Lionel Belmore
Date of birth: 1867-05-11
Place of birth: Wimbledon, London, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
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.
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Frankenstein
1931-11-21
Henry Frankenstein pieces together body parts in the hope of bringing a human-like creature to life.
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942-03-13
Frankenstein's unscrupulous colleague, Dr. Bohmer, plans to transplant Ygor's brain so he can rule t
Son of Frankenstein
1939-01-13
One of the sons of late Dr. Henry Frankenstein finds his father's ghoulish creation in a coma and re
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1936-03-06
An American boy turns out to be the heir of a wealthy British earl. He is sent to live with the irri
Never the Twain Shall Meet
1925-09-13
Exemplifying Kipling's adage, a white man falls to pieces when he is in the South Seas.
The Green Specter
1930-05-07
A group of people who knew each other years before discover that members of the group are being kill
Hell's Island
1930-07-16
In this adventure, trouble ensues when two American French Legionnaires fall for the same girl and b
Tower of London
1939-11-17
In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminate
The Prince and the Pauper
1937-04-30
Two boys – the prince Edward and the pauper Tom – are born on the same day. Years later, when young
The Sunset Derby
1927-06-05
After suffering a fall during a race, rider Jimmy Burke loses his nerve. But with the help of his gi
The Demi-Bride
1927-02-19
Trouble begins when Madame Girard steps out on her husband, Criquette's father, to fool around with
The Love Parade
1930-01-18
The queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying.
The Blackbird
1926-02-13
Two thieves, the Blackbird and West End Bertie, fall in love with the same girl, a French nightclub
The Matinee Idol
1928-03-14
The famous matinee idol and blackface comedian, Don Wilson, heads out of town to escape adulation. T
Stark Mad
1929-02-02
An expedition sets out through the jungle to find a missing explorer, but stumbles upon an ancient M
Stingaree
1934-05-24
A young lady named Hilda who works as a servant for the wealthy Clarksons, sheep farmers, and dream
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
Monte Carlo
1930-08-27
A countess fleeing her husband mistakes a count for her hairdresser at a Monte Carlo casino.
Bardelys the Magnificent
1926-09-30
Rafael Sabatini's story of the swashbuckling era and of Bardeleys, the handsome courtier who could w
The Galloping Kid
1922-09-11
Cowboy Simplex Cox, now a drifter and odd-job seeker, lands the assignment of chaperoning the pretty
Sorrell and Son
1927-12-02
Stephen Sorrell, a decorated war hero, raises his son Kit alone after Kit's mother deserts husband a
Jane Eyre
1934-08-15
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happi
Wanted, A Mother
1918-03-18
Neglected by her grief-stricken father, a doctor, after the tragic death of his wife, little Eileen
Malay Nights
1932-11-03
The owner of a pearl bed falls in love with a bitter young girl who had been taken advantage of by a
The Kentucky Derby
1922-12-04
Posing as relatives, Ralph and Helen Gordon visit Col. Moncrief Gordon's Kentucky mansion, hoping to
Master Will Shakespeare
1936-06-13
A short biography of William Shakespeare that highlights the various jobs he worked at in the theate
The Dice Woman
1926-06-19
Anita Gray is the spoiled daughter of a millionaire. Returning home from a party, her car breaks dow
Love Comes Along
1930-01-05
An American sailor comes to a seedy banana republic, and finds a fellow yank, a stranded girl, as a
Alexander Hamilton
1931-09-12
The founding father has an extramarital affair and meets with the likes of Thomas Jefferson.
Service de Luxe
1938-10-12
Glamorous and efficient Helen Murphy runs a service that will provide any type of assistance to weal
The Great Junction Hotel
1931-10-26
A Masquers' Club spoof short. Newly-weds spend their wedding night in a run-down hotel, watched over
The Constant Woman
1933-03-12
A mother abandons her family only to become a crispy critter with her lover, the husband finds out a
Sweet Kitty Bellairs
1930-09-05
Kitty Bellairs, a flirtatious young woman of 18th Century England, cuts a swath of broken hearts and
Playing Around
1930-01-10
New York girl has a dull boyfriend and seems destined for a dull marriage when she meets a rich play
The Warrior's Husband
1933-04-28
The Warrior's Husband is a satire of the male and female roles in society set in 800 B.C.. Queen Hip
Hitch Hike Lady
1935-12-28
Brit Amelia Blake travels to America to join her son Alfred. Fate forces her to hitchhike to Califor
David Copperfield
1935-01-18
A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal de
River's End
1930-11-01
Sgt. Conniston and his alcoholic guide O'Toole are on the trail of an escaped murderer named Keith.
