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 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) (1874-1954) and the actor Paul 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lionel Belmore, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acted in 151
1960s
- 1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
Blacksmith in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1940s
- 1942
The Ghost of Frankenstein
Councilman (uncredited)
- 1940
Diamond Frontier
Piet Bloem
Tom Brown's School Days
Tavern Keeper
My Son, My Son!
Mr. Moscrop
1930s
- 1939
Tower of London
Beacon - a Chamberlain
Rulers of the Sea
Villager (Uncredited)
The Sun Never Sets
Selection Board Member #3
- 1938
Pie a la Maid
Dr. Kornbloom
The Declaration of Independence
The Innkeeper (uncredited)
Service de Luxe
Wade
If I Were King
Chief Steward (uncredited)
- 1937
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
Calverton's Butler (uncredited)
The Toast of New York
President of Board
The Prince and the Pauper
Innkeeper
The Romance Of Robert Burns
Coachman (uncredited)
Maid of Salem
Tavern Keeper
- 1936
The White Angel
Captain (uncredited)
Master Will Shakespeare
Manager Burbage (uncredited)
One Rainy Afternoon
Stage Doorman (Uncredited)
- 1935
Hitch Hike Lady
Mr. Harker - Green-grocer
Forced Landing
Prison Warden
The Three Musketeers
Inn Proprietor
Bonnie Scotland
Blacksmith
Cardinal Richelieu
Agitator
Vanessa: Her Love Story
Will Leathwaite
Clive of India
Official at Reception
David Copperfield
Old Bailey Warden (uncredited)
- 1934
Caravan
Station Master
Red Morning
The Storekeeper
Cleopatra
Fidius
The Affairs of Cellini
Court Member (uncredited)
Range Riders
Bartender Mike
- 1933
Design for Living
Theatre Patron (uncredited)
I Am Suzanne!
Puppeteer / Satan
Meet the Baron
Explorer with Newspaper (uncredited)
Berkeley Square
Innkeeper (uncredited)
The Warrior's Husband
Homer
The Constant Woman
Character Man
Oliver Twist
Mr. Bumble
- 1932
The Man Called Back
Mr. Cartright
Rule 'Em and Weep
General
So Big!
Reverend Dekker (uncredited)
Vanity Fair
Sir Pitt Crawley
Police Court
Albert Furman
- 1931
The Great Junction Hotel
The District Attorney
Alexander Hamilton
General Philip Schuyler
Daybreak
Herr Kessner (uncredited)
Ten Nights in a Bar-room
Bill, the Bartender
Kiss Me Again
Cafe Manager (uncredited)
- 1930
One Heavenly Night
Baron Zagon
The Boudoir Diplomat
War Minister
River's End
Mountie
Sweet Kitty Bellairs
Col. Villiers
Monte Carlo
Prince Gustav von Liebenheim
Hell's Island
Monsieur Dupont
The Green Specter
Commandant Endicott
Captain of the Guard
Colonel of Hussars
The Rogue Song
Ossman
Playing Around
Morgan
Love Comes Along
Brownie
1920s
- 1929
Devil-May-Care
Innkeeper (uncredited)
Evidence
Inkeeper
The Doll Shop
The Toy Maker
The Unholy Night
Major Endicott
From Headquarters
Señor Carroles
The Redeeming Sin
Father Colomb
Stark Mad
Amos Sewald
The Yellowback
McDougal
- 1928
The Circus Kid
Beezicks
Heart Trouble
Adolph Van Housen
The Play Girl
The Greek Florist
The Matinee Idol
Jasper Bolivar
Rose-Marie
Henri Duray
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
Stout Student (uncredited)
Run, Girl, Run
The Dean
The Wife's Relations
Cyrus Dodd
- 1927
Sorrell and Son
John Palfrey
The Sunset Derby
Jack McTeague
Afraid to Love
Nobleman (uncredited)
The Demi-Bride
Monsieur Girard
Winners of the Wilderness
Gov. Dinwiddie of Virginia
- 1926
The Return of Peter Grimm
Rev. Bartholomey
Bardelys the Magnificent
Vicomte de Lavedan
The Dice Woman
Rastillac
Shipwrecked
John Beacon
The Blackbird
Music Hall Proprietor (uncredited)
The Return of Grey Wolf
Jacques St. Claire
- 1925
Madame Behave
Seth Corwin
Without Mercy
Honest Tom Massingham
Never the Twain Shall Meet
Gaston Larrieau
Eve's Secret
Baron
- 1924
The Silent Watcher
Barnes
The Man Who Fights Alone
Meggs
The Sea Hawk
Justice Anthony Baine
A Boy of Flanders
Baas Cogez
Try and Get It
Timothy Perrin
A Lady of Quality
Sir Geoffrey Wildairs
- 1923
The Meanest Man in the World
Movie
Red Lights
Aiden Murray
Forgive and Forget
Butler
Railroaded
Foster
Within the Law
Irwin - his attorney
Quicksands
Ring Member
- 1922
Peg o' My Heart
Hawks
The Kentucky Derby
Col. Rome Woolrich
Enter Madame
Archimede
Oliver Twist
Mr. Brownlow
The Galloping Kid
'Five-Notch' Arnett
Out of the Silent North
Andrea Vallois
Head Over Heels
Al Wilkins
Iron to Gold
Sheriff
The World's Champion
John Burroughs
Kindred of the Dust
The Laird of Tyee
- 1921
Two Minutes to Go
Her Father
Moonlight Follies
James Rutledge
The Sting of the Lash
Ben Ames
Guile of Women
Armstrong
- 1920
The Great Lover
Impresario
Godless Men
Seaman Neighbor
The Man Who Had Everything
Mark Bullway
Madame X
M. Robert Parissard
Milestones
Richard Sibley Sr
Jes' Call Me Jim
Belcher
The Strange Boarder
Jake Bloom
1910s
- 1918
Leap to Fame
Carl Hoffman
Wanted, A Mother
Giuseppe
The Wasp
Brazsos
His Royal Highness
Gen. Malcoff
The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds
Gen. Israel Putnam
- 1917
Shame
Peters
Directed 4
1910s
- 1918
The Wasp
Director
- 1916
The Supreme Sacrifice
Director
Britton of the Seventh
Director
- 1915
His Bunkie
Director
Appearances2
1950s
- 1955
1920s
- 1927
Life in Hollywood No. 7
Himself