Lionel Belmore
Known for ActingBorn 1867-05-11 — died 1953-01-30Wimbledon, 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.
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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
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939 · as Judge at Esmeralda's Trial (uncredited)
Frankenstein
1931 · as The Burgomaster
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938 · as Humility Prim
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935 · as Innkeeper (uncredited)
Evidence
1929 · as Inkeeper
Son of Frankenstein
1939 · as Emil Lang
Bonnie Scotland
1935 · as Blacksmith
Stingaree
1934 · as Governor's Second Aide (uncredited)
The Sign of the Cross
1932 · as Bettor of 300 Silver
Vanity Fair
1932 · as Sir Pitt Crawley
Cleopatra
1934 · as Fidius
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942 · as Councilman (uncredited)
David Copperfield
1935 · as Old Bailey Warden (uncredited)
Topper
1937 · as Bank Guard (uncredited)
Cavalcade
1933 · as Uncle George (uncredited)
Enter Madame
1922 · as Archimede
Madame X
1920 · as M. Robert Parissard
The Last of the Mohicans
1936 · as Patroon