Jean Hersholt
Acting
Biography
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Jean Pierre Hersholt (12 July 1886 – 2 June 1956) was a Danish-born actor who lived in the United States, where he was a leading film and radio talent, best known for his 17 years starring on radio in Dr. Christian and for playing Shirley Temple's grandfather in Heidi. Asked how to pronounce his name, he told The Literary Digest, "In English, her'sholt; in Danish, hairs'hult." Of his total credits, 75 were silent films and 65 were sound films. He appeared in 140 films and directed four.
As actor 138
What's My Line?
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
This Is Your Life
1952
Susan Lenox
1931
Greed
1924
Grand Hotel
1932
Run for Cover
1955
Dinner at Eight
1933
Jazzmania
1923
Heidi
1937
Never Again
1915
The Terror
1917
Stage Door Canteen
1943
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1921
The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932
Happy Landing
1938
Mark of the Vampire
1935
Mamba
1930
Torment
1924
Break of Hearts
1935
The Painted Veil
1934
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
His Brother's Wife
1936
Seventh Heaven
1937
Fighting for Love
1917
Dancing in the Dark
1949
Souls for Sale
1923
The Greater Glory
1926
Hell Harbor
1930
Complicated Women
2003
The Answer
1918
It Must Be Love
1926
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
The Fountain
1934
The Climax
1930
The Goldfish
1924
Emma
1932
Transatlantic
1931
'49 – '17
1917
Whom the Gods Would Destroy
1919
Merely Mary Ann
1920
Are You Listening?
1932
The Beast of the City
1932
Kinkaid, Gambler
1916
A Woman's Faith
1925
The Servant in the House
1921
Don Q Son of Zorro
1925
Five of a Kind
1938
The Cat Creeps
1930
The Younger Generation
1929
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
Abie's Irish Rose
1928
The Red Lane
1920
The Strangers' Banquet
1922
Men in White
1934
Flesh
1932
A Certain Rich Man
1921
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931
The Crime of the Century
1933
The Battle of the Sexes
1928
The Wrong Mr. Wright
1927
The Man Of The Forest
1921
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
1928
Tough Guy
1936
Cheap Kisses
1924
I'll Give a Million
1938
The Saintly Sinner
1917
The Courageous Dr. Christian
1940
Private Lives
1931
The Deceiver
1920
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
Meet Dr. Christian
1939
Dangerous Innocence
1925
Skyscraper Souls
1932
Hell's Hinges
1916
Sinners in Silk
1924
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939
Murder in the Fleet
1935
Viennese Nights
1930
Stella Dallas
1925
Daybreak
1931
My Old Dutch
1926
So Big
1924
New Morals for Old
1932
The Phantom of Paris
1931
Love Aflame
1917
Sins of Man
1936
Princess Virtue
1917
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
1930
The Aryan
1916
Christopher Bean
1933
Bullets and Brown Eyes
1916
Remedy for Riches
1940
Alias The Deacon
1927
The Cat and the Fiddle
1934
Love's Prisoner
1919
The Secret Hour
1928
The Clash of Steel
1917
Song of the Eagle
1933
The Third Alarm
1930
Give and Take
1928
Little Red Decides
1918
One in a Million
1937
Her Night of Romance
1924
Melody for Three
1941
Southern Justice
1917
Jazz Mad
1928
East Is West
1930
Hearts of Humanity
1932
Heart's Haven
1922
Black Orchids
1917
The Country Doctor
1936
Modern Love
1929
To the People of the United States
1944
The Old Soak
1926
Fifth Avenue Models
1925
Red Lights
1923
The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal Studios
1924
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
1940
Tess of the Storm Country
1922
Night Court
1932
The Soul Herder
1917
Unashamed
1932
Reunion
1936
The Disciple
1915
Madame Spy
1918
The Girl on the Barge
1929
When Romance Rides
1922
Perils of the Secret Service
1917
13 Washington Square
1928
Quicksands
1923
They Meet Again
1941
The Woman on the Jury
1924
Flames
1926
A Stormy Knight
1917
The Golden Trail
1920
A New Hat for the Madam
1906
