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Lionel Alfred William Atwill (1 March 1885 – 22 April 1946) was an English and American stage and screen actor. He began his acting career at the Garrick Theatre. After coming to the United States, he appeared in Broadway plays and Hollywood films.
Lionel Atwill. Actor: To Be or Not to Be. Lionel Atwill was born into a wealthy family and was educated at London's prestigious Mercer School to become an architect, but his interest turned to the stage.
May 6, 2015 · Perhaps mercifully, Lionel Atwill died of pneumonia in April of 1946, aged 61. He left behind his fourth and last wife and numerous children. At one time, Atwill was considered an actor with the potential of a John Gielgud or Laurence Olivier.
Lionel Atwill. Actor: To Be or Not to Be. Lionel Atwill was born into a wealthy family and was educated at London's prestigious Mercer School to become an architect, but his interest turned to the stage.
“In pre-Code Hollywood, no actor leered as wickedly as Lionel Atwill, no actor chuckled as wickedly as Lionel Atwill. If you needed someone to play a villain, a mad doctor, a sex maniac, he was the man, and nobody did it better.”
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.
Dec 15, 2023 · Hello, Classic Hollywood enthusiasts! 📽️ Today, we embark on a spellbinding journey to honor the luminous Lionel Atwill, a true icon of the silver screen. 🌟 ...more.
Oct 22, 2015 · Despite appearing opposite Basil Rathbone in two Sherlock Holmes films, opposite the Ritz Brothers in another two, his star-making turn in Captain Blood (1935), and his comic tour de force as a ...
Lionel Atwill, Hollywood movie and stage star of the thirties and forties, lived in Lennard Road, Penge, for more than twenty years before sailing to America and finding fame and fortune in Hollywood.
Suave and usually moustachioed, Lionel Atwill was an actor of impeccable diction and an air of faintly seedy sophistication. His characters suppurated corruption under their skins of suavity.
