Lionel Belmore

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1867-05-11 (86 years old)

Deathday

1953-01-30

Place of Birth

Wimbledon, London, England, UK

Lionel Belmore

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. 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 proli...

Acting

1931

Frankenstein

as The Burgomaster

1939

1942

The Ghost of Frankenstein

as Councilman (uncredited)

1925

Never the Twain Shall Meet

as Gaston Larrieau

1930

The Green Specter

as Commandant Endicott

1930

Hell's Island

as Monsieur Dupont

1939

Tower of London

as Beacon - a Chamberlain

1927

The Sunset Derby

as Jack McTeague

1927

The Demi-Bride

as Monsieur Girard

1930

The Love Parade

as Prime Minister

1926

The Blackbird

as Music Hall Proprietor (uncredited)

1928

The Matinee Idol

as Jasper Bolivar

1929

Stark Mad

as Amos Sewald

1934

Stingaree

as Governor's Second Aide (uncredited)

1938

1930

Monte Carlo

as Prince Gustav von Liebenheim

1926

Bardelys the Magnificent

as Vicomte de Lavedan

1922

The Galloping Kid

as 'Five-Notch' Arnett

1927

Sorrell and Son

as John Palfrey

1934

Jane Eyre

as Lord Ingram

1918

Wanted, A Mother

as Giuseppe

1932

Malay Nights

as Buck - Bartender

1922

The Kentucky Derby

as Col. Rome Woolrich

1936

Master Will Shakespeare

as Manager Burbage (uncredited)

1926

The Dice Woman

as Rastillac

1930

1931

Alexander Hamilton

as General Philip Schuyler

1938

1931

The Great Junction Hotel

as The District Attorney

1933

The Constant Woman

as Character Man

1930

Sweet Kitty Bellairs

as Col. Villiers

1930

1935

Hitch Hike Lady

as Mr. Harker - Green-grocer

1935

David Copperfield

as Old Bailey Warden (uncredited)

1930

River's End

as Mountie

1928

The Circus Kid

as Beezicks

1918

Leap to Fame

as Carl Hoffman

1930

1933

I Am Suzanne!

as Puppeteer / Satan

1930

One Heavenly Night

as Baron Zagon

1918

The Wasp

as Brazsos

1928

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

as Stout Student (uncredited)

1920

1920

The Great Lover

as Impresario

1921

Guile of Women

as Armstrong

1922

Head Over Heels

as Al Wilkins

1930

Captain of the Guard

as Colonel of Hussars

1934

Red Morning

as The Storekeeper

1922

Oliver Twist

as Mr. Brownlow

1924

The Sea Hawk

as Justice Anthony Baine

1928

Run, Girl, Run

as The Dean

1922

Kindred of the Dust

as The Laird of Tyee

1934

The Affairs of Cellini

as Court Member (uncredited)

1922

Iron to Gold

as Sheriff

1926

The Return of Peter Grimm

as Rev. Bartholomey

1935

1937

It's Love I'm After

as Friar Lawrence (uncredited)

1923

Red Lights

as Aiden Murray

1936

The White Angel

as Captain (uncredited)

1934

Range Riders

as Bartender Mike

1934

Caravan

as Station Master

1939

The Sun Never Sets

as Selection Board Member #3

1933

The Vampire Bat

as Bürgermeister Gustave Schoen

1932

The Sign of the Cross

as Bettor of 300 Silver

1933

Design for Living

as Theatre Patron (uncredited)

1939

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

as Judge at Esmeralda's Trial (uncredited)

1932

The Man Called Back

as Mr. Cartright

1927

Winners Of The Wilderness

as Gov. Dinwiddie of Virginia

1933

Oliver Twist

as Mr. Bumble

1933

Cavalcade

as Uncle George (uncredited)

1931

Daybreak

as Herr Kessner (uncredited)

1923

Within the Law

as Irwin - his attorney

1935

Bonnie Scotland

as Blacksmith

1937

Maid of Salem

as Tavern Keeper

1926

Shipwrecked

as John Beacon

1935

Mutiny on the Bounty

as Innkeeper (uncredited)

1929

Devil-May-Care

as Innkeeper (uncredited)

1932

1932

Police Court

as Albert Furman

1926

The Return of Grey Wolf

as Jacques St. Claire

1931

Ten Nights in a Bar-room

as Bill, the Bartender

1925

Madame Behave

as Seth Corwin

1935

The Three Musketeers

as Inn Proprietor

1935

Vanessa: Her Love Story

as Will Leathwaite

1940

My Son, My Son!

as Mr. Moscrop

1940

The Son of Monte Cristo

as Hercules Snyder

1940

Tom Brown's School Days

as Tavern Keeper

1922

Enter Madame

as Archimede

1933

Meet the Baron

as Explorer with Newspaper (uncredited)

1937

Topper

as Bank Guard (uncredited)

1928

The Play Girl

as The Greek Florist

1924

1924

A Boy of Flanders

as Baas Cogez

1929

The Redeeming Sin

as Father Colomb

1932

Vanity Fair

as Sir Pitt Crawley

1923

Three Ages

as Undetermined Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

1928

Heart Trouble

as Adolph Van Housen

1920

Godless Men

as Seaman Neighbor

1929

Evidence

as Inkeeper

1920

1922

1931

Kiss Me Again

as Cafe Manager (uncredited)

1934

Cleopatra

as Fidius

1925

Without Mercy

as Honest Tom Massingham

1929

From Headquarters

as Señor Carroles

1923

Jazzmania

as Baron Bolo

1930

The Boudoir Diplomat

as War Minister

1924

A Lady of Quality

as Sir Geoffrey Wildairs

1922

The World's Champion

as John Burroughs

1940

Diamond Frontier

as Piet Bloem

1937

The Romance Of Robert Burns

as Coachman (uncredited)

1927

The King of Kings

as Roman Noble

1938

The Declaration of Independence

as The Innkeeper (uncredited)

1929

The Unholy Night

as Major Endicott

1921

Moonlight Follies

as James Rutledge

1927

Lucky Fool

as Mr. Bowden

1938

If I Were King

as Chief Steward (uncredited)

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

as Blacksmith in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage) (uncredited)

1939

Rulers of the Sea

as Villager (Uncredited)

1932

So Big!

as Reverend Dekker (uncredited)

1931

Safe in Hell

as Judge (uncredited)

1925

Eve's Secret

as Baron

1920

Milestones

as Richard Sibley Sr

1936

One Rainy Afternoon

as Stage Doorman (Uncredited)

1928

Rose-Marie

as Henri Duray

1926

The Checkered Flag

as Joel Corbin

1937

The Toast of New York

as President of Board

1933

Berkeley Square

as Innkeeper (uncredited)

1938

Pie a la Maid

as Dr. Kornbloom

1929

The Doll Shop

as The Toy Maker

1921

A Shocking Night

as Bill Bradford

1920

The Strange Boarder

as Jake Bloom

1935

Clive of India

as Official at Reception

1915

West Wind

as John Benham - the Ranch Owner

1918

His Royal Highness

as Gen. Malcoff

1918

The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds

as Gen. Israel Putnam

1917

Shame

as Peters

1935

Forced Landing

as Prison Warden

Production

1916

1915

The Ruling Power

as Director

1918

The Wasp

as Director

1915

1916

1915

West Wind

as Director

1915

From the Dregs

as Director

1915

His Bunkie

as Director

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