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Lionel Atwill

January 01, 1970

Lionel Alfred William Atwill (1 March 1885 – 22 April 1946) was an English stage and screen actor. He began his acting career at the Garrick Theatre. After coming to the U.S., he subsequently appeared in various Broadway plays and Hollywood films. Some of his more significant roles were in Captain Blood (1935), Son of Frankenstein (1939) and To Be or Not to Be (1942).

Lionel Atwill
Atwill in 1921 as Deburau
Born
Lionel Alfred William Atwill

(1885-03-01)1 March 1885
Croydon, England
Died22 April 1946(1946-04-22) (aged 61)
Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1904–1946
Spouses
Phyllis Relph
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(m. 1913; div. 1919)​
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(m. 1920; div. 1928)​
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(m. 1930; div. 1943)​
Mary Paula Pruter
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(m. 1944)​
Children2

Life and career edit

 
Lionel Atwill, Alla Nazimova, Amy Veness and Harry Mestayer in the 1918 English-language production of Ibsen's The Wild Duck—one of six leading roles Atwill played on Broadway that season

Atwill was born on 1 March 1885 in Croydon, London, England. He studied architecture before his stage debut at the Garrick Theatre, London, in 1904.[1]

 
Lionel Atwill and Katharine Cornell in the Broadway production of The Outsider (1924)

He became a star in Broadway theatre by 1918 and made his screen debut in 1919.[2] His Broadway credits include The Lodger (1916), The Silent Witness (1930), Fioretta (1928), The Outsider (1924), Napoleon (1927), The Thief (1926), Slaves All (1926), Beau Gallant (1925), Caesar and Cleopatra (1924), The Outsider (1923), The Comedian (1922), The Grand Duke (1921), Deburau (1920), Tiger! Tiger! (1918), Another Man's Shoes (1918), A Doll's House (1917), Hedda Gabler (1917), The Wild Duck (1917), The Indestructible Wife (1917), L'elevation (1917), and Eve's Daughter (1917).[3]

He acted on the stage in Australia and then became involved in U.S. horror films in the 1930s, including leading roles in Doctor X (1932), The Vampire Bat, Murders in the Zoo and Mystery of the Wax Museum (all 1933), and perhaps most memorably as the one-armed Inspector Krogh in Son of Frankenstein (1939), [1] a role famously parodied by Kenneth Mars in Mel Brooks' 1974 satire Young Frankenstein. He appeared in four subsequent Universal Frankenstein films as well as many other of the studio's beloved chillers.

His other roles include a romantic lead opposite Marlene Dietrich in Josef von Sternberg's The Devil Is a Woman (1935), a crooked insurance investigator in The Wrong Road (1937) for RKO, Dr. James Mortimer in 20th Century Fox's film version of The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939), and Professor Moriarty in the Universal Studios film Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943).[1] He also had a rare comedy role in Ernst Lubitsch's 1942 classic To Be or Not to Be and that same year menaced Abbott and Costello in Pardon My Sarong.

 
Signed drawing of Lionel Atwill by Manuel Rosenberg 1924

Personal life edit

 
Lionel Atwill and Elsie Mackay (1922)

Atwill married four times. His first wife was Phyllis Ralph; the couple married in 1913 and divorced in 1919. In 1941, their son John Arthur Atwill (born 1914) was killed in action at age 26.[4] Atwill married the actress Elsie Mackay in 1920. He married Louise Cromwell Brooks in 1930 after her divorce from General of the Army Douglas MacArthur; they divorced in 1943.[5] Atwill married Paula Pruter in 1944, and their marriage continued until his death.[1] Their son, Lionel Anthony Atwill, is a retired writer.

