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Jean Hersholt

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: Acting

Born: Copenhagen, Denmark, 1886-07-10

Died: 1956-06-02

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1906	A New Hat for the Madam		15
2	1915	The Disciple	Mob Member	80
3	1916	Hell's Hinges	Bartender (uncredited)	60
4	1916	The Aryan	(uncredited)	55
5	1916	Kinkaid, Gambler		0
6	1917	Black Orchids		10
7	1917	Fighting for Love	Ferdinand	0
8	1917	Love Aflame	Reginald	95
9	1917	The Terror	Jimm, the Dope	70
10	1917	The Saintly Sinner	Undetermined Role	0
11	1917	Perils of the Secret Service	Prince Feodor (Episode #2)	0
12	1917	The Clash of Steel	Prince Feodor	0
13	1917	Southern Justice	Caleb Talbot	0
14	1917	The Soul Herder	The Minister	45
15	1917	A Stormy Knight	Dr. Fraser	0
16	1917	'49–'17	'Gentleman Jim' Raynor	57
17	1917	Princess Virtue	Emile Carre	0
18	1918	Madame Spy	Count Von Ornstorff	0
19	1918	Little Red Decides	Sour Milk	0
20	1919	Whom the Gods Would Destroy		0
21	1919	Love's Prisoner	Party Guest (uncredited)	57
22	1920	The Red Lane	Vetal Beaulieu	0
23	1920	The Golden Trail	Harry Teal	0
24	1920	The Deceiver		0
25	1921	The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse	Prof. von Hartrott (uncredited)	66
26	1921	The Man Of The Forest	Lem Beasley	0
27	1922	When Romance Rides	Joel Creech	0
28	1922	Heart's Haven	Henry Bird	0
29	1922	Tess of the Storm Country	Ben Letts	58
30	1922	The Strangers' Banquet	Fiend	0
31	1923	Jazzmania	Prince Otto of Como	0
32	1923	Souls for Sale	Self - Celebrity Actor	62
33	1923	Red Lights	Ezra Carson	0
34	1924	Torment	Boris	0
35	1924	The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal Studios		70
36	1924	The Goldfish	Herman Krauss	0
37	1924	The Woman on the Jury	Jury Foreman	0
38	1924	Her Night of Romance	Joe Diamond	64
39	1924	Greed	Marcus	74
40	1924	Cheap Kisses	Gustaf Borgstrom	0
41	1924	So Big	Aug Hempel	0
42	1925	Dangerous Innocence	Gilchrist	0
43	1925	Fifth Avenue Models	Mr. Jones - a Crook	0
44	1925	Don Q Son of Zorro	Don Fabrique Borusta	66
45	1925	Stella Dallas	Ed Munn	71
46	1926	The Greater Glory	Gustav Schmidt	0
47	1926	My Old Dutch	'Erb 'Uggins	0
48	1926	It Must Be Love	Pop Schmidt	0
49	1926	Flames	Ole Bergson	0
50	1926	The Old Soak	Clement Hawley, Sr.	0
51	1927	The Wrong Mr. Wright	Seymour White	0
52	1927	Alias The Deacon	George Caswell or The Deacon	0
53	1928	13 Washington Square	'Deacon' Pyecroft	52
54	1928	The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg	Dr. Jüttner	73
55	1928	The Secret Hour	Tony	0
56	1928	Abie's Irish Rose	Solomon Levy	0
57	1928	The Battle of the Sexes	William Judson	52
58	1928	Jazz Mad	Franz Hausmann	0
59	1928	Give and Take	John Bauer	0
60	1929	The Girl on the Barge	McCadden	0
61	1929	The Younger Generation	Julius Goldfish - Pa	66
62	1929	Modern Love	François Renault	0
63	1930	The Climax	Luigi Golfanti	0
64	1930	The Case of Sergeant Grischa	Posnanski	67
65	1930	Mamba	August Bolte (Mamba)	48
66	1930	Hell Harbor	Joseph Horngold	60
67	1930	East Is West	Man	40
68	1930	The Cat Creeps	Dr. Patterson	60
69	1930	The Third Alarm	Frank 'Dad' Morton	0
70	1930	Viennese Nights	Herr Hofner, Elsa's Father	20
71	1931	Daybreak	Herr Schnabel	40
72	1931	Transatlantic	Rudolph aka Jed Kramer	55
73	1931	The Phantom of Paris	Herman	59
74	1931	Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)	Karl Ohlin	64
75	1931	The Sin of Madelon Claudet	Dr. Dulac	59
76	1931	Private Lives	Oscar	63
77	1932	Emma	Frederick Smith	64
78	1932	The Beast of the City	Samuel 'Sam' Belmonte	59
79	1932	Are You Listening?	George Wagner	50
80	1932	Grand Hotel	Senf	69
81	1932	New Morals for Old	James Hallett	42
82	1932	Night Court	Herman the Janitor	64
83	1932	Unashamed	Mr. Schmidt	63
84	1932	Skyscraper Souls	Jake	56
85	1932	Hearts of Humanity	Sol Bloom	35
86	1932	The Mask of Fu Manchu	Von Berg	55
87	1932	Flesh	Mr. Herman	56
88	1933	The Crime of the Century	Dr. Emil Brandt	63
89	1933	Song of the Eagle	Otto Hoffman	0
90	1933	Christopher Bean	Rosen	0
91	1933	Dinner at Eight	Jo Stengel	67
92	1934	The Cat and the Fiddle	Professor Bertier	69
93	1934	Men in White	Dr. Hochberg	60
94	1934	The Fountain	Baron von Leyden	95
95	1934	The Painted Veil	Herr Koerber	64
96	1935	Mark of the Vampire	Baron Otto	61
97	1935	Murder in the Fleet	Victor Hanson	50
98	1935	Break of Hearts	Professor Thalma	55
99	1936	Tough Guy	Dr. Mulback	46
100	1936	The Country Doctor	Dr. John Luke	60
101	1936	Sins of Man	Christopher Freyman	0
102	1936	His Brother's Wife	Professor 'Pop' Fahrenheim	56
103	1936	Reunion	Dr. John Luke	0
104	1937	One in a Million	Heinrich Muller	70
105	1937	Seventh Heaven	Father Chevillon	66
106	1937	Heidi	Adolph Kramer	69
107	1938	Happy Landing	Lars Ericksen	53
108	1938	Alexander's Ragtime Band	Prof. Heinrich	67
109	1938	I'll Give a Million	Victor	57
110	1938	Five of a Kind	Dr. John Luke	42
111	1939	Mr. Moto in Danger Island	Mr. Sutter	67
112	1939	Meet Dr. Christian	Doctor Paul Christian	0
113	1940	The Courageous Dr. Christian	Doctor Paul Christian	54
114	1940	Cavalcade of the Academy Awards	Self	65
115	1940	Dr. Christian Meets the Women	Doctor Paul Christian	50
116	1940	Remedy for Riches	Doctor Paul Christian	48
117	1941	Melody for Three	Doctor Paul Christian	50
118	1941	They Meet Again	Doctor Paul Christian	50
119	1941	Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2		60
120	1943	Stage Door Canteen	Jean Hersholt	58
121	1944	To the People of the United States	Colonel Jensen - Medical Corps	55
122	1949	Dancing in the Dark	Jean Hersholt	50
123	1954	A Star Is Born World Premiere	Self	80
124	1955	Run for Cover	Mr. Swenson	66
125	2003	Complicated Women	Self (archive footage)	67
126	2004	Checking Out: Grand Hotel	Self (archive footage)	70

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
2	1950	What's My Line?	Self	69
3	1952	This Is Your Life	Self	64