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Leon Errol (1881–1951)

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Bald-pated, Hollywood comedy star best remembered for his two-reelers for two decades from 1933, and for his appearances opposite Lupe Velez in the 'Mexican Spitfire' features of the early 40's. See full bio »

Born:

Leonce Errol Simms
in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Died:

(age 70) in Hollywood, California, USA
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1951 Too Many Wives (short)
Leon Errol
 
1951 Lord Epping Returns (short)
Leon / Lord Epping
 
1951 Deal Me In (short)
Leon Errol
 
1951 One Wild Night (short)
Leon Errol
 
1951 Punchy Pancho (short)
Leon Errol/Pancho the Bandit
 
1951 Chinatown Chump (short)
Leon Errol
 
1950 Spooky Wooky (short)
Leon Errol
 
1950 Texas Tough Guy (short)
Leon Errol/Tex
 
1950 Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
Knobby Walsh
 
1950 High and Dizzy (short)
Leon Errol
 
1950 Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
Knobby Walsh / Lord Cecil Poole
 
1949 Shocking Affair (short)
Leon Errol
 
1949 Sweet Cheat (short)
Leon Errol
 
1949 Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch
Knobby Walsh
 
1949 Oil's Well That Ends Well (short)
Leon
 
1949 I Can't Remember (short)
Leon Errol
 
1949 The Cactus Cut-Up (short)
Leon Errol
 
1949 Joe Palooka in the Big Fight
Knobby Walsh
 
1949 Dad Always Pays (short)
Leon Errol
 
1948 Backstage Follies (short)
Leon Errol
 
1948 The Uninvited Blonde (short)
Leon Errol
 
1948 Bachelor Blues (short)
Leon Errol
 
1948 Secretary Trouble (short)
Leon Errol
 
1948 The Noose Hangs High
Julius Caesar 'J.C.' McBride
 
1948 Don't Fool Your Wife (short)
Leon Errol
 
1948 Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
Knobby Walsh
 
1948 Bet Your Life (short)
Leon Errol
 
1947 The Spook Speaks (short)
Leon Errol
 
1947 Joe Palooka in the Knockout
Knobby Walsh
 
1947 Blondes Away (short)
Leon
 
1947 Hired Husband (short)
Leon Errol
 
1947 In Room 303 (short)
Leon Errol
 
1947 Wife Tames Wolf (short)
Leon Errol
 
1947 Borrowed Blonde (short)
Leon Errol
 
1946 Gentleman Joe Palooka
Knobby Walsh
 
1946 Follow That Blonde (short)
Leon
 
1946 I'll Take Milk (short)
Leon Errol
 
1946 Joe Palooka, Champ
Knobby Walsh
 
1946 Twin Husbands (short)
Leon Errol and Richard Errol
 
1946 Oh, Professor, Behave (short)
Leon Errol
 
1946 Riverboat Rhythm
Matt Lindsay
 
1946 Maid Trouble (short)
Leon Errol
 
1945 Beware of Redheads (short)
Leon Errol
 
1945 Mama Loves Papa
Wilbur Todd
 
1945 Double Honeymoon (short)
Leon Errol
 
1945 It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (short)
Leon Errol
 
1945 Let's Go Stepping (short)
Leon Errol
 
1945 Birthday Blues (short)
Leon Errol
 
1945 What a Blonde
F. Farrington Fowler
 
1945 Under Western Skies
Willie Wells
 
1945 She Gets Her Man
Officer Mulligan
 
1944 He Forgot to Remember (short)
Leon Errol
 
1944 Babes on Swing Street
Malcolm Curtis
 
1944 Triple Trouble (short)
Leon Errol
 
1944 Girls! Girls! Girls! (short)
Leon Errol
 
1944 The Invisible Man's Revenge
Herbert
 
1944 Twilight on the Prairie
Cactus (Ranch Foreman)
 
1944 Slightly Terrific
James P. Tuttle/John P. Tuttle
 
1944 Poppa Knows Worst (short)
Leon Errol
 
1944 Prices Unlimited (short)
 
1944 Hat Check Honey
'Happy' Dan Briggs
 
1944 Say Uncle (short)
Leon Errol
 
1943 Higher and Higher
Cyrus Drake
 
1943 Wedtime Stories (short)
Leon Errol Sr./Leon Errol Jr.
 
1943 Family Feud (short)
The Father
 
1943 Cutie on Duty (short)
Leon Errol
 
1943 Seeing Nellie Home (short)
Leon Errol
 
1943 Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
Uncle Matt Lindsay / Lord Basil Epping
 
