Leonard Mudie
Date of birth: 1883-04-11
Place of birth: Cheetham Hill, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Leonard Mudi
Biography
From Wikipedia Leonard Mudie (11 April 1883–14 April 1965) was an English character actor whose career lasted for nearly fifty years. After a successful start as a stage actor in England, he appeared regularly in the US, and made his home there from 1932. He appeared in character roles on Broadway and in Hollywood films. Mudie made his film debut in a Boris Karloff film, The Mummy, in 1932. He moved to Hollywood in that year and lived there for the rest of his life. He played a range of screen parts, some substantial, and others short cameos. Among the bigger roles were Dr. Pearson in The Mummy, Porthinos in Cleopatra (1934), Maitland in Mary of Scotland (1936), and De Bourenne in Anthony Adverse (1936). His small roles, according to The New York Times, were typically "a bewigged, gimlet-eyed British judge". Mudie made the post-war transition into television, and appeared in several episodes of Adventures of Superman. For the post-war cinema he played the regular character Commander Barnes in the series of Bomba, the Jungle Boy films.
Movie Credits
Berlin Correspondent
1942-08-17
Bill Roberts is an American radio commentator station in Berlin in the months before Pearl Harbor.
Dark Victory
1939-04-20
Socialite Judith Traherne lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her few
Killer Leopard
1954-08-22
Movie actress Linda Winters has gone into the jungle to find her lost husband Fred. Bomba the Jungle
Diane
1956-01-12
Asked by Francis I to tutor his son, Diane de Poitiers becomes the future King Henry II's mistress i
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
1938-11-25
The invention of a machine that can cause remote explosions brings the attention of Scotland Yard an
The Little Minister
1934-12-28
The stoic, proper Rev. Gavin Dishart, newly assigned to a church in the small Scottish village of Th
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
1940-05-02
On a cruise ship from Honolulu to San Francisco, the famous Chinese detective encounters four more m
Don't Gamble with Strangers
1946-06-22
Two card sharks, pretending to be brother and sister, clean out a small-town banker, then take over
Captain Blood
1935-12-26
Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.
They Won't Forget
1937-07-14
A southern town is rocked by scandal when teenager Mary Clay is murdered on Confederate Decoration D
Becky Sharp
1935-06-28
In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the positio
British Intelligence
1939-11-10
During WWI pretty German master spy Helene von Lorbeer is sent undercover to London to live with the
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938-05-13
Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the
Limelight
1952-10-16
A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again fee
Star Trek: The Cage
1965-02-01
Led by Captain Christopher Pike, the crew of the starship Enterprise investigates of a far-off plane
King Richard and the Crusaders
1954-08-07
Based on Sir Walter Scott's The Talisman, this is the story of the romantic adventures of Christians
The Silver Chalice
1954-12-20
A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the fa
Letter of Introduction
1938-08-05
An aging actor, trying to make a comeback on Broadway, is surprised when his estranged daughter show
African Treasure
1952-05-06
Against stock footage of lions, elephants and wildebeasts, Bomba the Jungle Boy captures a pair of n
Dragon Seed
1944-07-20
Life in a small Chinese village is turned upside down when the Japanese invade it. A heroic young Ch
Dramatic School
1938-12-09
Aspiring actress Louise Muban attends the prestigious Paris School of Drama during the day and works
Kiss Me Deadly
1955-04-28
One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, wh
Elephant Stampede
1951-10-28
Bomba the jungle boy swings into action when an elephant herd is threatened by ivory hunters.
The King Without a Crown
1937-10-09
This short explores the possibility that Louis XVII, son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, esc
The Golden Idol
1954-01-10
Prince Ali wants the Golden Idol of Watusi and hires a ruthless hunter to get it for him. Bomba has
Bomba and the Jungle Girl
1952-12-07
Bomba decides to find out who his parents were. He starts with Cody Casson's diary and follows the t
When Were You Born
1938-06-18
A San Francisco astrologer correctly predicts a ship passenger's death and then helps the police loo
London by Night
1937-07-30
A newspaperman, his canine companion, and an adventurous socialite investigate an umbrella-wielding
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
1947-04-25
A self-serving journalist uses influential women in late-1800s Paris and denies the one who truly lo
The Checkered Coat
1948-07-16
A psychiatrist tries to help a patient who loses consciousness after he kills someone. When the doct
Shining Victory
1941-05-30
In a Scottish sanitarium, a brilliant research psychiatrist works on a treatment for dementia praeco
Dark Hazard
1934-01-31
Jim is a compulsive gambler. He meets Marge at a boarding house and they get married. His gambling c
His Brother's Wife
1936-08-07
Epidemiologist Cliff Claybourne falls in love with Rita Wilson in a gambling house. They want to mar
The Mystery of Mr. X
1934-02-23
A sophisticated jewel thief tries to prove himself innocent of a string of cop murders.
The Mummy
1932-12-22
An ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep is revived when a British archaeological expedition finds h
Madame X
1937-10-01
An alcoholic woman was charged and tried for murder and a young defense attorney, unaware that she i
Cardinal Richelieu
1935-04-18
The cunning Cardinal Richelieu must save King Louis XIII from treachery within his inner circle.
The Nurse's Secret
1941-05-24
An apparent suicide by a rich woman leads her nurse and a policeman to an insurance scam.
Devil's Island
1939-01-07
A French doctor sentenced for treason performs brain surgery on the prison commandant's daughter.
