H.B. Warner

Actor

Born October 25, 1876 in London, England, UK

Henry Byron Warner (often credited as H.B. Warner) was an English actor. He 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 took him in.) Henry Warner's family wanted him to become a doctor, and he graduated from London University but eventually gave up his medical studies. The theater was in his blood, and he studied acting in Paris and Italy before joining his father's stock company, making his debut in the English production of "Drink." It was from his father that he honed his craft.

Filmography

The Resurrection of Christ

Lux Æterna: The Art of Filmmaking

The Son of God

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Self (archive footage)

The Ten Commandments

Amminadab

Journey Into Light

Wiz, the Wino

Here Comes the Groom

Uncle Elihu

Savage Drums

Maou

The First Legion

Father José Sierra

Sunset Boulevard

H.B. Warner

Hellfire

Brother Joseph

El Paso

Judge Fletcher

The Prince of Thieves

Gilbert Head

High Wall

Mr. Slocum

The Judge Steps Out

Chief Justice Hayes

Driftwood

Rev. Hollingsworth

It's a Wonderful Life

Mr. Gower

Gentleman Joe Palooka

Sen. McCarden

Strange Impersonation

Dr. Mansfield, plastic surgeon

Prospecting for Petroleum

The Voice of History (voice)

Captain Tugboat Annie

Judge Abbott

Rogues' Gallery

Professor Reynolds

Faces in the Fog

Defense Attorney Rankins

Enemy of Women

Col. Eberhart Brandt

Action in Arabia

Abdul al-Rashid

Women in Bondage

Pastor Renz

Hitler's Children

The Bishop

The Boss of Big Town

Jeffrey Moore

A Yank in Libya

Herbert Forbes

Crossroads

Prosecuting Attorney

The Corsican Brothers

Dr. Enrico Paoli

All That Money Can Buy

Justice Hawthorne

South of Tahiti

High Chief Kawalima

Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime

Ray Jardin

City of Missing Girls

Capt. McVeigh

Topper Returns

Mr. Carrington

New Moon

Father Michel

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Senate Majority Leader

The Rains Came

Maharajah

Nurse Edith Cavell

Hugh Gibson

Bulldog Drummond's Bride

Colonel Nielson

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

Richard Lawrence

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

Colonel Nielson

Let Freedom Ring

Rutledge

Arrest Bulldog Drummond

Colonel Nielsen

You Can't Take It with You

Ramsey

Army Girl

Col. Armstrong

Bulldog Drummond in Africa

Colonel J. A. Nielsen

The Toy Wife

Victor Brigard

Kidnapped

Angus Rankeiller

The Adventures of Marco Polo

Chen Tsu

The Girl of the Golden West

Father Sienna

Victoria the Great

Lord Melbourne

Lost Horizon

Chang

Along Came Love

Dr. Martin

Blackmailer

Michael Rankin

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Judge May

Moonlight Murder

Godfrey Chiltern

The Garden Murder Case

Major Fenwicke-Ralston

Rose of the Rancho

Don Pasqual Castro

A Tale of Two Cities

Theophile Gabelle

Born to Gamble

Carter Mathews

Night Alarm

Henry B. Smith

Behold My Wife!

Hubert Carter

In Old Santa Fe

Charlie Miller

Grand Canary

Dr Ismay

Viva Villa!

Man

Sorrell and Son

Captain Stephen Sorrell

Christopher Bean

Maxwell Davenport

Jennie Gerhardt

William Gerhardt

Supernatural

Dr. Carl Houston

Justice Takes a Holiday

John Logan

The Son-Daughter

Sin Kai

The Phantom of Crestwood

Priam Andes

Tom Brown of Culver

Dr. Brown

Unholy Love

Dr. Daniel Gregory

Cross-Examination

Gerald Waring

A Woman Commands

Col. Stradimirovitsch

The Menace

Inspector Tracy

Charlie Chan's Chance

Inspector Fife

Expensive Women

Melville Raymond

Five Star Final

Michael Townsend

The Reckless Hour

Walter Nichols

A Woman of Experience

Hugh Schmidt

The Princess and the Plumber

Prince Conrad of Daritzia

Liliom

Chief Magistrate

On Your Back

Raymond Pryor

Wild Company

Henry Grayson

The Second Floor Mystery

Inspector Bray

The Furies

Oliver Bedlow

The Green Goddess

Major Crespin

Wedding Rings

Lewis Dike

Tiger Rose

Dr. Cusick

The Show of Shows

The Victim - Guillotine Sequence (uncredited)

The Argyle Case

Hurley

The Gamblers

James Darwin

The Trial of Mary Dugan

District Attorney Galway

Stark Mad

Prof. Dangerfield

The Doctor's Secret

Richard Garson

The Divine Lady

Sir William Hamilton

Conquest

James Farnham

Romance of a Rogue

Bruce Lowry

Man-Made Women

Jules Moret

French Dressing

Phillip Grey

Sorrell and Son

Stephen Sorrell

The King of Kings

Jesus, The Christ

Silence

Jim Warren

Whispering Smith

'Whispering Smith'

Is Love Everything?

Jordan Southwick

The Man from Broadway

James Sanford Richardson

Zaza

Bernard Dufresne

When We Were Twenty-One

Richard Carewe

Felix O'Day

One Hour Before Dawn

George Clayton

A Fugitive from Matrimony

Stephen Van Courtlandt

The Gray Wolf's Ghost

Doctor West / Harry West

For a Woman's Honor

Captain Clyde Mannering

The Pagan God

Bruce Winthrop

The Man Who Turned White

Captain Rand / Ali Zaman

Danger Trail

John Howland

God's Man

Arnold L'Hommedieu

The Seventh Sin

Feodor

Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath

Feodor

Shell 43

William Berner

The Market of Vain Desire

John Armstrong

The Raiders

Scott Wells

The Ghost Breaker

Warren Jarvis

The Lost Paradise

Reuben Warren