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Lionel Atwill
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Lionel Atwill
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1885-02-27,Croydon, London, England, UK
Gender
Male
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

Filmography

To Be or Not to Be

7.8

To Be or Not to Be
1942-03-05

The Ghost of Frankenstein

5.819

The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942-03-13

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

6.204

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943-03-05

Son of Frankenstein

6.7

Son of Frankenstein
1939-01-13

House of Frankenstein

6

House of Frankenstein
1944-12-01

6

Doctor X
1932-08-03

House of Dracula

5.5

House of Dracula
1945-12-07

Mystery of the Wax Museum

6.5

Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933-02-18

The Hound of the Baskervilles

7.1

The Hound of the Baskervilles
1939-03-24

The Horror Show

6

The Horror Show
1979-02-06

6.923

The Murder Man
1935-07-12

0

Eve's Daughter
1918-03-04

5.4

Fog Island
1945-02-15

Mark of the Vampire

6.1

Mark of the Vampire
1935-04-26

4.2

Crime, Inc.
1945-04-15

The Mad Doctor of Market Street

5.2

The Mad Doctor of Market Street
1942-02-27

The Devil Is a Woman

6.3

The Devil Is a Woman
1935-05-03

The Vampire Bat

5.4

The Vampire Bat
1933-01-21

5.8

Cairo
1942-08-17

5.4

Stamboul Quest
1934-07-13

The Great Waltz

5.5

The Great Waltz
1938-11-04

Charlie Chan in Panama

6.8

Charlie Chan in Panama
1940-03-01

Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise

6.7

Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
1940-05-02

7.2

Captain Blood
1935-12-26

5.6

Girl in 313
1940-05-31

Murders in the Zoo

5.8

Murders in the Zoo
1933-03-31

6.7

Johnny Apollo
1940-04-19

Lady in the Death House

5.4

Lady in the Death House
1944-03-15

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

6.3

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
1942-12-25

4.8

The Sphinx
1933-06-01

4.8

Rendezvous
1935-10-25

Vincent Price's Dracula

7.9

Vincent Price's Dracula
1986-09-29

Dead End Kids Go To War

0

Dead End Kids Go To War
1942-10-02

6.9

Boom Town
1940-08-30

The Strange Case of Doctor Rx

5.1

The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
1942-03-27

Man-Made Monster

6.1

Man-Made Monster
1941-03-28

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

6.9

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
1939-07-07

The Secret of Madame Blanche

4

The Secret of Madame Blanche
1933-02-03

The Song of Songs

6.024

The Song of Songs
1933-07-19

5.3

One More River
1934-08-06

4.9

The Gorilla
1939-05-26

6.2

Night Monster
1942-10-20

The Solitaire Man

6.5

The Solitaire Man
1933-09-22

6

Lancer Spy
1937-10-08

Raiders of Ghost City

6

Raiders of Ghost City
1944-07-25

The Age of Innocence

5.4

The Age of Innocence
1934-09-14

The Three Musketeers

5.8

The Three Musketeers
1939-02-17

4.2

Balalaika
1939-12-15

5

Nana
1934-02-01

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

5.6

The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939-11-24

The Man Who Reclaimed His Head

6

The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
1934-12-24

The Great Garrick

5.9

The Great Garrick
1937-10-30

Secret of the Blue Room

5.4

Secret of the Blue Room
1933-07-20

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

5.7

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991-01-01

6

Genius at Work
1946-10-20

Beggars in Ermine

6.333

Beggars in Ermine
1934-02-21

The High Command

5.6

The High Command
1937-08-23

5.5

Absolute Quiet
1936-04-24

Secrets of Scotland Yard

5.3

Secrets of Scotland Yard
1944-07-26

Lost City of the Jungle

6.2

Lost City of the Jungle
1946-04-23

The Marriage Price

0

The Marriage Price
1919-03-09

The Sun Never Sets

4.8

The Sun Never Sets
1939-05-31

4.3

The Wrong Road
1937-10-11

Till We Meet Again

5

Till We Meet Again
1936-04-04

5.5

The Firebird
1934-11-03

The Last Train from Madrid

4.6

The Last Train from Madrid
1937-06-11

The Horror of It All

8

The Horror of It All
1983-02-23

6.3

The Great Profile
1940-08-30

The Silent Witness

5.5

The Silent Witness
1932-02-07

Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb

0

Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
2007-03-10

The Son of Frankenstein

0

The Son of Frankenstein
1965-01-01

Pardon My Sarong

6.521

Pardon My Sarong
1942-08-07

Junior G-Men of the Air

6

Junior G-Men of the Air
1942-06-30

The Highest Bidder

0

The Highest Bidder
1921-01-01

The Wolfman's Cure

0

The Wolfman's Cure

7.2

Three Comrades
1938-06-02

Lady of Secrets

6

Lady of Secrets
1936-02-21

Doom of Dracula

0

Doom of Dracula
1966-01-01

The Mad Empress

5.6

The Mad Empress
1939-12-16

Captain America

5.5

Captain America
1944-02-05

In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes

0

In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
1996-07-01

7.7

The Road Back
1937-06-01