Lionel Belmore

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lionel Belmore, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie Blacksmith in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1955
MGM Parade
TV show Self
1942
The Ghost of Frankenstein
Movie Councilman (uncredited)
1940
The Son of Monte Cristo
Movie Hercules Snyder
1940
Diamond Frontier
Movie Piet Bloem
1940
Tom Brown's School Days
Movie Tavern Keeper
1940
My Son, My Son!
Movie Mr. Moscrop
1939
Tower of London
Movie Beacon - a Chamberlain
1939
Rulers of the Sea
Movie Villager (Uncredited)
1939
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Movie Judge at Esmeralda's Trial (uncredited)
1939
The Sun Never Sets
Movie Selection Board Member #3
1939
Son of Frankenstein
Movie Emil Lang
1938
Pie a la Maid
Movie Dr. Kornbloom
1938
The Declaration of Independence
Movie The Innkeeper (uncredited)
1938
Service de Luxe
Movie Wade
1938
If I Were King
Movie Chief Steward (uncredited)