Arnold Lucy

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Arnold Lucy with Constance Talmadge in the film The Love Expert (1920)

Arnold Lucy (* 8. August 1865 in London , England as Walter George Campbell ; † 15. December 1945 in Los Angeles , California ) was a British actor.

life and career

Arnold Lucy was born the youngest of six children of the architect and surveyor Donald Campbell (1830-1900) and his wife Lucy Elizabeth (1828-1922). He was already an experienced acting veteran of London's West End when he made his cinema debut in the silent film The Devil's Toy in 1916 . By 1938 he played in a total of over 40 British and American films, mostly in minor supporting roles as an authority figure. He had his best-known appearance as the chauvinist professor Kantorek in the classic film In the West Nothing New (1930), which encourages his students to volunteer as soldiers for the war. In addition to his film work, he starred in over a dozen plays on Broadway between 1912 and 1927 .

Arnold Lucy, whose private life is unknown, died in California in 1945 at the age of 80.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1916: The Devil's Toy
  • 1920: Good References
  • 1923: Modern Marriage
  • 1930: on the Western Front (All Quiet on the Western Front)
  • 1930: City Girl
  • 1931: Merely Mary Ann
  • 1931: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)
  • 1932: Guilty as Hell
  • 1932: Sherlock Holmes
  • 1933: Ahasver, The Wandering Jew
  • 1934: Katharina die Grosse (The Rise of Catherine the Great)
  • 1934: The Man Who Knew Too Much (The Man Who Knew Too Much)
  • 1937: Queen Victoria (Victoria the Great)

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personal data
SURNAME Lucy, Arnold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Campbell, Walter George (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English film and stage actor
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH London , England
DATE OF DEATH December 15, 1945
Place of death Los Angeles , California , USA