Herbert Rawlinson

Herbert Banemann Rawlinson (15 November 1885 – 12 July 1953) was an English-born stage, film, radio, and television actor. A leading man during Hollywood's silent film era, Rawlinson transitioned to character roles after the advent of sound films.

Herbert Rawlinson
Rawlinson, c. 1917
Born	Herbert Banemann Rawlinson 15 November 1885 New Brighton, Cheshire, England, UK
Died	12 July 1953 (aged 67) Los Angeles
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1911–1953
Spouse(s)	Roberta Arnold ​ (m. 1917⁠–⁠1923)​ Loraine Abigail Long ​ ​ (m. 1924⁠–⁠1927)​ Josephine Norman(m.?–1951, her death)

Early life

Rawlinson was born in New Brighton, Cheshire, England, UK on 15 November 1885.[1] He was one of the four sons and three daughters of Robert Theodore Rawlinson and his wife Emily.[2][3] He sailed to America on the same ship as Charlie Chaplin to establish himself as a leading man in the silent movies before making the transition as a character actor in the "talkies".[2]

Recognition

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Herbert Rawlinson has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6150 Hollywood Blvd on 8 February 1960.[4]

Personal life

Rawlinson married Roberta Arnold in 1917. They divorced in 1923 in which he had cited desertion.[5] He married Loraine Abigail Long in 1924 and divorced in 1927.[6] Rawlinson was married to Josephine Norman until her death on 24 January 1951.

Death

Rawlinson died of lung cancer in 1953.[7]

Partial Filmography

Still of Rawlinson in Lady Gangster (1941)

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Still of Rawlinson in Lady Gangster (1941)

