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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1917-09-12 (107 years old)

Place of Birth

Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary

Herbert Lom

Biography:

Herbert Lom (born Herbert Charles Angelo Kuchačevič ze Schluderpacheru; 11 September 1917 – 27 September 2012) was a Czech-born British film and television actor who moved to the United Kingdom in 1939. In a career lasting more than 60 years, he appeared in character roles, often portraying criminals or villains early in his career and professional men in later years.

Lom was noted for his precise, elegant enunciation of English. He is best known for his roles in The Ladykillers, The Pink Panther film series and the television series The Human Jungle.

Known For

Acting

2012

2007

Beloved Count as (archive footage)

2002

1993

Son of the Pink Panther as Police Commisioner Charles Dreyfus
The Detectives as Van der Dyck

1991

The Sect as Moebius Kelly
The Pope Must Die as Vittorio Corelli

1989

River of Death as Colonel Ricardo Diaz
Ten Little Indians as Gen. Brancko Romensky

1988

1987

Going Bananas as Captain Mackintosh

1986

Whoops Apocalypse as Gen. Mosquera

1985

King Solomon's Mines as Colonel Bockner

1984

James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate as Dr. Larsen (archive footage) (uncredited)
Memed My Hawk as Ali Safa Bey
Lace as Monsier Chardin

1983

The Dead Zone as Dr. Sam Weizak
Curse of the Pink Panther as Chief Insp. Charles LaRousse Dreyfus

1982

Trail of the Pink Panther as Chef Inspektor Charles Dreyfus
I Have Been Here Before as Dr. Görtler

1981

Peter and Paul as Barnabas

1980

Hopscotch as Yaskov

1979

The Lady Vanishes as Dr. Egon Hartz

1978

Revenge of the Pink Panther as Chief Inspector Dreyfus

1977

Charleston as Inspector Watkins

1976

Uncle Tom's Cabin as Simon Legree (archive)

1975

The Return of the Pink Panther as Chief Inspector Dreyfus

1974

And Then There Were None as Dr. Edward Armstrong

1973

And Now the Screaming Starts! as Henry Fengriffen
Dark Places as Prescot

1972

Asylum as Byron

1971

1970

Count Dracula as Van Helsing
Dorian Gray as Henry Wotton
Mark of the Devil as Lord Cumberland
Mister Jerico as Victor Russo

1969

99 Women as Governor Santos
Doppelgänger as Doctor Hassler

1968

Villa Rides as General Huerta
Eve as Diego
Assignment to Kill as Matt Wilson
Hawaii Five-O as Mondrago

1967

The Karate Killers as Randolph

1966

Gambit as Shahbandar
Our Man in Marrakesh as Mr. Casimir

1965

Return from the Ashes as Dr. Charles Bovard
Uncle Tom's Cabin as Simon Legree

1964

A Shot in the Dark as Charles Dreyfus

1963

The Human Jungle as Doctor Roger Corder M. D., D. P. M.

1962

Treasure of Silver Lake as Colonel Brinkley
The Phantom of the Opera as The Phantom (Prof. L. Petrie)
Tiara Tahiti as Chong Sing

1961

Mysterious Island as Captain Nemo
Mr. Topaze as Castel Benac
The Frightened City as Waldo Zhernikov
El Cid as Ben Yussuf

1960

Spartacus as Tigranes Levantus
I Aim at the Stars as Anton Reger

1959

North West Frontier as Van Layden
The Big Fisherman as Herod Antipas

1958

Chase a Crooked Shadow as Police Commissar Vargas
Passport to Shame as Nick Biaggi
Intent to Kill as Juan Menda
I Accuse! as Maj. DuPaty de Clam

1957

Action of the Tiger as Trifon, Albania Bandit
Hell Drivers as Gino Rossi
Fire Down Below as Harbour Master

1956

War and Peace as Napoleon

1955

The Ladykillers as Louis, alias 'Mr. Harvey'

1954

The Love Lottery as André Amico
Beautiful Stranger as Emil Landosh
Star of India as Governor Narbonne

1953

Rough Shoot as Sandorski
The Net as Dr. Alex Leon

1952

The Man Who Watched Trains Go By as Julius de Koster, Jr.
The Ringer as Maurice Meister

1951

Hell Is Sold Out as Dominic Danges

1950

Cage of Gold as Rahman
State Secret as Karl Theodor
The Black Rose as Anthemus

1948

Good-Time Girl as Max Vine
Snowbound as Von Kellerman, alias Keramikos
Brass Monkey as Peter Hobart
Portrait from Life as Fritz Kottler Hendlemann

1947

Dual Alibi as Jules de Lisle / Georges de Lisle

1946

Appointment with Crime as Gregory Lang

1945

The Seventh Veil as Dr. Larsen

1944

Hotel Reserve as Andre Roux

1943

The Dark Tower as Stephen Torg

1942

The Young Mr. Pitt as Napoleon
Secret Mission as Medical Officer

1940

1939

Dad for a Day as Gas Station Patron

1938

1937