In 1942, Atwill was indicted for perjury by a jury investigating the 1941 proceeding of a grand jury relative to the alleged occurrence of a sex orgy at his home. He was given five years probation, but Hollywood producers and other executives blacklisted him for minor criminal activity. He made small film appearances afterward.[6][7]

Atwill died on 22 April 1946, as a result of lung cancer[8] and pneumonia at his home in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles.[1]

Filmography edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e "Lionel Atwill, 61, Noted Actor, Dies. Veteran of Stage and Screen Made London Debut in 1904". The New York Times. 23 April 1946.
  2. ^ "The Rise of Lionel Atwill". The New York Times. 14 April 1918.
  3. ^ "Lionel Atwill". Playbill Vault. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Actor Lionel Atwill's Son Killed in British Air Action". Chicago Tribune. 29 April 1941. Commonwealth War Graves Commission - CWGC record.
  5. ^ "Lionel Atwill Divorced. Former Louise Cromwell Wins Decree in Washington". The New York Times. 19 June 1943.
  6. ^ "Stage And Screen Actor Indicted". St. Petersburg Times. Associated Press. 1 July 1942.
  7. ^ "Atwill Pleads Guilty. Actor Admits Perjury in Showing of Lewd Pictures". The New York Times. United Press. 25 September 1942.
  8. ^ "Lionel Atwill (1885-1946)". The Penge Heritage Trail.

Further reading edit

  • Mank, Gregory William (1998). Hollywood's Maddest Doctors. A Biography of Lionel Atwill, Colin Clive and George Zucco. Baltimore: Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN 978-1887664226.
  • Smith, Ronald L. (2010). Horror stars on radio, The broadcast histories of 29 chilling Hollywood voices. Jefferson NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-0786445257.
  • Pitts, Michael R. (9 January 2002). Horror Film Stars (3rd ed.). Jefferson NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-0786410521.
  • Stuart, Ray; Banasiewicz, Czeslaw Z. (1965). Immortals of the Screen. New York: Bonanza Books. ASIN B000OGH3S2.
  • Twomey, Alfred E.; McClure, Arthur F. (1969). The Versatiles, A Study of Supporting Character Actors and Actresses in the American Motion Picture, 1930-1955. South Brunswick NJ: A.S. Barnes & Company. ISBN 978-0498067921.

