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Jean Pierre Carl Buron, known professionally as Jean Hersholt, was a Danish-American actor. He is best known for starring on the radio series Dr. Christian (1937–1954) and in the film Heidi (1937). Asked how to pronounce his name, he told The Literary Digest, "In English, her'sholt; in Danish, hairs'hult." Of his total credits, 75 were silent films and 65 were sound films ; he directed four.
Birth Name
Jean Buron Hersholt
Born
Monday, 12 July 1886
Died
Saturday, 02 June 1956
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies | Self | 2008 |
| Checking Out: Grand Hotel | Self - At the premiere / Self (archive footage) | 2004 |
| Complicated Women | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2003 |
| Hollywood Mavericks | Marcus | 1990 |
| Biography | Christopher Freyman | 1987 |
| Bloopermania | (archive footage) | 1987 |
| Hollywood | Actor 'Greed' | 1980 |
| Hollywood on Trial | Self | 1976 |
| Hollywood Without Make-Up | Self / Himself | 1963 |
| Dr. Christian | Dr. Paul Christian | 1956 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies | Self | 2008 |
| Checking Out: Grand Hotel | Self - At the premiere / Self (archive footage) | 2004 |
| Complicated Women | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2003 |
| Hollywood Mavericks | Marcus | 1990 |
| Biography | Christopher Freyman | 1987 |
| Bloopermania | (archive footage) | 1987 |
| Hollywood | Actor 'Greed' | 1980 |
| Hollywood on Trial | Self | 1976 |
| Hollywood Without Make-Up | Self / Himself | 1963 |
| Dr. Christian | Dr. Paul Christian | 1956 |
| Run for Cover | Mr. Swenson | 1955 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
| The Name's the Same | Self | 1951 |
| What's My Line? | Himself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
| Dancing in the Dark | Jean Hersholt | 1949 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| Some of the Best | Jo Stengel in Dinner at Eight | 1944 |
| Stage Door Canteen | Jean Hersholt | 1943 |
| To the People of the United States | Colonel Jensen - Medical Corps. | 1943 |
| Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 | Self - at Motion Picture Home Dedication | 1941 |
| They Meet Again | Dr. Paul Christian | 1941 |
| Melody for Three | Dr. Paul Christian | 1941 |
| Remedy for Riches | Dr. Paul Christian | 1940 |
| Dr. Christian Meets the Women | Dr. Paul Christian / Doctor Paul Christian | 1940 |
| Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Himself / Self | 1940 |
| The Courageous Dr. Christian | Dr. Paul Christian | 1940 |
| Meet Dr. Christian | Dr. Christian | 1939 |
| Mr. Moto in Danger Island | Sutter / Mr. Sutter | 1939 |
| Five of a Kind | Dr. John Luke | 1938 |
| Alexander's Ragtime Band | Professor Heinrich / Prof. Heinrich | 1938 |
| I'll Give a Million | Victor | 1938 |
| Happy Landing | Herr Lars Ericksen / Lars Ericksen | 1938 |
| Heidi | Adolph Kramer / Grandfather | 1937 |
| Seventh Heaven | Father Chevillon | 1937 |
| One in a Million | Heinrich Muller | 1936 |
| Reunion | Dr. John Luke | 1936 |
| His Brother's Wife | Professor Fahrenheim / Professor 'Pop' Fahrenheim | 1936 |
| Sins of Man | Christopher Freyman | 1936 |
| The Country Doctor | Dr. John Luke | 1936 |
| Tough Guy | Dr. Mulback - Veterinarian / Dr. Mulback | 1936 |
| Break of Hearts | Professor Thalma | 1935 |
| Murder in the Fleet | Victor Hanson | 1935 |
| Mark of the Vampire | Baron Otto | 1935 |
| The Painted Veil | Herr Koerber | 1934 |
| The Fountain | Baron Van Leyden / Baron von Leyden | 1934 |
| Men in White | Dr. Hochberg / Dr. 'Hockie' Hochberg | 1934 |
| The Cat and the Fiddle | Professor / Professor Bertier | 1934 |
| Christopher Bean | Rosen | 1933 |
| Dinner at Eight | Jo Stengel | 1933 |