The Circus Kid
1928-10-07
In 'The Circus Kid', Buddy, an orphan who runs away from a a harsh orphanage, joins Cadwallader's Ci
Leap to Fame
1918-04-24
Charles Trevor is a young chap just out of college, who is put to work on a daily newspaper and at o
The Rogue Song
1930-01-17
In czarist Russia, a princess falls for a dashing bandit leader, but their romance proves a stormy o
I Am Suzanne!
1933-12-25
A dancer falls in love with a puppeteer, much to the consternation of her manipulative manager. The
One Heavenly Night
1930-12-25
A poor but basically honest flower woman agrees to impersonate a wicked opera star.
The Wasp
1918-03-11
Grace Culver's sharp tongue, has garnered her with the nicknamed "The Wasp." A spirited disagreement
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
1928-01-30
A young prince falls in love with a beautiful barmaid while at university in old Heidelberg.
Jes' Call Me Jim
1920-05-23
Happy-go-lucky Jim Fenton is in love with Miss Butterworth, the town milliner, who is taking care of
Guile of Women
1921-01-01
A naive young Swede is repeatedly victimized by predatory women. When finally he meets a young woman
The Great Lover
1920-11-15
Ethel Warren returns from studying in Europe to make her debut in New York with the opera company in
Head Over Heels
1922-04-16
When theatrical agent Sterling, a ladies man known for signing his latest paramours onto his agency'
Captain of the Guard
1930-03-28
In this operetta, the captain of the king's guard secretly works for the rebellion during the French
Red Morning
1934-12-14
A captain's daughter become marooned on an island after the ship is taken over by a mutinous crew.
Oliver Twist
1922-10-30
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serv
The Sea Hawk
1924-06-14
The adventures of Oliver Tressilian, who goes from English gentry to galley slave to captain of a Mo
Run, Girl, Run
1928-01-15
A women's track team is preparing for a big meet against a rival college, but the coach is having tr
Kindred of the Dust
1922-02-27
Discovering that her husband is a bigamist, Nan returns with her child to her Puget Sound logging to
The Affairs of Cellini
1934-08-24
The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.
Iron to Gold
1922-03-12
George Kirby steals a mining claim from Tom Curtis and forces him to become an outlaw. Years later,
The Return of Peter Grimm
1926-12-07
"Old Peter Grimm makes his ward Katie promise to marry his nephew Frederik [ sic ] and then dies. Fr
Cardinal Richelieu
1935-04-18
The cunning Cardinal Richelieu must save King Louis XIII from treachery within his inner circle.
It's Love I'm After
1937-10-08
An infatuated debutante renews a Shakespearean actor's running feud with his leading lady.
Red Lights
1923-09-30
A mysterious figure attempts to keep a daughter from reuniting with her father.
The White Angel
1936-06-25
In Victorian England, Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly change the attitude towards nurs
Range Riders
1934-07-01
An elderly rancher writes to his son to come home and help him fight against a bandit gang that is t
Caravan
1934-12-30
A countess marries a Gypsy fiddler instead of a baron's son at harvest time in Tokay wine country, H
The Sun Never Sets
1939-05-31
The Randolph family have a tradition of working in the British colonial service. Clive comes home fr
The Sign of the Cross
1932-11-30
A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.
Design for Living
1933-12-29
An independent woman can't choose between the two men she loves.
The Vampire Bat
1933-01-21
A German village is stricken by a series of murders that appear to be the work of vampires.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939-08-31
Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beaut
The Man Called Back
1932-07-16
Fresh from his success with the moody melodrama Murders in the Rue Morgue, director Robert Florey da
Winners Of The Wilderness
1927-01-15
During the French and Indian War the Indians under Pontiac kidnap Rene. Colonel O'Hara hopes to resc
Oliver Twist
1933-02-28
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serv
Cavalcade
1933-02-08
A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 is seen through the eyes of well-to-
Daybreak
1931-05-02
An Austrian soldier must choose between a wealthy fiancee and a new girl who takes his fancy.
