"[3] The advent of talking pictures brought stage-trained actors to Hollywood, and Herbert soon became a popular movie comedian.

[3] Herbert's early movies, like Wheeler & Woolsey's feature Hook, Line and Sinker (1930), cast him in generic comedy roles that could have been taken by any comedian.

He developed a unique screen personality, complete with a silly giggle, and this new character caught on quickly.

[3] Herbert was often caricatured in Warners' Looney Tunes shorts of the 1930s/1940s, such as Speaking of the Weather (1937) and The Hardship of Miles Standish (1940).

He acted in three films co-written by the much more prolific (but unrelated) screenwriter F. Hugh Herbert: Fashions of 1934 (1934), We're in the Money (1935) and Colleen (1936).

[3] Herbert died on March 12, 1952, at age 66 from cardiovascular disease in North Hollywood, Los Angeles.