Herbert Lom
- Acting
- September 12, 1917 · Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
- September 27, 2012
Biography
Herbert Lom (born Herbert Charles Angelo Kuchačevič ze Schluderpacheru; 11 September 1917 – 27 September 2012) was a Czech-born British film and television actor who moved to the United Kingdom in 1939. In a career lasting more than 60 years, he appeared in character roles, often portraying criminals or villains early in his career and professional men in later years. Lom was noted for his precise, elegant enunciation of English. He is best known for his roles in The Ladykillers, The Pink Panther film series and the television series The Human Jungle.
Known for
Filmography
- Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies · Self
- Dracula vs. Vampir
- Beloved Count · (archive footage)
- The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau · Self
- The World of Hammer · Self
- Son of the Pink Panther · Police Commisioner Charles Dreyfus
- The Detectives · Van der Dyck
- The Pope Must Die · Vittorio Corelli
- The Sect · Moebius Kelly
- The Masque of the Red Death · Ludwig
- River of Death · Colonel Ricardo Diaz
- Ten Little Indians · Gen. Brancko Romensky
- Skeleton Coast · Elia
- Going Bananas · Captain Mackintosh
- Master of Dragonard Hill · Le Farge
- Whoops Apocalypse · Gen. Mosquera
- King Solomon's Mines · Colonel Bockner
- Memed My Hawk · Ali Safa Bey
- Lace · Monsier Chardin
- James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate · Dr. Larsen (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Dead Zone · Dr. Sam Weizak
- Curse of the Pink Panther · Chief Insp. Charles LaRousse Dreyfus
- Trail of the Pink Panther · Chef Inspektor Charles Dreyfus
- I Have Been Here Before · Dr. Görtler
- Darkroom · The Phantom of the Opera (archive footage)
- Peter and Paul · Barnabas
- The Man Who Saw Tomorrow · Napoleon (archive footage from War and Peace, uncredited)
- The Man with Bogart's Face · Mr. Zebra
- Hopscotch · Yaskov
- The Lady Vanishes · Dr. Egon Hartz
- Revenge of the Pink Panther · Chief Inspector Dreyfus
- Charleston · Inspector Watkins
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again · Dreyfus
- Uncle Tom's Cabin · Simon Legree (archive)
- The Return of the Pink Panther · Chief Inspector Dreyfus
- And Then There Were None · Dr. Edward Armstrong
- Dark Places · Prescot
- And Now the Screaming Starts! · Henry Fengriffen
- Asylum · Byron
- Vampir Cuadecuc · Self
- Murders in the Rue Morgue · Rene Marot
- Dorian Gray · Henry Wotton
- Count Dracula · Van Helsing
- Mister Jerico · Victor Russo
- Mark of the Devil · Lord Cumberland
- Doppelgänger · Doctor Hassler
- Hawaii Five-O · Mondrago
- 99 Women · Governor Santos
- The Face of Eve · Diego
- Villa Rides · General Huerta
- Assignment to Kill · Matt Wilson
- The Karate Killers · Randolph
- Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy 2 · Etzel
- Gambit · Shahbandar
- Our Man in Marrakesh · Mr. Casimir
- Return from the Ashes · Dr. Charles Bovard
- BBC Play of the Month · Dr. Görtler
- Uncle Tom's Cabin · Simon Legree
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. · Randolph
- A Shot in the Dark · Charles Dreyfus
- The Horse Without a Head · Schiapa
- The Human Jungle · Doctor Roger Corder M. D., D. P. M.
- Treasure of Silver Lake · Colonel Brinkley
- Tiara Tahiti · Chong Sing
- The Phantom of the Opera · The Phantom (Prof. L. Petrie)
- Mysterious Island · Captain Nemo
- El Cid · Ben Yussuf
- The Frightened City · Waldo Zhernikov
- Mr. Topaze · Castel Benac
- Spartacus · Tigranes Levantus
- I Aim at the Stars · Anton Reger
- Third Man on the Mountain · Emil Saxo
- Perilous Assignment · Self
- North West Frontier · Van Layden
- The Big Fisherman · Herod Antipas
- No Trees in the Street · Wilkie
- Passport to Shame · Nick Biaggi
- The Roots of Heaven · Orsini
- Intent to Kill · Juan Menda
- I Accuse! · Maj. DuPaty de Clam