Photo: Jack Freulich (1880-1936)

1885 - 1953

Begonnen hatte sein künstlerisches Leben mit einer Anstellung bei einem Zirkus. Schliesslich folgten erste kleinere Rollen auf ebenso kleinen Bühnen, ehe erste Hauptrollen folgten.

Als ihn die Theatertournee nach Amerika führte, kam er mit dem noch jungen Filmgeschäft in Berührung und agierte für die Firma Selig in ersten Filmen wie "The Cowboy and the Shrew" (11), "The Novice" (11), "Their Only Son" (11), "The Artist's Sons" (11), "Old Billy" (11), "The Liar" (12), "The Peacemaker" (12) und "The Bandit's Mask" (12).

Schliesslich wechselte er zur Universal Film Company, wo er seinen Starstatus festigen und erweitern konnte. Es folgten auch Engagements bei anderen Filmgesellschaften.

Zu seinen zahlreichen Filmen der 10er Jahre gehören "The Child of the Sea" (13), "The Sea Wolf" (13), "The Woman in Black" (14), "The Spy" (14), "The Flash" (15), "In Search of a Wife" (15), "The Dupe" (16), "The Mark of a Gentleman" (16), "Little Eve Edgarton" (16), "The Sorceress" (17), "Come Through" (17), "The Man Trap" (17), "Smashing Trough" (18), "Kiss or Kill" (18), "The Carter Case" (19) und "A Dangerous Affair" (19).

Seine oftmals körperlich betonten Rollen fanden auch in den 20er Jahren unvermindert seinen Fortgang und Herbert Rawlinson agierte in vielen bekannten Filmen, darunter "Man and His Woman" (20), "The Wakefield Case" (21), "The Conflict" (21), "The Black Bag" (22), "Confidence" (22), "Fools and Riches" (23), "Stolen Secrets" (24), "The Prairie Wife" (25), "The Man in Blue" (25), "The Great Jewel Robbery" (25), "Phantom Police" (26), "Her Sacrifice" (26) und "Slipping Wives" (27).

Das Aufkommen des Tonfilms konnte seiner Karriere nichts anhaben und er führte diese in den kommenden Jahrzehnten erfolgreich fort.
Zu seinen Tonfilmen der 30er Jahre gehören "The Working Man" (33), "Tuned Out" (35), "Ticket to Paradise" (36), "Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island" (36), "Midnight Court" (37), "Over the Wall" (38), "Marie Antoinette" (38), "Secrets of an Actress" (38), "Blackwell's Island" (39) und "Days of Jesse James" (39).

Die 40er Jahre markierten das letzte Jahrzehnt einer vielbeschäftigen Filmlaufbahn und Herbert Rawlinson agierte in Produktionen wie "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe" (40), "Swiss Family Robinson" (40), "The Flame of New Orleans" (41), "It Started with Eve" (41), "Lady Gangster" (42), "War Dogs" (42), "The Masked Marvel" (43), "Forty Thieves" (44), "San Quentin" (46), "Superman" (48), "The Counterfeiters" (48) und "Brimstone" (49).

In seinen letzten Lebensjahren agierte Herbert Rawlinson nur noch in wenigen Filmen, darunter "The Flaming Urge" (53) und "Jail Bait" (53).
 

