--- name: "Lionel Belmore" canonical: "https://film.one/person/lionel-belmore" roles: ["Actor"] born: "11 May 1867" died: "30 January 1953" reviewed_on_fi1m: 5 average_fi1m_score: 83 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-19T23:39:29.827009+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." --- # Lionel Belmore Actor. Born 11 May 1867 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. Died 30 January 1953. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 11 May 1867, Wimbledon, London, England, UK - **Died:** 30 January 1953 - **Active:** 1929–1938 - **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 2 acting, 3 other - **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1920s 76 (1), 1930s 78 (4) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Belmore, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q434901, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0069373/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29817 ## Streaming the US now - **Tubi:** [*The Love Parade*](https://film.one/film/the-love-parade.md) (76) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Lionel Belmore was an English character actor and director. He appeared on stage for more than twenty-five years with actors including Wilson Barrett, Sir Henry Irving, William Faversham and Lily Langtry. He entered films in 1911 and directed several shorts between 1914 and 1920 before concentrating on acting. Belmore appeared in around 200 films, often in supporting roles. He played the Burgomaster in *Frankenstein* (1931) and the Prime Minister in *The Love Parade* (1929). Other credits include *The Adventures of Robin Hood* (1938), *Mutiny on the Bounty* (1935) and *Son of Frankenstein* (1939). He was married to stage actress Emmeline Florence Carder and had two daughters. Belmore died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, in 1953. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (5) ### Performed in (2) — the average rests on these - *The Adventures of Robin Hood* (1938), Fi1m 90, as Humility Prim — [page](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-robin-hood.md) - *The Love Parade* (1929), Fi1m 76, as Prime Minister — [page](https://film.one/film/the-love-parade.md) ### Also credited (3) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *David Copperfield* (1935), Fi1m 81, as Old Bailey Warden (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/david-copperfield.md) - *Mutiny on the Bounty* (1935), Fi1m 83, as Innkeeper (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/mutiny-on-the-bounty.md) - *Cavalcade* (1933), Fi1m 57, as Uncle George (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/cavalcade.md) ## Complete filmography (166) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Big Parade of Comedy* (1964), as Blacksmith in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage) (uncredited) - *The Ghost of Frankenstein* (1942), as Councilman (uncredited) - *The Son of Monte Cristo* (1940), as Hercules Snyder - *Diamond Frontier* (1940), as Piet Bloem - *Tom Brown's School Days* (1940), as Tavern Keeper - *My Son, My Son!* (1940), as Mr. Moscrop - *Tower of London* (1939), as Beacon - a Chamberlain - *Rulers of the Sea* (1939), as Villager (Uncredited) - *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1939), as Judge at Esmeralda's Trial (uncredited) - *The Sun Never Sets* (1939), as Selection Board Member #3 - *Son of Frankenstein* (1939), as Emil Lang - *Pie a la Maid* (1938), as Dr. Kornbloom - *The Declaration of Independence* (1938), as The Innkeeper (uncredited) - *Service de Luxe* (1938), as Wade - *If I Were King* (1938), as Chief Steward (uncredited) - *The Adventures of Robin Hood* (1938), as Humility Prim — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-robin-hood.md) - *Thoroughbreds Don't Cry* (1937), as Calverton's Butler (uncredited) - *It's Love I'm After* (1937), as Friar Lawrence (uncredited) - *The Toast of New York* (1937), as President of Board - *Topper* (1937), as Bank Guard (uncredited) - *The Prince and the Pauper* (1937), as