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Lionel Royce (born Leon Moriz Reiss; March 30, 1891 – April 1, 1946) was an Austrian-American actor of stage and screen, also known during his European career as Leo Reuss. He began his career in theater in Vienna , Austria, in 1919, before moving to Berlin in 1925.
Lionel Royce. Actor: Victory. Acted extensively in German theatre in 1930's until driven out by demonstrators due to being Jewish. Returned to theatre pretending to be German farmer, Nazi press competed to heap praise on him. Eventually he was betrayed by a former colleague (though an actor in the same production also recognised him but kept ...
- Actor
- March 30, 1891
- Lionel Royce
- April 1, 1946
Lionel Royce was an Austrian-American actor of stage and screen, also known during his European career as Leo Reuss. He began his career in theater in Vienna, Austria, in 1919, before moving to Berlin in 1925. Being Jewish, his work began to be restricted in the 1930s in Nazi Germany.
Lionel Royce was an actor in Nazi Germany who lost his job for being a Jew. He went to the Alps, grew a beard and bathed in hydrogen to dye all his hair. Nazis praised him as living proof of superior Aryan blood when he returned to the stage as a successful self-taught actor.
Lionel Royce. Actor: Victory. Acted extensively in German theatre in 1930's until driven out by demonstrators due to being Jewish. Returned to theatre pretending to be German farmer, Nazi press competed to heap praise on him. Eventually he was betrayed by a former colleague (though an actor in the same production also recognised him but kept ...
- March 30, 1891
- April 1, 1946
Lionel Royce is known as an Actor. Some of his work includes Gilda, Tarzan and the Amazons, White Pongo, My Favorite Blonde, Road to Zanzibar, Charlie Chan in Panama, Confessions of a Nazi Spy, and The Son of Monte Cristo.
Mar 18, 2019 · Learn how Lionel Royce, a Jewish actor born in Ukraine, changed his identity and name to survive the Nazi regime in Austria. Discover his acting career, his role in Confessions of a Nazi Spy, and his death in Manilla.
