Portrait of Hugh Herbert

Acting

Hugh Herbert

Career

Active from 1928 to 1952, busiest in 1934 with 9 main titles.

Leading roles
57
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for Gold Diggers of 1935
Gold Diggers of 1935
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 32 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Hugh Herbert Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.0, average 5.4
  • Violence
    1.9, average 4.1
  • Psychological
    3.5, average 5.5
  • Tension
    4.5, average 6.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Romantic Comedy 4
  • Mistaken Identity 4
  • Historical Setting 4
  • Classic Hollywood 4
  • Historical Drama 4
  • Classic Hollywood Musical 3
  • Lighthearted 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Class Conflict 3
  • Nostalgic 3
  • Romantic Entanglements 3
  • Lighthearted Romance 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

113
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

1 title
Kernel
Kernel (2013)

3D Animator, Script Editor

1950s

6 titles
The Gink at the Sink
The Gink at the Sink (1952)

as Hugh

Havana Rose
Havana Rose (1951)

as Filbert Fillmore

Trouble In-Laws
Trouble In-Laws (1951)

as Hugh Herbert

Woo-Woo Blues
Woo-Woo Blues (1951)

as Hugh Herbert

One Shivery Night
One Shivery Night (1950)

as Hugh

A Slip and a Miss
A Slip and a Miss (1950)

as Hugh Herbert

1940s

43 titles · average score 59
Super-Wolf
Super-Wolf (1949)

as Aunt Fanny / Dave McGurk alias Dave the Drip

Tall, Dark and Gruesome
Tall, Dark and Gruesome (1948)

as Hugh Sherlock, playwright

Nervous Shakedown
Nervous Shakedown (1947)

as Mr. Penn

Hot Heir
Hot Heir (1947)

as Hugh Herbert

Honeymoon Blues
Honeymoon Blues (1946)

as Hugh 'Hughie' Herbert

Get Along, Little Zombie
Get Along, Little Zombie (1946)

as Hugh

Wife Decoy
Wife Decoy (1945)

as Hughie Hawkins

There's One Born Every Minute
There's One Born Every Minute (1942)
GoodWatch score 67

as Lemuel P. Twine / Abner Twine / Colonel Cladius Zebediah Twine

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942)

as Marcus P. Throckmorton

The Black Cat
The Black Cat (1941)
GoodWatch score 54

as Mr. Penny

Hellzapoppin'
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
GoodWatch score 77

as Quimby

The Villain Still Pursued Her
The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940)
GoodWatch score 53

as Frederick Healy

1930s

59 titles · average score 57
Eternally Yours
Eternally Yours (1939)
GoodWatch score 47

as Benton

Gold Diggers in Paris
Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)
GoodWatch score 45

as Maurice Giraud

Sh! The Octopus
Sh! The Octopus (1937)
GoodWatch score 44

as Kelly

The Perfect Specimen
The Perfect Specimen (1937)
GoodWatch score 64

as Killigrew Shaw

Sing Me a Love Song
Sing Me a Love Song (1936)

as Siegfried Hammerschlag

One Rainy Afternoon
One Rainy Afternoon (1936)
GoodWatch score 54

as Toto

Love Begins at Twenty
Love Begins at Twenty (1936)

as Horatio Gillingwater

We're in the Money
We're in the Money (1935)
GoodWatch score 61

as Homer Bronson

The Merry Frinks
The Merry Frinks (1934)
GoodWatch score 53

as Joe 'Poppa' Frink

Faithless
Faithless (1932)
GoodWatch score 56

as Peter M. Blainey

Laugh and Get Rich
Laugh and Get Rich (1931)
GoodWatch score 49

as Joe Austin

Second Wife
Second Wife (1930)

Screenplay

1920s

4 titles · average score 49
The Great Gabbo
The Great Gabbo (1929)
GoodWatch score 62

Dialogue

Lights of New York
Lights of New York (1928)
GoodWatch score 36

Writer

Caught in the Fog
Caught in the Fog (1928)

as Detective Riley

Husbands for Rent
Husbands for Rent (1927)

as Valet