External links edit

 
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Lionel Alfred William Atwill 1 March 1885 22 April 1946 was an English stage and screen actor He began his acting career at the Garrick Theatre After coming to the U S he subsequently appeared in various Broadway plays and Hollywood films Some of his more significant roles were in Captain Blood 1935 Son of Frankenstein 1939 and To Be or Not to Be 1942 Lionel AtwillAtwill in 1921 as DeburauBornLionel Alfred William Atwill 1885 03 01 1 March 1885Croydon EnglandDied22 April 1946 1946 04 22 aged 61 Pacific Palisades Los Angeles California U S OccupationActorYears active1904 1946SpousesPhyllis Relph m 1913 div 1919 wbr Elsie Mackay m 1920 div 1928 wbr Louise Cromwell Brooks m 1930 div 1943 wbr Mary Paula Pruter m 1944 wbr Children2 Contents 1 Life and career 2 Personal life 3 Filmography 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External linksLife and career edit nbsp Lionel Atwill Alla Nazimova Amy Veness and Harry Mestayer in the 1918 English language production of Ibsen s The Wild Duck one of six leading roles Atwill played on Broadway that season Atwill was born on 1 March 1885 in Croydon London England He studied architecture before his stage debut at the Garrick Theatre London in 1904 1 nbsp Lionel Atwill and Katharine Cornell in the Broadway production of The Outsider 1924 He became a star in Broadway theatre by 1918 and made his screen debut in 1919 2 His Broadway credits include The Lodger 1916 The Silent Witness 1930 Fioretta 1928 The Outsider 1924 Napoleon 1927 The Thief 1926 Slaves All 1926 Beau Gallant 1925 Caesar and Cleopatra 1924 The Outsider 1923 The Comedian 1922 The Grand Duke 1921 Deburau 1920 Tiger Tiger 1918 Another Man s Shoes 1918 A Doll s House 1917 Hedda Gabler 1917 The Wild Duck 1917 The Indestructible Wife 1917 L elevation 1917 and Eve s Daughter 1917 3 He acted on the stage in Australia and then became involved in U S horror films in the 1930s including leading roles in Doctor X 1932 The Vampire Bat Murders in the Zoo and Mystery of the Wax Museum all 1933 and perhaps most memorably as the one armed Inspector Krogh in Son of Frankenstein 1939 1 a role famously parodied by Kenneth Mars in Mel Brooks 1974 satire Young Frankenstein He appeared in four subsequent Universal Frankenstein films as well as many other of the studio s beloved chillers His other roles include a romantic lead opposite Marlene Dietrich in Josef von Sternberg s The Devil Is a Woman 1935 a crooked insurance investigator in The Wrong Road 1937 for RKO Dr James Mortimer in 20th Century Fox s film version of The Hound of the Baskervilles 1939 and Professor Moriarty in the Universal Studios film Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon 1943 1 He also had a rare comedy role in Ernst Lubitsch s 1942 classic To Be or Not to Be and that same year menaced Abbott and Costello in Pardon My Sarong nbsp Signed drawing of Lionel Atwill by Manuel Rosenberg 1924Personal life edit nbsp Lionel Atwill and Elsie Mackay 1922 Atwill married four times His first wife was Phyllis Ralph the couple married in 1913 and divorced in 1919 In 1941 their son John Arthur Atwill born 1914 was killed in action at age 26 4 Atwill married the actress Elsie Mackay in 1920 He married Louise Cromwell Brooks in 1930 after her divorce from General of the Army Douglas MacArthur they divorced in 1943 5 Atwill married Paula Pruter in 1944 and their marriage continued until his death 1 Their son Lionel Anthony Atwill is a retired writer In 1942 Atwill was indicted for perjury by a jury investigating the 1941 proceeding of a grand jury relative to the alleged occurrence of a sex orgy at his home He was given five years probation but Hollywood producers and other executives blacklisted him for minor criminal activity He made small film appearances afterward 6 7 Atwill died on 22 April 1946 as a result of lung cancer 8 and pneumonia at his home in Pacific Palisades Los Angeles 1 Filmography editEve s Daughter 1918 Courtenay Urquhart For Sale 1918 Minor Role The Marriage Price 1919 Kenneth Gordon The Eternal Mother 1920 Howard Hollister The Highest Bidder 1921 Lester The Silent Witness 1932 Sir Austin Howard Doctor X 1932 Dr Jerry Xavier The Vampire Bat 1933 Dr Otto von Niemann The Secret of Madame Blanche 1933 Aubrey St John Mystery of the Wax Museum 1933 Ivan Igor Murders in the Zoo 1933 Eric Gorman The Sphinx 1933 Jerome Breen The