles · average score 60

General Spanky

50

as Marshall Valient

Chatterbox

60

as Philip 'Phil' Greene Jr.

Great Expectations

66

as Pip

The Secret of Madame Blanche

53

as Leonard St. John

Men Must Fight

53

as Bob Seward

Broken Lullaby

74

as Paul Renard

Two Kinds of Women

as Joseph Gresham Jr.

An American Tragedy

59

as Clyde Griffiths

The Criminal Code

60

as Robert Graham

Confessions of a Co-Ed

as Dan Carter

Her Man

46

as Dan

The Devil's Holiday

48

as David Stone

1920s

6 titles · average score 61

Pointed Heels

59

as Donald Ogden

Stairs of Sand

as Adam Wansfell (as Phillips R. Holmes)

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

as Roger Longmore

The Wild Party

63

as Phil

Varsity

as Middlebrook

His Private Life

as Pierrot (uncredited)

1910s

1 title

Uneasy Money

as Caddy (uncredited)