Jean Hersholt
Acting
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Born: July 10, 1886 · Copenhagen, Denmark
Filmography (49)
Complicated Women
2003
Run for Cover
1955
This Is Your Life
1952
What's My Line?
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Stage Door Canteen
1943
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
1940
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939
I'll Give a Million
1938
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938
Heidi
1937
Seventh Heaven
1937
One in a Million
1937
His Brother's Wife
1936
Tough Guy
1936
Break of Hearts
1935
Mark of the Vampire
1935
The Painted Veil
1934
Men in White
1934
The Cat and the Fiddle
1934
Dinner at Eight
1933
The Crime of the Century
1933
Flesh
1932
The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932
Grand Hotel
1932
Skyscraper Souls
1932
Night Court
1932
The Beast of the City
1932
Emma
1932
Private Lives
1931
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
1931
The Phantom of Paris
1931
Transatlantic
1931
Hell Harbor
1930
Mamba
1930
The Younger Generation
1929
The Battle of the Sexes
1928
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
1928
Stella Dallas
1925
Don Q Son of Zorro
1925
Greed
1924
Her Night of Romance
1924
Souls for Sale
1923
Tess of the Storm Country
1922
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1921
Love's Prisoner
1919
'49–'17
1917
Hell's Hinges
1916