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Herbert Mundin (21 August 1898 – 5 March 1939) was an English-born Hollywood character actor. He was frequently typecast in films as an older cheeky eccentric, a type helped by his jowled features and cheerful disposition.
He was born Herbert Thomas Mundin in St Helens, then in Lancashire (now part of Merseyside). His father was a nomadic, Primitive Methodist home missionary. His family moved within a short time of his birth to St Albans in Hertfordshire (the 1901 census data reveal that the family lived at St Helens Villa, Paxton Road, St Albans; his parents William and Jane apparently naming their house after the town where they first met and where Herbert was born).
Mundin was educated at St Albans School, and joined the Royal Navy during World War I. He began his acting career on the London stage during the 1920s. Mundin first travelled to America on 18 December 1923 for a series of theatrical engagements in New York. He sailed from Southampton on the RMS Aquitania and described himself in ship’s passenger manifest as 5'7" tall with a fair complexion, brown hair, blue eyes and a scar over his left eye. His big break as an actor was arguably with Gertrude Lawrence and Beatrice Lillie in Charlot's Revue when it appeared on Broadway in 1925.
In 1931, after working in Australia and London, he permanently moved to the US, where he received a contract with Twentieth Century Fox Studios and enjoyed a successful career as a character actor in over 50 films.
Perhaps his most celebrated role was as Much in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), alongside Errol Flynn. Other film appearances included Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) with Charles Laughton and Clark Gable, and MGM's David Copperfield (1935).
He died in Van Nuys, California following a car crash. He was killed instantly when the car in which he was riding collided with another car at a street intersection. The force of the impact threw open the door and hurled Mundin to the street.He received a fractured skull and crushed chest.He was 40 years old. The other occupants of the car were not injured.
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Filmography (Movies)
Society Lawyer
Character:Layton
Release Date:21/03/1939
Exposed
Character:Skippy
Release Date:05/11/1938
Lord Jeff
Character:Bosun 'Crusty' Jelks
Release Date:17/06/1938
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Character:Much
Release Date:13/05/1938
Invisible Enemy
Character:Sergeant Alfred M. Higgs
Release Date:03/04/1938
Angel
Character:Mr. Greenwood
Release Date:29/10/1937
Another Dawn
Character:Wilkins, Wister's Orderly
Release Date:26/06/1937
You Can't Beat Love
Character:Jasper 'Meadows' Hives
Release Date:25/06/1937
Tarzan Escapes
Character:Rawlins
Release Date:06/11/1936
Champagne Charlie
Character:Mr. Fipps
Release Date:06/05/1936
Under Two Flags
Character:Rake
Release Date:30/04/1936
A Message to Garcia
Character:Henry Piper
Release Date:10/04/1936
Charlie Chan's Secret
Character:Baxter
Release Date:10/01/1936
King of Burlesque
Character:English Impresario
Release Date:03/01/1936
The Widow from Monte Carlo
Character:John Torrent
Release Date:19/12/1935
Mutiny on the Bounty
Character:Smith
Release Date:22/11/1935
The Perfect Gentleman
Character:Frederick Hitch
Release Date:22/11/1935
Black Sheep
Character:Oscar
Release Date:01/08/1935
Spring Tonic
Character:Thompson
Release Date:27/06/1935
Ladies Love Danger
Character:
Release Date:03/05/1935
David Copperfield
Character:Barkis
Release Date:18/01/1935
Hell in the Heavens
Character:Granny Biggs
Release Date:12/12/1934
Love Time
Character:Caesar
Release Date:03/11/1934
Springtime for Henry
Character:Trivers
Release Date:22/08/1934
Call It Luck
Character:Herbert Biggelwade
Release Date:09/07/1934
Such Women Are Dangerous
Character:Horatio Wilson
Release Date:08/06/1934
All Men Are Enemies
Character:
Release Date:26/04/1934
Bottoms Up
Character:Limey Brook aka Lord Brocklehurst
Release Date:12/04/1934
Ever Since Eve
Character:Horace Saunders
Release Date:25/03/1934
Orient Express
Character:Herbert Thomas Peters
Release Date:28/02/1934
Hoopla
Character:Hap Spissel
Release Date:30/11/1933
Shanghai Madness
Character:Larsen
Release Date:03/08/1933
Arizona to Broadway
Character:Kingfish Miller
Release Date:22/07/1933
The Devil's in Love
Character:Bimpy
Release Date:21/07/1933
It's Great to Be Alive
Character:Brooks
Release Date:08/07/1933
Adorable
Character:Detective Pipac
Release Date:18/05/1933
Pleasure Cruise
Character:Henry
Release Date:01/04/1933
Dangerously Yours
Character:Grove
Release Date:24/02/1933
Cavalcade
Character:Alfred Bridges
Release Date:08/02/1933
Sherlock Holmes
Character:George
Release Date:05/11/1932
One Way Passage
Character:S.S. Maloa Steward (uncredited)
Release Date:04/10/1932
Life Begins
Character:Mr. MacGilvairy (uncredited)
Release Date:10/09/1932
Love Me Tonight
Character:Groom (uncredited)
Release Date:18/08/1932
Chandu the Magician
Character:Albert Miggles
Release Date:04/08/1932
Bachelor's Affairs
Character:Jepson
Release Date:26/06/1932
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
Character:William Boggs
Release Date:01/05/1932
Devil's Lottery
Character:Trowbridge
Release Date:27/03/1932
The Silent Witness
Character:Henry Hammer
Release Date:07/02/1932
The Wrong Mr. Perkins
Character:Jimmy Perkins
Release Date:31/12/1931
East Lynne on the Western Front
Character:Bob Cox / Lady Isobel
Release Date:13/07/1931
Immediate Possession
Character:Peter Bootle
Release Date:10/02/1931
Ashes
Character:Cricketeer
Release Date:31/12/1930
Enter the Queen
Character:Goss
Release Date:01/11/1930
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