Leon Belasco
Date of birth: 1902-10-11
Place of birth: Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Leonid Simeonovich Berladsky
Biography
Leon Belasco (born Leonid Simeonovich Berladsky; 11 October 1902 - 1 June 1988) was a Russian-American musician and actor.
Movie Credits
The Mummy's Hand
1940-09-20
A couple of young, out-of-work archaeologists in Egypt discover evidence of the burial place of the
Suspense
1946-06-15
The proprietor of an ice-skating revue promotes a peanut-vendor to a management position based on su
Storm Over Lisbon
1944-10-16
A nightclub star helps trap an enemy agent on the trail of an American newsman.
Love Happy
1949-10-12
The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls when they get mixed up with gangsters due to a tin of
Superdad
1973-12-14
A dad tries to impress the daughter -- a soon-to-be college student he thinks is hanging around with
The Mummy's Tomb
1942-10-23
A high priest of Karnak travels to America with the living mummy Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.) to kill all
Three Daring Daughters
1948-02-12
Three young girls try to help their divorced mother find the right husband.
Love That Brute
1950-06-06
The story of a crude gangster hopelessly falling for a sweet young city government employee.
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950-04-01
When Pa wins a jingle-writing contest, he and Ma head for New York City. They they get in trouble wi
Holiday Inn
1942-07-10
Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her fo
I, Jane Doe
1948-05-25
While stationed in France during World War II, an American fighter pilot marries a French girl but l
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947-04-17
A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house wit
Playmates
1972-10-03
Two divorced men meet and become friends, but unbeknownst to each other, start dating each other's e
Tall, Dark and Handsome
1941-01-24
Robin Hoodish gangster in 1929 Chicago is an object of affection, kind to New York hood and bad to a
Nothing But the Truth
1941-10-10
A stockbroker bets his new partners $10,000 that he can tell the truth, and only the truth, for twen
The Art of Love
1965-06-30
Struggling artist fakes his own death so his works will increase in value.
Philo Vance Returns
1947-04-14
Playboy Larry Blendon introduces his grandmother Stella Blendon to his fiancée, radio singer Virgini
Jalopy
1953-02-15
Slip has entered the Boys' rattletrap car in a souped-up jalopy race, but has no chance of winning u
I'll Wait for You
1941-05-16
A gangster hides out on a farm and falls for the farmer's daughter.
Fisherman's Wharf
1939-02-03
Carlo Roma and his foster-son, Toma, and their friend Beppo, are living a happy fisherman's life in
Bomba and the Hidden City
1950-09-24
A nature photographer and his guide meet a corrupt emir with a dirty secret. Only jungle-dwelling Bo
Topper Takes a Trip
1938-12-29
Mrs. Topper's friend Mrs. Parkhurst has convinced Mrs Topper to file for a divorce from Cosmo due to
Spring Parade
1940-09-27
In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman attends a Viennese fair and buys a card
Roxie Hart
1942-02-20
A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing audienc
Casablanca
1943-01-15
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with un
Everybody Does It
1949-10-24
Leonard Borland loves his monied wife, but with his wrecking business looking shaky he treasures her
For the Love of Mary
1948-09-01
Young girl gets a job at the White House as a switchboard operator and gets mixed up in politics.
Woman of the Year
1976-07-28
The story of the tumultuous marriage of a gruff sportswriter and a sophisticated international repor
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
On Your Toes
1939-10-14
A Russian dance company agrees to stage the new ballet written by a vaudeville hoofer.
Broadway Serenade
1939-04-07
A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audi
The Flying Irishman
1939-04-07
This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred
Good Girls Go to Paris
1939-06-20
Jenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, is dying to visit Paris. Thanks to English professor
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
Lady of the Tropics
1939-08-11
American playboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal
Gobs and Gals
1952-05-01
Two sailors (Robert Hutton) mail love letters from a remote weather station, enclosing photos of the
Every Girl Should Be Married
1948-12-25
Anabel Sims is determined to find the perfect husband. She thinks she's found her man in Madison Bro
I Take This Woman
1940-02-02
On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker's sug
Hold Back the Dawn
1941-09-26
Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota sys
The Night of January 16th
1941-11-28
Accused of killing her employer, financier Bjorn Faulkner, Kit is championed by wisecracking sailor-
The Night Before the Divorce
1942-03-06
Marital comedy with a dash of murder.
