Lionel Belmore
Acting
Born: 1867-05-11 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK
Biography
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.
Known For
MGM Parade
Self
Frankenstein
The Burgomaster
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Humility Prim
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Judge at Esmeralda's Trial (uncredited)
Mutiny on the Bounty
Innkeeper (uncredited)
Cleopatra
Fidius
Son of Frankenstein
Emil Lang
Topper
Bank Guard (uncredited)
Enter Madame
Archimede
Jazzmania
Baron Bolo
The Matinee Idol
Jasper Bolivar
Madame Behave
Seth Corwin
The King of Kings
Roman Noble
The Ghost of Frankenstein
Councilman (uncredited)
David Copperfield
Old Bailey Warden (uncredited)
Stingaree
Governor's Second Aide (uncredited)
The Yellowback
McDougal
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Higgins
Wide Open
Cavalcade
Uncle George (uncredited)
Design for Living
Theatre Patron (uncredited)
The Sign of the Cross
Bettor of 300 Silver
Bonnie Scotland
Blacksmith
Safe in Hell
Judge (uncredited)
Madame X
M. Robert Parissard
Evidence
Inkeeper
The Prince and the Pauper
Innkeeper
Shame
Peters
Vanity Fair
Sir Pitt Crawley
The Last of the Mohicans
Patroon
Three Ages
Undetermined Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
The Wasp
Brazsos
The Green Specter
Commandant Endicott
Tower of London
Beacon - a Chamberlain
The Vampire Bat
Bürgermeister Gustave Schoen
If I Were King
Chief Steward (uncredited)
The Dice Woman
Rastillac