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Lionel Atwill‌

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Lionel Atwill

Croydon, London, England, UK

Lionel Atwill

Croydon, London, England, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1885-02-27

Popularity

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lionel Atwill (1 March 1885 – 22 April 1946) was an English stage and film actor born in Croydon, London, England. He studied architecture before his stage debut at the Garrick Theatre, London in 1904. He become a star in Broadway theatre by 1918, and made his screen debut in 1919. He acted on the stage in Australia but was most famous for his U.S. horror roles in the 1930s. His two most memorable parts were as the crazed, disfigured sculptor in Mystery of the Wax Museum (Warner Brothers, 1933), and as Inspector Krogh in Son of Frankenstein (1939), memorably sent up by Kenneth Mars in Mel Brooks's Young Frankenstein (1974). When he was not cast in macabre roles, Atwill often appeared in the 1930s as righteous-minded authority figures. For example, in 1937's less memorable The Wrong Road for RKO, investigator Atwill persuades a young, bank-robbing ingenue played by Helen Mack and her boyfriend Richard Cromwell to return their ill-gotten $100,000 and give up a life of crime. Two of Atwill's other notable non-horror roles were opposite his contemporary Basil Rathbone in films featuring Arthur Conan Doyle's character Sherlock Holmes, including a role as Dr. James Mortimer in 20th Century Fox's 1939 film rendition of the Conan Doyle novel The Hound of the Baskervilles, and the 1943 Universal Studios film Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon, in which he played Holmes' archenemy and super-villain, Professor Moriarty. Atwill remained a stalwart of the Universal horror films until his career flagged in the 1940s because of a widely publicized sex scandal in 1941, during the investigation of which he was charged in 1942 with perjury at a trial in which Atwill had been accused of staging a sex orgy at his home. He died while working on the 1946 film serial Lost City of the Jungle. His ashes were once inurned in Chapel of the Pines Crematory. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lionel Atwill, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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To Be or Not to Be

To Be or Not to Be‌
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calendar 1942

The Ghost of Frankenstein

The Ghost of Frankenstein‌
star5.8
calendar 1942

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man‌
star6.2
calendar 1943

Son of Frankenstein

Son of Frankenstein‌
star6.7
calendar 1939

House of Frankenstein

House of Frankenstein‌
star6.0
calendar 1944

Doctor X

Doctor X‌
star6.0
calendar 1932

House of Dracula

House of Dracula‌
star5.5
calendar 1945

Mystery of the Wax Museum

Mystery of the Wax Museum‌
star6.5
calendar 1933

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles‌
star7.1
calendar 1939

The Horror Show

The Horror Show‌
star6.0
calendar 1979

The Murder Man

The Murder Man‌
star7.0
calendar 1935

Eve's Daughter

Eve's Daughter‌
star0.0
calendar 1918

Fog Island

Fog Island‌
star5.4
calendar 1945

Mark of the Vampire

Mark of the Vampire‌
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calendar 1935

Crime, Inc.

Crime, Inc.‌
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calendar 1945

The Mad Doctor of Market Street

The Mad Doctor of Market Street‌
star5.4
calendar 1942

The Devil Is a Woman

The Devil Is a Woman‌
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calendar 1935

The Vampire Bat

The Vampire Bat‌
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calendar 1933

Cairo

Cairo‌
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calendar 1942

Stamboul Quest

Stamboul Quest‌
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calendar 1934

