Herbert Lomas
Herbet Lomas (17 January 1887 – 12 April 1961) was a British actor who appeared in more than forty films in a career lasting between 1931 and 1955. He was born in Burnley, Lancashire and made his first film appearance in an early sound version of Hobson's Choice (1931).
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.5645 |
| Birthday | 1887-01-17 |
| Place of Birth | Burnley, Lancashire, England |
| Also Known As |
1939
Jamaica Inn
6.136/257
In early 19th-century Cornwall, young Mary Yellan travels to live with her aunt and uncle at the remote Jamaica Inn, where she discovers the inn is a...
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Jamaica Inn
1932
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
4.8/15
A young woman turns to Holmes for protection when she's menaced by an escaped killer seeking missing treasure. However, when the woman is kidnapped, H...
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The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
1939
Ask a Policeman
7.409/21
The mirthful adventures of Police-Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot and his two constables, Albert Brown and Jeremias Harbottle, who stage a fabricated crime-wa...
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Ask a Policeman
1936
Rembrandt
6.803/38
A character study depicting the life of Rembrandt Van Rijn at the height of his fame in the mid 1600s. Beginning with the death of his wife, Rembrandt...
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Rembrandt
1947
The Man Within
6.8/4
A man goes on the run from hardened smugglers.
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The Man Within
1937
Knight Without Armour
5.895/19
In the last days of Czarist Russia, Russian-speaking Briton A.J. Fothergill is enlisted by his government to go undercover as Bolshevik radical Peter...
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Knight Without Armour
1939
Over the Moon
5.8/6
Young Jane Benson just about manages to make ends meet running the large family house in Yorkshire. In love with local doctor Freddie Jarvis, she sugg...
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Over the Moon
1935
The Phantom Light
5.563/16
A series of mysterious deaths in a Welsh lighthouse lead locals to believe it is haunted. But the new keeper is sceptical.
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The Phantom Light
1933
Perfect Understanding
6.625/8
A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds hi...
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Perfect Understanding
1943
Undercover
6.063/8
Occupied Yugoslavia. With organised resistance shattered by the Nazi onslaught it is only the activity of small guerrilla bands that bring fresh hope...
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Undercover
1939
Inquest
6.25/8
A woman is suspected of killing her husband after a revolver is found in her attic. A coroner is determined to prove that she did it, but thanks to th...
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Inquest
1948
Bonnie Prince Charlie
5.5/7
Scotland, 1745. After decades of exile, Prince Charles Edward Stuart secretly lands with the purpose of revolting the Highland chieftains against the...
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Bonnie Prince Charlie
1938
South Riding
6.571/7
Winifred Holtby realised that Local Government is not a dry affair of meetings and memoranda:- but 'the front-line defence thrown up by humanity again...
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South Riding
1933
The Man from Toronto
5/3
According to the terms of a will two strangers must marry. Leila (Jessie Matthews) is an English widow, and Fergus (Ian Hunter) is a Canadian bachelo...
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The Man from Toronto
1935
Fighting Stock
7.5/2
The Aldwych Theater farceurs are at it again in Fighting Stock. The punning title refers to a well-stocked rural fishing stream, which sparks a battle...
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Fighting Stock
1939
Q Planes
6.012/41
In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test aircraf...
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Q Planes
1931
The Other Mrs. Phipps
7/1
'Broke lord poses as widow's lady companion and saves girl from kidnap.' (British Film Catalogue)
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The Other Mrs. Phipps
1932
Frail Women
6/4
Lilian has an illegitimate war-baby which is then adopted by a wealthy spinster.
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Frail Women
1934
Lorna Doone
6.5/3
High drama, set in the English moorland of the 1600s. John Ridd wants revenge on the criminal Doone family, but falls in love with the daughter of the...
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Lorna Doone
1935
The Black Mask
9/2
British crime film directed by Ralph Ince
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The Black Mask
1941
The Ghost Train
6.1/36
Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is s...
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The Ghost Train
1953
The Net
6.3/6
A secret jet aircraft capable of traveling three times the speed of sound is being developed by a group of scientists. On the day of the test flight,...
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The Net
1931
Many Waters
8/1
An elderly couple reminisce about the romantic adventures of their youth.
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Many Waters
1931
Hobson's Choice
5.5/2
A coarse boot-shop owner becomes outraged when his eldest daughter decides to marry a meek cobbler.
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Hobson's Choice
1932
When London Sleeps
7/1
Slippery Rodney Haines runs a high-class gambling joint in Hampstead, while elsewhere in London Lamberti's Fair for the less-well-off is on its last l...
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When London Sleeps
1948
The Guinea Pig
7.088/17
A working-class boy wins a scholarship to a public school, as part of a post-World War Two experiment in bringing boys of different social classes tog...
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The Guinea Pig
1934
Java Head
6.8/5
The port city of Bristol, England, in the 1800s is home to Java Head, a sailing ship line company. The owner has two sons. One, a handsome seafarer, i...
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Java Head
1935
The Ghost Goes West
6.654/39
Peggy Martin, daughter of a wealthy American businessman, persuades her father to buy a haunted Scottish castle from Donald Glourie. As the castle is...
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The Ghost Goes West
1939
The Lion Has Wings
6.4/14
This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the valiant efforts of the Royal Air Force to defend the British...
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The Lion Has Wings
1952
The Magic Box
6.52/25
Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once young and handsome William Green. He changed his name to include his first w...
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The Magic Box
1946
Land of Promise
8/1
Described as a 'film argument' about homes and houses, this film is in three parts showing houses as they were, houses as they are and houses as they...
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Land of Promise
1942
Penn of Pennsylvania
6.5/4
Penn of Pennsylvania is a 1941 British historical drama film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans, Dennis Arundell, Hen...
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Penn of Pennsylvania
1945
I Know Where I'm Going!
7.079/170
Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by inclemen...
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I Know Where I'm Going!
1943
They Met in the Dark
6.267/15
A Royal navy Commander is tricked by a pretty girl who is working for the Nazis. She tricks him into revealing some military secrets and he is court m...
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They Met in the Dark
1941
South American George
6.667/3
To help out his exact double, George Formby (in a dual role) takes the place of a noted South American tenor. This way he can help the opera star fulf...
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South American George
1947
The Master of Bankdam
8/2
Generational family struggles for control of a family business in 19th century Yorkshire, and to be the Master of Bankdam.
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