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Phillips Holmes
Acting
22 Jul 1907
† 12 Aug 1942
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 c...
Also Known As
Phillips Raymond Holmes, Phillips R. Holmes





