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1911	The New Superintendent		American short drama film directed by Francis Boggs.	[8]
1912	The Count of Monte Cristo	Caderouse
1913	The Sea Wolf	Humphrey Van Weyden
1914	The Spy	Harvey Birch
	Martin Eden	Arthur Morse
	The Opened Shutters	John Dunham
	Damon and Pythias	Pythias
	Called Back	Gilbert Vaughan
1915	The Black Box	Sanford Quest	American drama film serial directed by Otis Turner. This serial is considered to be lost.	[9]
1916	Little Eve Edgarton	James Barton
	The Eagle's Wings	Richard Wallace
1917	The Scarlet Crystal	Vincent Morgan
	Like Wildfire	Tommy Buckman
	Come Through	James Harrington Court, aka 'The Possum'
	Flirting with Death	'Sky High' Billy Wardwell
	The Man Trap	John Mull
	The High Sign	Donald Bruce
1918	The Flash of Fate	Randolph Shorb
	Brace Up	Henry Court
	Smashing Through	Jack Mason
	Back to the Woods	Jimmy Raymond
	Out of the Night	Bob Storrow
	The Turn of the Wheel	Maxfield Grey	A lost silent film romantic drama directed by Reginald Barker.	[10][11]
	The Mating	Dick Ives
	Kiss or Kill	Henry Warner
	The Floor Below		Rawlinson is credited with appearing in this film by silentera.com, but not by IMDb.	[12]
1919	The Common Cause	Orrin Palmer	A lost American silent film comedy directed and produced by J. Stuart Blackton. Based on the play, Getting Together, by Ian Hay, J. Hartley Manners and Percival Knight.	[13][14]
	The Carter Case	Craig Kennedy
	Good Gracious, Annabelle	John Rawson	A lost American silent society comedy film directed by George Melford. Based on the Broadway play, Good Gracious, Annabelle by Clare Kummer.	[15][16][17]
	A House Divided	Philip Carmichael
	A Dangerous Affair	Terrence Redmond
1920	The $1,000,000 Reward	Man in suit
	The Poppy Trail
	Passers-By	Peter Waverton
	Man and His Woman	Dr. John Worthing
1921	The Wakefield Case	Wakefield Jr.
	Playthings of Destiny	Geoffrey Arnold
	Charge It	Philip Lawrence
	You Find It Everywhere	Andrew Gibson
	Wealth	Phillip Dominick
	Conflict	Jevons
	The Millionaire	Jack Norman
	Cheated Hearts	Barry Gordon	American drama film directed by Hobart Henley and featuring Boris Karloff. The film is considered to be lost.	[18][19]
1922	The Scrapper	Malloy
	Man Under Cover	Paul Porter	American crime film directed by Tod Browning.	[20]
	The Black Bag	Billy Kirkwood
	Don't Shoot	James Harrington Court
	Confidence	Bob Mortimer
	The Black Bag	Stuart Paton
	One Wonderful Night	John D. Curtis	Silent film mystery directed by Stuart Paton. A copy is held at the Gosfilmofond archive, Moscow.	[21]
1923	The Scarlet Car	Billy Winthrop
	The Prisoner	Philip Quentin	American drama film directed by Jack Conway and featuring Boris Karloff. The film is considered lost.	[22][23]
	Nobody's Bride	Jimmy Nevins
	Fools and Riches	Jimmy Dorgan
	Mary of the Movies	Himself	Uncredited Silent semi-autobiographical 1923 comedy directed by John McDermott based on the career of Marion Mack.	[24][25]
	Railroaded	Richard Ragland
	The Victor	Cecil Fitzhugh Waring
	The Clean Up	Montgomery Bixby
	A Million to Burn	Thomas Gwynne
	His Mystery Girl	Kerry Reynolds
1924	Jack O'Clubs	John Francis Foley
	Stolen Secrets	The Eel, Miles Manning
	Dancing Cheat	Brwlw Clay
	High Speed	Hi Moreland
	Dark Stairways	Sheldon Polk
	The Tomboy	Aldon Farwell
1925	The Prairie Wife	Duncan MacKail	American Western film directed by Hugo Ballin. Based on a story by Arthur Stringer. The film is considered to be lost.	[26]
	My Neighbor's Wife	Allen Allwright
	Every Man's Wife	Mr. Randolph
	The Adventurous Sex	The Sweetheart
	The Man in Blue	Tom Conlin	Silent film drama directed by Edward Laemmle.	[27][28]
	The Flame Fighter	Jack Sparks
	The Unnamed Woman	Donald Brookes
	The Great Jewel Robbery	Steve Martindale
1926	The Gilded Butterfly	Courtney Roth
	Her Big Adventure	Ralph Merriwell
	Phantom Police	Jack Wright
	The Millionaire Policeman	Steven Wallace
	Men of the Night	J. Rupert Dodds
