Herbert 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 Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2021 population of 78,266. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River B ...

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and made his first film appearance in an early sound version of ''

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'' (1931). His stage roles include

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's '' The Frog'' (1936),

Emlyn Williams George Emlyn Williams, CBE (26 November 1905 – 25 September 1987) was a Welsh writer, dramatist and actor. Early life Williams was born into a Welsh-speaking, working class family at 1 Jones Terrace, Pen-y-ffordd, Ffynnongroyw, Flintshi ...

' '' The Wind of Heaven'' (1945), J.B. Priestley's '' Summer Day's Dream'' (1949) and Wynyard Browne's '' The Holly and the Ivy'' (1950)

Partial filmography

* ''

'' (1931) - Jim Heeler * '' Many Waters'' (1931) - Everett * '' Frail Women'' (1932) - The Solicitor * ''

The Missing Rembrandt ''The Missing Rembrandt'' is a 1932 British mystery film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Arthur Wontner, Jane Welsh, Miles Mander, and Francis L. Sullivan. It is considered a lost film. The film was loosely based on the 1904 Sherl ...

'' (1932) - Manning (uncredited) * '' The Sign of Four'' (1932) - Major Sholto * '' When London Sleeps'' (1932) - Pollard * '' The Other Mrs. Phipps'' (1932, Short) - Minor Role * '' Perfect Understanding'' (1933) - Bradley - Nick's Counsel * '' Daughters of Today'' (1933) - Lincoln * '' The Pointing Finger'' (1933) - Doctor (uncredited) * '' The Man from Toronto'' (1933) - Jake * '' Java Head'' (1934) - Barzil Dunsack * ''

Lorna Doone ''Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor'' is a novel by R. D. Blackmore, first published in three volumes in London in 1869. It is a romance based on a group of historical characters and set in the late 17th century in Devon and Somerset, particu ...

'' (1934) - Sir Ensor Doone * '' Fighting Stock'' (1935) - Murlow * '' The Phantom Light'' (1935) - Claff Owen * '' The Ghost Goes West'' (1935) - Fergus * '' The Black Mask'' (1935) - Sir John McTavish * '' Fame'' (1936) - Rumbold Wakefield * ''

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'' (1936) - Gerrit van Rijn - Rembrandt's Father * '' Fire Over England'' (1937) - Minor Role (uncredited) * '' Knight Without Armour'' (1937) - Vladinoff * '' South Riding'' (1938) - Castle * '' Glorious Morning'' (1938, TV Movie) * '' Over The Moon'' (1939) - Ladbrooke * ''

Q Planes ''Q Planes'' (known as ''Clouds Over Europe'' in the United States) is a 1939 British comedy film, comedy spy film starring Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier and Valerie Hobson. Olivier and Richardson were a decade into their fifty-year friends ...

'' (1939) - Mattie - Fisherman (uncredited) * '' Ask a Policeman'' (1939) - Coastguard * '' Jamaica Inn'' (1939) - Dowland - Sir Humphrey's Tenant * ''

The Lion Has Wings ''The Lion Has Wings'' is a 1939 British, black-and-white, documentary-style, propaganda film, propaganda war film that was directed by Adrian Brunel, Brian Desmond Hurst, Alexander Korda and Michael Powell. The film was produced by London Film ...

'' (1939) - Holveg * ''

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'' (1939) - Thomas Knight, Coroner * '' The Ghost Train'' (1941) - Saul Hodgkin * '' South American George'' (1941) - Mr. Butters * '' Penn of Pennsylvania'' (1942) - Cockle * ''

They Met in the Dark ''They Met in the Dark'' (also known as ''Dark End'' and ''Spionagering M'' ) is a 1943 British comedy thriller film directed by Karel Lamač and starring James Mason, Joyce Howard and Edward Rigby. The screenplay concerns a cashiered Royal N ...

'' (1943) - Van Driver * '' Welcome, Mr. Washington'' (1944) - Blacksmith (uncredited) * ''

I Know Where I'm Going! ''I Know Where I'm Going!'' is a 1945 romance film directed and written by the British filmmakers Powell and Pressburger, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It stars Wendy Hiller and Roger Livesey, and features Pamela Brown (actress), Pamela ...

'' (1945) - Mr. Campbell * '' The Man Within'' (1947) - Farmer * '' Master of Bankdam'' (1947) - Tom France * ''

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'' (1948) - Kinloch Moidart * '' The Guinea Pig'' (1948) - Sir James Corfield * ''

The Magic Box ''The Magic Box'' is a 1951 British Technicolor biographical drama film directed by John Boulting. The film stars Robert Donat as William Friese-Greene, with numerous cameo appearances by performers such as Peter Ustinov and Laurence Olivie ...

'' (1951)Release date for The Magic Box
in IMDb. - Warehouse Manager * '' The Net'' (1953) - George Jackson

References

1887 births 1961 deaths English male film actors English male stage actors English male television actors Male actors from Burnley 20th-century English male actors {{UK-film-actor-stub