Within the Law
1923-04-28
When Mary Turner is sent to prison for a crime she did not commit, she vows upon her release to take
Bonnie Scotland
1935-08-23
Stan and Ollie stow away to Scotland expecting to inherit the MacLaurel estate. When things don't qu
Maid of Salem
1937-02-12
When a young woman named Barbara Clarke has an affair with adventurer Roger Coverman, it causes a sc
Shipwrecked
1926-05-09
Larry O'Neil, a ship's cook, finds and befriends stowaway Lois Austin, who is a fugitive from a murd
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935-11-22
Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty.
Devil-May-Care
1929-12-27
A follower of Napoleon escapes the firing squad, flees to a woman's bedroom and winds up butler.
Rule 'Em and Weep
1932-05-02
King Bool returns to Bulvania to claim his throne and his girl.
Police Court
1932-02-19
A once great stage and screen actor has fallen from fame because of his alcoholism; his young son is
The Return of Grey Wolf
1926-01-01
Grey Wolf, a German Shepherd Dog, leads the human hero to victory in this silent western.
Ten Nights in a Bar-room
1931-03-01
A man's heavy drinking drives away his family and threatens to destroy his relationship with his lit
Madame Behave
1925-12-06
A cross-dressing farce, adapted from "Madame Lucy" by Jean Arlette, in which to help a friend in a l
Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935-03-01
The Victorian wife of a mad baron waits years for a British soldier sent to Egypt.
The Three Musketeers
1935-11-01
In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends
My Son, My Son!
1940-03-21
A self-made success is determined to give his son the lavish upbringing he himself was denied. Not s
The Son of Monte Cristo
1940-12-05
Rightful owner of the kingdom, the Duchess of Zona, is engaged in a power struggle with the evil Gen
Tom Brown's School Days
1940-06-26
When private tutor Thomas Arnold becomes headmaster at an English preparatory school for boys, he pu
The Man Who Fights Alone
1924-09-15
John Marble, a construction engineer is stricken by paralysis and begins to envision the growth of l
Enter Madame
1922-11-13
Directed by Wallace Worsley.
Meet the Baron
1933-10-20
A charlatan posing as Baron Munchhausen is invited to be guest speaker at a girls' school.
Topper
1937-07-16
Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to
The Play Girl
1928-04-22
When Madge, a clerk in a flower shop, is sent to a bachelor's apartment to deliver and arrange a bou
The Silent Watcher
1924-10-05
A lawyer (Bosworth) running for Congress decides to end his relationship with a showgirl (Bennett),
A Boy of Flanders
1924-04-06
An orphan boy wins a prize for his drawing.
Life in Hollywood No. 7
1927-08-25
Part of a 7-part series exploring all aspects of Hollywood.
The Redeeming Sin
1929-02-16
The Redeeming Sin (1929) is a crime drama part-talking silent film with Vitaphone music and sound ef
Vanity Fair
1932-03-15
In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the positio
Three Ages
1923-09-24
The rituals of courtship, romantic rivalry, and love play out three times as a man vies with a villa
Heart Trouble
1928-10-01
No known surviving copy is known to exist. This well received film revolved around Harry Van Housen'
Godless Men
1920-11-06
On board his trading schooner in the South Pacific, tough sea captain Black Pawl confronts his own s
Evidence
1929-12-05
Lord Cyril Wimborne, a barrister, divorces his wife, Myra, and takes custody of their child, Kenyon,
The Man Who Had Everything
1920-10-17
Harry Bullway is a careless young man, always after a good time. He nearly runs over a blind beggar
Peg o' My Heart
1922-12-17
PEG O MY HEART (Metro Studios, 1922), directed by King Vidor, under the supervision of J. Hartley Ma
Kiss Me Again
1931-01-07
An officer of the French Military is in love with a shop girl, but his aristocratic father wants him
Cleopatra
1934-10-05
The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.
Without Mercy
1925-10-04
In this silent melodrama Sir Melmoth Craven is running against John Orme for a seat in Parliament. O
From Headquarters
1929-04-27
United States Marine Corps Captain "Happy" Smith and Gunnery Sergeant Wilmer lead a squadron of Mari
Jazzmania
1923-02-12
The queen of a mythical European nation flees to America when a general threatens to overthrow her g
The Boudoir Diplomat
1930-12-05
A ladies' man flirts with the wives of other governments' officials.
A Lady of Quality
1924-01-14
Clorinda Wildairs breaks off an affair with the unscrupulous Sir John Ozen to become engaged to a ri
The World's Champion
1922-03-12
Young William Burroughs comes from wealth but not nobility, so despite his income he is not welcomed
Diamond Frontier
1940-09-30
Story of the early days of the diamond-mining era in South Africa.