1943 Gals, Incorporated
Cornelius Rensington lll
 
1943 Cowboy in Manhattan
Hank
 
1943 Radio Runaround (short)
Leon Errol
 
1943 Follow the Band
Big Mike O'Brien
 
1943 Gem-Jams (short)
Leon Errol
 
1943 Double Up (short)
Leon Errol
 
1942 Pretty Dolly (short)
Leon Errol
 
1942 Strictly in the Groove
Durham
 
1942 Dear! Deer! (short)
Leon Errol
 
1942 Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
Uncle Matt Lindsay / Lord Basil Epping
 
1942 Mail Trouble (short)
Leon Errol
 
1942 Hold 'Em Jail (short)
Leon Errol
 
1942 Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
Uncle Matt Lindsay / Lord Basil Epping
 
1942 Framing Father (short)
Leon Errol, Sr.
 
1942 Mexican Spitfire at Sea
Uncle Matt Lindsay / Lord Basil Epping
 
1942 Wedded Blitz (short)
Leon Errol
 
1942 Home Work (short)
Leon Errol
 
1941 Melody Lane
McKenzie
 
1941 Mexican Spitfire's Baby
Uncle Matt Lindsay / Lord Basil Epping
 
1941 Who's a Dummy? (short)
Leon Errol
 
1941 Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
His Rival
 
1941 Moonlight in Hawaii
Walter Spencer
 
1941 Man-I-Cured (short)
Leon Errol
 
1941 A Panic in the Parlor (short)
Leon Errol
 
1941 Hurry, Charlie, Hurry
Daniel Jennings Boone
 
1941 A Polo Phony (short)
Leon Errol
 
1941 When Wifie's Away (short)
Leon Errol
 
1941 Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga
Señor Alvarez/Mike Clancy
 
1941 The Fired Man (short)
Leon Errol
 
1941 Where Did You Get That Girl?
Alex MacDevin
 
1940 Tattle Television (short)
Leon Errol
 
1940 Mexican Spitfire Out West
Uncle Matt Lindsay / Lord Basil Epping
 
1940 He Asked for It (short)
Leon Errol
 
1940 The Golden Fleecing
Uncle Waldo Burke
 
1940 Bested by a Beard (short)
Leon Errol
 
1940 Pop Always Pays
Henry Brewster
 
1940 Scrappily Married (short)
Leon Errol
 
1940 Mexican Spitfire
Uncle Matt Lindsay / Lord Basil Epping
 
1939 Truth Aches (short)
Leon Errol
 
1939 Dancing Co-Ed
'Pops' Marlow
 
1939 The Wrong Room (short)
Prof. Leon Errol
 
1939 Career
Mudcat
 
1939 Ring Madness (short)
Leon Errol
 
1939 The Girl from Mexico
Uncle Matthew 'Matt' Lindsay
 
1939 Moving Vanities (short)
Leon Errol
 
1939 Home Boner (short)
Leon Errol
 
1939 Crime Rave (short)
Leon Errol
 
1938 Major Difficulties (short)
Leon Errol
 
1938 Stage Fright (short)
Leon Errol
 
1938 The Jitters (short)
Leon Errol
 
1938 Berth Quakes (short)
Leon Errol
 
1938 His Pest Friend (short)
Leon Errol
 
1938 The Dummy Owner (short)
Leon Errol
 
1937 A Rented Riot (short)
Leon Errol
 
1937 Should Wives Work? (short)
Leon Errol
 
1937 Make a Wish
Brennan
 
1937 Wife Insurance (short)
Leon Errol
 
1937 Wrong Romance (short)
Leon Errol
 
1937 Hollywood Party (short)
The Drunk
 
1936 One Live Ghost (short)
Henry Morton/Philpot (valet)/Ghost of Henry Morton
 
1936 Wholesailing Along (short)
Leon Errol
 
1936 Down the Ribber (short)
Leon Errol
 
1935 Coronado
Otto Wray
 
1935 Counselitis (short)
 
1935 Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (short)
Pirate (uncredited)
 
