Herbert Mundin
Born
August 20, 1898
Died
March 5, 1939 (40 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
St Helens, Lancashire, UK
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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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Known For

Society Lawyer
Layton
1939

Exposed
Skippy
1938

Lord Jeff
Bosun 'Crusty' Jelks
1938

The Adventures of Robin Hood
Much
1938

Invisible Enemy
Sergeant Alfred M. Higgs
1938

Angel
Mr. Greenwood
1937

Another Dawn
Wilkins, Wister's Orderly
1937

You Can't Beat Love
Jasper 'Meadows' Hives
1937

Tarzan Escapes
Rawlins
1936

Champagne Charlie
Mr. Fipps
1936

Under Two Flags
Rake
1936

A Message to Garcia
Henry Piper
1936

Charlie Chan's Secret
Baxter
1936

King of Burlesque
English Impresario
1936

The Widow from Monte Carlo
John Torrent
1935

Mutiny on the Bounty
Smith
1935

The Perfect Gentleman
Frederick Hitch
1935

Black Sheep
Oscar
1935

Spring Tonic
Thompson
1935

Ladies Love Danger
1935

David Copperfield
Barkis
1935

Hell in the Heavens
Granny Biggs
1934

Love Time
Caesar
1934

Springtime for Henry
Trivers
1934
Call It Luck
Herbert Biggelwade
1934

Such Women Are Dangerous
Horatio Wilson
1934

All Men Are Enemies
1934

Bottoms Up
Limey Brook aka Lord Brocklehurst
1934

Ever Since Eve
Horace Saunders
1934

Orient Express
Herbert Thomas Peters
1934

Hoopla
Hap Spissel
1933

Shanghai Madness
Larsen
1933

Arizona to Broadway
Kingfish Miller
1933

The Devil's in Love
Bimpy
1933

It's Great to Be Alive
Brooks
1933

Adorable
Detective Pipac
1933

Pleasure Cruise
Henry
1933

Dangerously Yours
Grove
1933

Cavalcade
Alfred Bridges
1933

Sherlock Holmes
George
1932

One Way Passage
S.S. Maloa Steward (uncredited)
1932

Life Begins
Mr. MacGilvairy (uncredited)
1932

Love Me Tonight
Groom (uncredited)
1932

Chandu the Magician
Albert Miggles
1932

Bachelor's Affairs
Jepson
1932

The Trial of Vivienne Ware
William Boggs
1932

Devil's Lottery
Trowbridge
1932

The Silent Witness
Henry Hammer
1932
The Wrong Mr. Perkins
Jimmy Perkins
1931

East Lynne on the Western Front
Bob Cox / Lady Isobel
1931

Immediate Possession
Peter Bootle
1931
Ashes
1930
Enter the Queen
Goss
1930