Lionel Belmore

Lionel Belmore
Lionel Belmore
Born	12 May 1867(1867-05-12) Wimbledon, London
Died	30 January 1953(1953-01-30) (aged 85) Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1914 - 45

Lionel Belmore (12 May 1867, Wimbledon, London, England - 30 January 1953, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California). When he was born, Wimbledon was in Surrey. He was an English character actor and director on stage for more than a quarter of a century, appearing 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).

Unusually, he was a director before he became a prolific actor. He directed from 1914 to 1920, only starring in a limited number of films, until concentrating as an actor from then on.

He was the brother of actress Daisy Belmore. His grave is located at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.

Selected filmography

• Madame X (1920)
• Oliver Twist (1922)
• The Galloping Kid (1922)
• Peg o' My Heart (1922)
• Kindred of the Dust (1922)
• Never the Twain Shall Meet (1925)
• Stop, Look and Listen (1926)
• Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)
• The Circus Kid (1928)
• Rose-Marie (1928)
• The Matinee Idol (1928)
• The Unholy Night (1929)
• Frankenstein (1931)
• Alexander Hamilton (1931)
• Shanghaied Love (1931)
• Vanity Fair (1932)
• The Man Called Back (1932)
• Jane Eyre (1934)
• Caravan (1934)
• Cleopatra (1934)
• Son of Frankenstein (1939)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
• Tower of London (1939)
• My Son, My Son! (1940)

External links

• Lionel Belmore at the Internet Movie Database
• Lionel Belmore at the Internet Broadway Database
• Lionel Belmore at Find a Grave