Innkeeper - *The Romance Of Robert Burns* (1937), as Coachman (uncredited) - *Maid of Salem* (1937), as Tavern Keeper - *The Last of the Mohicans* (1936), as Patroon - *The White Angel* (1936), as Captain (uncredited) - *Master Will Shakespeare* (1936), as Manager Burbage (uncredited) - *One Rainy Afternoon* (1936), as Stage Doorman (Uncredited) - *Little Lord Fauntleroy* (1936), as Higgins - *Hitch Hike Lady* (1935), as Mr. Harker - Green-grocer - *Forced Landing* (1935), as Prison Warden - *Mutiny on the Bounty* (1935), as Innkeeper (uncredited) — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/mutiny-on-the-bounty.md) - *The Three Musketeers* (1935), as Inn Proprietor - *Bonnie Scotland* (1935), as Blacksmith - *Cardinal Richelieu* (1935), as Agitator - *Vanessa: Her Love Story* (1935), as Will Leathwaite - *Clive of India* (1935), as Official at Reception - *David Copperfield* (1935), as Old Bailey Warden (uncredited) — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/david-copperfield.md) - *Caravan* (1934), as Station Master - *Red Morning* (1934), as The Storekeeper - *Cleopatra* (1934), as Fidius - *The Affairs of Cellini* (1934), as Court Member (uncredited) - *Jane Eyre* (1934), as Lord Ingram - *Range Riders* (1934), as Bartender Mike - *Stingaree* (1934), as Governor's Second Aide (uncredited) - *Design for Living* (1933), as Theatre Patron (uncredited) - *I Am Suzanne!* (1933), as Puppeteer / Satan - *Meet the Baron* (1933), as Explorer with Newspaper (uncredited) - *Berkeley Square* (1933), as Innkeeper (uncredited) - *The Warrior's Husband* (1933), as Homer - *The Constant Woman* (1933), as Character Man - *Oliver Twist* (1933), as Mr. Bumble - *Cavalcade* (1933), as Uncle George (uncredited) — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/cavalcade.md) - *The Vampire Bat* (1933), as Bürgermeister Gustave Schoen - *The Sign of the Cross* (1932), as Bettor of 300 Silver - *Malay Nights* (1932), as Buck - Bartender - *The Man Called Back* (1932), as Mr. Cartright - *Rule 'Em and Weep* (1932), as General - *So Big!* (1932), as Reverend Dekker (uncredited) - *Vanity Fair* (1932), as Sir Pitt Crawley - *Police Court* (1932), as Albert Furman - *Hollywood Halfbacks* (1931), Actor - *Safe in Hell* (1931), as Judge (uncredited) - *Frankenstein* (1931), as The Burgomaster - *The Great Junction Hotel* (1931), as The District Attorney - *Alexander Hamilton* (1931), as General Philip Schuyler - *Daybreak* (1931), as Herr Kessner (uncredited) - *Ten Nights in a Bar-room* (1931), as Bill, the Bartender - *Kiss Me Again* (1931), as Cafe Manager (uncredited) - *One Heavenly Night* (1930), as Baron Zagon - *The Boudoir Diplomat* (1930), as War Minister - *River's End* (1930), as Mountie - *Sweet Kitty Bellairs* (1930), as Col. Villiers - *Monte Carlo* (1930), as Prince Gustav von Liebenheim - *Hell's Island* (1930), as Monsieur Dupont - *The Green Specter* (1930), as Commandant Endicott - *Captain of the Guard* (1930), as Colonel of Hussars - *The Rogue Song* (1930), as Ossman - *Playing Around* (1930), as Morgan - *Love Comes Along* (1930), as Brownie - *Devil-May-Care* (1929), as Innkeeper (uncredited) - *Evidence* (1929), as Inkeeper - *The Love Parade* (1929), as Prime Minister — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-love-parade.md) - *The Doll Shop* (1929), as The Toy Maker - *The Unholy Night* (1929), as Major Endicott - *From Headquarters* (1929), as Señor Carroles - *The Redeeming Sin* (1929), as Father Colomb - *Stark Mad* (1929), as Amos Sewald - *The Yellowback* (1929), as McDougal - *The Circus Kid* (1928), as Beezicks - *Heart Trouble* (1928), as Adolph Van Housen - *The Play Girl* (1928), as The Greek Florist - *The Matinee Idol* (1928), as Jasper Bolivar - *Rose-Marie* (1928), as Henri Duray - *The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg* (1928), as Stout Student (uncredited) - *Run, Girl, Run* (1928), as The Dean - *The Wife's Relations* (1928), as Cyrus Dodd - *Sorrell and Son* (1927), as John Palfrey - *Roaring Fires* (1927), as John D. Summers - *The Sunset Derby* (1927), as