Herbert Mundin

Herbert Mundin was an English character actor. He was frequently typecast in 1930s Hollywood films like The Adventures of Robin Hood as an older cheeky eccentric, a type helped by his jowled features and cheerful disposition.

Herbert Mundin was born as Herbert Thomas Mundin in St Helens, then in Lancashire . His father was a nomadic, Primitive Methodist home missionary. His family moved within a short time of his birth to St Albans in Hertfordshire . Mundin was educated at St Albans School, and joined the Royal Navy during World War I. He began his acting career on the London stage during the 1920s. Mundin first travelled to America onDecember 1923 for a series of theatrical engagements in New York. He sailed from Southampton on the RMS Aquitania and described himself in ships passenger manifest as 57 tall with a fair complexion, brown hair, blue eyes and a scar over his left eye. His big break as an actor was arguably with Gertrude Lawrence and Beatrice Lillie in Charlots Revue when it appeared on Broadway in 1925.

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