	The Belle of Broadway	Paul Merlin	American silent romantic drama film directed by Harry O. Hoyt. This film is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.	[29][30][31]
	Her Sacrifice	James Romaine
	Trooper 77	Steve Manning / Trooper 77
1927	Burning Gold	Bob Roberts
	Slipping Wives	Husband	Silent comedy short film directed by Fred Guiol.	Short
	The Bugle Call	Capt. Randolph	Drama silent film directed by Edward Sedgwick. The Lost Film Files database has this film as being lost.	[32][33][34]
	Hour of Reckoning
	Wages of Conscience	Henry McWade
1933	The Working Man	Reeves Co. Board Member	Uncredited
	Moonlight and Pretzels	Sport Powell
	Get That Venus	Editor Nash	American comedy film directed by Arthur Varney.	[35]
1934	Enlighten Thy Daughter	Dr. Richard Stevens
1935	The People's Enemy	Philip Francis Duke Ware
	Convention Girl	Ward Hollister
	Men Without Names	Crawford
	Confidential	J.W. Keaton
	Show Them No Mercy	Kurt Hansen
1936	Dancing Feet	Oliver Groves
	Follow the Fleet	Mr. Webber - Paradise Ballroom Owner	Uncredited
	Hitch Hike to Heaven	Melville Delaney
	Bullets or Ballots	Mr. Caldwell	Gangster drama film directed by William Keighley featuring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell, & Humphrey Bogart.
	Ticket to Paradise	Fred Townsend	American drama film directed by Aubrey Scotto.	[36]
	A Son Comes Home	Bladeu	American drama film directed by E.A. Dupont.	[37]
	Hollywood Boulevard	Manager of Grauman's
	Mad Holiday	Captain Bromley
	Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island	Grant Jackson	A Republic Movie serial directed by Ray Taylor and Mack V. Wright.	[38][39]
	Mysterious Crossing	District Attorney Henry R. Charters
1937	God's Country and the Woman	Doyle
	Blake of Scotland Yard	Sir James Blake
	Midnight Court	District Attorney Larson	Uncredited
	Nobody's Baby	Radio Audition Executive
	The Go Getter	Lester	Directed by Busby Berkeley.
	Make a Wish	Dr. Stevens
	S.O.S. Coast Guard	Boyle, Coast guard commander	A Republic film serial directed by Alan James and William Witney.	[40][41]
	That Certain Woman	Dr. Hartman
	Back in Circulation	District Attorney Saunders	American film directed by Ray Enright.
	Something to Sing About	Studio Attorney	Uncredited
	Love Is on the Air	Mr. George Copelin
	Over the Goal	Stanley Short
	Every Day's a Holiday	Guest at Party	Uncredited
1938	The Kid Comes Back	Mr. Redmann
	Hawaii Calls	Mr. Harlow
	Over the Wall	Prosecutor	Uncredited
	Women Are Like That	Avery Flickner
	Marie Antoinette	Goguelot	Uncredited
	Under the Big Top	Herman
	Valley of the Giants	Land Commissioner	Uncredited
	Secrets of an Actress	Mr. Harrison	Romantic drama film directed by William Keighley.
	Hard to Get	Mr. Jones	Uncredited
	Torchy Gets Her Man	Tom Brennan
	Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus	Race Judge	Uncredited
	Orphans of the Street	Adams
1939	Blackwell's Island	Dave Reynolds	Uncredited
	Secret Service of the Air	Adm. A.C. Schuyler
	You Can't Get Away with Murder	District Attorney	Crime drama directed by Lewis Seiler and starring Humphrey Bogart.	[42]
	Sudden Money
	Dark Victory	Dr. Carter	American drama film directed by Edmund Goulding. The screenplay by Casey Robinson was based on the 1934 play of the same title by George Brewer and Bertram Bloch, starring Tallulah Bankhead.	[43][44]
	Naughty but Nice	Hardwick's Attorney	Uncredited
	Days of Jesse James	Bank Association Official	Uncredited
	Swanee River	Army Officer	Uncredited
	Money to Burn	Dover
1940	Swiss Family Robinson	Captain
	Five Little Peppers at Home	Mr. Decker
	Framed	Walter Billings
	Free, Blonde and 21	John Crane
	Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe	Dr. Frohmann	Serial, [Chs. 1, 4]
	Cross-Country Romance	Ship's Capt. Brawley	Uncredited
	I Want a Divorce	Len Howard	Uncredited
	King of the Royal Mounted	Ross King	Serial, [chs 1-4]
	Seven Sinners	First Mate
1941	Flying Wild	Mr. Reynolds
	I Wanted Wings	Mr. Young	Uncredited
	Strange Alibi	King Carney	Uncredited
	The Flame of New Orleans	Party Guest	Uncredited
