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Herbert Lom (Czech pronunciation: [ɦɛrbɛrd lom]; born 11 September 1917) is a Czech film actor, 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 Jewish parents. His 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,... MORE

Herbert Lom (Czech pronunciation: [ɦɛrbɛrd lom]; born 11 September 1917) is a Czech film actor, 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 Jewish parents. His 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 obtain an American visa for 'political reasons'. In a rare starring role, Lom played twin trapeze artists in Dual Alibi (1946). He continued into the 1950s with roles opposite Alec Guinness and Peter Sellers in The Ladykillers (1955), and with Robert Mitchum, Jack Lemmon and LESS