Acting • AGE 82
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 thea...


The Resurrection of Christ
2026

Lux Æterna: The Art of Filmmaking
The Son of God
2019

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
1987

The Ten Commandments
Amminadab
1956

Journey Into Light
Wiz, the Wino
1951

Here Comes the Groom
Uncle Elihu
1951

Savage Drums
Maou
1951

The First Legion
Father José Sierra
1951

Sunset Boulevard
H.B. Warner
1950

Hellfire
Brother Joseph
1949

El Paso
Judge Fletcher
1949

The Prince of Thieves
Gilbert Head
1948

High Wall
Mr. Slocum
1947

The Judge Steps Out
Chief Justice Hayes
1947

Driftwood
Rev. Hollingsworth
1947

It's a Wonderful Life
Mr. Gower
1946

Gentleman Joe Palooka
Sen. McCarden
1946

Strange Impersonation
Dr. Mansfield, plastic surgeon
1946

Prospecting for Petroleum
The Voice of History (voice)
1946

Captain Tugboat Annie
Judge Abbott
1945

Rogues' Gallery
Professor Reynolds
1944

Faces in the Fog
Defense Attorney Rankins
1944

Enemy of Women
Col. Eberhart Brandt
1944

Action in Arabia
Abdul al-Rashid
1944

Women in Bondage
Pastor Renz
1943

Hitler's Children
The Bishop
1943

The Boss of Big Town
Jeffrey Moore
1942

A Yank in Libya
Herbert Forbes
1942

Crossroads
Prosecuting Attorney
1942

The Corsican Brothers
Dr. Enrico Paoli
1941

All That Money Can Buy
Justice Hawthorne
1941

South of Tahiti
High Chief Kawalima
1941

Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
Ray Jardin
1941

City of Missing Girls
Capt. McVeigh
1941

Topper Returns
Mr. Carrington
1941

New Moon
Father Michel
1940

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Senate Majority Leader
1939

The Rains Came
Maharajah
1939

Nurse Edith Cavell
Hugh Gibson
1939

Bulldog Drummond's Bride
Colonel Nielson
1939

The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Richard Lawrence
1939

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
Colonel Nielson
1939

Let Freedom Ring
Rutledge
1939

Arrest Bulldog Drummond
Colonel Nielsen
1938

You Can't Take It with You
Ramsey
1938

Army Girl
Col. Armstrong
1938

Bulldog Drummond in Africa
Colonel J. A. Nielsen
1938

The Toy Wife
Victor Brigard
1938

Kidnapped
Angus Rankeiller
1938

The Adventures of Marco Polo
Chen Tsu
1938

The Girl of the Golden West
Father Sienna
1938

Victoria the Great
Lord Melbourne
1937

Lost Horizon
Chang
1937

Along Came Love
Dr. Martin
1936

Blackmailer
Michael Rankin
1936

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Judge May
1936

Moonlight Murder
Godfrey Chiltern
1936

The Garden Murder Case
Major Fenwicke-Ralston
1936

Rose of the Rancho
Don Pasqual Castro
1936

A Tale of Two Cities
Theophile Gabelle
1935

Born to Gamble
Carter Mathews
1935

Night Alarm
Henry B. Smith
1934

Behold My Wife!
Hubert Carter
1934

In Old Santa Fe
Charlie Miller
1934

Grand Canary
Dr Ismay
1934

Viva Villa!
Man
1934

Sorrell and Son
Captain Stephen Sorrell
1934

Christopher Bean
Maxwell Davenport
1933

Jennie Gerhardt
William Gerhardt
1933

Supernatural
Dr. Carl Houston
1933

Justice Takes a Holiday
John Logan
1933

The Son-Daughter
Sin Kai
1932

The Phantom of Crestwood
Priam Andes
1932

Tom Brown of Culver
Dr. Brown
1932

Unholy Love
Dr. Daniel Gregory
1932

Cross-Examination
Gerald Waring
1932

A Woman Commands
Col. Stradimirovitsch
1932

The Menace
Inspector Tracy
1932

Charlie Chan's Chance
Inspector Fife
1932

Expensive Women
Melville Raymond
1931

Five Star Final
Michael Townsend
1931

The Reckless Hour
Walter Nichols
1931

A Woman of Experience
Hugh Schmidt
1931

The Princess and the Plumber
Prince Conrad of Daritzia
1930

Liliom
Chief Magistrate
1930

On Your Back
Raymond Pryor
1930

Wild Company
Henry Grayson
1930

The Second Floor Mystery
Inspector Bray
1930

The Furies
Oliver Bedlow
1930

The Green Goddess
Major Crespin
1930

Wedding Rings
Lewis Dike
1929

Tiger Rose
Dr. Cusick
1929

The Show of Shows
The Victim - Guillotine Sequence (uncredited)
1929

The Argyle Case
Hurley
1929

The Gamblers
James Darwin
1929

The Trial of Mary Dugan
District Attorney Galway
1929

Stark Mad
Prof. Dangerfield
1929

The Doctor's Secret
Richard Garson
1929

The Divine Lady
Sir William Hamilton
1928

Conquest
James Farnham
1928

Romance of a Rogue
Bruce Lowry
1928

Man-Made Women
Jules Moret
1928

French Dressing
Phillip Grey
1927

Sorrell and Son
Stephen Sorrell
1927

The King of Kings
Jesus, The Christ
1927

Silence
Jim Warren
1926

Whispering Smith
'Whispering Smith'
1926

Is Love Everything?
Jordan Southwick
1924

The Man from Broadway
James Sanford Richardson
1924

Zaza
Bernard Dufresne
1923

When We Were Twenty-One
Richard Carewe
1921

Felix O'Day
Felix O'Day
1920

One Hour Before Dawn
George Clayton
1920

A Fugitive from Matrimony
Stephen Van Courtlandt
1919

The Gray Wolf's Ghost
Doctor West / Harry West
1919

For a Woman's Honor
Captain Clyde Mannering
1919

The Pagan God
Bruce Winthrop
1919

The Man Who Turned White
Captain Rand / Ali Zaman
1919

Danger Trail
John Howland
1917

God's Man
Arnold L'Hommedieu
1917

The Seventh Sin
Feodor
1917

Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath
Feodor
1917

Shell 43
William Berner
1916

The Market of Vain Desire
John Armstrong
1916

The Raiders
Scott Wells
1916

The Ghost Breaker
Warren Jarvis
1914

The Lost Paradise
Reuben Warren
1914