1935 Honeymoon Bridge (short)
 
1935 Home Work (short)
 
1935 Salesmanship Ahoy (short)
 
1935 Hit and Rum (short)
Leon
 
1935 Princess O'Hara
Last Card Louie
 
1934 One Too Many (short)
 
1934 Perfectly Mismated (short)
 
1934 Fixing a Stew (short)
 
1934 The Captain Hates the Sea
Layton
 
1934 Good Morning, Eve! (short)
Adam
 
1934 Service with a Smile (short)
Walter Webb
 
1934 The Notorious Sophie Lang
Stubbs
 
1934 We're Not Dressing
Hubert
 
1934 Autobuyography (short)
 
1934 No More Bridge! (short)
 
1933 Alice in Wonderland
Uncle Gilbert
 
1933 Hold Your Temper (short)
 
1933 Three Little Swigs (short)
 
1933 The Poor Fish (short)
 
1931 Her Majesty, Love
Baron von Schwarzdorf
 
1931 Finn and Hattie
Finley P. Haddock
 
1931 One Heavenly Night
Otto
 
1930 Only Saps Work
James Wilson
 
1930 Let's Merge (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1927 The Lunatic at Large
Sam Smith
 
1925 Clothes Make the Pirate
Tremble-at-Evil Tidd
 
1925 Sally
Duke of Checkergovinia
 
1924 Yolanda
Innkeeper
 
1921 In at the Finish (short)
 
1921 Nearly Spliced (short)
 
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1943 Higher and Higher (performer: "Today I'm a Debutante" 1943, "Disgustingly Rich" 1940, "Minuet in Boogie" 1943)
 
1940 Pop Always Pays (performer: "London Bridge is Falling Down")
 
1939 Dancing Co-Ed (performer: "Steamboat Bill" 1910 - uncredited)
 
1939 The Girl from Mexico (performer: "She'll be Coming 'Round the Mountain")
 
1935 Coronado (performer: "Down on the Isle of Oomph" - uncredited)
 
1934 We're Not Dressing (performer: "It's Just a New Spanish Custom" 1934 - uncredited, "Let's Play House" 1934 - uncredited)
 
1931 Her Majesty, Love (performer: "You're Baby-Minded Now" 1931 - uncredited)
 
1930 Paramount on Parade (performer: "We're the Masters of Ceremony")
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1931/I Partners (short)
 
Show ShowSelf (4 titles)
1950 The Ed Wynn Show (TV series)
Himself - Comic Actor
– Episode #1.20 (1950) … Himself - Comic Actor
 
1931 How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 4: 'The Mashie Niblick' (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1930 Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 20 (short)
Himself
 
1930 Paramount on Parade
Himself/Master of Ceremonies/(In a Hospital)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (7 titles)
2008 The Naked Archaeologist (TV series)
 
2002 Bowling for Columbine (documentary)
Actor in Movie Clip (uncredited)
 
1956 Columbia Laff Hour
 
1953 Merry Mirthquakes
Leon Errol/Lord Epping (segment "Lord Epping Returns")
 
1951 Footlight Varieties
Leon Errol (segment "He Forgot To Remember")
 
1949 Make Mine Laughs
 
1948 Variety Time
Leon Errol (footage from 'Hired Husband')
 

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(1913). Stage Play: Ziegfeld Follies of 1913. Music by Raymond Hubbell. Additional numbers by Gene Buck and Dave Stamper. Based on material by George V. Hobart. Musical Director: Frank Darling. Additional music by Will D. Cobb, Harry Ruby, Earl Carroll and Leo Edwards. Directed by Julian Mitchell... See more »

Height:

5' 7½" (1.71 m)
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Trivia:

Worked extensively on Broadway (often for Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.) from 1911-1929 as an actor/director specializing in musical revues. See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer