Lionel Belmore
Actor
- Born
- May 11, 1867 · Wimbledon, London, England, UK
- Died
- January 30, 1953 (age 85)
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Lionel Belmore (12 May 1867, Wimbledon, Surrey, England - 30 January 1953, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California) was an English character actor and director on stage for more than a quarter of a century.
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Onstage, Belmore appeared with Wilson Barrett, Sir Henry Irving, William Faversham, Lily Langtry, and other famous actors. He entered in films from 1911. In total, he had some 200 titles to his film credit. He was notable as the huffy-puffy Herr Vogel the Burgomaster in Frankenstein (1931). Belmore played bit parts in several 1930s film classics. Unusually, he was a director before he became a prolific actor. He directed from 1914 to 1920, only acting in a limited number of films, until concentrating as an actor from then on.
He was the brother of the actress Daisy Belmore (Mrs. Samuel Waxman) (1874-1954) and the actor Paul Belmore. He was married to stage actress Emmeline Florence Carder and they had two daughters. Their daughter Violet had decided to follow in her father's footsteps and go into acting.
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Known for
Frankenstein
November 21, 1931
The Adventures of Robin Hood
May 13, 1938
Mutiny on the Bounty
November 22, 1935
Son of Frankenstein
January 13, 1939
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
August 31, 1939
Design for Living
December 29, 1933
The Ghost of Frankenstein
March 13, 1942
Three Ages
September 24, 1923
Topper
July 16, 1937
Cavalcade
February 8, 1933
Cleopatra
October 5, 1934
David Copperfield
January 18, 1935
Acting161
- 1964The Big Parade of Comedy as Blacksmith in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1942The Ghost of Frankenstein as Councilman (uncredited)
- 1940The Son of Monte Cristo as Hercules Snyder
- 1940Diamond Frontier as Piet Bloem
- 1940Tom Brown's School Days as Tavern Keeper
- 1940My Son, My Son! as Mr. Moscrop
- 1939Tower of London as Beacon - a Chamberlain
- 1939Rulers of the Sea as Villager (Uncredited)
- 1939The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Judge at Esmeralda's Trial (uncredited)
- 1939