Song of Songs 1933 Baron von Merzbach Secret of the Blue Room 1933 Robert von Helldorf The Solitaire Man 1933 Inspector Wallace Nana 1934 Colonel Andre Muffat Beggars in Ermine 1934 John Flint Dawson aka John Daniels Stamboul Quest 1934 Herr Von Sturm One More River 1934 Brough The Age of Innocence 1934 Julius Beaufort The Firebird 1934 John Pointer The Man Who Reclaimed His Head 1934 Henry Dumont The Devil Is a Woman 1935 Capt Don Pasqual Pasqualito Costelar Mark of the Vampire 1935 Inspector Neumann The Murder Man 1935 Captain Cole Rendezvous 1935 Major William Brennan Captain Blood 1935 Colonel Bishop Lady of Secrets 1936 Mr Whittaker Till We Meet Again 1936 Ludwig Absolute Quiet 1936 G A Axton The High Command 1937 Maj Gen Sir John Sangye VC The Road Back 1937 Prosecutor The Last Train from Madrid 1937 Col Vigo Lancer Spy 1937 Colonel Fenwick The Wrong Road 1937 Mike Roberts The Great Garrick 1937 Beaumarchais Three Comrades 1938 Breuer The Great Waltz 1938 Count Hohenfried Son of Frankenstein 1939 Inspector Krogh The Three Musketeers 1939 De Rochefort The Hound of the Baskervilles 1939 James Mortimer M D The Gorilla 1939 Walter Stevens The Sun Never Sets 1939 Zurof Mr Moto Takes a Vacation 1939 Prof Roger Chauncey Hildebrand The Secret of Dr Kildare 1939 Paul Messenger Balalaika 1939 Prof Marakov The Mad Empress 1939 General Bazaine Charlie Chan in Panama 1940 Cliveden Compton Johnny Apollo 1940 Jim McLaughlin Charlie Chan s Murder Cruise 1940 Dr Suderman Girl in 313 1940 Russell aka Henry Woodruff The Great Profile 1940 Dr Bruce Boom Town 1940 Harry Compton Man Made Monster 1941 re released as The Atomic Monster Dr Paul Rigas To Be or Not to Be 1942 Rawitch The Mad Doctor of Market Street 1942 Graham Dr Ralph Benson The Ghost of Frankenstein 1942 Doctor Theodore Bohmer The Strange Case of Doctor Rx 1942 Dr Fish Junior G Men of the Air 1942 Serial The Baron Pardon My Sarong 1942 Varnoff Cairo 1942 Teutonic Gentleman Night Monster 1942 Dr King Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon 1943 Moriarty Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man 1943 Mayor Captain America 1944 Serial Cyrus Maldor Lady in the Death House 1944 Charles Finch Raiders of Ghost City 1944 Serial Erich von Rugen alias Alex Morel Secrets of Scotland Yard 1944 Waterlow House of Frankenstein 1944 Inspector Arnz Fog Island 1945 Alec Ritchfield Crime Inc 1945 Pat Coyle House of Dracula 1945 Police Inspector Holtz Lost City of the Jungle 1946 Serial Sir Eric Hazarias Genius at Work 1946 Latimer Marsh The Cobra final film role References edit a b c d e Lionel Atwill 61 Noted Actor Dies Veteran of Stage and Screen Made London Debut in 1904 The New York Times 23 April 1946 The Rise of Lionel Atwill The New York Times 14 April 1918 Lionel Atwill Playbill Vault Archived from the original on 31 July 2017 Retrieved 31 July 2017 Actor Lionel Atwill s Son Killed in British Air Action Chicago Tribune 29 April 1941 Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWGC record Lionel Atwill Divorced Former Louise Cromwell Wins Decree in Washington The New York Times 19 June 1943 Stage And Screen Actor Indicted St Petersburg Times Associated Press 1 July 1942 Atwill Pleads Guilty Actor Admits Perjury in Showing of Lewd Pictures The New York Times United Press 25 September 1942 Lionel Atwill 1885 1946 The Penge Heritage Trail Further reading editMank Gregory William 1998 Hollywood s Maddest Doctors A Biography of Lionel Atwill Colin Clive and George Zucco Baltimore Midnight Marquee Press ISBN 978 1887664226 Smith Ronald L 2010 Horror stars on radio The broadcast histories of 29 chilling Hollywood voices Jefferson NC McFarland ISBN 978 0786445257 Pitts Michael R 9 January 2002 Horror Film Stars 3rd ed Jefferson NC McFarland ISBN 978 0786410521 Stuart Ray Banasiewicz Czeslaw Z 1965 Immortals of the Screen New York Bonanza Books ASIN B000OGH3S2 Twomey Alfred E McClure Arthur F 1969 The Versatiles A Study of Supporting Character Actors and Actresses in the American Motion Picture 1930 1955 South Brunswick NJ A S Barnes amp Company ISBN 978 0498067921 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lionel Atwill Lionel Atwill at IMDb Lionel Atwill at the Internet Broadway Database nbsp nbsp Biography portal Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lionel Atwill amp oldid 1211886323, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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