Henry Aldrich, Editor
1942-09-01
Appointed editor of his high school newspaper, hapless Henry becomes intrigued by a series of myster
Cuban Fireball
1951-03-05
Cuban Fireball is a vehicle for the combustible talents of Estelita Rodriguez, here cast as "herself
It's a Date
1940-03-22
An aspiring actress is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a more s
Beauty for the Asking
1939-02-24
Denny breaks up with his fiancée Jean to marries wealthy Flora. When Jean is fired from her job she
Can-Can
1960-03-09
A Parisian nightclub owner known for her performances of the can-can attracts the ire of a self-righ
Comrade X
1940-12-13
An American reporter smuggling news out of Soviet Moscow is blackmailed into helping a beautiful Com
My Favorite Wife
1940-05-17
Years after she was presumed dead in a shipwreck, Ellen Arden returns home to the surprise of her hu
Between Us Girls
1942-09-04
A 20-year-old stage actress takes on her most challenging role when she pretends to be her own mothe
Lucky Partners
1940-08-02
Two strangers split a sweepstake prize to go on a fake honeymoon with predictable results.
The Lady in Question
1940-08-07
When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn't convict, she has a bad influence on his son.
Earl Carroll Vanities
1945-04-05
Broadway producer Earl Carroll was a Ziegfeld-like entrepreneur who staged lavish revues featuring a
Bagdad
1949-11-23
An Arab sheik's daughter (Maureen O'Hara) avenges his death, blamed on Hassan (Paul Christian) and h
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950-08-05
Jonesy and Lou are in Algeria looking for a wrestler they are promoting. Sergeant Axmann tricks them
They Dare Not Love
1941-05-16
An Austrian prince flees his homeland when the Nazis take over and settles in London. He meets a bea
Little Iodine
1946-10-19
Little Iodine does her best to break up the marriage of her parents, ruin a romance and cost her fat
Over My Dead Body
1942-01-15
Berle plays a mystery writer who forever writes himself into corners and is never able to finish a s
Niagara Falls
1941-10-17
The nosy antics of a honeymooner puts an unwed couple in the same room.
Design for Scandal
1941-12-01
A newsman (Walter Pidgeon) falls in love on Cape Cod with the judge (Rosalind Russell) his angry bos
That Other Woman
1942-11-13
A secretary by the name of Emily Borden comes up with a convoluted plan to get her boss to marry her
Where Did You Get That Girl?
1941-01-03
In this musical comedy, a motley band of musicians have only their extreme poverty in common. They e
The Saint in New York
1938-05-25
A crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar, who fi
Road to Morocco
1942-11-10
Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the lus
Night in New Orleans
1942-07-01
A policeman's family helps to exonerate him of murder charges in the death of a man he had under int
Hollywood and Vine
1945-04-25
A young girl arrives in Hollywood determined to become a star in the movies but finds that attaining
Swing Parade of 1946
1946-03-19
A struggling young singer falls for a nightclub owner whose father, a millionaire, is trying to shut
The Flame and the Arrow
1950-07-07
Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as th
Kid Glove Killer
1942-04-17
Van Heflin stars as the head of a city crime lab who tries to solve the murder of the town mayor by
Abdul the Bulbul Ameer
1941-02-21
The familiar song is adapted into a cartoon short. Abdul The Bulbul-Ameer, a rotund Arab, gets into
The Fabulous Senorita
1952-03-31
A Cuban businessman's daughter elopes with a professor instead of marrying a banker's son.
The Gang's All Here
1943-12-24
A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.
Yolanda and the Thief
1945-11-22
Johnny Riggs, a con man on the lam, finds himself in a Latin-American country named Patria. There, h
Legion of Lost Flyers
1939-11-02
A group of pilots, because of unsavory or unearned reputations, establish an outpost squadron of the
Adventures of Don Juan
1948-12-24
Spanish Lothario Don Juan, the legendary lover and adventurer returns to Spain following a scandal a
The Chocolate Soldier
1941-11-01
Maria and Karl Lang are the singing duo of Vienna. Maria is very flirtatious and Karl very jealous.
Holiday in Mexico
1946-08-15
Christine Evans, the fifteen-year-old daughter of the widowed American ambassador to Mexico Jeffrey
The Toast of New Orleans
1950-08-24
Snooty opera singer meets a rough-and-tumble fisherman in the Louisiana bayous, but this fisherman c
Son of Ali Baba
1952-08-15
In ancient Persia the son of Ali Baba (of forty thieves fame), Kashma Baba is a military cadet by da