Lionel Belmore

Lionel Belmore

1867-05-11 – 1953-01-30 (age 85) Wimbledon, London, England, UK
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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.

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
Frankenstein

1931

as The Burgomaster

The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Adventures of Robin Hood

1938

as Humility Prim

Bonnie Scotland
Bonnie Scotland

1935

as Blacksmith

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1939

as Judge at Esmeralda's Trial (uncredited)

Madame Behave
Madame Behave

1925

as Seth Corwin

Enter Madame
Enter Madame

1922

as Archimede

Evidence
Evidence

1929

as Inkeeper

Madame X
Madame X

1920

as M. Robert Parissard

Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair

1932

as Sir Pitt Crawley

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Roaring Fires

1927

as John D. Summers

The Yellowback
The Yellowback

1929

as McDougal

Mutiny on the Bounty
Mutiny on the Bounty

1935

as Innkeeper (uncredited)

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Malay Nights

1932

as Buck - Bartender

Jazzmania
Jazzmania

1923

as Baron Bolo

Stingaree
Stingaree

1934

as Governor's Second Aide (uncredited)

Son of Frankenstein
Son of Frankenstein

1939

as Emil Lang

Design for Living
Design for Living

1933

as Theatre Patron (uncredited)

The Wasp
The Wasp

1918

as Brazsos

The Last of the Mohicans
Shame
Shame

1917

as Peters