Person Detail
Jean Hersholt
Catalogued films 87Actor 87
Jean Pierre Carl Buron (12 July 1886 – 2 June 1956), known professionally as Jean Hersholt, was a Danish-American actor. He is best known for starring on the radio series Dr. Christian (1937–1954) and in the film Heidi (1937). 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 (140 total); he directed four.
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Run for Cover
Dancing in the Dark
To the People of the United States
Melody for Three
They Meet Again
Remedy for Riches
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
The Courageous Dr. Christian
Meet Dr. Christian
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
Five of a Kind
I'll Give a Million
Happy Landing
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Seventh Heaven
Heidi
Reunion
Sins of Man
The Country Doctor
Tough Guy
One in a Million
His Brother's Wife
Mark of the Vampire
Murder in the Fleet
Break of Hearts
Men in White
The Cat and the Fiddle
The Fountain
The Painted Veil
Christopher Bean
Song of the Eagle
Dinner at Eight
The Crime of the Century
Flesh
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Grand Hotel
Hearts of Humanity
Unashamed
New Morals for Old
Night Court
Are You Listening?
Skyscraper Souls
The Beast of the City
Emma
Daybreak
Transatlantic
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
The Phantom of Paris
Private Lives
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
The Third Alarm
East Is West
Hell Harbor
Mamba
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
The Climax
Viennese Nights
The Cat Creeps
A Soldier's Plaything
Modern Love
The Younger Generation
The Girl on the Barge
Jazz Mad
Abie's Irish Rose
13 Washington Square
The Battle of the Sexes
Alias The Deacon
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
The Old Soak
The Greater Glory
Fifth Avenue Models
Stella Dallas
Don Q Son of Zorro
Greed
Her Night of Romance
So Big
Red Lights
Quicksands
Jazzmania
Heart's Haven
Tess of the Storm Country
Love's Prisoner
Perils of the Secret Service
'49-'17
Black Orchids
Hell's Hinges
The Disciple