Personal Info
Birth date
1887-01-17 (138 Years)
Day of death
1961-04-12
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Burnley, Lancashire, England
Also known as
-Herbert Lomas
Biography
Herbet Lomas (17 January 1887 – 12 April 1961) was a British actor who appeared in more than forty films in a career lasting between 1931 and 1955. He was born in Burnley, Lancashire and made his first film appearance in an early sound version of Hobson's Choice (1931).
Filmography
Jamaica Inn
6.097
Overview:
In coastal Cornwall, England, during the early 19th Century, a young woman who's come there to visit her aunt, discovers that she's married an innkeeper who's a member of a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecking and murder for profit.The Magic Box
6.3
Overview:
Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so that it sounded more impressive for the photographic portrait work he was so good at. But he was also an inventor and his search for a way to project moving pictures became an obsession that ultimately changed the life of all those he loved.Rembrandt
6.8
Overview:
A character study depicting the life of Rembrandt Van Rijn at the height of his fame in the mid 1600s. Beginning with the death of his wife, Rembrandt's work takes a dark turn, which offends many of his patrons.I Know Where I'm Going!
7.077
Overview:
Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by inclement weather on the Isle of Mull and unable to continue to her destination, Joan finds herself charmed by the straightforward, no-nonsense islanders around her, and becomes increasingly attracted to naval officer Torquil MacNeil, who holds a secret that may change her life forever.The Ghost Train
5.9
Overview:
Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is said to travel these parts at dead of night, carrying ghosts from a long-ago train wreck in the area.The Ghost Goes West
6.529
Overview:
Donald Glourie shares his crumbling ancestral home with the ghost of his Highland ancestor, Murdoch, who has been condemned to haunt the castle until he avenges a 200-year-old insult from a rival clan. To clear his mounting debts, Donald sells the dilapidated pile to an American businessman, Mr Martin, who has the castle complete with the Glourie ghost transported and rebuilt in Florida. While old-world gentility rubs up comically against 20th-century materialism, Martin's daughter takes a liking to both Donald and Murdoch, convinced they are one and the same man...The Lion Has Wings
6.2
Overview:
This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the valiant efforts of the Royal Air Force to defend the British people against the Nazis.Q Planes
5.9
Overview:
In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test aircraft which have disappeared without a trace while over the ocean on their maiden flights; unaware, as they are, that a spy ring has been shooting the planes down with a ray machine hidden aboard a salvage vessel which is on hand to haul the downed aircraft aboard, crews and all.Knight Without Armour
5.75
Overview:
British agent working in Russia is forced to remain longer than planned once the revolution begins. After being released from prison in Siberia he poses as a Russian Commissar. Because of his position among the revolutionaries, he is able to rescue a Russian countess from the Bolsheviks.Bonnie Prince Charlie
4.7
Overview:
Scotland, 1745. After decades of exile, Prince Charles Edward Stuart secretly lands with the purpose of revolting the Highland chieftains against the German House of Hanover, ruler of Great Britain.Over the Moon
5.3
Overview:
Young Jane Benson just about manages to make ends meet running the large family house in Yorkshire. In love with local doctor Freddie Jarvis, she suggests they marry, but almost at once finds she has inherited eighteen million pounds. He makes it clear he wants nothing to do with the money and what it can buy, and Jane sets off alone on a spree pursued by two ardent suitors. Jarvis finds he has gained notoriety for turning down such a catch and his plans for ernest research are soon compromised.Penn of Pennsylvania
5.3
Overview:
Penn of Pennsylvania is a 1941 British historical drama film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans, Dennis Arundell, Henry Oscar, Herbet Lomas and Edward Rigby. The film depicts the life of the Quaker founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn. It portrays his struggle to be granted a colonial charter in London and attracting settlers to his new colony as well as his adoption a radical new approach with regard to the treatment of the Native Americans. It is also known by the alternative title Courageous Mr. Penn.Undercover
5.8
Overview:
Occupied Yugoslavia. With organised resistance shattered by the Nazi onslaught it is only the activity of small guerrilla bands that bring fresh hope to the people. But quislings and infiltrators are everywhere – and trusting the wrong person could easily get you killed...The Guinea Pig
7.2
Overview:
A working-class boy wins a scholarship to a public school, as part of a post-World War Two experiment in bringing boys of different social classes together.They Met in the Dark
6.3
Overview:
A Royal navy Commander is tricked by a pretty girl who is working for the Nazis. She tricks him into revealing some military secrets and he is court martial. He vows to track her and her accomplices down.The Phantom Light
5.4
Overview:
Criminals pose as ghosts to scare a lighthouse keeper on the Welsh coast, in attempt to distract him. Jim Pearce deliberately maroons himself on the rock along with Alice Bright. When the light is later smashed, Jim reveals that his brother’s ship is the wreckers’ latest target, while Alice is a detective sent to investigate.The Net
5.5
Overview:
A secret jet aircraft capable of traveling three times the speed of sound is being developed by a group of scientists. On the day of the test flight, one of the scientists dies in a mysterious accident, and there are many arguments concerning the flight itself; some think it should be ground-controlled while Heathley (James Donald) wants it to be a manned flight with himself at the controls. Conflict also arises when one of his fellow scientists, taking advantage of Heathley's lack of attention toward his wife, Lydia (Phyllis Calvert), makes some moves on her. Then there is the question of just who is the enemy agent on the project.The Master of Bankdam
6
Overview:
Generational family struggles for control of a family business in 19th century Yorkshire, and to be the Master of Bankdam.Java Head
6
Overview:
The port city of Bristol, England, in the 1800s is home to Java Head, a sailing ship line company. The owner has two sons. One, a handsome seafarer, is in love with a local girl, but cannot marry her due to a long-running feud between their fathers. After a lengthy voyage, he returns with a very exotic, noble Chinese wife, which scandalizes the conservative town. His other son, a "landlubber", seeks to convert to steamships, to the disgust of his father. Even worse, he is secretly dealing in contraband.Perfect Understanding
6.1
Overview:
A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds himself attracted to a beautiful young woman.The Man from Toronto
4
Overview:
According to the terms of a will two strangers must marry. Leila (Jessie Matthews) is an English widow, and Fergus (Ian Hunter) is a Canadian bachelor. Both are bequeathed a fortune, but there is a condition to receive it; the two must marry within a year. To aid matters, Leila disguises herself as Fergus' maid, and the two begin to fall in love. However, when Fergus discovers the truth, he is less than pleased by the deception.The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
4.5
Overview:
A young woman turns to Holmes for protection when she's menaced by an escaped killer seeking missing treasure. However, when the woman is kidnapped, Holmes and Watson must penetrate the city's criminal underworld to find her.Lorna Doone
5.8
Overview:
High drama, set in the English moorland of the 1600s. John Ridd wants revenge on the criminal Doone family, but falls in love with the daughter of the family, Lorna.Ask a Policeman
7.4
Overview:
The mirthful adventures of Police-Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot and his two constables, Albert Brown and Jeremias Harbottle, who stage a fabricated crime-wave to save their jobs---and then find themselves involved in the real thing.Frail Women
4.7
Overview:
Lilian has an illegitimate war-baby which is then adopted by a wealthy spinster.South Riding
6.2
Overview:
Winifred Holtby realised that Local Government is not a dry affair of meetings and memoranda:- but 'the front-line defence thrown up by humanity against its common enemies of sickness, poverty and ignorance.' She built her story around six people working for a typical County Council:- Beneath the lives of the public servants runs the thread of their personal drama. Our story tells how a public life affects the private life; and how a man's personal sufferings make him what he is in public. " Corruption, intrigue and romance in a Yorkshire setting. A country squire whose wife is in a mental hospital becomes attracted to a crusading local schoolmistress.South American George
6
Overview:
To help out his exact double, George Formby (in a dual role) takes the place of a noted South American tenor. This way he can help the opera star fulfill contract obligations and also win the heart of the man's lovely press agent, Linden Travers.Acting
1953The Net as George Jackson
1952The Magic Box as Warehouse Manager
1948Bonnie Prince Charlie as Kinloch Moidart
1948The Guinea Pig as Sir James Corfield
1947The Master of Bankdam as Tom France
1947The Man Within as Farmer
1946Land of Promise as History
1945I Know Where I'm Going! as Mr. Campbell
1943They Met in the Dark as Van Driver
1943Undercover as Schoolteacher (uncredited)
1942Penn of Pennsylvania as Cockle
1941South American George as Mr. Butters
1941The Ghost Train as Saul Hodgkin
1939Inquest as Thomas Knight
1939The Lion Has Wings as Holveg
1939Over the Moon as Ladbrooke
1939Jamaica Inn as Dowland
1939Ask a Policeman as Coastguard
1939Q Planes as Mattie - Fisherman
1938South Riding as Castle
1937Knight Without Armour as General Gregor Vladinoff
1936Rembrandt as Harmenzs van Rijn
1935The Ghost Goes West as Fergus
1935The Black Mask as Sir John McTavish
1935The Phantom Light as Claff Owen
1935Fighting Stock as Murlow
1934Lorna Doone as Sir Ensor Doone
1934Java Head as Barzil Dunsack
1933Perfect Understanding as Bradley, Nick's Counsel
1933The Man from Toronto as Jake
1932When London Sleeps as Pollard
1932The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case as Maj. John Sholto
1932Frail Women as Burrows
1931The Other Mrs. Phipps as Unknown
1931Many Waters as Everett
1931Hobson's Choice as Jim Heeler