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Lionel Belmore
Lionel Belmore
	Belmore in 1923
Born	12 May 1867; Wimbledon, Surrey, England
Died	30 January 1953 (aged 85); Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California
Burial place	Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1911–1945
Spouse	Emmeline Florence Carder
Children	2

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Lionel Belmore (12 May 1867 – 30 January 1953) was an English character actor and director on stage for more than a quarter of a century.

Life and career

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) and the actors Herbert Belmore and Paul Belmore. He was the brother-in-law of actress Bertha 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.^[1]

He is interred at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood.

Selected filmography

The Greater Will (1915) - Minor Role
In the Latin Quarter (1915, director)
Shame (1917) - Peters
The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds (1918) - Gen. Israel Putnam
His Royal Highness (1918) - Gen. Malcoff
The Wasp (1918, director) - Brazsos
Wanted: A Mother (1918) - Giuseppe
Leap to Fame (1918) - Carl Hoffman
Duds (1920) - Rosenthal
The Strange Boarder (1920) - Jake Bloom
Jes' Call Me Jim (1920) - Belcher
Milestones (1920) - Richard Sibley Sr
Madame X (1920) - M. Robert Parissard
The Man Who Had Everything (1920) - Mark Bullway
The Great Lover (1920) - Impresario
Godless Men (1920) - Seaman Neighbor
Guile of Women (1921) - Armstrong
A Shocking Night (1921) - Bill Bradford
Courage (1921) - Angus Ferguson
The Sting of the Lash (1921) - Ben Ames
Moonlight Follies (1921) - James Rutledge
Two Minutes to Go (1921) - Her Father
The Barnstormer (1922) - Manager
Kindred of the Dust (1922) - The Laird of Tyee
The World's Champion (1922) - John Burroughs
Iron to Gold (1922) - Sheriff
Head Over Heels (1922) - Al Wilkins
Out of the Silent North (1922) - Andrea Vallois
The Galloping Kid (1922) - 'Five-Notch' Arnett
Oliver Twist (1922) - Mr. Brownlow
The Kentucky Derby (1922) - Col. Rome Woolrich
Enter Madame (1922) - Archimede
Peg o' My Heart (1922) - Hawks
Jazzmania (1923) - Baron Bolo
Quicksands (1923) - Ring Member #8
Within the Law (1923) - Irwin - his attorney
Railroaded (1923) - Foster
Three Ages (1923) - Minor Role (uncredited)
Red Lights (1923) - Alden Murray
Forgive and Forget (1923) - Butler
The Meanest Man in the World (1923)
A Lady of Quality (1924) - Sir Geoffrey Wildairs
A Fool's Awakening (1924) - Herbert Lorington
Try and Get It (1924) - Timothy Perrin
A Boy of Flanders (1924) - Baas cogez
Racing Luck (1924) - The Uncle
The Sea Hawk (1924) - Justice Anthony Baine
The Man Who Fights Alone (1924) - Meggs
The Silent Watcher (1924) - Barnes, Steele's campaign manager
Eve's Secret (1925) - Baron
Never the Twain Shall Meet (1925) - Gaston Larrieau
Without Mercy (1925) - Honest Tom Massingham
The Storm Breaker (1925) - Parson
Madame Behave (1925) - Seth Corwin
Stop, Look and Listen (1926) - Sheriff
The Blackbird (1926) - Music Hall Proprietor (uncredited)
The Checkered Flag (1926) - Joel Corbin
Shipwrecked (1926) - John Beacon
The Lucky Fool (1926) - Mr. Bowden
The Dice Woman (1926) - Rastillac
Speeding Through (1926)
Bardelys the Magnificent (1926) - Vicomte de Lavedan
Oh Billy, Behave (1926) - Mr. Lovely
The Return of Peter Grimm (1926) - Rev. Bartholomey
Return of Grey Wolf (1926) - Jacques St. Claire
The Self Starter (1926)
Wide Open (1927)
Winners of the Wilderness (1927) - Gov. Dinwiddie of Virginia
The Demi-Bride (1927) - Monsieur Girard
The Missing Link (1927) - First Mate (uncredited)
Afraid to Love (1927) - Nobleman (uncredited)
The King of Kings (1927) - Roman Noble
The Tender Hour (1927) - Party Guest #2
Topsy and Eva (1927) - Minor Role (uncredited)
The Sunset Derby (1927) - Jack McTeague
Roaring Fires (1927) - John D. Summers
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927) - Stout Student (uncredited)
Sorrell and Son (1927) - John Palfrey
The Wife's Relations (1928) - Cyrus Dodd
Rose-Marie (1928) - Henri Duray
The Matinee Idol (1928) - Jasper Bolivar
The Play Girl (1928) - The Greek Florist
The Good-Bye Kiss (1928) - The General
Heart Trouble (1928) - Adolph Van Housen
The Circus Kid (1928) - Beezicks
The Yellowback (1929) - McDougal
Stark Mad (1929) - Amos Sewald
The Redeeming Sin (1929) - Father Colomb
From Headquarters (1929) - Señor Carroles
The Unholy Night (1929) - Major Endicott
Evidence (1929) - Innkeeper
