Stuart Holmes
Stuart Holmes (born Joseph Liebchen; March 10, 1884 – December 29, 1971) was an American actor and sculptor whose career spanned seven decades. He appeared in almost 450 films between 1909 and 1964, sometimes credited as Stewart Holmes. • Illustration — Stuart Holmes and Theda Bara in Her Double Life (1916)
Stuart Holmes

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- Name
- Stuart Holmes
- Birth Name
- Joseph Liebchen
- Born
- 10 March 1884
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
- Died
- 29 December 1971
- Place of death
- Hollywood, California, U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor, sculptor
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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Stuart Holmes (born Joseph Liebchen; March 10, 1884 – December 29, 1971) was an American actor and sculptor whose career spanned seven decades. He appeared in almost 450 films between 1909 and 1964, sometimes credited as Stewart Holmes. • Illustration — Stuart Holmes and Theda Bara in Her Double Life (1916)
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• Name — Stuart Holmes • Birth Name — Joseph Liebchen • Born — 10 March 1884 • Birthplace — Chicago, Illinois, U.S. • Died — 29 December 1971 • Place of death — Hollywood, California, U.S. • Other Names — Stewart Holmes • Occupation — Actor, sculptor • Years Active — 1909–1964
Biography
Biography
Holmes was born Joseph Liebchen on March 10, 1884, in Chicago, Illinois, where he was educated. For 20 years, Holmes performed in vaudeville and on stage, with the latter often being in Shakespeare's plays. His work in the theater included a stint in Germany. Holmes's film career began in 1911 and ended with an uncredited appearance inYoungblood Hawke (1964). As a sculptor, Holmes created work for at least three California United States post offices — in Oceanside (1936), Claremont (1937), and Bell (1937). • Illustration — Motion Picture News, 1919 Holmes's wife, Blanca, was an actress.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Illustration — Stuart Holmes, circa 1919 • The Woman Hater (1910, Short) as Carrol Morten • Oliver Twist (1912) • The Young Millionaire (1912) • The Tell-Tale Message (1912) • A Battle of Wits (1912) • A Business Buccaneer (1912) • The Game Warden (1913) • The Fire Coward (1913) • The Face at the Window (1913) • The Pursuit of the Smugglers (1913) • The Combination of the Safe (1914) • The Celebrated Scandal (1915) • The Clemenceau Case (1915) • A Woman's Resurrection (1915) • Should A Mother Tell? (1915) • The Blindness of Devotion (1915) • The Green-Eyed Monster (1916) • East Lynne (1916) • Under Two Flags (1916) • The Witch (1916) • Her Double Life (1916) • Love and Hate (1916) • Tangled Lives (1917) • Love's Law (1917) • Love Aflame (1917) • The Wild Girl (1917) • The Ghosts of Yesterday (1918) • When Men Betray (1918) • Treason (1918) • The Poor Rich Man (1918) • The New Moon (1919) • The Way of a Woman (1919) • The Other Man's Wife (1919) • Trailed by Three (1920) • Lifting Shadows (1920) • The Evil Eye (1920) • Passion Fruit (1921) • No Woman Knows (1921) • The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) • All's Fair in Love (1921) • The Strangers' Banquet (1922) • Her Husband's Trademark (1922) • The Prisoner of Zenda (1922) • Under Two Flags (1922) • Paid Back (1922) • The Scarlet Lily (1923) • The Unknown Purple (1923) • Daughters of the Rich (1923) • Temporary Marriage (1923) • Tipped Off (1923) • Three Weeks (1924) • On Time (1924) • Between Friends (1924) • Vanity's Price (1924) • The Beloved Brute (1924) • The Primrose Path (1925) • The Salvation Hunters (1925) • The Fighting Cub (1925) • Friendly Enemies (1925) • Steele of the Royal Mounted (1925) • The Perfect Clown (1925) • Three Keys (1925) • Heir-Loons (1925) • North Star (1925) • Shadow of the Law (1926) • Good and Naughty (1926) • The Midnight Message (1926) • Beyond the Trail (1926) • The Hurricane (1926) • Broken Hearts of Hollywood (1926) • Duck Soup (1927) • Polly of the Movies (1927) • When a Man Loves (1927) • Your Wife and Mine (1927) • Burning Daylight (1928) • The Hawk's Nest (1928) • Should Tall Men Marry? (1928) • Devil Dogs (1928) • The Man Who Laughs (1928) as Lord Dirry-Moir • The Cavalier (1928) • Captain of the Guard (1930) • Belle of the Nineties (1934) • Bengal Tiger (1936) • Hearts Divided (1936) • Penrod and Sam (1937) • Jezebel (1938) as Doctor at Duel (uncredited) • Devil's Island (1939) • The Oklahoma Kid (1939) as President Grover Cleveland (uncredited) • On Trial (1939) • Affectionately Yours (1941) • Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) • The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) • The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) as Man Ordered Out of Train Compartment by the Captain (uncredited) • Street Corner (1948) • Alias Nick Beal (1949) (uncredited) • People Will Talk (1951) (uncredited) • Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1953) • Remains to Be Seen (1953) • Reprisal! (1956) • The Nutty Professor (1963) • Mary Poppins (1964) • Youngblood Hawke (1964)

Brian Donlevy (left) and Stuart Holmes in Impact (1949) - cropped screenshot
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Ad for the American film serial Trailed by Three (1920) with Stuart Holmes and Frankie Mann, pages 3238 and 3239 of the April 10, 1920 Motion Picture News.
Arthur F. Beck Serial Productions / Pathé Distributors · Motion Picture News (Mar-Jun 1920) at the Internet Archive
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1884
Stuart Holmes born at Chicago.
1971
Stuart Holmes died at Hollywood.
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Notes from the source article
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- 1.Katchmer, George A. A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. McFarland. 166–167. 20 May 2015. 978-1-4766-0905-8.
- 2.American Art Annual, Geographical Dictionary Of Murals and Sculptures commissioned by Section of Fine Arts, Public Buildings Administration, Federal Works Agency. The American Federation of Arts, 1941, pp. 624–25.
- 3.Maas, Frederica Sagor. The Shocking Miss Pilgrim: A Writer in Early Hollywood. University Press of Kentucky. 95. 2010. 978-0-8131-2707-1.
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