The Great Waltz

The Great Waltz‌
star5.5
calendar 1938

Charlie Chan in Panama

Charlie Chan in Panama‌
star6.8
calendar 1940

Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise

Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise‌
star6.7
calendar 1940

Captain Blood

Captain Blood‌
star7.2
calendar 1935

Girl in 313

Girl in 313‌
star5.6
calendar 1940

Murders in the Zoo

Murders in the Zoo‌
star5.8
calendar 1933

Johnny Apollo

Johnny Apollo‌
star6.7
calendar 1940

Lady in the Death House

Lady in the Death House‌
star5.4
calendar 1944

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon‌
star6.3
calendar 1942

The Sphinx

The Sphinx‌
star4.6
calendar 1933

Rendezvous

Rendezvous‌
star4.8
calendar 1935

Vincent Price's Dracula

Vincent Price's Dracula‌
star7.9
calendar 1986

Dead End Kids Go To War

Dead End Kids Go To War‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

Boom Town

Boom Town‌
star6.9
calendar 1940

The Strange Case of Doctor Rx

The Strange Case of Doctor Rx‌
star5.0
calendar 1942

Man-Made Monster

Man-Made Monster‌
star6.0
calendar 1941

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation‌
star6.9
calendar 1939

The Secret of Madame Blanche

The Secret of Madame Blanche‌
star4.0
calendar 1933

The Song of Songs

The Song of Songs‌
star6.0
calendar 1933

One More River

One More River‌
star5.3
calendar 1934

The Gorilla

The Gorilla‌
star4.9
calendar 1939

Night Monster

Night Monster‌
star6.2
calendar 1942

The Solitaire Man

The Solitaire Man‌
star6.5
calendar 1933

Lancer Spy

Lancer Spy‌
star6.0
calendar 1937

Raiders of Ghost City

Raiders of Ghost City‌
star6.0
calendar 1944

The Age of Innocence

The Age of Innocence‌
star5.4
calendar 1934

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers‌
star5.8
calendar 1939

Balalaika

Balalaika‌
star4.2
calendar 1939

Nana

Nana‌
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calendar 1934

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

The Secret of Dr. Kildare‌
star5.6
calendar 1939

The Man Who Reclaimed His Head

The Man Who Reclaimed His Head‌
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calendar 1934

The Great Garrick

The Great Garrick‌
star5.9
calendar 1937

Secret of the Blue Room

Secret of the Blue Room‌
star5.4
calendar 1933

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook‌
star5.7
calendar 1991

Genius at Work

Genius at Work‌
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calendar 1946

Beggars in Ermine

Beggars in Ermine‌
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calendar 1934

The High Command

The High Command‌
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calendar 1937

Absolute Quiet

Absolute Quiet‌
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calendar 1936

Secrets of Scotland Yard

Secrets of Scotland Yard‌
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calendar 1944

Lost City of the Jungle

Lost City of the Jungle‌
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calendar 1946

The Marriage Price

The Marriage Price‌
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calendar 1919

The Sun Never Sets

The Sun Never Sets‌
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calendar 1939

The Wrong Road

The Wrong Road‌
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calendar 1937

Till We Meet Again

Till We Meet Again‌
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calendar 1936

The Firebird

The Firebird‌
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calendar 1934

The Last Train from Madrid

The Last Train from Madrid‌
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calendar 1937

The Horror of It All

The Horror of It All‌
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calendar 1983

The Great Profile

The Great Profile‌
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calendar 1940

The Silent Witness

The Silent Witness‌
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calendar 1932

Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb

Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb‌
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calendar 2007

The Son of Frankenstein

The Son of Frankenstein‌
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calendar 1965

Pardon My Sarong

Pardon My Sarong‌
star6.5
calendar 1942

Junior G-Men of the Air

Junior G-Men of the Air‌
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calendar 1942

The Highest Bidder

The Highest Bidder‌
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calendar 1921

The Wolfman's Cure

The Wolfman's Cure‌
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calendar

Three Comrades

Three Comrades‌
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calendar 1938

Lady of Secrets

Lady of Secrets‌
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calendar 1936

Doom of Dracula

Doom of Dracula‌
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calendar 1966

The Mad Empress

The Mad Empress‌
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calendar 1939

Captain America

Captain America‌
star5.5
calendar 1944

In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes

In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes‌
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calendar 1996

The Road Back

The Road Back‌
star7.7
calendar 1937

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