Weitere Filme mit Herbert Rawlinson
The Still Alarm (11) Stability vs. Nobility (11) Told in the Sierras (11) Where There's a Will, There's a Way (11) Range Pals (11) The Craven Heart (11) It Happened in the West (11) The Profligate (11) Slick's Romance (11) The Regeneration of Apache Kid (11) The Blacksmith's Love (11) In the Shadow of the Pines (11) A New York Cowboy (11) Through Fire and Smoke (11) How Algy Captured a Wild Man (11) The Heart of John Barlow (11) The Rival Stage Lines (11) Out-Generaled (11) Making a Man of Him (11) On Spearate Pahts (11) Little Injin (11) The Coquette (11) Lieutenant Grey of the Confederacy (11) The New Superintendent (11) Blackbeard (11) The Right Name, But the Wrong Man (11) Evangeline (11) A Diamond in the Rough (11) The Maid at the Helm (11) For His Pal's Sake (11) The Little Widow (11) Arthur Preston Hankins (12) Merely a Millionaire (12) Disillusioned (12) The Test (12) The Danites (12) The Shrinking Rawhide (12) The Ace of Spades (12) A Crucial Test (12) The Ones Who Suffer (12) The Hobo (12) Me an' Bill (12) The Coming of Columbus (12) Darkfeather's Strategy (12) The End of the Romacne (12) Brains and Brawn (12) The Old Stagecoach (12) The Lost Hat (12) The Vision Beautiful (12) In Exile (12) The Vow of Ysobel (12) The Girl and the Cowboy (12) The Polo Substitute (12) Sergeant Byrne of the Northwest Mounted Police (12) The Trade Gun Bullet (12) Partners (12) When Edith Played Judge and Jury (12) Euchred (12) Monte Cristo (12) The Fisherboy's Faith (12) Carmen of the Isles (12) The Legend of the Lost Arrow (12) Shanghaied (12) Miss Aubry's Love Affair (12) Atala (12) The Triangle (12) John Colter's Escape (12) The Girl of the Mountains (12) The God of Gold (12) Our Lady of the Pearls (12) A Black Hand Elopement (13) Pierre of the North (13) The Flamingo Forge (13) Her Only Son (13) The Old Clerk (13) The Woodman's Daughter (13) A Wide Old Elephant (13) In the Days of Witchcraft (13) Buck Richard's Bride (13) Indian Summer (13) The Girl and the Judge (13) A Flag of Two Wars (13) The Beaded Buckskin Bag (13) In God We Trust (13) The Trail of Cards (13) The Acid Test (13) The Rancher's Failing (13) In the Midst of the Jungle (13) The Quality of Mercy (13) For the Freedom of Cuba (14) One of the Bravest (14) The Law of His Kind (14) Captain Jenny, S.A. (14) By Radium's Rays (14) Won in the Clouds (14) Dangers of the Veldt (14) On the Verge of War (14) On the Rio Grande (14) Prowlers of the Wild (14) The Sob Sister (14) Circle 17 (14) Through the Flames (14) Martin Eden (14) A Prince of Bavaria (14) As the Wind Blows (14) Kid Regan's Hands (14) The Vagabond (14) The Link That Binds (14) The Chorus Girl's Thanksgiving (14) The Opened Shutters (14) Traffic in Babies (14) Damon and Pythias (14) Called Back (14) A Page from Life (14) The Big Sister's Christmas (14) Changed Lives (15) The Black Box (15) His Fatal Shot (15) The Grail (15) The Great Ruby Mystery (15) Homage (15) The Gopher (15) The Social Lion (15) Misjudged (15) The Queen of Hearts (15) Her Prey (15) The Fair God of Sun Island (15) On the Level (15) As the Shadows Fall (15) The Reward of Chivalry (16) The Family Secret (16) After the Play (16) The Best Man's Bride (16) Darcy of the Northwest Mounted (16) The Wire Pullers (16) The False Part (16) The Rose Colored Scarf (16) They Wouldn't Take Him Seriously (16) Nature Incorporated (16) Lee Blount Goes Home (16) Main 4400 (16) The Eagle's Wing (16) The Great Torpedo Secret (17) The Scarlet Crystal (17) The Smoldering Spark (17) Caught in the Act (17) Like Wildfire (17) The Spindle of Life (17) Flirting with Death (17) The High Sign (17) The Flash of Fate (18) Brace Up (18) Back to the Woods (18) Out of the Night (18) The Turn of the Wheel (18) The Mating (18) The Common Cause (19) Good Gracious, Annabelle (19) A House Divided (19) The Silkless Bank Note (20) Outlaws of the Deep (20) Chang and the Law (20) The Five Dollar Plate (20) The Poppy