Jack McTeague - *The King of Kings* (1927), as Roman Noble - *Afraid to Love* (1927), as Nobleman (uncredited) - *The Demi-Bride* (1927), as Monsieur Girard - *Winners of the Wilderness* (1927), as Gov. Dinwiddie of Virginia - *Lucky Fool* (1927), as Mr. Bowden - *The Return of Peter Grimm* (1926), as Rev. Bartholomey - *Bardelys the Magnificent* (1926), as Vicomte de Lavedan - *The Dice Woman* (1926), as Rastillac - *Shipwrecked* (1926), as John Beacon - *The Blackbird* (1926), as Music Hall Proprietor (uncredited) - *The Checkered Flag* (1926), as Joel Corbin - *The Return of Grey Wolf* (1926), as Jacques St. Claire - *Madame Behave* (1925), as Seth Corwin - *The Storm Breaker* (1925), as Parson - *Without Mercy* (1925), as Honest Tom Massingham - *Never the Twain Shall Meet* (1925), as Gaston Larrieau - *Eve's Secret* (1925), as Baron - *The Silent Watcher* (1924), as Barnes - *The Man Who Fights Alone* (1924), as Meggs - *The Sea Hawk* (1924), as Justice Anthony Baine - *A Boy of Flanders* (1924), as Baas Cogez - *Try and Get It* (1924), as Timothy Perrin - *A Lady of Quality* (1924), as Sir Geoffrey Wildairs - *The Meanest Man in the World* (1923), Actor - *Red Lights* (1923), as Aiden Murray - *Three Ages* (1923), as Undetermined Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed) - *Forgive and Forget* (1923), as Butler - *Railroaded* (1923), as Foster - *Within the Law* (1923), as Irwin - his attorney - *Quicksands* (1923), as Ring Member - *Jazzmania* (1923), as Baron Bolo - *Peg o' My Heart* (1922), as Hawks - *The Kentucky Derby* (1922), as Col. Rome Woolrich - *Enter Madame* (1922), as Archimede - *Oliver Twist* (1922), as Mr. Brownlow - *The Galloping Kid* (1922), as 'Five-Notch' Arnett - *Out of the Silent North* (1922), as Andrea Vallois - *Head Over Heels* (1922), as Al Wilkins - *The World's Champion* (1922), as John Burroughs - *Iron to Gold* (1922), as Sheriff - *Kindred of the Dust* (1922), as The Laird of Tyee - *Two Minutes to Go* (1921), as Her Father - *Moonlight Follies* (1921), as James Rutledge - *The Sting of the Lash* (1921), as Ben Ames - *Guile of Women* (1921), as Armstrong - *A Shocking Night* (1921), as Bill Bradford - *The Great Lover* (1920), as Impresario - *Godless Men* (1920), as Seaman Neighbor - *The Man Who Had Everything* (1920), as Mark Bullway - *Madame X* (1920), as M. Robert Parissard - *Milestones* (1920), as Richard Sibley Sr - *Jes' Call Me Jim* (1920), as Belcher - *The Strange Boarder* (1920), as Jake Bloom - *Leap to Fame* (1918), as Carl Hoffman - *Wanted, A Mother* (1918), as Giuseppe - *The Wasp* (1918), as Brazsos · Director - *His Royal Highness* (1918), as Gen. Malcoff - *The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds* (1918), as Gen. Israel Putnam - *Shame* (1917), as Peters - *The Supreme Sacrifice* (1916), Director - *Britton of the Seventh* (1916), Director - *The Ruling Power* (1915), Director - *West Wind* (1915), as John Benham - the Ranch Owner · Director - *From the Dregs* (1915), Director - *His Bunkie* (1915), Director - *In the Latin Quarter* (1915), Director - *Wide Open*, Actor ## Gallery - ![Silent film actor Lionel Belmore. Subjects: actors (1923)](https://film.one/media/person/1224880/gallery-ec9c1171e0ee.jpg) Silent film actor Lionel Belmore. Subjects: actors (1923) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Silent_film_actor_Lionel_Belmore_%28SAYRE_5592%29.jpg/1280px-Silent_film_actor_Lionel_Belmore_%28SAYRE_5592%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Lobby card for the American drama film Jazzmania (1923).](https://film.one/media/person/1224880/gallery-ca281304e28e.jpg) Lobby card for the American drama film Jazzmania (1923). — Tiffany Pictures / Metro Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Jazzmania_lobby_card_3.jpg/1280px-Jazzmania_lobby_card_3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Lionel Belmore](https://film.one/media/person/1224880/gallery-6f3dae0b1027.jpg) Lionel Belmore — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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