Trivia

Portrayed Mr. Gimbel in both De ilusión también se vive (1947) and The Miracle on 34th Street (1955).

Cedited as the creator of the radio soap opera in 1924. With the advent of radio he scored two firsts. He took the lead in the first radio serial, "Who Killed the Caretaker?", and in "Main Street", the first radio drama, with Gladys George.

A stage duel with knives in a 1913 production of "Pierre of the Plains" at Milwaukee's Saxe Theater between him and Charles Dingle became realistic when in the third act Heyes accidentally fell. His blade caused a painful flesh wound to Dingle's leg, causing him to be carried to his dressing room. The theater's house physician treated the wound and reported it was not serious.

In Herbert's obituary it was reported that he passed away in his North Hollywood home. He had been ill for three years and in critical condition for the final three weeks. It was his wish to be cremated.

Herbert's first stage appearance at the Baker Theater was carrying a spear. The rate for carrying a spear was 50 cents, but the super-captain held out 10 cents as a commission. The first time his name appeared on a program was in If I Were King, for which his pay was raised to $ 6.00 per week. Wanting to impress management, young Heyes arranged to have a flower bouquet passed to him over the footlights at the end of the play. The plan backfired when the flowers were instead handed to the leading lady.

An eight-room furnished houseboat was offered for sale in a 1906 classified ad by Heyes. The price listed was a "snap for cash".

Dignified character actor, first on stage in 1906 with the Baker Stock Co. in Portland, OR. From 1910, in leading roles with actor-manager James K. Hackett. In films from 1915. Notable as star opposite Theda Bara in Under Two Flags (1916). Also active on Broadway and on radio.

San Francisco drama critic George C. Warren in June 1922 reviewed Herbert's debut with the Alcazar Company in his role as Maurice Monnier in Blind Youth. He described Heyes as a big, fine looking man with a high pitched thin voice. He went on to say that he lacked personality with so little magnetism that upon entering the second act with others one was not aware of his presence until he spoke.

In Under Two Flags (1916), Heyes co-starred with Theda Bara. They shared top billing in The Darling of Paris (1917) and The Tiger Woman (1917). Their final appearance together was in Salome (1918). These four films led to leading man roles in 20 silent films through 1924. He left making movies to focus on radio, stage productions and various business interests until returning to appear in films from 1942-52. During his last six years in show business he had major roles in six movies, but largely devoted himself to character television appearances in nearly 40 programs until appearances on Sugarfoot (1957) and the The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950) just before he passed away in 1958.

Joe St. Peter, the producer of the play East Lynne in Everett, WA, USA, with Herbert Heyes as leading man, raised Herbert's salary from $ 6 a week to $25 a week in 1908.

Fishing was Heyes' major hobby. He went to Florida each winter to fish and in the early fall usually came back to Washington to enjoy his hobby. Another favorite fishing destination was in central Oregon in the Deschutes River State Recreation Area. On a 1940 fishing trip with his wife, Helene described the clear, cold mountain water as being like nectar, and not like the bottled water back home in Hollywood. She also loved the western hospitality of central Oregon, something that had been lost in Los Angeles.

Herbert Heyes "acting debut" occurred at the age of four in the little community church in Vader, Washington, USA. He had a piece to speak in a Christmas pageant.

In 1916 Herbert signed his first and only film contract at the age of twenty-seven. Fox Films immediately put him to work in a flood of silent movies. When the contract expired in 1923 Heyes became a free lancer. He maintained that status throughout the remainder of his career.

Heyes was stroke oarsmen for the Portland (Oregon) rowing club. The club rowed on the Columbia River.

Heyes was reported in the San Francisco Chronicle in 1928 to be associated with the Babies' Aid Society, a civic philanthropic organization. In addition to philanthropic interests he was known as an ardent rug collector.

In 1934 Heyes became vice-president and general manager of a show boat. The show boat with a seating capacity of 750 provided dramas, music, dancing and vaudeville acts in one night stands on the Columbia and Willamette Rivers.

Appeared in five Oscar Best Picture nominees: Wilson (1944), De ilusión también se vive (1947), Ambiciones que matan (1951), Angustia de un querer (1955) and Los diez mandamientos (1956).

In March 1930 a newspaper in Medford, Oregon, USA reported that Herbert Heyes, a resident of California, had registered as a guest at a Medford hotel. He was unaccompanied.