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Phillips Raymond Holmes (July 22, 1907 – August 12, 1942) was an American actor. In 1928 Holmes was spotted in the undergraduate crowd at Princeton University during the filming of Frank Tuttle's Varsity and offered a screen test. In the early 1930s he became a popular leading man, playing leads in a few important productions, notably in Josef von Sternberg's An American Tragedy.
At Paramount, Holmes starred in melodrama and comedy. In 1933 his Paramount contract ran out and he moved to MGM for one year. As the decade progressed, his career declined, and he appeared in a few box-office failures, including Sam Goldwyn's poorly received Nana (1934). His last American movie was General Spanky (1936). In 1938 Holmes appeared in two UK movies. Housemaster was his last film. Then he returned to acting on stage in the United States.
At the start of World War II, Holmes joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was killed in a mid-air collision in northwest Ontario, Canada in 1942.
For his contributions to the film industry, Phillips Holmes was posthumously given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.
1988
as Self (archive footage)
1972
as Self (archive footage)
1964
as Ernest DeGraff in 'Dinner at Eight' (arch. footage) (uncredited)
1961
as 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
as Philip de Pourville
1937
as Dick Shale
1936
as Marshall Valient
1936
as Tony Carleton
1936
as Philip 'Phil' Greene Jr.
1935
as Colin Derwent
1935
as Vincenzo Bellini
1934
as Lieutenant Von Tokay
1934
as Pip
1934
as Tom Wilson
1934
as Stan Casserly
1934
as Lieutenant George Muffat
1933
as Ernest DeGraff
1933
as Lord Reggie Aylesworth
1933
as Tom Siddall
1933
as Burt Barton
1933
as Terry Van Sloan
1933
as Csaholyi
1933
as Michael Service
1933
as Bob Seward
1933
as Leonard St. John
1932
as Buck Buchan
1932
as Phillips Holmes (uncredited)
1932
as Mike Thomas
1932
as Paul Renard
1932
as Joseph Gresham Jr.
1931
as Clyde Griffiths
1931
as Dan Carter
1931
as (archive footage)
1931
as Joe Bartlett
1931
as Robert Graham
1930
as Michael Bolton
1930
as Dan
1930
as Ernest Heron
1930
as David Stone
1930
as Capt. Robert Darrington
1929
as Donald Ogden
1929
as Roger Longmore
1929
as Adam Wansfell (as Phillips R. Holmes)
1929
as Phil
1928
as Pierrot (uncredited)
1928
as Middlebrook