🎭 Actor
Jean Hersholt
🎂 Born 10 July 1886 (age 69)✝ 2 June 1956📍 Copenhagen, Denmark
1
Popularity Score
125
Acting Credits
2
Directed
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.
Known For
Directed Films(2)
Full Filmography(125 films)
YearTitleRating
1924Greed★ 7.31932Grand Hotel★ 7.01937Heidi★ 6.91933Dinner at Eight★ 6.82003Complicated Women★ 6.91929The Younger Generation★ 6.91932Emma★ 6.61943Stage Door Canteen★ 6.31921The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse★ 6.61955Run for Cover★ 6.81935Mark of the Vampire★ 6.21931Susan Lenox★ 6.11930Mamba★ 4.91932The Mask of Fu Manchu★ 5.41928The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg★ 7.21934The Painted Veil★ 6.41924The Goldfish★ 9.01954A Star Is Born World Premiere★ 8.01932The Beast of the City★ 5.91937Seventh Heaven★ 6.41949Dancing in the Dark★ 6.01932Flesh★ 5.81938Happy Landing★ 6.31923Jazzmania★ 10.01935Break of Hearts★ 5.51932Skyscraper Souls★ 5.51923Souls for Sale★ 6.31936Tough Guy★ 5.11924So Big★ 9.01930The Cat Creeps★ 7.01938Alexander's Ragtime Band★ 6.81919Whom the Gods Would Destroy★ 9.01925Don Q Son of Zorro★ 6.71933The Crime of the Century★ 6.71926The Greater Glory★ 8.01940Cavalcade of the Academy Awards★ 6.51931Transatlantic★ 5.81932Night Court★ 6.41934The Fountain★ 9.21934The Cat and the Fiddle★ 7.11932Are You Listening?★ 5.61921The Man Of The Forest★ 9.01931The Sin of Madelon Claudet★ 5.91936His Brother's Wife★ 5.81937One in a Million★ 7.01936Sins of Man★ 9.01939Mr. Moto in Danger Island★ 6.71931Daybreak★ 4.31916Hell's Hinges★ 6.11933Christopher Bean★ 8.01934Men in White★ 6.31930Viennese Nights★ 6.01941Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2★ 7.01917'49–'17★ 5.81931The Phantom of Paris★ 6.01931Private Lives★ 6.51930The Climax★ 8.01930The Third Alarm★ 10.01938Five of a Kind★ 4.81938I'll Give a Million★ 6.11936Reunion★ 7.01928The Battle of the Sexes★ 5.11940The Courageous Dr. Christian★ 6.21933Song of the Eagle★ 10.01944To the People of the United States★ 6.21927The Wrong Mr. Wright★ 10.01920The Deceiver★ 8.01935Murder in the Fleet★ 6.61926Flames★ 10.01924Her Night of Romance★ 6.81932New Morals for Old★ 4.51924Torment★ 10.01917The Terror★ 7.01918The Answer—1921A Certain Rich Man★ 10.01930The Case of Sergeant Grischa★ 7.31926The Old Soak★ 8.01917The Saintly Sinner—1922Tess of the Storm Country★ 6.21927Alias The Deacon★ 9.01924The Woman on the Jury★ 9.01925Stella Dallas★ 7.11929The Girl on the Barge★ 8.01936The Country Doctor★ 6.51930East Is West★ 5.31925Dangerous Innocence★ 8.01928Jazz Mad★ 8.01923Quicksands★ 7.01939Meet Dr. Christian★ 7.01924Cheap Kisses★ 10.01923Red Lights★ 7.01932Unashamed★ 7.31916The Aryan★ 5.51941Melody for Three★ 6.51922Heart's Haven★ 7.01926It Must Be Love★ 10.01930Hell Harbor★ 6.11924Sinners in Silk★ 7.01928Abie's Irish Rose★ 10.01925Fifth Avenue Models★ 9.01919Love's Prisoner★ 5.91932Hearts of Humanity★ 4.81917Fighting for Love—192813 Washington Square★ 5.81917The Soul Herder★ 4.51926My Old Dutch★ 7.01922The Strangers' Banquet★ 10.01940Remedy for Riches★ 5.51917Love Aflame★ 9.51918Madame Spy—1940Dr. Christian Meets the Women★ 5.61917Princess Virtue—1915The Disciple★ 8.01929Modern Love★ 10.01928The Secret Hour★ 7.01920The Golden Trail★ 9.01917Perils of the Secret Service★ 9.01922When Romance Rides★ 7.01920The Red Lane★ 10.01941They Meet Again★ 7.51917A Stormy Knight—1917Black Orchids★ 1.01906A New Hat for the Madam★ 1.51920Merely Mary Ann★ 9.01917Southern Justice—