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Lionel Belmore

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedMay 11, 1867 (Died at 86)
Zodiac Sign♉Taurus
Place of BirthWimbledon, London, England, UK
Career Span1920 – 1953
Known Credits156 Titles
Official Links
ActingPopularity Score 0.6

Lionel Belmore

Total Works

156

155 movies • 1 shows

Avg Rating

6.5 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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.​

Signature Roles & Milestones

Frankenstein
7.5
Frankenstein
1931•movie
as The Burgomaster
The Adventures of Robin Hood
7.5
as Humility Prim
Mutiny on the Bounty
7.4
as Innkeeper (uncredited)
Son of Frankenstein
6.7
as Emil Lang

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 156 titles featuring Lionel Belmore

Frankenstein
7.5
Frankenstein
1931•movie

as The Burgomaster

The Adventures of Robin Hood
7.5

as Humility Prim

Mutiny on the Bounty
7.4

as Innkeeper (uncredited)

Son of Frankenstein
6.7

as Emil Lang

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
7.3

as Judge at Esmeralda's Trial (uncredited)

Design for Living
7.1
Design for Living
1933•movie

as Theatre Patron (uncredited)

The Ghost of Frankenstein
5.8

as Councilman (uncredited)

Three Ages
6.8
Three Ages
1923•movie

as Undetermined Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

Topper
6.7
Topper
1937•movie

as Bank Guard (uncredited)

Cavalcade
5.5
Cavalcade
1933•movie

as Uncle George (uncredited)

Cleopatra
6.1
Cleopatra
1934•movie

as Fidius

David Copperfield
6.7
David Copperfield
1935•movie

as Old Bailey Warden (uncredited)

The Vampire Bat
5.5
The Vampire Bat
1933•movie

as Bürgermeister Gustave Schoen

Bonnie Scotland
6.6
Bonnie Scotland
1935•movie

as Blacksmith

The King of Kings
6.4
The King of Kings
1927•movie

as Roman Noble

Little Lord Fauntleroy
6.8

as Higgins

The Sign of the Cross
6.4

as Bettor of 300 Silver

Tower of London
6.2
Tower of London
1939•movie

as Beacon - a Chamberlain

The Love Parade
6.6
The Love Parade
1929•movie

as Prime Minister

Safe in Hell
6.7
Safe in Hell
1931•movie

as Judge (uncredited)

The Last of the Mohicans
6.4

as Patroon

The Prince and the Pauper
6.8

as Innkeeper

It's Love I'm After
7.1

as Friar Lawrence (uncredited)

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
7.2

as Stout Student (uncredited)

The Blackbird
6.4
The Blackbird
1926•movie

as Music Hall Proprietor (uncredited)

Monte Carlo
6.5
Monte Carlo
1930•movie

as Prince Gustav von Liebenheim

The Matinee Idol
6.6
The Matinee Idol
1928•movie

as Jasper Bolivar

So Big!
5.8
So Big!
1932•movie

as Reverend Dekker (uncredited)

Oliver Twist
6.4
Oliver Twist
1922•movie

as Mr. Brownlow

Oliver Twist
5.1
Oliver Twist
1933•movie

as Mr. Bumble

Berkeley Square
5.9
Berkeley Square
1933•movie

as Innkeeper (uncredited)

The Sea Hawk
6.8
The Sea Hawk
1924•movie

as Justice Anthony Baine

Bardelys the Magnificent
7.4

as Vicomte de Lavedan

The Affairs of Cellini
5.2

as Court Member (uncredited)

If I Were King
7.1
If I Were King
1938•movie

as Chief Steward (uncredited)

The Son of Monte Cristo
6.2

as Hercules Snyder

The Toast of New York
6.2

as President of Board

Jane Eyre
5.2
Jane Eyre
1934•movie

as Lord Ingram

Tom Brown's School Days
7.4

as Tavern Keeper

One Rainy Afternoon
5.0

as Stage Doorman (Uncredited)

Clive of India
5.1
Clive of India
1935•movie

as Official at Reception

Stingaree
6.1
Stingaree
1934•movie

as Governor's Second Aide (uncredited)

Service de Luxe
6.6
Service de Luxe
1938•movie

as Wade

The Declaration of Independence
6.7

as The Innkeeper (uncredited)

The Unholy Night
5.7
The Unholy Night
1929•movie

as Major Endicott

Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
5.9

as Calverton's Butler (uncredited)