Nancy Drew... Reporter
1939-02-18
While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which school children are asked to submit a
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939-03-29
In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures la
Man About Town
1939-06-29
Producer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she won't t
The Scarlet Clue
1945-05-11
Chinese sleuth Charlie Chan discovers a scheme for the theft of government radar plans while investi
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939-09-01
Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “fin
Appointment in Berlin
1943-07-15
The "war of nerves" which gripped the European continent in 1938, is the background for this war thr
Kidnapped
1938-05-27
Robert Louis Stevenson's hero David Balfour joins rebel Alan Breck Stewart in 18th-century Scotland
The Sword of Monte Cristo
1951-03-03
In 1858 France, Emperor Louis Napoleon sends Captain Renault of the Royal Dragoons, Minister La Roch
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949-04-18
A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1905 auto mechanic, to Arthurian England, 528 A.D., where he i
The Scarlet Clue
1945-05-11
Chinese sleuth Charlie Chan discovers a scheme for the theft of government radar plans while investi
The Earl of Chicago
1940-01-05
A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Ear
Brother Orchid
1940-06-07
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, h
The Sea Hawk
1940-08-10
Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with D
The Letter
1940-11-21
After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.
Foreign Correspondent
1940-08-16
American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the i
Waterloo Bridge
1940-05-17
On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he
You'll Find Out
1940-11-22
The manager of Kay Kyser’s band books them for a birthday party bash for an heiress at a spooky mans
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940-10-19
German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news age
He Stayed for Breakfast
1940-08-31
Set in Paris, this romantic comedy revolves around the beautiful estranged wife of a wealthy banker
You're a Sweetheart
1937-12-26
A Broadway producer is in a quandary when he discovers that the opening of his newest big production
The Magnetic Monster
1953-02-18
The Office of Scientific Investigations tracks down the source of increased magnetism and radioactiv
Shall We Dance
1937-05-07
Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical sta
Congo Maisie
1940-01-19
Maisie gets lost in a jungle in Africa and the jungle of romance. The African jungle has snakes, cro
Clues to Adventure
1949-04-11
This MGM Passing Parade series short presents how separate events led to the creation of three provi
My Name Is Julia Ross
1945-11-08
Julia Ross secures employment with a wealthy widow and goes to live at her house. Two days later, sh
The Black Shield of Falworth
1954-09-02
In the days of King Henry IV, stalwart young Myles and his sister Meg have been raised as peasants,
Singapore Woman
1941-05-17
A fallen woman seeks redemption at a Singapore rubber plantation. Melodrama.
Safari Drums
1953-06-21
A group of movie makers arrive in Africa to make a film about jungle wildlife.
Lord of the Jungle
1955-06-12
The jungle boy tries to stop a herd of rogue elephants.
Suez
1938-10-28
Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and
Bulldog Drummond at Bay
1947-05-15
"Bulldog" Drummond is vacationing in his country home in England, and his house if rifled by two thi
Cleopatra
1934-10-05
The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.
Anthony Adverse
1936-08-26
Based on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the eponymou
Rendezvous
1935-10-25
A decoding expert tangles with enemy spies.
The Big Fisherman
1959-08-04
Drama that focuses on the later life of Peter, one of the closest disciples of Jesus.
The Bill of Rights
1939-08-19
This short subject is a lavish costumed color production which dramatizes the birth of the American
Perils of the Jungle
1953-03-19
On an African safari with his friend Grant, Clyde Beatty plans to buy some black-maned Numbian lions
The Great Impersonation
1935-12-08
The second of the three film versions of the E. Phillips Oppenheim espionage thriller set largely in
The Rage of Paris
1938-06-09
Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problems is to try
The Jury's Secret
1938-01-16
A reporter covering a murder trial guesses that the murderer of a ruthless businessman is her ex-fia
Lloyd's of London
1936-11-25
Norfolk, England, 1770. The nephew of an innkeeper and the son of a reverend maintain a very close f
A Feather in Her Hat
1935-10-25
After the woman who raised him claims he's not her son, Richard searches for clues about his identit
Song of My Heart
1948-01-31
The portrait of Russian composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky focuses on his failed love affair.
Clive of India
1935-01-25
Fort St. David, Cuddalore, southern India, 1748. While colonial empires battle to seize an enormous
Rulers of the Sea
1939-11-08
The struggle of a man to build a steam ship to take him across the Atlantic in spite of all setbacks
Top Hat
1935-08-29
Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new
Divorce
1945-08-18
A woman who has been married and divorced five times comes back to her small hometown, where she pro
The Corn Is Green
1945-03-29
When a teacher reads an essay written by Morgan Evans, one of the boys, moved by his rough poetry sh
Marie Antoinette
1938-08-26
The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France,
The Mad Miss Manton
1938-10-21
When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police
Tropic Fury
1939-09-01
An investigator checks into the rumors of harsh working conditions on an Amazon rubber plantation.
The League of Frightened Men
1937-05-25
Nero Wolfe agrees to investigate a series of murders that seem to be tied in with a past Harvard haz
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
1951-10-31
The son of the notorious Dr. Henry Jekyll is determined to prove that his father's reputation has be
Through the Storm
1922-08-13
Les Misérables
1935-04-20
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless po
Kismet
1955-10-08
A silver-tongued poet and self-proclaimed "King of the Beggars" searches old Baghdad for a rich bach
The Locket
1946-12-20
A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
Parnell
1937-06-04
Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell struggles to free his country from English rule, but his re
Professional Soldier
1935-12-27
Mercenary Donovan is hired to kidnap King Peter II. He learns that the party in power is evil and th
Sylvia Scarlett
1935-12-25
When her father decides to flee to England, young Sylvia Scarlett must become Sylvester Scarlett and
Star Trek: The Menagerie
1966-11-17
In 2267, the USS Enterprise arrives at Starbase 11 in response to a subspace call First Officer Spoc