Wendell Holmes
Biography
Wendell Holmes was an American actor whose work spanned radio, television, Broadway and film. Born in Cheshire, Ohio, he graduated from Ohio State University at 18 with a degree in education but headed to New York instead of teaching, beginning his radio career in 1934. Newspaper accounts noted that he won a Chautauqua competition as a boy and drew the attention of a talent scout. His credits grew to over 40 radio dramas, some 50 television episodes and roughly ten movies, and he also acted on the Broadway stage. In the 1948 to 1949 radio run of Sherlock Holmes, he played Dr. Watson opposite John Stanley but was billed as George Spelvin, so that his own surname would not be mistaken for that of the detective. Holmes died in 1962.
47years old at death
- Born Cheshire
- Died Paris
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Also credited as Oliver Wendell Holmes
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 2 years1958 to 1960
Every film, newest first
- 1960Elmer GantryIMDb rating 7.7
- 1959Edge of EternityIMDb rating 6.5
- 1958I Want to Live!IMDb rating 7.5
Genres
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Worked with
Wendell Holmes shares two films with Dabbs Greer, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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