Herbert Lomas (17 January 1887 – 12 April 1961) was a British actor who appeared in more than forty films in a career lasting between 1931 and 1955. He was born in Burnley, Lancashire and made his first film appearance in an early sound version of Hobson's Choice (1931).His stage roles include Ian Hay's The Frog (1936), Emlyn Williams' The Wind of Heaven (1945), J.B. Priestley's Summer Day's Dream (1949) and Wynyard Browne's The Holly and the Ivy (1950)