FrameThrower · Actors · Herbert Lom
Herbert Lom
4 films · 196 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1960–1991
Born 12 September 1917 · Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary · died 27 September 2012
Herbert Lom was a Czech-born British film and television actor who moved to the United Kingdom in 1939. In a career lasting more than 60 years, he appeared in character roles, often portraying criminals or villains early in his career and professional men in later years.
Lom was noted for his precise, elegant enunciation of English. He is best known for his roles in The Ladykillers, The Pink Panther film series and the television series The Human Jungle.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 196 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1960–1991
- Artis Bohemiae Amicis Medal2001
How their films are shot
Measured across 196 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Herbert takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 4 films we hold, 57% of their frames are night, 45% low key — the look of the work Herbert takes.
Time of day
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 196 frames from Herbert Lom's 4 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.