Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

39

Gender

Male

Birthday

1876-09-24

Day of Death

1951-01-21 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK

Also Known As

Emil Gottfried von Holst

Ernest Cossart

Biography

Known For

Tom Brown's School Days

Tom Brown's School Days

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

Cluny Brown

Cluny Brown

Kings Row

Kings Row

Acting

The Jolson Story

1946

The Jolson Story

as

Father McGee

Tower of London

1939

Tower of London

as

Tom Clink

The Great Ziegfeld

1936

The Great Ziegfeld

as

Sidney

The Scoundrel

1935

The Scoundrel

as

Jimmy Clay

Tonight and Every Night

1945

Tonight and Every Night

as

Sam Royce

Tom Brown's School Days

1940

Tom Brown's School Days

as

Squire Brown

Angel

1937

Angel

as

Christopher 'Chris' Wilton

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

1939

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

as

Binns

Cluny Brown

1946

Cluny Brown

as

Syrette

Love from a Stranger

1947

Love from a Stranger

as

Billings

Kings Row

1942

Kings Row

as

Pa Monaghan

Skylark

1941

Skylark

as

Theodore

Desire

1936

Desire

as

Aristide Duvalle

A Bill of Divorcement

1940

A Bill of Divorcement

as

Rev. Dr. Pumphrey

Love Letters

1945

Love Letters

as

Bishop

Never Say Die

1939

Never Say Die

as

Jeepers

The Magnificent Fraud

1939

The Magnificent Fraud

as

Duval

My American Wife

1936

My American Wife

as

Adolphe

Murder with Pictures

1936

Murder with Pictures

as

Stanley Redfield

The Light That Failed

1939

The Light That Failed

as

Beeton

Two for Tonight

1935

Two for Tonight

as

Homps

Zaza

1938

Zaza

as

Marchand

Knickerbocker Holiday

1944

Knickerbocker Holiday

as

Tienhoven

Kitty Foyle

1940

Kitty Foyle

as

Pop

Letter of Introduction

1938

Letter of Introduction

as

Andrews, the Butler

Palm Springs

1936

Palm Springs

as

Starkey

The Lady Fights Back

1937

The Lady Fights Back

as

Commissioner Allan

John Loves Mary

1949

John Loves Mary

as

Oscar Dugan

Lady of the Tropics

1939

Lady of the Tropics

as

Father Antoine

Three Smart Girls

1936

Three Smart Girls

as

Binns

Carnival Queen

1937

Carnival Queen

as

Spaulding

Champagne Waltz

1937

Champagne Waltz

as

Waiter

Top of the Town

1937

Top of the Town

as

Augustus Borden

Accent on Youth

1935

Accent on Youth

as

Flogdell

The Girl of the Limberlost

1945

The Girl of the Limberlost

as

Roger Henley

It's Your America

1946

It's Your America

as

English Pub Proprietor (uncredited)

Charley's Aunt

1941

Charley's Aunt

as

Brassett

As Good as Married

1937

As Good as Married

as

Quinn

One Foot in Heaven

1941

One Foot in Heaven

as

John E. Morris

Production

Crew

Directing