Trail (20) The Kalda Ruby (20) Passers-By (20) The Fakers (20) Playthings of Destiny (21) Charge It (21) You Find It Everywhere (21) Wealth (21) The Millionaire (21) Cheated Hearts (21) The Scrapper (22) Man Under Cover (22) The Black Bag (22) Don't shoot (22) Confidence (22) Another Man's Shoes (22) One Wonderful Night (22) Don't Shoot (22) Another Man's Shoes (22) One Wonderful Night (22) The Prisoner (23) The Scarlet Car (23) Nobody's Bride (23) Railroaded (23) A Million to Burn (23) The Victor (23) The Clean-Up (23) His Mystery Girl (23) Jack O'Clubs (24) High Speed (24) Dancing Cheat (24) Dark Stairways (24) The Tomboy (24) My Neighbor's Wife (25) Every Man's Wife (25) The Adventurous Sex (25) The Flame Fighter (25) The Unnamed Woman (25) The Gilded Butterfly (26) Midnight Thieves (26) Her Big Adventure (26) The Millionaire Policeman (26) The Belle of Broadway (26) Men of the Night (26) Trooper 77 (26) Burning Gold (27) The Bugle Call (27) Hour of Reckoning (27) Wages of Conscience (27) Palmy Days (31) Get That Venus (33) Moonlight and Pretzels (33) Enlighten Thy Daughter (34) The People's Enemy (35) Men Without Names (35) Confidential (35) Convention Girl (35) Show Them No Mercy! (35) Hitch Hike to Heaven (36) Dancing Feet (36) Follow the Fleet (36) Bullets or Ballots (36) A Son Comes Home (36) Hollywood Boulevard (36) Mad Holiday (36) Mysterious Crossing (36) God's Country and the Woman (37) Blake of Scotland Yard (37) Nobody's Baby (37) The Go Getter (37) Make a Wish (37) S.O.S. Coast Guard (37) That Certain Woman (37) Back in Circulation (37) Something to Sing About (37) Love Is on the Air (37) Every Day's Holiday (37) Over the Goal (37) The Kid Comes Back (38) Hawaii  Calls (38) Women Are Like That (38) Under the Big Top (38) Valley of the Giants (38) Hard to Get (38) Torchy Gets Her Man (38) Orphans of the Street (38) Secret Service of the Air (39) You Can't Get Away with Murder (39) Dark Victory (39) Swanee River (39) Naughty But Nice (39) Money to Burn (39) Framed (40) Five Little Peppers at Home (40) Free, Blonde and 21 (40) Cross-Country Romance (40) I Want a Divorce (40) King of the Royal Mounted (40) Seven Sinners (40) Flying Wild (41) I Wanted Wings (41) Strange Alibi (41) Mystery Ship (41) Sheriff of Tombstone (41) Adventure in Washington (41) Blondie in Society (41) Arizona Cyclone (41) Scattergood Meets Broadway (41) Gentleman from Dixie (41) Bad Man of Deadwood (41) Riot Squad (41) King of the Texas Rangers (41) I Killed That Man (41) Don Winslow of the Navy (42) Broadway Big Shot (42) Stagecoach Buckaroo (42) The Panther's Claw (42) Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (42) Hello, Annapolis (42) The Yukon Patrol (42) We Were Dancing (42) I Live on Danger (42) Perils of Nyoka (42) Perils of the Royal Mounted (42) Sons of the Pioneers (42) Just Off Broadway (42) Smart Alecks (42) Foreign Agent (42) Silver Queen (42) Lost Canyon (42) Silent Witness (43) Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher (43) Reveille with Beverly (43) Two Weeks to Live (43) Colt Comrades (43) King of the cowboys (43) Daredevils of the West (43) Days of Old Cheyenne (43) Doughboys in Ireland (43) Where Are Your Children? (43) Old Acquaintance (43) Riders of the Deadline (43) The Woman of the Town (43) Marshal of Gunsmoke (44) Nabonga (44) Sailor's Holiday (44) Oklahoma Raiders (44) Shake Hands with Murder (44) Lumberjack (44) Marshal of Reno (44) Goin' to Town (44) Sheriff of Sundown (44) Hi, Beautiful (44) Accomplice (46) Honeymoon (47) Railroaded! (47) Silent Conflicht (48) The Argyle Secrets (48) The Gallant Legion (48) Sinister Journey (48) Borrowed Trouble (48) Joan of Arc (48) Strange Gamble (48) Serie "Oboler Comedy Theatre: Lo, the Poor Indian/The Laughing Man/Mr. Pip" (49) Fighting Man of the Plains (49) Gene Autry and The Mounties (51) Serie "Adventures of Superman: Superman on Earth" (52) The Stranger Wore a Gun (53) Serie "Mr. & Mrs. North: Busy Signal" (53)