Phillips Holmes
- Birth Date:
- 22.07.1907
- Death date:
- 12.08.1942
- Categories:
- Actor, Military person, WWII participant
- Nationality:
- american
- Cemetery:
- Mount Pleasant, Grave Of Actor Sal Mineo
Born: United States of America, 1907
Awards:
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
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Phillips Holmes (July 22, 1907 – August 12, 1942) was an American film actor who appeared in 44 films between 1928 and 1938.
Early life, education and career
Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the son of stage star Taylor Holmes, Holmes enjoyed a privileged childhood and received his education at Trinity College, Cambridge, the University of Grenoble and a year at Princeton University where he was spotted in the undergraduate crowd during the filming of Frank Tuttle's Varsity in 1928 and offered a screen test.
Military service and death
At the start of World War II, he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was killed in a mid-air collision in northwest Ontario, Canada.
Legacy
Holmes has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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| Relation name | Relation type | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Benita Hume | Coworker | |
| 2 |  | Clifford Odets | Coworker | |
| 3 |  | Celeste Holm | Coworker | |
| 4 |  | Herbert Brenon | Coworker | |
| 5 |  | Luther Adler | Coworker | |
| 6 |  | Charles Boyer | Coworker | |
| 7 |  | Marta Eggerth | Coworker | |
| 8 |  | Lionel Barrymore | Coworker | |
| 9 |  | John Barrymore | Coworker | |
| 10 |  | Howard Hawks | Coworker | |
| 11 |  | Walter Huston | Coworker | |
| 12 |  | Sylvia Sidney | Coworker | |
| 13 |  | Clive Brook | Coworker | |
| 14 |  | Anne Shirley | Coworker | |
| 15 |  | David Ogden Stiers | Familiar |
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