Actor
H.B. Warner
Biography

Henry Byron Warner was the definitive cinematic Jesus Christ in Cecil B. DeMille's The King of Kings (1927). He was born into a prominent theatrical family on October 26, 1875 in London. His father was Charles Warner, and his grandfather was James Warner, both prominent English actors. He replaced J.B. Warner as Jesus in The King of Kings (1927) when J.B. died of tuberculosis at age 29. (J.B. was not Henry's brother. J.B. had taken the professional last name "Warner" because Henry's family ...

Known For
Acting
2019 -- Lux Æterna: The Art of Filmmaking | The Son of God
1988 -- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage)
1956 -- The Ten Commandments | Amminadab
1951 -- Journey Into Light | Wiz, the Wino
1951 -- Here Comes the Groom | Uncle Elihu
1951 -- Savage Drums | Maou
1951 -- The First Legion | Father José Sierra
1950 -- Sunset Boulevard | H.B. Warner
1949 -- Hellfire | Brother Joseph
1949 -- El Paso | Judge Fletcher
1948 -- The Prince Of Thieves | Gilbert Head
1947 -- High Wall | Mr. Slocum
1947 -- The Judge Steps Out | Chief Justice Hayes
1947 -- Driftwood | Rev. Hollingsworth
1946 -- It's a Wonderful Life | Mr. Gower
1946 -- Gentleman Joe Palooka | Sen. McCarden
1946 -- Strange Impersonation | Dr. Mansfield, plastic surgeon
1946 -- Prospecting for Petroleum | The Voice of History (voice)
1945 -- Captain Tugboat Annie | Judge Abbott
1944 -- Rogues' Gallery | Professor Reynolds
1944 -- Faces in the Fog | Defense Attorney Rankins
1944 -- Enemy of Women | Col. Eberhart Brandt
1944 -- Action in Arabia | Abdul al-Rashid
1943 -- Women in Bondage | Pastor Renz
1943 -- Hitler's Children | The Bishop
1942 -- The Boss of Big Town | Jeffrey Moore
1942 -- A Yank in Libya | Herbert Forbes
1942 -- Crossroads | Prosecuting Attorney
1941 -- The Corsican Brothers | Dr. Enrico Paoli
1941 -- South of Tahiti | High Chief Kawalima
1941 -- All That Money Can Buy | Justice Hawthorne
1941 -- Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime | Ray Jardin
1941 -- City of Missing Girls | Capt. McVeigh
1941 -- Topper Returns | Mr. Carrington
1940 -- New Moon | Father Michel
1939 -- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Senate Majority Leader
1939 -- The Rains Came | Maharajah
1939 -- Nurse Edith Cavell | Hugh Gibson
1939 -- Bulldog Drummond's Bride | Colonel Nielson
1939 -- The Gracie Allen Murder Case | Richard Lawrence
1939 -- Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police | Colonel Nielson
1939 -- Let Freedom Ring | Rutledge
1938 -- Arrest Bulldog Drummond | Colonel Nielsen
1938 -- You Can't Take It with You | Mr. Ramsey
1938 -- Army Girl | Col. Armstrong
1938 -- Bulldog Drummond in Africa | Colonel J. A. Nielsen
1938 -- The Toy Wife | Victor Brigard
1938 -- Kidnapped | Angus Rankeiller
1938 -- The Adventures of Marco Polo | Chen Tsu
1938 -- The Girl of the Golden West | Father Sienna
1937 -- Our Fighting Navy | British Consul Brent
1937 -- Victoria the Great | Lord Melbourne
1937 -- Lost Horizon | Chang
1936 -- Along Came Love | Dr. Martin
1936 -- Blackmailer | Michael Rankin
1936 -- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Judge May
1936 -- Moonlight Murder | Godfrey Chiltern
1936 -- The Garden Murder Case | Major Fenwicke-Ralston
1936 -- Rose of the Rancho | Don Pasqual Castro
1935 -- A Tale of Two Cities | Theophile Gabelle
1935 -- Born to Gamble | Carter Mathews
1934 -- Night Alarm | Henry B. Smith
1934 -- Behold My Wife! | Hubert Carter
1934 -- In Old Santa Fe | Charlie Miller
1934 -- Grand Canary | Dr Ismay
1934 -- Viva Villa! | Man
1934 -- Sorrell and Son | Captain Stephen Sorrell
1933 -- Christopher Bean | Maxwell Davenport
1933 -- Jennie Gerhardt | William Gerhardt
1933 -- Supernatural | Dr. Carl Houston
1932 -- The Son-Daughter | Sin Kai
1932 -- The Phantom of Crestwood | Priam Andes
1932 -- The Crusader | Phillip Brandon
1932 -- Tom Brown of Culver | Dr. Brown
1932 -- Unholy Love | Dr. Daniel Gregory
1932 -- Cross-Examination | Gerald Waring
1932 -- A Woman Commands | Col. Stradimirovitsch
1932 -- The Menace | Inspector Tracy
1932 -- Charlie Chan's Chance | Inspector Fife
1931 -- Expensive Women | Melville Raymond
1931 -- Five Star Final | Michael Townsend
1931 -- The Reckless Hour | Walter Nichols
1931 -- A Woman of Experience | Hugh Schmidt
1930 -- The Princess and the Plumber | Prince Conrad of Daritzia
1930 -- Liliom | Chief Magistrate
1930 -- On Your Back | Raymond Pryor
1930 -- Wild Company | Henry Grayson
1930 -- The Second Floor Mystery | Inspector Bray
1930 -- The Furies | Oliver Bedlow
1930 -- The Green Goddess | Major Crespin
1929 -- Wedding Rings | Lewis Dike
1929 -- Tiger Rose | Dr. Cusick
1929 -- Show of Shows | The Victim - Guillotine Sequence (uncredited)
1929 -- The Argyle Case | Hurley
1929 -- The Gamblers | James Darwin
1929 -- The Trial of Mary Dugan | District Attorney Galway
1929 -- Stark Mad | Prof. Dangerfield
1929 -- The Doctor's Secret | Richard Garson
1928 -- The Divine Lady | Sir William Hamilton
1928 -- Conquest | James Farnham
1928 -- Romance of a Rogue | Bruce Lowry
1928 -- Man-Made Women | Jules Moret
1927 -- French Dressing | Phillip Grey
1927 -- Sorrell and Son | Stephen Sorrell
1927 -- The King of Kings | Jesus, The Christ
1926 -- Silence | Jim Warren
1926 -- Whispering Smith | 'Whispering Smith'
1924 -- Is Love Everything? | Jordan Southwick
1924 -- The Man from Broadway | James Sanford Richardson
1923 -- Zaza | Bernard Dufresne
1921 -- When We Were Twenty-One | Richard Carewe
1920 -- Felix O'Day | Felix O'Day
1920 -- One Hour Before Dawn | George Clayton
1919 -- The Pagan God | Bruce Winthrop
1917 -- Danger Trail | John Howland
1917 -- God's Man | Arnold L'Hommedieu
1917 -- The Seventh Sin | Feodor
1917 -- Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath | Feodor
1916 -- The Vagabond Prince | Prince Tonio
1916 -- Shell 43 | William Berner
1916 -- The Market of Vain Desire | John Armstrong
1916 -- The Beggar of Cawnpore | Dr. Robert Lowndes
1916 -- The Raiders | Scott Wells
1914 -- The Ghost Breaker | Warren Jarvis
1914 -- The Lost Paradise | Reuben Warren
1900 -- English Nell | Duke of Monmouth
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