--- name: "Lawrence Grant" canonical: "https://film.one/person/lawrence-grant" roles: ["Actor"] born: "29 October 1870" died: "19 February 1952" reviewed_on_fi1m: 4 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-20T00:05:50.872975+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Lawrence Grant Actor. Born 29 October 1870 in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK. Died 19 February 1952. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 29 October 1870, Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK - **Died:** 19 February 1952 - **Also known as:** Percy Reginald Lawrence-Grant - **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 1 acting, 3 other - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Grant, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1809184, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0335517/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13343 ## Biography Lawrence Grant (born Percy Reginald Lawrence-Grant) was an English actor. He appeared in supporting roles in numerous Hollywood films from the silent era through the 1940s. Grant began his career on the stage and first came to America in 1908. He later worked in Hollywood as a character actor and hosted the 4th Academy Awards ceremony in 1931. His film credits include *Shanghai Express* (1932) as Reverend Carmichael, *The Mask of Fu Manchu* (1932) as Sir Lionel Barton, *Son of Frankenstein* (1939) as the Bürgermeister, *Ninotchka* (1939) as General Savitsky (uncredited), and *Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde* (1941) as Dr. Courtland. He died in Santa Barbara, California. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (4) ### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these - *Shanghai Express* (1932), Fi1m 80, as Reverend Carmichael — [page](https://film.one/film/shanghai-express.md) ### Also credited (3) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *Ninotchka* (1939), Fi1m 82, as General Savitsky (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/ninotchka.md) - *Naughty Marietta* (1935), Fi1m 64, as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/naughty-marietta.md) - *Cavalcade* (1933), Fi1m 57, as Man at Microphone (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/cavalcade.md) ## Complete filmography (86) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Confidential Agent* (1945), as Lord Fetting - *The Living Ghost* (1942), as Dr. Bruhling - *The Ghost of Frankenstein* (1942), as Mayor (uncredited) - *Our Wife* (1941), as Dr. Holgarth (uncredited) - *Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde* (1941), as Dr. Courtland - *The Son of Monte Cristo* (1940), as The Baron (Uncredited) - *A Dispatch from Reuters* (1940), as Member of Parliament (uncredited) - *Women in War* (1940), as Sir Gordon, Defense Attorney - *Ninotchka* (1939), as General Savitsky (uncredited) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/ninotchka.md) - *British Intelligence* (1939), as Brigadier General - *Rulers of the Sea* (1939), as Mr. Negley - *Pride of the Blue Grass* (1939), as Lord Shropshire - *The Sun Never Sets* (1939), as Selection Board Member #2 - *Wife, Husband and Friend* (1939), as Rudolph Hertz - *Son of Frankenstein* (1939), as Bürgermeister - *Service de Luxe* (1938), as Voroshinsky - *Marie Antoinette* (1938), as Old Nobleman at Birth of Dauphin (uncredited) - *The Young in Heart* (1938), as Mr. Hutchins - *Invisible Enemy* (1938), as Foreign Diplomat - *Bluebeard's 8th Wife* (1938), as Professor Urganzeff - *SOS Coast Guard* (1937), as Rabinisi - Boroff's Spokesman at Screening [Ch. 1] - *Confession* (1937), as Doctor (uncredited) - *Under the Red Robe* (1937), as Father Joseph - *The White Angel* (1936), as Colonel (uncredited) - *The House of a Thousand Candles* (1936), as Sir Andrew McIntyre - *Little Lord Fauntleroy* (1936), as Lord Chief Justice - *Klondike Annie* (1936), as Sir Gilbert - *A Feather in Her Hat* (1935), as Dr. Phillips - *3 Kids and a Queen* (1935), as Wilfred Edgar - *Werewolf of London* (1935), as Sir Thomas Forsythe - *The Devil Is a Woman* (1935), as Duel Conductor (uncredited) - *Naughty Marietta* (1935), as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/naughty-marietta.md) - *Vanessa: Her Love Story* (1935), as Amery Herries - *The Man Who Reclaimed His Head* (1934), as Marchant - *The Count of Monte Cristo* (1934), as De Villefort Sr. - *I'll Tell the World* (1934), as Count Strumsky - *Queen Christina* (1934), as Bit part (uncredited) - *Nana* (1934), as Grand Duke Alexis - *By Candlelight* (1933), as Count von Rischenheim - *The Solitaire Man* (1933), as Sir Charles Brewster - *Looking Forward* (1933), as Philip Bendicott - *Clear All Wires!* (1933), as MacKenzie - *Cavalcade* (1933), as Man at Microphone (uncredited) — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/cavalcade.md) - *The Secret of Madame Blanche* (1933), as Commanding Officer (Uncredited) - *Boo* (1932), as Crosby (edited from "The Cat Creeps") - *The Mask of Fu Manchu* (1932), as Sir Lionel Barton - *Faithless* (1932), as Mr. Ledyard - *Divorce In The Family* (1932), as Kenny - *Speak Easily* (1932), as Dr. Bolton - *Jewel Robbery* (1932), as Professor Bauman (uncredited) - *Man About Town* (1932), as Count Vonesse - *Shanghai Express* (1932), as Reverend Carmichael — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/shanghai-express.md) - *The Unholy Garden* (1931), as Dr. Shayne - *Daughter of the Dragon* (1931), as Sir Basil Courtney - *The Squaw Man* (1931), as Gen. Stafford - *Their Mad Moment* (1931), as Sir Harry Congers - *Newly Rich* (1931), as Equerry - *Command Performance* (1931), as Count Vellenburg - *The Boudoir Diplomat* (1930), as Ambassador - *The Cat Creeps* (1930), as Crosby - *Oh, Sailor, Behave!* (1930), as Von Klaus - *Safety in Numbers* (1930), as Cmmdre. Brinker (uncredited) - *Is Everybody Happy?* (1929), as Victor Molnár - *The Exalted Flapper* (1929), as Premier Vadisco of Dacia - *Bulldog Drummond* (1929), as Dr. Lakington - *The Canary Murder Case* (1929), as John Cleaver - *The Rainbow* (1929), Actor - *The Case of Lena Smith* (1929), as Commissioner - *The Woman from Moscow* (1928), as The General Stroganoff - *Hold 'Em Yale* (1928), as Don Alvarado Montez - *Something Always Happens* (1928), as The Earl of Rochester - *Red Hair* (1928), as Judge Rufus Lennon - *Doomsday* (1928), as Percival Fream - *Serenade* (1927), as Josef Bruckner - *A Gentleman of Paris* (1927), as Gen. Baron de Latour - *Service for Ladies* (1927), as King Boris - *The Duchess of Buffalo* (1926), as Commandant - *The Grand Duchess and the Waiter* (1926), as The Grand Duke Peter - *His Hour* (1924), as Stephen Strong - *Happiness* (1924), as Mr. Rosselstein - *The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln* (1924), as Actor at Ford's - *Extravagance* (1921), as Uncle Mark - *Someone in the House* (1920), as Walter Hargrave - *The Chorus Girl's Romance* (1920), as Jose Brasswine - *Held in Trust* (1920), as Dr. Babcock - *To Hell with the Kaiser!* (1918), as The Kaiser / Robert Graubel ## Gallery - ![Lawrence Grant](https://film.one/media/person/1225774/gallery-1ea15573b9a9.jpg) Lawrence Grant — Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Lawrence_Grant_-_Jul_1918_EH.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Lawrence Grant](https://film.one/media/person/1225774/gallery-166df39b2a6b.jpg) Lawrence Grant — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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