Alexander Hamilton
4.4
Alexander Hamilton
1931•movie

as General Philip Schuyler

Playing Around
5.0
Playing Around
1930•movie

as Morgan

Maid of Salem
6.2
Maid of Salem
1937•movie

as Tavern Keeper

The Three Musketeers
6.9

as Inn Proprietor

The White Angel
7.3
The White Angel
1936•movie

as Captain (uncredited)

Within the Law
5.6
Within the Law
1923•movie

as Irwin - his attorney

The Constant Woman
5.0
The Constant Woman
1933•movie

as Character Man

The Rogue Song
6.5
The Rogue Song
1930•movie

as Ossman

Jes' Call Me Jim
6.0
Jes' Call Me Jim
1920•movie

as Belcher

Cardinal Richelieu
7.3
Cardinal Richelieu
1935•movie

as Agitator

Daybreak
4.3
Daybreak
1931•movie

as Herr Kessner (uncredited)

Devil-May-Care
6.2
Devil-May-Care
1929•movie

as Innkeeper (uncredited)

My Son, My Son!
4.8
My Son, My Son!
1940•movie

as Mr. Moscrop

Meet the Baron
5.3
Meet the Baron
1933•movie

as Explorer with Newspaper (uncredited)

Vanity Fair
4.7
Vanity Fair
1932•movie

as Sir Pitt Crawley

The Big Parade of Comedy
7.2

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

I Am Suzanne!
6.6
I Am Suzanne!
1933•movie

as Puppeteer / Satan

Police Court
5.8
Police Court
1932•movie

as Albert Furman

Ten Nights in a Bar-room
5.6

as Bill, the Bartender

Vanessa: Her Love Story
6.2

as Will Leathwaite

Sorrell and Son
6.0
Sorrell and Son
1927•movie

as John Palfrey

Master Will Shakespeare
5.8

as Manager Burbage (uncredited)

River's End
6.4
River's End
1930•movie

as Mountie

The Man Who Had Everything
6.4

as Mark Bullway

The Romance Of Robert Burns
6.8

as Coachman (uncredited)

Hitch Hike Lady
7.8
Hitch Hike Lady
1935•movie

as Mr. Harker - Green-grocer

One Heavenly Night
6.8
One Heavenly Night
1930•movie

as Baron Zagon

Red Morning
5.7
Red Morning
1934•movie

as The Storekeeper

The Sun Never Sets
5.5
The Sun Never Sets
1939•movie

as Selection Board Member #3

The Man Called Back
6.0

as Mr. Cartright

Winners of the Wilderness
7.7

as Gov. Dinwiddie of Virginia

Enter Madame
7.0
Enter Madame
1922•movie

as Archimede

Godless Men
4.0
Godless Men
1920•movie

as Seaman Neighbor

Peg o' My Heart
7.3
Peg o' My Heart
1922•movie

as Hawks

The Boudoir Diplomat
3.0

as War Minister

Rulers of the Sea
6.7
Rulers of the Sea
1939•movie

as Villager (Uncredited)

Never the Twain Shall Meet
6.0

as Gaston Larrieau

Stark Mad
5.5
Stark Mad
1929•movie

as Amos Sewald

The Kentucky Derby
7.5
The Kentucky Derby
1922•movie

as Col. Rome Woolrich

Love Comes Along
7.0
Love Comes Along
1930•movie

as Brownie

Sweet Kitty Bellairs
6.5

as Col. Villiers

Run, Girl, Run
6.5
Run, Girl, Run
1928•movie

as The Dean

Kindred of the Dust
6.5

as The Laird of Tyee

Caravan
6.5
Caravan
1934•movie

as Station Master

The Return of Grey Wolf
9.5

as Jacques St. Claire

Madame Behave
6.0
Madame Behave
1925•movie

as Seth Corwin

Kiss Me Again
8.0
Kiss Me Again
1931•movie

as Cafe Manager (uncredited)