The Last of the Mohicans
1936-07-02
The story is set in the British province of New York during the French and Indian War, and concerns—
The Romance Of Robert Burns
1937-04-10
The 'Farmer Poet' Robert Burns, after a bad romance, pens "Auld Lang Syne" to much fanfare and court
The King of Kings
1927-04-19
The King of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it. In 1927, w
The Declaration of Independence
1938-11-26
This historical featurette focuses on Caesar Rodney of Delaware who in the summer of 1776 cast the d
The Unholy Night
1929-09-13
When a rash of murders depletes their number, a billionaire's employees are brought together at an E
Moonlight Follies
1921-09-24
Vivacious Marie Prevost starred in this pleasant little Universal comedy about a flirt who stages mo
Lucky Fool
1927-01-01
Scion of a distinguished family J. Anthony Bowden is considered unworthy by his father, a feeling he
If I Were King
1938-09-28
King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964-09-02
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
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
So Big!
1932-04-30
A farmer's widow takes on the land and her late husband's tempestuous son.
Safe in Hell
1931-12-12
To avoid the rigors of the law, Gilda flees New Orleans and hides on a Caribbean island where the wo
Eve's Secret
1925-05-11
Eve's Secret is that she's not the elegant society woman she seems to be. In fact, Eve is an unkempt
Milestones
1920-09-09
1860 ushers in the era of iron ships, Richard Sibley, a builder of wooden ships, stubbornly resists
One Rainy Afternoon
1936-05-13
Suave French actor Philippe Martin provokes a scandal when, in a darkened theater, he mistakes young
Rose-Marie
1928-02-11
Sergeant Malone of the Mounties and effeminate Etienne Doray are both in love with Rose-Marie, but s
The Checkered Flag
1926-01-19
Wallace MacDonald as a car mechanic who invents a revolutionary new carburetor. To prove the efficie
The Toast of New York
1937-07-22
After the American Civil War, Jim Fisk, a former peddler and cotton smuggler, arrives in New York, a
Berkeley Square
1933-09-15
A young American man is transported back to London in the time shortly after the American Revolution
Pie a la Maid
1938-12-25
Charley falls for a waitress who mistakes him for a gangster.
The Doll Shop
1929-09-28
Early Vitaphone short.
A Shocking Night
1921-01-01
William Harcourt loses all his money in a business transaction and is forced to dismiss his servants
The Strange Boarder
1920-04-01
Honest Arizona rancher Sam Gardner, goes with his motherless son Billy to the city, where he is chea
Clive of India
1935-01-25
Fort St. David, Cuddalore, southern India, 1748. While colonial empires battle to seize an enormous
Hollywood Halfbacks
1931-12-23
Johnny Harron is watching the Hollywood fire department football team playing a game and decides tha
West Wind
1915-09-14
Amy Benham, known as "West Wind," daughter of John Benham, a ranch owner, is abducted by Girot, a co
His Royal Highness
1918-02-25
Football star Jack Christie accompanies his college roommate Victor Borden to France, where the latt
The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds
1918-01-21
During the American Revolution, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr are both courting beautiful Margar
Shame
1917-12-01
John Grey enlists when the Spanish-American War begins, not knowing that his sweetheart Mary is preg
Forced Landing
1935-12-02
In this high-flying mystery set aboard a cross-country flight to New York, some of the passengers ar
Madame X
1920-09-28
Jacqueline Floriot is driven from her home by her husband Louis, a deputy attorney of Paris, because
Try and Get It
1924-03-09
Bryant Washburn and Edward Everett Horton are ordered to retrieve an old $25 debt from a stubborn (a
Two Minutes to Go
1921-10-17
A star of the college football team is forced to work as a milkman when his father's business begins
Forgive and Forget
1923-09-15
A woman, Mrs. Cameron (Estelle Taylor), is blackmailed by her lover's roommate, Blake (Philo McCullo
The Yellowback
1929-01-20
The Yellowback is a 1929 American drama film directed by Jerome Storm.
The Meanest Man in the World
1923-10-22
Richard Clark is a kind lawyer who decides to get tough after losing all his clients, but he discove
Afraid to Love
1927-04-09
When Sir Reginald Belsize's uncle dies he leaves him a fortune on condition that he give up his curr
Railroaded
1923-06-11
Richard Garbin, willful son of Judge Garbin, one of England's most prominent jurists, is railroaded