Hugh Herbert

Actor

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Birth Place

Binghamton, New York, USA

Born

August 10, 1885

Died

March 12, 1952

Biography

Adorably befuddled comic actor who played supporting roles in many Warner Brother's films of the 1930s....

Filmography

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)

Doctor

A Song Is Born (1948)

Professor Twingle

On Our Merry Way (1948)

Eli Hobbs

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Million Dollar Legs (1932) -- (Movie Clip) The Usual Oath Of Allegiance

Sweet Adeline (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Here Am I

Notes

His signature exclamation was either "woo woo!" or "hoo hoo!".

Biography

Adorably befuddled comic actor who played supporting roles in many Warner Brother's films of the 1930s.

Filmography

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Million Dollar Legs (1932) -- (Movie Clip) The Usual Oath Of Allegiance Hugh Herbert the ringleading secretary of treasury, Billy Gilbert sneezing, Vernon Dent, Teddy Hart, Irving Bacon also in the cabinet, as W.C. Fields, of course the President, asserts his dominance, in the nutso Paramount comedy in Million Dollar Legs, 1932, from producer Herman J. Mankiewicz, from a story by his brother Joseph L.

Sweet Adeline (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Here Am I In a Hoboken, NJ German-style beer garden ca. 1898, Irene Dunne (title character and daughter of the owner) aims to impress the U.S. Army recruiter and (Spanish-American War) hero Major Day (Louis Calhern), with a song from the original 1929 Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II operetta, in Warner Bros.’ Sweet Adeline, 1934.

Traveling Saleslady (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Try Suspenders Or Shoelaces Now working for the rival toothpaste manufacturer “Schmidt’s” because her father won’t hire her, Joan Blondell as Angela Twitchell discovers that the boss for the retailer Ruggles is her frequent Warner Bros.’ co-star Glenda Farrell, and her dad’s top salesman Pat (William Gargan), whom she hasn’t met, has her business, in Traveling Saleslady, 1935.

Traveling Saleslady (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Right In The Snoot! First scene for Joan Blondell as the title character, Johnny Arthur the harried secretary talking to her father, head of the toothpaste firm, and Hugh Herbert, also a co-screenwriter, as hustling Niles, who also can’t get in to see the boss, early in Warner Bros.’ Traveling Saleslady, 1935.

Song Is Born, A (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Just Another Tomato For Barbara Stanwyck and Gary Cooper in Ball Of Fire, it was "Apple," now with Virginia Mayo as stripper "Honey" and Danny Kaye the music professor, Howard Hawks, directing again, changes fruits, Benny Goodman the professor in horn-rims, in the musical remake A Song Is Born, 1948.

Hollywood Hotel (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Mona Marshall In Glamour Girl The real Mona having a tantrum, her stunt double Virginia (Rosemary Lane) has been recruited to stand-in at her premiere, featuring another Louella Parsons appearance, escorted by studio hack Bernie (Allyn Joslyn) and newly signed singer Ronnie (Dick Powell), who doesn’t know about the swap, Ronald Reagan handling introductions, in Warner Bros.’ Hollywood Hotel, 1938.

Dames (1934) -- (Movie Clip) We're Thirteenth Cousins Kooky moral-crusader zillionaire Ounce (Hugh Herbert) and aide (Johnny Arthur) advise cousin Hemingway (Guy Kibbee) that his daughter (Ruby Keeler) must avoid cousin Jimmy (Dick Powell) if they want that inheritance, which she isn’t, song by Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal, early in Dames, 1934.

Dames (1934) -- (Movie Clip) I Was With The Jolly Widows Filthy rich morality nut Ounce (Hugh Herbert) on the train from Buffalo with cousin Horace (Guy Kibbee), who is giddy about the inheritance he’s getting, contingent on good behavior, thus panicked by the fleshy appearance of Joan Blondell as showgirl Mabel, in Warner Bros.’ Dames, 1934.

Friends And Lovers (1931) -- (Movie Clip) An Insidious Vice Laurence Olivier (as "Nichols") almost fluffy in his first scene in a Hollywood film, in India meeting fellow officer Roberts (Adolphe Menjou) and aide McNellis (Hugh Herbert), in Friends And Lovers, 1931.

Gold Diggers In Paris (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Colonel Corn One of several bits from Minnesota songwriter Freddie Fisher and his “Schnickelfritz Band,” which evolved into “The Korn Kobblers,” and made only this one movie appearance, on the ship with Rudy Vallee and the Warner Bros. gang, in the last in the series, Gold Diggers In Paris, 1938.

Footlight Parade (1933) -- (Movie Clip) These Are Cats Not Elephants! Foreshadowing Andrew Lloyd Webber, dance director Francis (Frank McHugh) gets schooled by producer Chester (James Cagney) on the cat number, office helper Bea (Ruby Keeler) checking in, herself pursued by singer Scotty (Dick Powell), in Warner Bros.' Footlight Parade, 1933.

Eternally Yours (1939) -- (Movie Clip) I Will Jump Tony (David Niven) and Anita Halstead (Loretta Young) have breakfast in bed as Benton (Hugh Herbert) brings them news of the death defying stunt David fails to remember agreeing to and with David's manager (Lionel Pape) already finalizing the event, he may not have any other choice in Eternally Yours, 1939.

Singing Marine, The - (Original Trailer) A young Marine (Dick Powell) develops an inflated ego after winning a talent contest in The Singing Marine (1937), the movie that gave the U.S. Marines their theme song.

Goodbye Again (1933) - (Original Trailer) Warren William is a sexy author, Joan Blondell his long-suffering secretary in Goodbye Again (1933) a racy pre-code comedy.

From Headquarters - (Original Trailer) Police lieutenant George Brent uses forensic science to solve a decadent playboy's murder in From Headquarters (1933).

Easy To Love (1934) - (Original Trailer) When she thinks her husband (Adolphe Menjou) has been unfaithful, a woman (Genevieve Tobin) claims to be having an affair of her own.

College Coach, The - (Original Trailer) Pat O'Brien may end up giving Ann Dvorak for the Gipper as The College Coach (1933) co-starring Dick Powell.

Sing Me A Love Song - (Original Trailer) A playboy (James Melton) turns over a new leaf and starts from the bottom of the family business in Sing Me A Love Song (1937).

Marry the Girl - (Original Trailer) Warner Brothers gives its second bananas a chance to show their appeal in the screwy comedy Marry The Girl (1937).

We're in the Money - (Original Trailer) Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell set out to drain a playboy's wealth in We're In The Money (1935).

Traveling Saleslady, The - (Original Trailer) Joan Blondell beats the Depression blues by marketing a "cocktail toothpaste" in the comedy The Traveling Saleslady (1935).

Footlight Parade - (Original Trailer) A producer fights labor problems, financiers and his greedy ex-wife to put on a show in Footlight Parade (1933) starring James Cagney.

Fashions of 1934 - (Original Trailer) Con artist William Powell and his beautiful assistant Bette Davis take on the Fashions of 1934 (1934) with musical numbers by Busby Berkeley.

Gold Diggers In Paris - (Original Trailer) In the last "gold diggers" musical, three chorus girls head to France in Gold Diggers In Paris (1938).

Family

Thomas F Herbert

Brother

Actor. 1888-1946.

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His signature exclamation was either "woo woo!" or "hoo hoo!".

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