Lionel Pape
Edward Lionel Pape (born April 17, 1877 in Sussex , England , † October 21, 1944 in Woodland Hills , California ) was a British actor.
Life
Pape made his debut on Broadway in New York in 1912 , where he participated in around 20 productions until 1935. 1917 reported the New York Times that he in the First World War had fallen. How this false report came about is unclear.
He starred in the mid-1920s, among other things, in the comedy The Last of Mrs. Chaney , which had a total of 385 performances and two film adaptations. After a few film appearances during the silent film era , Lionel Pape went to Hollywood in 1935 , where he subsequently appeared regularly in supporting roles. He was mostly cast as a conscientious British butler, aristocrat or civil servant, including in The Hound of Baskerville , The Night Before the Wedding and Striking Weather . In total, he appeared in almost 60 films by 1942.
Filmography
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Web links
- Lionel Pape in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Lionel Pape in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Lionel Pape, Actor, Killed in War. The New York Times , January 30, 1917, accessed February 18, 2014 .
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| SURNAME | Pape, Lionel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pape, Edward Lionel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sussex , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 21, 1944 |
| Place of death | Woodland Hills , California |