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Lionel Belmore is a Actor British born on 11 may 1867 at Wimbledon (United-kingdom)

Lionel Belmore

Lionel Belmore
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 11 may 1867 at Wimbledon (United-kingdom)
Death 30 january 1953 (at 85 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

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.

Biography

Lionel Belmore entame au théâtre sa carrière d'acteur, se produisant notamment à Londres et à Broadway (New York). Il joue sur les planches new-yorkaises entre 1899 et 1916, dans des pièces principalement (dont une qu'il met en scène, expérience non renouvelée), mais aussi dans une comédie musicale.

Il finit par s'installer définitivement aux États-Unis, où il débute au cinéma en 1914, contribuant en tout à cent quatre-vingts films américains (dont près de quatre-vingts muets), le dernier sorti en 1945.

Parmi ses films notables (comme second rôle de caractère, parfois non crédité), mentionnons Oliver Twist de Frank Lloyd (1922, avec Jackie Coogan dans le rôle-titre), Bardelys le magnifique de King Vidor (1926, avec John Gilbert et Eleanor Boardman), Frankenstein de James Whale (1931, avec Colin Clive et Boris Karloff), ou encore Le Prince et le Pauvre de William Keighley (1937, avec Errol Flynn et Claude Rains).

Lionel Belmore est également le réalisateur de quatorze films muets (surtout des courts métrages), entre 1914 et 1918, avec notamment Edith Storey, Ned Finley et Charles Kent.

Best films

Sorrell and Son (1927)
(Actor)
The Rogue Song (1930)
(Actor)
The Love Parade (1930)
(Actor)

Usually with

Frank Lloyd
Frank Lloyd
(12 films)
Rowland V. Lee
Rowland V. Lee
(11 films)
Tom Ricketts
Tom Ricketts
(15 films)
Ivan F. Simpson
Ivan F. Simpson
(13 films)
Olaf Hytten
Olaf Hytten
(13 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Lionel Belmore (120 films)

