Eric Blore
Date of birth: 1887-12-22
Place of birth: Finchley, Middlesex, England, UK
Known for: Acting
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Biography
Eric Blore (23 December 1887 - 2 March 1959) was an English actor.
Movie Credits
Top Hat
1935-08-29
Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new
The Lady Eve
1941-02-25
It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Ch
Swing Time
1936-08-28
Lucky is tricked into missing his own wedding to Margaret and has to make $25,000 so her father will
Shall We Dance
1937-05-07
Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical sta
Road to Zanzibar
1941-04-11
Stranded in Africa, Chuck and his pal Fearless have comic versions of jungle adventures, featuring t
Earl of Puddlestone
1940-08-31
When Betty's father sees the condescending attitude displayed toward her by a rich family, he decide
Love Happy
1949-10-12
The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls when they get mixed up with gangsters due to a tin of
Flying Down to Rio
1933-12-22
An American bandleader woos a Brazilian beauty who is already engaged to his employer. His friends
The Gay Divorcee
1934-10-12
Seeking a divorce from her absentee husband, Mimi Glossop travels to an English seaside resort. Ther
The Shanghai Gesture
1941-12-25
A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.
Romance on the High Seas
1948-06-25
Georgia Garrett is sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself whil
Sullivan's Travels
1941-11-30
Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterp
The Soldier and the Lady
1937-04-09
In the face of rebellion in Russia, Czar Alexander II sends soldier Michael Strogoff 2,000 miles awa
Joy of Living
1938-05-06
Falling in love with the voice of Broadway chanteuse Margaret Garret, cocksure young tycoon Daniel B
The Good Fairy
1935-02-18
In 1930s Budapest, naïve orphan Luisa Ginglebuscher becomes an usherette at the local movie house, d
Bowery to Bagdad
1955-01-07
The Bowery Boys find a lamp that has strange magic powers.
Swiss Miss
1938-05-20
Stan and Ollie are mousetrap salesmen hoping for better business in Switzerland, with Stan's theory
Quality Street
1937-03-26
In the 1810s, an old maid poses as her own niece in order to teach her onetime beau a lesson.
Breakfast for Two
1937-10-22
After a night on the town, Jonathan Blair wakes to find that Texan Valentine Ransome has escorted hi
San Diego I Love You
1944-09-29
A harried daughter tries to keep her wacky family together while trying to sell her eccentric father
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936-04-24
A doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings-on at a horse race track by his mystery
The Moon and Sixpence
1942-10-27
Loosely inspired from Gauguin's life, the story of Charles Strickland, a middle-aged stockbrocker wh
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
1940-05-30
A hardworking secretary for a rich woman finds herself engaged to the woman's son and accused of a m
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
1941-03-06
A reformed jewel thief fights to clear his name when he's framed for murder.
The Lone Wolf Strikes
1940-01-26
Delia Jordan's father is murdered and some very valuable jewelry stolen. She hires The Lone Wolf.
The Lone Wolf in London
1947-11-13
Michael Lanyard is suspected of stealing two fabulous diamonds from a vault in Scotland Yard, where
Three Girls About Town
1941-10-23
Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next doo
Hitting a New High
1937-12-24
A Paris cabaret singer dreams of becoming a Metropolitan Opera singer. A press agent arranges her M
New York Town
1941-10-31
Victor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York City s
Counter-Espionage
1942-09-03
The Lone Wolf tracks down Nazi spies in London during the German bombing.
Submarine Base
1943-07-20
Ship engineer Jim Taggert is rescued from a torpedoed tramp steamer by Joe Morgan, an American gangs
The Casino Murder Case
1935-03-15
After socialite Lynn Llewellyn receives an anonymous threat, he is poisoned at his uncle's casino, a
Lady Scarface
1941-09-26
A Chicago gang led by Slade carries out an audacious brokerage robbery. Lieutenant Bill Mason takes
The Notorious Lone Wolf
1946-02-14
Ex-thief Lone Wolf and his valet don turbans to solve a museum jewel theft.
It's Love I'm After
1937-10-08
An infatuated debutante renews a Shakespearean actor's running feud with his leading lady.
The Wind in the Willows
1949-05-10
This animated fairy tale for kids tells the classic story of a dapper, automobile loving fellow name
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
1937-10-02
A series of vignettes with a loose plot. Featured are Frank Morgan, Groucho Marx, Frank McHugh, Robe
Passport to Suez
1943-08-19
The Lone Wolf goes undercover in Egypt to foil a Nazi plot to bomb and disable the Suez canal, which
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
1940-11-02
Complicated plot involving missing stamp collection and kidnapped businessman, with the Lone Wolf ke
Music in My Heart
1940-01-04
A young woman engaged to a millionaire falls for the understudy in a Broadway musical.
