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Lionel Belmore(1867-1953)

  • Actor
  • Director
  • Writer
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Lionel Belmore
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Design for Living (1933)
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Lionel Belmore was born on 12 May 1867 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for Frankenstein (1931), Bardelys the Magnificent (1926) and The Vampire Bat (1933). He was previously married to Emmeline Florence Carder. He died on 30 January 1953 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornMay 12, 1867
DiedJanuary 30, 1953(85)
BornMay 12, 1867
DiedJanuary 30, 1953(85)
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Lionel Belmore and Michael Mark in Frankenstein (1931)
Lionel Belmore, Nance O'Neil, and Catherine Dale Owen in The Rogue Song (1930)
Gerald Barry, Lionel Belmore, John Loder, John Miljan, Natalie Moorhead, John Roche, Philip Strange, Ernest Torrence, Richard Travers, Richard Tucker, and Roland Young in The Unholy Night (1929)
George Arliss, Montagu Love, Lionel Belmore, June Collyer, Dudley Digges, Evelyn Hall, Doris Kenyon, Gwendolyn Logan, Alan Mowbray, and Morgan Wallace in Alexander Hamilton (1931)
Jackie Coogan, Lionel Belmore, and Joseph Hazelton in Oliver Twist (1922)
Lionel Belmore, Eleanor Boardman, and John Gilbert in Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)
Lionel Belmore in Afraid to Love (1927)
Lionel Belmore
Joan Crawford, Lionel Belmore, Harry Gribbon, Creighton Hale, Polly Moran, and James Murray in Rose-Marie (1928)
Lionel Belmore and Alan Mowbray in Alexander Hamilton (1931)
George Arliss, Lionel Belmore, and Doris Kenyon in Alexander Hamilton (1931)
Lionel Belmore, Marjorie Bonner, Tommy Conlon, Arthur Hohl, Elissa Landi, Fredric March, and Vivian Tobin in The Sign of the Cross (1932)

Known for

Frankenstein (1931)
Frankenstein
7.8
  • The Burgomaster
  • 1931
John Gilbert in Monte Cristo (1922)
Bardelys the Magnificent
7.1
  • Vicomte de Lavedan
  • 1926
Lionel Atwill and Fay Wray in The Vampire Bat (1933)
The Vampire Bat
5.7
  • Bürgermeister Gustave Schoen
  • 1933
Jackie Coogan in Oliver Twist (1922)
Oliver Twist
6.6
  • Mr. Brownlow
  • 1922

Credits

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Actor

  • I Was a Criminal (1945)
    I Was a Criminal
    • Laughing Townsman
    • 1945
  • Brian Aherne, Charles Laughton, Ray Milland, Herbert Marshall, Robert Cummings, Ida Lupino, Anna Neagle, and Merle Oberon in Forever and a Day (1943)
    Forever and a Day
    • Bit Part (scenes deleted)
    • 1943
  • Lon Chaney Jr. and Evelyn Ankers in The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
    The Ghost of Frankenstein
    • Councillor (uncredited)
    • 1942
  • Joan Bennett, George Sanders, and Louis Hayward in The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)
    The Son of Monte Cristo
    • Hercules Snyder
    • 1940
  • John Loder, Victor McLaglen, and Anne Nagel in Diamond Frontier (1940)
    Diamond Frontier
    • Piet Bloem
    • 1940
  • Freddie Bartholomew, Cedric Hardwicke, and Jimmy Lydon in Tom Brown's School Days (1940)
    Tom Brown's School Days
    • Tavern Keeper (uncredited)
    • 1940
  • Brian Aherne, Madeleine Carroll, and Louis Hayward in My Son, My Son! (1940)
    My Son, My Son!
    • Mr. Moscrop
    • 1940
  • Boris Karloff and Basil Rathbone in Tower of London (1939)
    Tower of London
    • Beacon
    • 1939
  • Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Margaret Lockwood in Rulers of the Sea (1939)
    Rulers of the Sea
    • Villager (uncredited)
    • 1939
  • Maureen O'Hara and Charles Laughton in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
    The Hunchback of Notre Dame
    • Judge at Esmeralda's Trial (uncredited)
    • 1939
  • Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Basil Rathbone in The Sun Never Sets (1939)
    The Sun Never Sets
    • Third Selection Board Member (uncredited)
    • 1939
  • Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, and Basil Rathbone in Son of Frankenstein (1939)
    Son of Frankenstein
    • Emil Lang
    • 1939
  • Charley Chase and Ann Doran in Pie a la Maid (1938)
    Pie a la Maid
    • Dr. Kornbloom
    • Short
    • 1938
  • The Declaration of Independence (1938)
    The Declaration of Independence
    • The Innkeeper (uncredited)
    • Short
    • 1938
  • Constance Bennett, Vincent Price, Mischa Auer, Helen Broderick, and Charles Ruggles in Service de Luxe (1938)
    Service de Luxe
    • Robert Wade Sr. (uncredited)
    • 1938

Director

  • Kitty Gordon in The Wasp (1918)
    The Wasp
    • Director
    • 1918
  • Billie's Mother
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1916
  • Robert Warwick in The Supreme Sacrifice (1916)
    The Supreme Sacrifice
    • Director
    • 1916
  • Darwin Karr and Eleanor Woodruff in Britton of the Seventh (1916)
    Britton of the Seventh
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1916
  • The Ruling Power
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1915
  • West Wind
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1915
  • From the Dregs
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1915
  • His Bunkie (1915)
    His Bunkie
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1915
  • The Quality of Mercy
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1915
  • Edith Storey in The Silent Plea (1915)
    The Silent Plea
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1915
  • In the Latin Quarter
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1915
  • Out of the Past
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1914
  • The Old Flute Player
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1914
  • Hope Foster's Mother
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1914

Writer

  • The Girl Who Might Have Been (1915)
    The Girl Who Might Have Been
    • scenario
    • Short
    • 1915

Videos1

Design for Living: The Criterion Collection [Blu-Ray]
Trailer 1:43
Design for Living: The Criterion Collection [Blu-Ray]

Personal details

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  • Born
    • May 12, 1867
    • Wimbledon, London, England, UK
  • Died
    • January 30, 1953
    • Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Emmeline Florence CarderJune 7, 1891 - ? (2 children)
  • Other works
    Appeared on Broadway in the following productions:
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 6 Articles

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Stocky, beetle-browed, white-haired British character actor, on Broadway from 1899 and in American films from 1914. He also directed several shorts between 1914 and 1918. During the 1930's, Belmont was gainfully employed in Hollywood as English butlers, innkeepers, lairds, burgomasters and town elders.

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