Rose-Marie
7.0
Rose-Marie
1928•movie

as Henri Duray

Forgive and Forget
4.5
Forgive and Forget
1923•movie

as Butler

Quicksands
7.0
Quicksands
1923•movie

as Ring Member

MGM Parade
7.5
1 eps
MGM Parade
1955•series

as Self

The Green Specter
9.0
The Green Specter
1930•movie

as Commandant Endicott

Hell's Island
8.0
Hell's Island
1930•movie

as Monsieur Dupont

The Sunset Derby
8.0
The Sunset Derby
1927•movie

as Jack McTeague

The Demi-Bride
8.0
The Demi-Bride
1927•movie

as Monsieur Girard

The Galloping Kid
7.0
The Galloping Kid
1922•movie

as 'Five-Notch' Arnett

The Dice Woman
7.0
The Dice Woman
1926•movie

as Rastillac

The Great Junction Hotel
8.0

as The District Attorney

The Warrior's Husband
7.0

as Homer

The Circus Kid
9.0
The Circus Kid
1928•movie

as Beezicks

The Wasp
9.0
The Wasp
1918•movie

as Brazsos

The Great Lover
8.0
The Great Lover
1920•movie

as Impresario

Guile of Women
8.0
Guile of Women
1921•movie

as Armstrong

Head Over Heels
7.0
Head Over Heels
1922•movie

as Al Wilkins

Captain of the Guard
8.0

as Colonel of Hussars

Iron to Gold
9.0
Iron to Gold
1922•movie

as Sheriff

The Return of Peter Grimm
8.0

as Rev. Bartholomey

Red Lights
7.0
Red Lights
1923•movie

as Aiden Murray

Range Riders
9.0
Range Riders
1934•movie

as Bartender Mike

Rule 'Em and Weep
10.0
Rule 'Em and Weep
1932•movie

as General

The Man Who Fights Alone
8.0

as Meggs

The Play Girl
9.0
The Play Girl
1928•movie

as The Greek Florist

The Silent Watcher
10.0
The Silent Watcher
1924•movie

as Barnes

A Boy of Flanders
8.0
A Boy of Flanders
1924•movie

as Baas Cogez

The Redeeming Sin
7.0
The Redeeming Sin
1929•movie

as Father Colomb

Heart Trouble
8.0
Heart Trouble
1928•movie

as Adolph Van Housen

Evidence
8.0
Evidence
1929•movie

as Inkeeper

Without Mercy
10.0
Without Mercy
1925•movie

as Honest Tom Massingham

From Headquarters
8.0
From Headquarters
1929•movie

as Señor Carroles

Jazzmania
10.0
Jazzmania
1923•movie

as Baron Bolo

A Lady of Quality
7.0
A Lady of Quality
1924•movie

as Sir Geoffrey Wildairs

The World's Champion
8.0

as John Burroughs

Diamond Frontier
9.0
Diamond Frontier
1940•movie

as Piet Bloem

Moonlight Follies
10.0
Moonlight Follies
1921•movie

as James Rutledge

Eve's Secret
9.0
Eve's Secret
1925•movie

as Baron

Milestones
8.0
Milestones
1920•movie

as Richard Sibley Sr

Pie a la Maid
8.0
Pie a la Maid
1938•movie

as Dr. Kornbloom

The Doll Shop
8.0
The Doll Shop
1929•movie

as The Toy Maker

The Strange Boarder
10.0

as Jake Bloom

The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds
10.0

as Gen. Israel Putnam

Shame
9.0
Shame
1917•movie

as Peters

Forced Landing
8.0
Forced Landing
1935•movie

as Prison Warden

Madame X
8.0
Madame X
1920•movie

as M. Robert Parissard

Try and Get It
7.0
Try and Get It
1924•movie

as Timothy Perrin

Two Minutes to Go
9.0
Two Minutes to Go
1921•movie

as Her Father

The Yellowback
8.0
The Yellowback
1929•movie

as McDougal

Afraid to Love
9.0
Afraid to Love
1927•movie

as Nobleman (uncredited)

Railroaded
8.0
Railroaded
1923•movie

as Foster

The Wife's Relations
8.0

as Cyrus Dodd

Out of the Silent North
9.0

as Andrea Vallois

The Sting of the Lash
10.0

as Ben Ames

Britton of the Seventh
8.0

Role: Director

His Bunkie
10.0
His Bunkie
1915•movie

Role: Director

Wanted, A Mother
Wanted, A Mother
1918•movie

as Giuseppe

Leap to Fame
Leap to Fame
1918•movie

as Carl Hoffman

Shipwrecked
Shipwrecked
1926•movie

as John Beacon

Life in Hollywood No. 7

as Himself

His Royal Highness
His Royal Highness
1918•movie

as Gen. Malcoff

The Supreme Sacrifice

Role: Director