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Herbert Mundin
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Herbert Mundin
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1898-08-20,St Helens, Lancashire, UK
Gender
Male
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

Filmography

The Adventures of Robin Hood

7.5

The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938-05-13

Mutiny on the Bounty

7.3

Mutiny on the Bounty
1935-11-22

Charlie Chan's Secret

6.8

Charlie Chan's Secret
1936-01-10

Such Women Are Dangerous

0

Such Women Are Dangerous
1934-06-08

Love Me Tonight

6.607

Love Me Tonight
1932-08-18

Shanghai Madness

0

Shanghai Madness
1933-08-03

6.8

Angel
1937-10-29

Dangerously Yours

0

Dangerously Yours
1933-02-24

6.3

Tarzan Escapes
1936-11-06

Devil's Lottery

0

Devil's Lottery
1932-03-27

0

Love Time
1934-11-03

5.8

Hoopla
1933-11-30

5.5

Cavalcade
1933-02-08

6.2

Another Dawn
1937-06-26

Chandu the Magician

6.2

Chandu the Magician
1932-08-04

7.1

Lord Jeff
1938-06-17

A Message to Garcia

5

A Message to Garcia
1936-04-10

5.1

Society Lawyer
1939-03-21

Ladies Love Danger

0

Ladies Love Danger
1935-12-12

King of Burlesque

5.9

King of Burlesque
1936-01-03

5

Exposed
1938-11-05

The Devil's in Love

6

The Devil's in Love
1933-07-21

Pleasure Cruise

5.7

Pleasure Cruise
1933-04-01

Springtime for Henry

1

Springtime for Henry
1934-08-22

Bachelor's Affairs

1

Bachelor's Affairs
1932-06-26

Under Two Flags

6

Under Two Flags
1936-04-30

7

Black Sheep
1935-08-01

The Trial of Vivienne Ware

0

The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932-05-01

Arizona to Broadway

7

Arizona to Broadway
1933-07-22

4.3

Bottoms Up
1934-04-12

3.7

Adorable
1933-05-18

Champagne Charlie

4.8

Champagne Charlie
1936-05-06

0

Ever Since Eve
1934-03-25

The Perfect Gentleman

4.5

The Perfect Gentleman
1935-11-22

0

Ashes
1930-12-31

One Way Passage

7.33

One Way Passage
1932-10-04

You Can't Beat Love

6

You Can't Beat Love
1937-06-25

David Copperfield

6.516

David Copperfield
1935-01-18

Invisible Enemy

6

Invisible Enemy
1938-04-03

The Silent Witness

5.5

The Silent Witness
1932-02-07

6

Call It Luck
1934-07-09

6

Life Begins
1932-09-10

Enter the Queen

0

Enter the Queen
1930-11-01

East Lynne on the Western Front

0

East Lynne on the Western Front
1931-07-13

The Wrong Mr. Perkins

0

The Wrong Mr. Perkins
1931-12-31

The Widow from Monte Carlo

5

The Widow from Monte Carlo
1935-12-19

Sherlock Holmes

5.1

Sherlock Holmes
1932-11-05

Hell in the Heavens

4.7

Hell in the Heavens
1934-12-12

All Men Are Enemies

0

All Men Are Enemies
1934-04-26

5.3

Spring Tonic
1935-06-27

It's Great to Be Alive

5

It's Great to Be Alive
1933-07-08

0

Orient Express
1934-02-28

Immediate Possession

0

Immediate Possession
1931-02-10