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Lionel Atwill

Lionel Atwill

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

Birthday: 1885-02-27

Place of birth: Croydon, London, England, UK

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Also known as: Лайонел Этвилл, Lionel Alfred William Atwill

To Be or Not to Be
To Be or Not to Be

1942-03-06

Rawitch

The Ghost of Frankenstein
The Ghost of Frankenstein

1942-03-13

Dr. Bohmer

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

1943-03-05

Mayor of Vasaria

Son of Frankenstein
Son of Frankenstein

1939-01-13

Inspector Krogh

House of Frankenstein
House of Frankenstein

1944-12-01

Inspector Arnz

Doctor X
Doctor X

1932-08-03

Dr. Jerry Xavier

House of Dracula
House of Dracula

1945-12-07

Police Inspector Holtz

Mystery of the Wax Museum
Mystery of the Wax Museum

1933-02-18

Ivan Eigor

The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles

1939-03-24

Dr. James Mortimer

The Horror Show
The Horror Show

1979-02-06

(archive footage)

The Murder Man
The Murder Man

1935-07-12

Captain Cole

Eve's Daughter
Eve's Daughter

1918-03-04

Courtenay Urquhart

Fog Island
Fog Island

1945-02-15

Alec Ritchfield

Mark of the Vampire
Mark of the Vampire

1935-04-26

Inspector Neumann

Crime, Inc.
Crime, Inc.

1945-04-15

Pat Coyle

The Mad Doctor of Market Street
The Mad Doctor of Market Street

1942-02-27

Dr. Ralph Benson, posing as Graham

The Devil Is a Woman
The Devil Is a Woman

1935-05-03

Capt. Don Pasqual 'Pasqualito' Costelar

The Vampire Bat
The Vampire Bat

1933-01-21

Dr. Otto von Niemann

Cairo
Cairo

1942-08-17

Teutonic Gentleman

Stamboul Quest
Stamboul Quest

1934-07-13

Herr Von Sturm

The Great Waltz
The Great Waltz

1938-11-04

Count Anton 'Tony' Hohenfried

Charlie Chan in Panama
Charlie Chan in Panama

1940-03-01

Cliveden Compton

Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise

1940-05-02

Dr. Suderman

Captain Blood
Captain Blood

1935-12-26

Colonel Bishop

Girl in 313
Girl in 313

1940-05-31

Russell aka Henry Woodruff

Murders in the Zoo
Murders in the Zoo

1933-03-31

Eric Gorman

Johnny Apollo
Johnny Apollo

1940-04-19

Jim McLaughlin

Lady in the Death House
Lady in the Death House

1944-03-15

Charles Finch

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

1942-12-25

Professor Moriarty

The Sphinx
The Sphinx

1933-06-01

Jerome Breen

Rendezvous
Rendezvous

1935-10-25

Maj. William Brennan

Dead End Kids Go To War
Dead End Kids Go To War

1942-10-02

The Baron

Boom Town
Boom Town

1940-08-30

Harry Compton

Man-Made Monster
Man-Made Monster

1941-03-28

Dr. Paul Rigas

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

1939-07-07

Prof. Roger Chauncey Hildebrand

The Secret of Madame Blanche
The Secret of Madame Blanche

1933-02-03

Aubrey St. John

The Song of Songs
The Song of Songs

1933-07-19

Baron von Merzbach

One More River
One More River

1934-08-06

Brough

The Gorilla
The Gorilla

1939-05-26

Walter Stevens

Night Monster
Night Monster

1942-10-20

Dr. King

The Solitaire Man
The Solitaire Man

1933-09-22

Inspector Wallace

Lancer Spy
Lancer Spy

1937-10-08

Col. Fenwick

Raiders of Ghost City
Raiders of Ghost City

1944-07-25

Erich von Rugen, alias Alex Morel

The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence

1934-09-14

Julius Beaufort

The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers

1939-02-17

De Rochefort

Balalaika
Balalaika

1939-12-15

Professor Marakov

Nana
Nana

1934-02-01

Colonel André Muffat

The Secret of Dr. Kildare
The Secret of Dr. Kildare

1939-11-24

Paul Messenger

The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head

1934-12-24

Henry Dumont

The Great Garrick
The Great Garrick

1937-10-30

M. Beaumarchais

Secret of the Blue Room
Secret of the Blue Room

1933-07-20

Robert von Helldorf

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991-01-01

Doctor Bohmer / Krogh (archive footage)

Genius at Work
Genius at Work

1946-10-20

Latimer Marsh / The Cobra

Beggars in Ermine
Beggars in Ermine

1934-02-21

John 'Flint' Dawson aka John Daniels

The High Command
The High Command

1937-08-23

Maj. Gen. Sir John Sangye

Absolute Quiet
Absolute Quiet

1936-04-24

Gerald A. Axton

Secrets of Scotland Yard
Secrets of Scotland Yard

1944-07-26

Waterlow

Lost City of the Jungle
Lost City of the Jungle

1946-04-23

Sir Eric Hazarias

The Marriage Price
The Marriage Price

1919-03-09

Kenneth Gordon

The Sun Never Sets
The Sun Never Sets

1939-05-31

Hugo Zurof

The Wrong Road
The Wrong Road

1937-10-11

Mike Roberts

Till We Meet Again
Till We Meet Again

1936-04-04

Ludwig

The Firebird
The Firebird

1934-11-03

John Pointer

The Last Train from Madrid
The Last Train from Madrid

1937-06-25

Col. Vigo

The Horror of It All
The Horror of It All

1983-02-23

Dr. Otto von Niemann (archive footage)

The Great Profile
The Great Profile

1940-08-30

Dr. Bruce

The Silent Witness
The Silent Witness

1932-02-07

Sir Austin Howard

Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb

2007-03-10

Dr. Xavier (archive footage)

Pardon My Sarong
Pardon My Sarong

1942-08-07

Varnoff

Junior G-Men of the Air
Junior G-Men of the Air

1942-06-30

The Baron

The Highest Bidder
The Highest Bidder

1921-01-01

Lester

The Wolfman's Cure
The Wolfman's Cure

1998-05-08

Inspector Holtz

Three Comrades
Three Comrades

1938-06-02

Breuer

Lady of Secrets
Lady of Secrets

1936-02-21

Mr. Stephen Whittaker

Doom of Dracula
Doom of Dracula

1966-01-01

Arntz, Police Officer (archive footage)

The Mad Empress
The Mad Empress

1939-12-16

General Bazaine

Captain America
Captain America

1944-02-05

Cyrus Maldor

The Road Back
The Road Back

1937-06-01

Prosecutor

The Knife
The Knife

1929-05-05

The Surgeon