- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 27, 1885
- Place of Birth
- Croydon, London, England, UK
- Died
- April 22, 1946
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…
Filmography
movieTerror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
2007 · Dr. Xavier (archive footage)
movieThe Wolfman's Cure
1998 · Inspector Holtz
movieIn the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
1996
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
movieFrankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991 · Doctor Bohmer / Krogh (archive footage)
movieThe Horror of It All
1983 · Dr. Otto von Niemann (archive footage)
movieThe Horror Show
1979 · (archive footage)
movieDoom of Dracula
1966 · Arntz, Police Officer (archive footage)
movieGenius at Work
1946 · Latimer Marsh / The Cobra
movieLost City of the Jungle
1946 · Sir Eric Hazarias
movieHouse of Dracula
1945 · Police Inspector Holtz
movieCrime, Inc.
1945 · Pat Coyle
movieFog Island
1945 · Alec Ritchfield
movieHouse of Frankenstein
1944 · Inspector Arnz
movieSecrets of Scotland Yard
1944 · Waterlow
movieRaiders of Ghost City
1944 · Erich von Rugen, alias Alex Morel
movieLady in the Death House
1944 · Charles Finch
movieCaptain America
1944 · Cyrus Maldor
movieFrankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943 · Mayor of Vasaria
movieSherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
1942 · Professor Moriarty
movieNight Monster
1942 · Dr. King
Dead End Kids Go To War
movieDead End Kids Go To War
1942 · The Baron
movieCairo
1942 · Teutonic Gentleman
moviePardon My Sarong
1942 · Varnoff
movieJunior G-Men of the Air
1942 · The Baron
movieThe Strange Case of Doctor Rx
1942 · Dr. Fish
movieThe Ghost of Frankenstein
1942 · Dr. Bohmer
movieTo Be or Not to Be
1942 · Rawitch
movieThe Mad Doctor of Market Street
1942 · Dr. Ralph Benson, posing as Graham
movieMan-Made Monster
1941 · Dr. Paul Rigas
movieBoom Town
1940 · Harry Compton
movieThe Great Profile
1940 · Dr. Bruce
movieGirl in 313
1940 · Russell aka Henry Woodruff
movieCharlie Chan's Murder Cruise
1940 · Dr. Suderman
movieJohnny Apollo
1940 · Jim McLaughlin
movieCharlie Chan in Panama
1940 · Cliveden Compton
movieThe Mad Empress
1939 · General Bazaine
movieBalalaika
1939 · Professor Marakov
movieThe Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939 · Paul Messenger
movieMr. Moto Takes a Vacation
1939 · Prof. Roger Chauncey Hildebrand
movieThe Sun Never Sets
1939 · Hugo Zurof
movieThe Gorilla
1939 · Walter Stevens
movieThe Hound of the Baskervilles
1939 · Dr. James Mortimer
movieThe Three Musketeers
1939 · De Rochefort
movieSon of Frankenstein
1939 · Inspector Krogh
movieThe Great Waltz
1938 · Count Anton 'Tony' Hohenfried
movieThree Comrades
1938 · Breuer
movieThe Great Garrick
1937 · M. Beaumarchais
movieThe Wrong Road
1937 · Mike Roberts
movieLancer Spy
1937 · Col. Fenwick
movieThe High Command
1937 · Maj. Gen. Sir John Sangye
movieThe Last Train from Madrid
1937 · Col. Vigo
movieThe Road Back
1937 · Prosecutor
movieAbsolute Quiet
1936 · Gerald A. Axton
movieTill We Meet Again
1936 · Ludwig
movieLady of Secrets
1936 · Mr. Stephen Whittaker
movieCaptain Blood
1935 · Colonel Bishop
movieRendezvous
1935 · Maj. William Brennan
movieThe Murder Man
1935 · Captain Cole
movieThe Devil Is a Woman
1935 · Capt. Don Pasqual 'Pasqualito' Costelar
movieMark of the Vampire
1935 · Inspector Neumann
movieThe Man Who Reclaimed His Head
1934 · Henry Dumont
movieThe Firebird
1934 · John Pointer
movieThe Age of Innocence
1934 · Julius Beaufort
movieOne More River
1934 · Brough
movieStamboul Quest
1934 · Herr Von Sturm
movieBeggars in Ermine
1934 · John 'Flint' Dawson aka John Daniels
movieNana
1934 · Colonel André Muffat
movieThe Solitaire Man
1933 · Inspector Wallace
movieSecret of the Blue Room
1933 · Robert von Helldorf
movieThe Song of Songs
1933 · Baron von Merzbach
movieThe Sphinx
1933 · Jerome Breen
movieMurders in the Zoo
1933 · Eric Gorman
movieMystery of the Wax Museum
1933 · Ivan Igor
movieThe Secret of Madame Blanche
1933 · Aubrey St. John
movieThe Vampire Bat
1933 · Dr. Otto von Niemann
movieDoctor X
1932 · Dr. Jerry Xavier
movieThe Silent Witness
1932 · Sir Austin Howard
The Knife
movieThe Knife
1929 · The Surgeon
movieThe Highest Bidder
1921 · Lester
movieThe Marriage Price
1919 · Kenneth Gordon
movieEve's Daughter
1918 · Courtenay Urquhart