Condemned (1929) - Convict (uncredited)
The Love Parade (1929) - Prime Minister
Devil-May-Care (1929) - Innkeeper (uncredited)
Love Comes Along (1930) - Brownie
Playing Around (1930) - Morgan the Pirate
The Rogue Song (1930) - Ossman
Captain of the Guard (1930) - Colonel of Hussars
Le spectre vert (1930) - Commandant Endicott
Hell's Island (1930) - Monsieur Dupont
Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1930) - Colonel Villiers
Monte Carlo (1930) - Prince Gustav von Liebenheim
River's End (1930) - Mountie (uncredited)
The Boudoir Diplomat (1930) - War Minister
One Heavenly Night (1930) - Baron Zagon
Kiss Me Again (1931) - Cafe Manager (uncredited)
Ten Nights in a Bar-Room (1931) - Bill, the Bartender
Daybreak (1931) - Herr Kessner (uncredited)
A Woman of Experience (1931) - Recruiting Speaker (uncredited)
Alexander Hamilton (1931) - General Philip Schuyler
Shanghaied Love (1931) - The Knitting Swede
Frankenstein (1931) - The Burgomaster
Safe in Hell (1931) - Judge (uncredited)
Police Court (1932) - Uncle Al Furman
Vanity Fair (1932) - Sir Pitt Crawley
So Big (1932) - Reverend Dekker (uncredited)
The Man Called Back (1932) - Mr. Cartright
Malay Nights (1932) - Buck - Bartender
The Sign of the Cross (1932) - Bettor of 300 Silver (uncredited)
Cavalcade (1933) - Uncle George
The Vampire Bat (1933) - Bürgermeister Gustave Schoen
Oliver Twist (1933) - Bumble
The Constant Woman (1933) - Character Man
The Warrior's Husband (1933) - Homer
Berkeley Square (1933) - Innkeeper (uncredited)
Meet the Baron (1933) - Explorer with Newspaper (uncredited)
Design for Living (1933) - Theatre Patron (uncredited)
I Am Suzanne! (1933) - Puppeteer / Satan
The Constant Wife (1933)
Caravan (1934) - Station Master
Stingaree (1934) - Governor's Second Aide (uncredited)
Range Riders (1934) - Mike - Bartender (uncredited)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) - Prison Governor
Jane Eyre (1934) - Lord Ingram
The Affairs of Cellini (1934) - Court Member (uncredited)
Cleopatra (1934) - Fidius
Red Morning (1934) - The Storekeeper
Clive of India (1935) - Official at Reception (uncredited)
David Copperfield (1935) - Old Bailey Warden (uncredited)
Vanessa: Her Love Story (1935) - Will Leathwaite
Cardinal Richelieu (1935) - Agitator #1
Bonnie Scotland (1935) - Blacksmith
The Three Musketeers (1935) - King and Peasant Inn Proprietor (uncredited)
Dressed to Thrill (1935) - Pierre (uncredited)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) - Innkeeper (uncredited)
Forced Landing (1935) - Prison Warden
Hitch Hike Lady (1935) - Mr. Harker - Green-grocer
Mark of the Vampire (1935) - (uncredited)
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) - Higgins
One Rainy Afternoon (1936) - Stage Doorman (uncredited)
The White Angel (1936) - Captain (uncredited)
Mary of Scotland (1936) - Fisherman
The Last of the Mohicans (1936) - Patroon
Maid of Salem (1937) - Tavern Keeper
The Prince and the Pauper (1937) - Innkeeper
Topper (1937) - Bank Guard (uncredited)
The Toast of New York (1937) - President of Board
It's Love I'm After (1937) - Friar Lawrence (uncredited)
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937) - Calverton's Butler (uncredited)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) - Humility Prim (uncredited)
If I Were King (1938) - Chief Steward (uncredited)
Service de Luxe (1938) - Robert Wade Sr. (uncredited)
Son of Frankenstein (1939) - Emil Lang
The Sun Never Sets (1939) - Third Selection Board Member (uncredited)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) - Judge at Esmeralda's Trial (uncredited)
Rulers of the Sea (1939) - Villager (uncredited)
Tower of London (1939) - Beacon
My Son, My Son! (1940) - Mr. Moscrop
Tom Brown's School Days (1940) - Tavern Keeper (uncredited)
Diamond Frontier (1940) - Piet Bloem
The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) - Hercules Snyder
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) - Councillor (uncredited)
Forever and a Day (1943) - Minor Role (scenes deleted)
The Captain from Köpenick (completed in 1941, released in 1945) - Laughing Townsman (final film role)

References

^ "The Interviewer: Mr. Lionel Belmore". Table Talk. 23 May 1918. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

Lionel Belmore at IMDb
Lionel Belmore at the Internet Broadway Database

[1] "The Interviewer: Mr. Lionel Belmore". Table Talk. 23 May 1918. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.

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