Gender: Male
Born: 11th September 1917 (currently 94 years old)
Nationality: United Kingdom, England, Austria
TV programs: The Human JungleMovies: A Shot in the Dark,
Count Dracula,
Curse of the Pink Panther,
Revenge of the Pink Panther,
Son of the Pink Panther,
The Ladykillers,
The Phantom of the Opera,
The Pink Panther Strikes Again,
The Return of the Pink Panther,
Trail of the Pink Panther,
Whoops Apocalypse,
Scoop,
Northwest Frontier,
The Frightened City,
Gambit,
The Lady Vanishes,
King Solomon's Mines,
Action of the Tiger,
Cuadecuc, vampir,
Mr. Topaze,
Passport to Shame,
La Setta,
Hexen bis aufs Blut gequält,
And Then There Were None,
The Seventh Veil,
Hopscotch,
Night and the City,
The Young Mr Pitt,
Ten Little Indians,
Edgar Allan Poe's Murders in the Rue Morgue,
The Dark Tower,
I Aim at the Stars,
Brass Monkey,
99 Women: Director's Cut,
Peter and Paul,
And Now the Screaming Starts!,
Asylum,
The Ringer,
The Man with Bogart's Face,
Chase a Crooked Shadow,
Hell Drivers,
Two on the Tiles,
Spartacus,
War and Peace,
Lace,
The Black Rose,
Third Man on the Mountain,
Villa Rides,
Journey to the Far Side of the Sun,
Skeleton Coast,
Fire Down Below,
Golden Salamander,
The Net,
The Dead Zone,
Good-Time Girl,
Mysterious Island,
No Trees in the Street,
Beautiful Stranger,
Assignment to Kill,
Island of Despair,
Star of India,
Mr. Denning Drives North,
Whispering Smith Hits London,
Dark Places,
Dorian Gray,
Appointment with Crime,
Intent to Kill,
El CidHerbert Lom (Czech pronunciation: [ɦɛrbɛrd lom]; born 11 September 1917) is a Czech film actor, who has been based in the UK since 1939. In a career lasting more than sixty years he was used in character roles, often villains early in his career, but later portrayed professional men. He is best known for his role as (former) Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus in the Pink Panther movie series.
Lom was born Herbert Charles Angelo Kuchacevich von Schluderpacheru in Prague to upper-class parents Olga (née Gottlieb) and Charles. His father was a count whose title dated from 1601. Lom's film debut was in the Czech film Žena pod křížem. His early film appearances were mainly supporting roles, with the occasional top billing.
Lom moved to England in January 1939. He made numerous appearances in British films throughout the 1940s, usually in villainous roles, although he later appeared in comedies as well. He managed to escape being typecast as a European heavy by securing a diverse range of castings, including as Napoleon Bonaparte in The Young Mr. Pitt (1942), and again in the 1956 version of War and Peace. He secured a seven-picture Hollywood contract after World War II but was unable to
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