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Herbert Mundin‌

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Herbert Mundin

St Helens, Lancashire, UK

Herbert Mundin

St Helens, Lancashire, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1898-08-20

Popularity

star1.6

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Herbert Mundin (21 August 1898 – 5 March 1939) was an English-born Hollywood character actor. He was frequently typecast in films as an older cheeky eccentric, a type helped by his jowled features and cheerful disposition. He was born Herbert Thomas Mundin in St Helens, then in Lancashire (now part of Merseyside). His father was a nomadic, Primitive Methodist home missionary. His family moved within a short time of his birth to St Albans in Hertfordshire (the 1901 census data reveal that the family lived at St Helens Villa, Paxton Road, St Albans; his parents William and Jane apparently naming their house after the town where they first met and where Herbert was born). Mundin was educated at St Albans School, and joined the Royal Navy during World War I. He began his acting career on the London stage during the 1920s. Mundin first travelled to America on 18 December 1923 for a series of theatrical engagements in New York. He sailed from Southampton on the RMS Aquitania and described himself in ship’s passenger manifest as 5'7" tall with a fair complexion, brown hair, blue eyes and a scar over his left eye. His big break as an actor was arguably with Gertrude Lawrence and Beatrice Lillie in Charlot's Revue when it appeared on Broadway in 1925. In 1931, after working in Australia and London, he permanently moved to the US, where he received a contract with Twentieth Century Fox Studios and enjoyed a successful career as a character actor in over 50 films. Perhaps his most celebrated role was as Much in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), alongside Errol Flynn. Other film appearances included Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) with Charles Laughton and Clark Gable, and MGM's David Copperfield (1935). He died in Van Nuys, California following a car crash. He was killed instantly when the car in which he was riding collided with another car at a street intersection. The force of the impact threw open the door and hurled Mundin to the street.He received a fractured skull and crushed chest.He was 40 years old. The other occupants of the car were not injured. Description above from the Wikipedia article Herbert Mundin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Movie Credits

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Adventures of Robin Hood‌
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calendar 1938

Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty‌
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calendar 1935

Charlie Chan's Secret

Charlie Chan's Secret‌
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calendar 1936

Such Women Are Dangerous

Such Women Are Dangerous‌
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calendar 1934

Love Me Tonight

Love Me Tonight‌
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calendar 1932

Shanghai Madness

Shanghai Madness‌
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calendar 1933

Angel

Angel‌
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calendar 1937

Dangerously Yours

Dangerously Yours‌
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calendar 1933

Tarzan Escapes

Tarzan Escapes‌
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calendar 1936

Devil's Lottery

Devil's Lottery‌
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calendar 1932

Love Time

Love Time‌
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calendar 1934

Hoopla

Hoopla‌
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calendar 1933

Cavalcade

Cavalcade‌
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calendar 1933

Another Dawn

Another Dawn‌
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calendar 1937

Chandu the Magician

Chandu the Magician‌
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calendar 1932

Lord Jeff

Lord Jeff‌
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calendar 1938

A Message to Garcia

A Message to Garcia‌
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calendar 1936

Society Lawyer

Society Lawyer‌
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calendar 1939

Ladies Love Danger

Ladies Love Danger‌
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calendar 1935

King of Burlesque

King of Burlesque‌
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calendar 1936

Exposed

Exposed‌
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calendar 1938

The Devil's in Love

The Devil's in Love‌
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calendar 1933

Pleasure Cruise

Pleasure Cruise‌
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calendar 1933

Springtime for Henry

Springtime for Henry‌
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calendar 1934

Bachelor's Affairs

Bachelor's Affairs‌
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calendar 1932

Under Two Flags

Under Two Flags‌
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calendar 1936

Black Sheep

Black Sheep‌
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calendar 1935

The Trial of Vivienne Ware

The Trial of Vivienne Ware‌
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calendar 1932

Arizona to Broadway

Arizona to Broadway‌
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calendar 1933

Bottoms Up

Bottoms Up‌
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calendar 1934

Adorable

Adorable‌
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calendar 1933

Champagne Charlie

Champagne Charlie‌
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calendar 1936

Ever Since Eve

Ever Since Eve‌
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calendar 1934

The Perfect Gentleman

The Perfect Gentleman‌
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calendar 1935

Ashes

Ashes‌
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calendar 1930

One Way Passage

One Way Passage‌
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calendar 1932

You Can't Beat Love

You Can't Beat Love‌
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calendar 1937

David Copperfield

David Copperfield‌
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calendar 1935

Invisible Enemy

Invisible Enemy‌
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calendar 1938

The Silent Witness

The Silent Witness‌
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calendar 1932

Call It Luck

Call It Luck‌
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calendar 1934

Life Begins

Life Begins‌
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calendar 1932

Enter the Queen

Enter the Queen‌
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calendar 1930

East Lynne on the Western Front

East Lynne on the Western Front‌
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calendar 1931

The Wrong Mr. Perkins

The Wrong Mr. Perkins‌
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calendar 1931

The Widow from Monte Carlo

The Widow from Monte Carlo‌
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calendar 1935

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes‌
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calendar 1932

Hell in the Heavens

Hell in the Heavens‌
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calendar 1934

All Men Are Enemies

All Men Are Enemies‌
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calendar 1934

Spring Tonic

Spring Tonic‌
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calendar 1935

It's Great to Be Alive

It's Great to Be Alive‌
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calendar 1933

Orient Express

Orient Express‌
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calendar 1934

Immediate Possession

Immediate Possession‌
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calendar 1931

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