	Sheriff of Tombstone	Dodge City Marshal	Uncredited
	Adventure in Washington	Senator Jenkins	Uncredited
	Blondie in Society	Mr. Judson, Bank President	Uncredited
	Mystery Ship	Inspector Clark	Uncredited
	Scattergood Meets Broadway	The Governor
	Gentleman from Dixie	Prison Warden
	Bad Man of Deadwood	Judge Gary
	Lydia	Dignitary on Podium	Uncredited
	It Started with Eve	Party Guest	Uncredited
	King of the Texas Rangers	Ranger Colonel Lee Avery	Serial, [Chs. 1,12]
	Arizona Cyclone	George Randolph
	I Killed That Man	Prison Warden
	Riot Squad	Police Chief
1942	Don Winslow of the Navy	Adm. Warburton	Serial, [Ch. 1]
	Broadway Big Shot	District Attorney
	Stagecoach Buckaroo	Bill Kincaid
	We Were Dancing	Hubert's Friend	Uncredited
	Lady Gangster	D.A. Lewis Sinton
	Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!	Ex-Soldier Commander	Uncredited
	Hello, Annapolis	Capt. Dugan
	The Panther's Claw	District Attorney Bill Dougherty
	Perils of the Royal Mounted	Richard Winton	Serial
	I Live on Danger	Chief of Police	Uncredited
	Perils of Nyoka	Maj. Reynolds	Serial, [Ch. 1], Uncredited
	Sons of the Pioneers	Townsman	Uncredited
	Smart Alecks	Captain Bronson
	Just Off Broadway	Court Stenographer	Uncredited
	Foreign Agent	Stevens
	War Dogs	David J. Titus
	Silver Queen	Judge
	Lost Canyon	Tom Clark
1943	Silent Witness	Benjamin Yeager
	Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher	Mr. James J. Blake
	Reveille with Beverly	Announcer	Uncredited
	Two Weeks to Live	J.J. Stark Sr.
	King of the Cowboys	Businessman	Uncredited
	Daredevils of the West	T.M. Sawyer - Banker	Serial, (Ch. 10), Uncredited
	Days of Old Cheyenne	Governor Frank Shelby
	Colt Comrades	Varney
	The Masked Marvel	Mr. Kellering	Serial, Uncredited
	Doughboys in Ireland	Larry Hunt
	Where Are Your Children?	Brooks the Butler
	Old Acquaintance	Red Cross Chairman	Uncredited
	Riders of the Deadline	Ranger Captain Jennings
	The Woman of the Town	Doc Sears
1944	Marshal of Gunsmoke	Sam Garret
	Nabonga	T.F. Stockwell	A PRC film starring Buster Crabbe and Julie London (in her film debut). Directed by Sam Newfield. Retitled Jungle Woman in the British Empire.	[45][46]
	Sailor's Holiday	Director	Uncredited
	Oklahoma Raiders	Colonel Rogers
	Shake Hands with Murder	John Clark	American comedy mystery film directed by Albert Herman.	[45][46]
	Lumberjack	Buck Peters
	Forty Thieves	Buck Peters	American western directed by Lesley Selander.
	Marshal of Reno	Editor John Palmer
	Goin' to Town	Wentworth
	Sheriff of Sundown	Governor Brainerd	American western drama film directed by Lesley Selander.
	Hi, Beautiful	Board Member	Uncredited
1946	Accomplice	Vincent Springer
	San Quentin	Dr. Stanton	Uncredited American film directed by Gordon Douglas.	[47]
1947	Honeymoon	American	Uncredited
	Railroaded!	Doctor Attending Cowie	Uncredited
1948	Silent Conflict	Yardman Pete
	The Argyle Secrets	Dr. Van Selbin	Uncredited
	The Gallant Legion	Major Grant
	The Counterfeiters	Norman Talbot
	Sinister Journey	Marshal Reardon
	Borrowed Trouble	Groves
	Superman	Graham	Serial, [Chs. 3, 9-11, 13-15]
	Strange Gamble	John Murray
	Joan of Arc	Judge Marguerie	Uncredited
1949	Brimstone	Storekeeper
	Fighting Man of the Plains	Lawyer
1950	Chain Gang	Senator Harden	Uncredited
1951	Gene Autry and the Mounties	Inspector Wingate
1953	The Stranger Wore a Gun	Man on Riverboat Stairs	Uncredited
	The Flaming Urge	Herb	American crime film directed by Harold Ericson.
1954	Jail Bait	Dr. Boris Gregor	American film noir crime film directed by Ed Wood.	[48]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1952	Adventures of Superman	Rozan	1 episode
1953	The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show	Captain Benson	1 episode
	Mr. and Mrs. North	Hugo Crosset	1 episode

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External links

• Herbert Rawlinson at the Internet Broadway Database
• Herbert Rawlinson at IMDb
• Herbert Rawlinson at Turner Classic Movies
• Short biography at archive of Al White Studio