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Actor

Jitterbugs
Jitterbugs (1943)
, 1h15
Directed by Malcolm St. Clair
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films, Children's films, Escroquerie
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Vivian Blaine, Bob Bailey, Douglas Fowley, Noel Madison
Roles Blacksmith
Rating61% 3.0963353.0963353.0963353.0963353.096335
The plot involves the team as a travelling two-man band selling "gas pills" in gas-short, wartime America.
The Ghost of Frankenstein, 1h7
Directed by Erle C. Kenton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Films based on science fiction novels, Frankenstein films, Cyberpunk films
Actors Lon Chaney, Jr., Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Bellamy, Lionel Atwill, Bela Lugosi, Evelyn Ankers
Roles Councilman (uncredited)
Rating60% 3.0477853.0477853.0477853.0477853.047785
The residents of the village of Frankenstein feel they are under a curse and blame all their troubles on Frankenstein's monster. Rumors circulate about Ygor who is still alive and supposedly trying to revive the monster. The villagers pressure the Mayor into allowing them to destroy Frankenstein's castle. Ygor (Béla Lugosi) attempts to put up some resistance, but the villagers rush the gates and begin to destroy the castle. Ygor, fleeing through the catacombs, finds the monster released from his sulfuric tomb by the explosions. The exposure to the sulfur weakened the monster but also preserved him. Unseen by the villagers, Ygor and the monster flee the castle to the surrounding countryside; there they encounter a powerful thunderstorm. The monster is struck by a bolt of lightning, but instead of being harmed by it, he seems to be rejuvenated. Ygor decides to find Ludwig, the second son of the original Frankenstein, to help the monster.
The Son of Monte Cristo, 1h42
Directed by Rowland V. Lee, Lambert Hillyer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Monde imaginaire
Actors Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, George Sanders, Florence Bates, Montagu Love, Ian Wolfe
Roles Hercules Snyder
Rating61% 3.098833.098833.098833.098833.09883
In 1865, the proletarian General Gurko Lanen becomes the behind the scenes dictator of the Grand Duchy of Lichtenburg located in the Balkans. Gurko suppresses the clergy and the free press and imprisons the Prime Minister Baron Von Neuhoff. The rightful ruler of the Grand Duchy the Grand Duchess Zona, hopes to get aid from Napoleon III of France and makes her escape pursued by a troop of Hussars loyal to Gurko. She is rescued by the visiting Count of Monte Cristo in the area on a hunting trip. The Count escorts her to a neutral country, but Gurko's Hussars violate international neutrality to return the Grand Duchess and her lady-in-waiting back to Lichtenburg.
My Son, My Son!, 1h56
Directed by Charles Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Madeleine Carroll, Brian Aherne, Louis Hayward, Laraine Day, Henry Hull, Josephine Hutchinson
Roles Mr. Moscrop
Rating63% 3.1923853.1923853.1923853.1923853.192385
Mon fils, mon fils! est un film dramatique américain 1940 basé sur un roman du même nom écrit par Howard Spring et réalisé par Charles Vidor. Il a été nominé pour un Academy Award pour la meilleure direction artistique de John DuCasse Schulze.
Tom Brown's School Days, 1h26
Directed by Robert Stevenson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about education
Actors Cedric Hardwicke, Freddie Bartholomew, Jimmy Lydon, Josephine Hutchinson, Billy Halop, Polly Moran
Roles Tavern Keeper
Rating65% 3.295593.295593.295593.295593.29559
Lorsque le tuteur privé Thomas Arnold (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) devient directeur de Rugby, une école préparatoire pour garçons en Angleterre, il met en place une politique de punition stricte pour indiscipline et vol. Arnold trouve un allié en Tom Brown (Jimmy Lydon), un nouvel étudiant qui est victime de bizutage et d'abus de la part d'un groupe de garçons plus âgés et est poussé par ses amis à se taire à ce sujet. Marre, il mène ses camarades de classe dans une rébellion clandestine contre leurs bourreaux. Mais certaines règles tacites s'appliquent toujours à l'école et Brown perd son statut de héros lorsqu'il est accusé d'avoir enfreint le code du silence du rugby.
Diamond Frontier
Directed by Harold D. Schuster
Genres Adventure
Actors Victor McLaglen, John Loder, Anne Nagel, Cecil Kellaway, Philip Dorn, Francis Ford
Roles Piet Bloem
Rating57% 2.8598152.8598152.8598152.8598152.859815
A man tries to enforce the law in a rowdy South African diamond-mining town.
Son of Frankenstein, 1h39
Directed by Rowland V. Lee
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Films based on science fiction novels, Frankenstein films, Cyberpunk films
Actors Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Josephine Hutchinson, Donnie Dunagan
Roles Emil Lang
Rating70% 3.545443.545443.545443.545443.54544
Years after the events of the last film Baron Wolf von Frankenstein (Basil Rathbone), son of Henry Frankenstein (creator of the Monster), relocates his wife Elsa (Josephine Hutchinson) and their young son Peter (Donnie Dunagan) to the family castle in the eponymous village. Wolf wants to redeem his father's reputation, but finds that such a feat will be harder than he thought after he encounters hostility from the villagers. Aside from his family, Wolf's only friend is the local policeman Inspector Krogh (Lionel Atwill) who bears an artificial arm, his real arm having been "ripped out by the roots" in an encounter with the Monster as a child.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, 1h57
Directed by William Dieterle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about children, Films about religion
Actors Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas Mitchell, Edmond O'Brien, Harry Davenport
Roles Judge at Esmeralda's Trial (uncredited)
Rating77% 3.8946153.8946153.8946153.8946153.894615
The film opens in 1482 with King Louis XI and his close advisor, Frollo, the King's Chief Justice of Paris, in a printing shop. Frollo is determined to do everything in his power to rid Paris of anything he sees as evil, including the printing press and gypsies, who at the time are persecuted and prohibited from entering Paris. That day is Paris' annual celebration, the Festival of Fools. Esmeralda, a young gypsy girl, is seen dancing in front of an audience of people, including the King and Frollo. Quasimodo, the hunchback and bell ringer of Notre Dame Cathedral, is crowned the Pope of Fools until Frollo catches up to him and takes him back to the church.
Rulers of the Sea, 1h36
Directed by Frank Lloyd
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Margaret Lockwood, George Bancroft, Montagu Love, Alan Ladd, Lawrence Grant
Roles Villager (Uncredited)
Rating63% 3.184663.184663.184663.184663.18466
La lutte d'un homme pour construire un bateau à vapeur pour lui faire traverser l'Atlantique malgré tous les revers, et sa victoire contre un voilier d'élite au début du 19e siècle.
Tower of London, 1h32
Directed by Rowland V. Lee, Ford Beebe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror, Historical
Actors Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, Barbara O'Neil, Ian Hunter, Nan Grey
Roles Beacon - a Chamberlain
Rating65% 3.2931753.2931753.2931753.2931753.293175
The plot was not derived from Shakespeare's Richard III, but rather was written by Robert N. Lee (director Rowland V. Lee's brother) after reading a great deal of British history. George, Duke of Clarence (one of Richard's brothers) is depicted as something less than the tragically noble figure found in Shakespeare. Ian Hunter portrays Edward IV, who is not depicted here as the feeble, dying King found in Laurence Olivier's 1955 film version of Shakespeare's play.
The Adventures of Robin Hood, 1h42
Directed by Michael Curtiz, William Keighley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Patric Knowles, Eugene Pallette
Roles Humility Prim
Rating78% 3.947163.947163.947163.947163.94716
In 1191, Richard the Lionheart (Ian Hunter), the King of England, is taken captive by Leopold V, Duke of Austria while returning from the Third Crusade. Richard’s treacherous brother Prince John (Claude Rains) usurps the throne and proceeds to oppress the Saxons, raising taxes supposedly to pay Richard's ransom, but in reality to secure his own position.
Service de Luxe, 1h25
Directed by Rowland V. Lee
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Constance Bennett, Vincent Price, Charles Ruggles, Mischa Auer, Helen Broderick, Halliwell Hobbes
Roles Wade
Rating61% 3.0978053.0978053.0978053.0978053.097805
Helen Murphy offre des services d'assistance à de riches clients, elle recherche un homme qui est capable de s'occuper de lui-même. Robert Wade est un inventeur qui recherche une femme qui ne dirigera pas sa vie. Helen et Robert sont faits pour vivre ensemble, sauf qu'il y a des complications à surmonter...
The Declaration of Independence, 17minutes
Directed by Crane Wilbur
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors John Litel, Rosella Towne, Walter Walker, Lionel Belmore, Sidney Bracey, John Harron
Roles The Innkeeper (uncredited)
Rating59% 2.953212.953212.953212.953212.95321
If I Were King, 1h41
Directed by Frank Lloyd
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Ronald Colman, Basil Rathbone, Frances Dee, Ellen Drew, C.V. France, Henry Wilcoxon
Roles Chief Steward
Rating70% 3.5418253.5418253.5418253.5418253.541825
King Louis XI of France (Basil Rathbone) is in desperate straits. He is besieged in Paris by the Burgundians and suspects that there is a traitor in his court. He goes in disguise to a tavern to see who accepts a message from the enemy. While there, he is amused by the antics of poet François Villon (Ronald Colman), who has stolen food from the royal storehouse. The rascal criticizes the king and brags about how much better he would do if he were in Louis' place.