Person · Actor · Active 1906–1955
Jean Hersholt
1886–1956, Copenhagen
American actor, born in Copenhagen. Won the Academy Honorary Award. Appeared in 32 films on this site, including Grand Hotel (1932), The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) and Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938).
He is most famous for starring on the CBS radio series Dr. Christian from 1937–1954, reprising the role in a film series from 1939-1941.
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In the 1936 movie The Country Doctor, starring the famous Dionne quintuplets, Hersholt portrayed Dr. John Luke, a character based on Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe, the Canadian obstetrician who delivered and cared for the Dionne quintuplets.
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Regulars
Films in this guide
Best known
- Grand Hotel 1932actor, as Senf
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 1921actor
- Alexander's Ragtime Band 1938actor
- Don Q, Son of Zorro 1925actor
- Dinner at Eight 1933actor
- The Mask of Fu Manchu 1932actor
1910s
- The Aryan (1916)actor
1920s
1930s
- Viennese Nights (1930)actor
- Private Lives (1931 film) (1931)actor
- Susan Lenox (1931)actor
- Emma (1932)actor
- Flesh (1932)actor
- Grand Hotel (1932)actor, as Senf
- The Beast of the City (1932)actor
- The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)actor
- Dinner at Eight (1933)actor
- The Cat and the Fiddle (1933)actor
- Men in White (1934)actor
- The Painted Veil (1934)actor
- Break of Hearts (1935)actor
- Mark of the Vampire (1935)actor
- His Brother's Wife (1936)actor
- One in a Million (1936)actor
- Reunion (1936)actor
- The Country Doctor (1936)actor
- Seventh Heaven (1937)actor
- Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)actor
- Five of a Kind (1938)actor
- Happy Landing (1938)actor
1940s
1950s
- Run for Cover (1955)actor