| Song of the Eagle | Otto Hoffman | 1933 |
| The Crime of the Century | Dr. Emil Brandt | 1933 |
| Flesh | Mr. Herman | 1932 |
| The Mask of Fu Manchu | Von Berg | 1932 |
| Hearts of Humanity | Sol Bloom | 1932 |
| Skyscraper Souls | Jake Sorenson / Jake | 1932 |
| Unashamed | Heinrich Schmidt / Mr. Schmidt | 1932 |
| New Morals for Old | James Hallett | 1932 |
| Night Court | Herman - the Janitor / Herman the Janitor | 1932 |
| Grand Hotel | Senf | 1932 |
| Are You Listening? | George Wagner | 1932 |
| The Beast of the City | Sam Belmonte / Samuel 'Sam' Belmonte | 1932 |
| Emma | Mr. Smith / Frederick 'Fred' Smith | 1932 |
| Private Lives | Oscar | 1931 |
| The Sin of Madelon Claudet | Dr. Dulac | 1931 |
| Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) | Karl Ohlin | 1931 |
| The Phantom of Paris | Herman | 1931 |
| Transatlantic | Rudolph aka Jed Kramer | 1931 |
| Daybreak | Herr Schnabel | 1931 |
| Viennese Nights | Herr Hofner, Elsa's Father / Herr Hofner - Elsa's Father | 1930 |
| The Third Alarm | Frank 'Dad' Morton | 1930 |
| The Cat Creeps | Dr. Patterson | 1930 |
| A Soldier's Plaything | Grandfather Rittner | 1930 |
| East Is West | Man | 1930 |
| Hell Harbor | Joseph Horngold | 1930 |
| Mamba | August Bolte (Mamba) | 1930 |
| The Case of Sergeant Grischa | Posnanski | 1930 |
| The Younger Generation | Julius Goldfish - Pa | 1929 |
| The Girl on the Barge | McCadden | 1929 |
| Give and Take | John Bauer - Factory Owner / John Bauer | 1928 |
| Abie's Irish Rose | Solomon Levy | 1928 |
| The Battle of the Sexes | William Judson | 1928 |
| 13 Washington Square | 'Deacon' Pyecroft | 1928 |
| The Secret Hour | Tony | 1928 |
| The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg | Dr. Jüttner | 1927 |
| Flames | Ole Bergson | 1926 |
| My Old Dutch | 'Erb 'Uggins | 1926 |
| The Greater Glory | Gustav Schmidt | 1926 |
| Stella Dallas | Ed Munn | 1925 |
| If Marriage Fails | Dr. Mallini | 1925 |
| Don Q Son of Zorro | Don Fabrique / Don Fabrique Borusta | 1925 |
| Fifth Avenue Models | Mr. Jones - A Crook | 1925 |
| Dangerous Innocence | Gilchrist | 1925 |
| Greed | Marcus | 1925 |
| Cheap Kisses | Gustaf Borgstrom | 1924 |
| Her Night of Romance | Joe Diamond | 1924 |
| Sinners in Silk | Dr. Eustace | 1924 |
| The Woman on the Jury | Jury Foreman | 1924 |
| Torment | Boris | 1924 |
| Souls for Sables | Himself - Celebrity Actor | 1923 |
| Souls for Sale | Jean Hersholt / Himself - Celebrity Actor | 1923 |
| C-V News: Filming Greed | Self | 1923 |
| Quicksands | Ring Member | 1923 |
| Jazzmania | Prince Otto of Como | 1923 |
| The Strangers' Banquet | Fiend | 1922 |
| Tess of the Storm Country | Ben Letts | 1922 |
| Heart's Haven | Henry Bird | 1922 |
| When Romance Rides | Joel Creech | 1922 |
| Man of the Forest | Lem Beasley | 1921 |
| The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Professor von Hartrott | 1921 |
| The Servant in the House | Manson, The Servant in the House | 1921 |
| Merely Mary Ann | Stranger | 1920 |
| The Red Lane | Vetal Beaulieu | 1920 |
| Love's Prisoner | Party Guest | 1919 |
| The Answer | Shepard | 1918 |
| Madame Spy | Count Von Ornstorff | 1918 |
| Princess Virtue | Emile Carre | 1917 |
| '49-'17 | 'Gentleman Jim' Raynor | 1917 |
| The Show Down | Parkes | 1917 |
| The Greater Law | Basil Pelly | 1917 |
| Perils of the Secret Service | Prince Feodor (Episode #2) | 1917 |
| The Terror | Jimm, the Dope | 1917 |
| Love Aflame | Reginald | 1917 |
| Black Orchids | 1917 | |
| Kinkaid, Gambler | Undetermined Role | 1916 |
| The Aryan | Minor Role | 1916 |
| Hell's Hinges | Bartender | 1916 |
| Bullets and Brown Eyes | 1916 | |
| The Disciple | Mob Member | 1915 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| When Romance Rides | 1922 |
| The Gray Dawn | 1922 |