'Til We Meet Again
1940-04-20
Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to Ame
One Dangerous Night
1943-01-22
Reformed jewel thief the Lone Wolf investigates the murder of a playboy who was blackmailing three s
Sons o' Guns
1936-05-13
Broadway star Jimmy Canfield stars in a patriotic show on the great white way during WWI. He plays t
Piccadilly Jim
1936-08-14
Jim's father wants to marry Eugenia, but her sister Netta refuses to allow it. When Jim sees Ann at
Secrets of the Lone Wolf
1941-11-13
Michael Lanyard's faithful butler Jamison is mistaken for his boss by a gang of jewel robbers.
Holy Matrimony
1943-08-24
An artist returning from years abroad takes the identity of his dead valet and gets married, but the
Happy Go Lucky
1943-01-04
A gold-digger hopes to land a rich husband in Trinidad, but gets mixed up with a beach boy and voodo
Limehouse Blues
1934-12-11
Fresh from Chinatown in New York, Harry Young has taken over the illegal import business in the seam
Two in the Dark
1936-01-10
Ford Adams regains consciousness in Boston, bloody and suffering from amnesia. Information he eventu
Redhead
1941-05-21
A wealthy businessman's irresponsible son and a down-on-her-luck model enter into a marriage of conv
Folies Bergère
1935-02-22
An entertainer impersonates a look-alike banker, causing comic confusion for wife and girlfriend.
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1935-12-13
A writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the Baldpate
I Live My Life
1935-10-04
A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.
Smartest Girl in Town
1936-11-27
A girl in search of a rich husband mistakes a millionaire for a male model.
Once Upon a Studio
2023-09-24
Created for Disney's 100th anniversary, the short features Mickey Mouse corralling a gallery of lege
Winter Wonderland
1946-05-12
A farm girl has a romance with a ski instructor.
The Sky's the Limit
1943-07-13
Flying Tiger Fred Atwell sneaks away from his famous squadron's personal appearance tour and goes in
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984-01-01
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were
I Dream Too Much
1935-11-29
Opera student Annette Monard meets composer Jonathan Street, and in a buoyant, alcohol-fueled evenin
Island of Lost Men
1939-08-16
A Chinese general's daughter tracks her father to a slave-labor tyrant's jungle empire.
Tarnished Lady
1931-05-01
Nancy Courtney, a once wealthy socialite, has had to struggle to maintain a facade of prosperity eve
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
1949-10-05
The Wind in the Willows: Concise version of Kenneth Grahame's story of the same name. J. Thaddeus To
Heavenly Music
1943-05-01
Bandleader/singer/songwriter Ted Barry arrives to heaven. The receptionist tells him that before he
South of Suez
1940-11-16
Greedy diamond mine owner Eli Snedeker, resentful that his ex-foreman John Gamble stopped him from t
To Beat the Band
1935-11-23
An eccentric heir must marry a widow in order to collect the millions left to him in his aunt's will
Old Man Rhythm
1935-08-02
Romantic rivalries between father and son enrolled at the same college.
Abie's Irish Rose
1946-12-27
Cultures clash when a Jewish boy wants to marry an Irish girl.
A Gentleman's Gentleman
1939-05-17
A valet thinks his master is a murder, and tries a little blackmail.
Behold My Wife!
1934-12-06
After Michael Carter's fiancée commits suicide, Michael vows to seek revenge on his wealthy family,
$1,000 a Touchdown
1939-10-04
A couple inherits a college and to generate revenue offers a thousand dollars to players for each to
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
1997-05-12
Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940-01-11
A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He
A Desperate Adventure
1938-08-05
In this romantic comedy, a passionate French painter nearly goes berserk when he learns that his wel
Confirm or Deny
1941-12-12
Newsman Mitch and teletype operator Jennifer, whose job is to see he doesn't send inappropriate stuf
I Was a Criminal
1941-01-01
Aka Passport to Heaven. In Prussia shoemaker Voight needs a residence permit to get a job, but can
The Lone Wolf in Mexico
1947-01-16
In this entry in the enduring series, the suave jewel thief finds himself helping the police break u
The Boys from Syracuse
1940-07-30
The action takes place in Ephesus in ancient Asia Minor, and the concerns The efforts of two boys fr
Forever and a Day
1943-01-21
In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral
Laughter
1930-09-24
Zeigfeld Follies beauty Peggy marries an older man, C. Morton Gibson. Although she soon grows tired
Diamond Jim
1935-09-01
A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.
Fancy Pants
1950-07-19
An American actor, impersonating an English butler, is hired by a rich woman from New Mexico to refi
Breakdowns of 1940
1940-12-31
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1940.
The Great Gatsby
1926-11-21
Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the myste
Men in Her Diary
1945-09-14
Singer/Dancer Peggy Ryan neither sings nor dances in this comedy in which she plays a secretary, who
Easy to Look At
1945-06-01
In this musical, a talented aspiring costume designer leaves her small town to seek her fortune in t
Penthouse Rhythm
1945-06-22
Musical comedy directed by Edward F. Cline
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997-11-01
A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift thos
Kitty
1945-10-16
Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gai
My Sin
1931-09-26
A prostitute living in Panama shoots her pimp and is charged with murder. The lawyer who gets her of