Herbert Mundin
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Herbert Mundin (1898 - 1939) was an English-born Hollywood character actor. He was frequently typecast in films as older cheeky eccentrics, a type helped by his jowelled features and cheerful Cockney disposition.
He was born Herbert Thomas Mundin in St Helens, then in Lancashire, on 21 August, 1898. He was educated at St Albans Grammar School, and joined the Royal Navy during World War I. He began his acting career on the London stage during the 1920s, and moved to the US in 1931, where he received a contract with Twentieth Century Fox Studios and enjoyed a successful career as a character actor.
Perhaps his most celebrated role was as Much in The Adventures of Robin Hood, alongside Errol Flynn (1938), but other film appearances included Sherlock Holmes with Clive Brook (1932), Adorable with Janet Gaynor (1933), Mutiny on the Bounty with Charles Laughton and Clark Gable (1935), MGM's David Copperfield (1935) and Tarzan Escapes with Johnny Weismuller and Maureen O'Sullivan (1936).
He died in California in 1939 following a car crash. He was 40 years old.
[edit] External links & sources
- The Herbert Mundin Connection
- Tragic End for Herbert the Great - 1998 article from the Lancashire Evening Telegraph
- IMDB entry
