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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.
Filmography Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
Self (archive footage)
Details Complicated Women
2003
Self (archive footage)
Details Run for Cover
1955
Mr. Swenson
Details A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
Self
Details Dancing in the Dark
1949
Jean Hersholt
Details To the People of the United States
1944
Colonel Jensen - Medical Corps
Details Stage Door Canteen
1943
Jean Hersholt
Details Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
Character TBA
Details They Meet Again
1941
Doctor Paul Christian
Details Melody for Three
1941
Doctor Paul Christian
Details Remedy for Riches
1940
Doctor Paul Christian
Details Dr. Christian Meets the Women
1940
Doctor Paul Christian
Details Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
Self
Details The Courageous Dr. Christian
1940
Doctor Paul Christian
Details Meet Dr. Christian
1939
Doctor Paul Christian
Details Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939
Mr. Sutter
Details Five of a Kind
1938
Dr. John Luke
Details I'll Give a Million
1938
Victor
Details Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938
Prof. Heinrich
Details Happy Landing
1938
Lars Ericksen
Details Seventh Heaven
1937
Father Chevillon
Details One in a Million
1937
Heinrich Muller
Details His Brother's Wife
1936
Professor 'Pop' Fahrenheim
Details Sins of Man
1936
Christopher Freyman
Details The Country Doctor
1936
Dr. John Luke
Details Break of Hearts
1935
Professor Thalma
Details Murder in the Fleet
1935
Victor Hanson
Details Mark of the Vampire
1935
Baron Otto
Details The Painted Veil
1934
Herr Koerber
Details The Fountain
1934
Baron von Leyden
Details Men in White
1934
Dr. Hochberg
Details The Cat and the Fiddle
1934
Professor Bertier
Details Dinner at Eight
1933
Jo Stengel
Details Song of the Eagle
1933
Otto Hoffman
Details The Crime of the Century
1933
Dr. Emil Brandt
Details The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932
Von Berg
Details Hearts of Humanity
1932
Sol Bloom
Details New Morals for Old
1932
James Hallett
Details Night Court
1932
Herman the Janitor
Details Are You Listening?
1932
George Wagner
Details The Beast of the City
1932
Samuel 'Sam' Belmonte
Details The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931
Dr. Dulac
Details Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
1931
Karl Ohlin
Details The Phantom of Paris
1931
Herman
Details Transatlantic
1931
Rudolph aka Jed Kramer
Details Viennese Nights
1930
Herr Hofner, Elsa's Father
Details The Third Alarm
1930
Frank 'Dad' Morton
Details The Cat Creeps
1930
Dr. Patterson
Details Hell Harbor
1930
Joseph Horngold
Details Mamba
1930
August Bolte (Mamba)
Details The Case of Sergeant Grischa
1930
Posnanski
Details The Climax
1930
Luigi Golfanti
Details Modern Love
1929
François Renault
Details The Younger Generation
1929
Julius Goldfish - Pa
Details The Girl on the Barge
1929
McCadden
Details Give and Take
1928
John Bauer
Details The Battle of the Sexes
1928
William Judson
Details Abie's Irish Rose
1928
Solomon Levy
Details The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
1928
Dr. Jüttner
Details 13 Washington Square
1928
'Deacon' Pyecroft
Details Alias The Deacon
1927
George Caswell or The Deacon
Details The Wrong Mr. Wright
1927
Seymour White
Details The Old Soak
1926
Clement Hawley, Sr.
Details It Must Be Love
1926
Pop Schmidt
Details My Old Dutch
1926
'Erb 'Uggins
Details The Greater Glory
1926
Gustav Schmidt
Details Don Q Son of Zorro
1925
Don Fabrique Borusta
Details Fifth Avenue Models
1925
Mr. Jones - a Crook
Details Dangerous Innocence
1925
Gilchrist
Details Cheap Kisses
1924
Gustaf Borgstrom
Details Her Night of Romance
1924
Joe Diamond
Details The Woman on the Jury
1924
Jury Foreman
Details The Goldfish
1924
Herman Krauss
Details The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal Studios
1924
Character TBA
Details Souls for Sale
1923
Self - Celebrity Actor
Details Jazzmania
1923
Prince Otto of Como
Details The Strangers' Banquet
1922
Fiend
Details Tess of the Storm Country
1922
Ben Letts
Details Heart's Haven
1922
Henry Bird
Details When Romance Rides
1922
Joel Creech
Details The Man Of The Forest
1921
Lem Beasley
Details The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1921
Prof. von Hartrott (uncredited)
Details The Deceiver
1920
Character TBA
Details The Golden Trail
1920
Harry Teal
Details The Red Lane
1920
Vetal Beaulieu
Details Love's Prisoner
1919
Party Guest (uncredited)
Details Whom the Gods Would Destroy
1919
Character TBA
Details Little Red Decides
1918
Sour Milk
Details Madame Spy
1918
Count Von Ornstorff
Details Princess Virtue
1917
Emile Carre
Details '49–'17
1917
'Gentleman Jim' Raynor
Details A Stormy Knight
1917
Dr. Fraser
Details The Soul Herder
1917
The Minister
Details Southern Justice
1917
Caleb Talbot
Details The Clash of Steel
1917
Prince Feodor
Details Perils of the Secret Service
1917
Prince Feodor (Episode #2)
Details The Saintly Sinner
1917
Undetermined Role
Details The Terror
1917
Jimm, the Dope
Details Fighting for Love
1917
Ferdinand
Details Black Orchids
1917
Character TBA
Details Kinkaid, Gambler
1916
Character TBA
Details Hell's Hinges
1916
Bartender (uncredited)
Details A New Hat for the Madam
1906
Character TBA
Details