
Lionel Atwill
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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 ingenue played by Helen Mack and her boyfriend Richard Cromwell to return their ill-gotten $100,000 and give up a life of crime. Two of Atwill's other notable non-horror roles were opposite his contemporary Basil Rathbone in films featuring Arthur Conan Doyle's character Sherlock Holmes, including a role as Dr. James Mortimer in 20th Century Fox's 1939 film rendition of the Conan Doyle novel The Hound of the Baskervilles, and the 1943 Universal Studios film Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon, in which he played Holmes' archenemy and super-villain, Professor Moriarty.
Atwill remained a stalwart of the Universal horror films until his career flagged in the 1940s because of a widely publicized sex scandal in 1941, during the investigation of which he was charged in 1942 with perjury at a trial in which Atwill had been accused of staging a sex orgy at his home.
He died while working on the 1946 film serial Lost City of the Jungle. His ashes were once inurned in Chapel of the Pines Crematory.
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The Wolfman's Cure Future★ NR
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Dr. Xavier (archive footage)★ NR
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Doctor Bohmer / Krogh (archive footage)★ 5.7
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The Horror of It All 1983Dr. Otto von Niemann (archive footage)★ 8
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The Horror Show 1979(archive footage)★ 6
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Doom of Dracula 1966Arntz, Police Officer (archive footage)★ NR
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Genius at Work 1946Latimer Marsh / The Cobra★ 6
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Sir Eric Hazarias★ 6.2
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House of Dracula 1945Police Inspector Holtz★ 5.5
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Crime, Inc. 1945Pat Coyle★ 4.2
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Fog Island 1945Alec Ritchfield★ 5.4
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Inspector Arnz★ 6
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Waterlow★ 5.3
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Erich von Rugen, alias Alex Morel★ 6
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Charles Finch★ 5.4
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Captain America 1944Cyrus Maldor★ 5.5
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Mayor of Vasaria★ 6.2
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Professor Moriarty★ 6.3
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Night Monster 1942Dr. King★ 6.2
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The Baron★ NR
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Cairo 1942Teutonic Gentleman★ 5.8
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Pardon My Sarong 1942Varnoff★ 6.5
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The Baron★ 6
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Dr. Fish★ 5.1
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Dr. Bohmer★ 5.8
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To Be or Not to Be 1942Rawitch★ 7.8
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Dr. Ralph Benson, posing as Graham★ 5.2
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Man-Made Monster 1941Dr. Paul Rigas★ 6.1
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Boom Town 1940Harry Compton★ 6.9
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The Great Profile 1940Dr. Bruce★ 6.3
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Girl in 313 1940Russell aka Henry Woodruff★ 5.6
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Dr. Suderman★ 6.7
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Johnny Apollo 1940Jim McLaughlin★ 6.8
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Cliveden Compton★ 6.8
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The Mad Empress 1939General Bazaine★ 5.6
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Balalaika 1939Professor Marakov★ 4.4
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Paul Messenger★ 5.6
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Prof. Roger Chauncey Hildebrand★ 6.6
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The Sun Never Sets 1939Hugo Zurof★ 4.8
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The Gorilla 1939Walter Stevens★ 4.7
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Dr. James Mortimer★ 7.1
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The Three Musketeers 1939De Rochefort★ 5.8
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Son of Frankenstein 1939Inspector Krogh★ 6.7
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The Great Waltz 1938Count Anton 'Tony' Hohenfried★ 5.7
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Three Comrades 1938Breuer★ 7.1
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The Great Garrick 1937M. Beaumarchais★ 5.9
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The Wrong Road 1937Mike Roberts★ 4.3
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Lancer Spy 1937Col. Fenwick★ 5.2
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The High Command 1937Maj. Gen. Sir John Sangye★ 5.6
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Col. Vigo★ 4.6
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The Road Back 1937Prosecutor★ 6.3
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Absolute Quiet 1936Gerald A. Axton★ 5.5
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Till We Meet Again 1936Ludwig★ 5
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Lady of Secrets 1936Mr. Stephen Whittaker★ 6
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Captain Blood 1935Colonel Bishop★ 7.2
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Rendezvous 1935Maj. William Brennan★ 4.8
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The Murder Man 1935Captain Cole★ 6.9
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The Devil Is a Woman 1935Capt. Don Pasqual 'Pasqualito' Costelar★ 6.3
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Mark of the Vampire 1935Inspector Neumann★ 6.1
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Henry Dumont★ 6
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The Firebird 1934John Pointer★ 5.5
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The Age of Innocence 1934Julius Beaufort★ 5.4
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One More River 1934Brough★ 5.3
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Stamboul Quest 1934Herr Von Sturm★ 5.4
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Beggars in Ermine 1934John 'Flint' Dawson aka John Daniels★ 6.3
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Nana 1934Colonel André Muffat★ 5
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The Solitaire Man 1933Inspector Wallace★ 6.5
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Robert von Helldorf★ 5.6
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The Song of Songs 1933Baron von Merzbach★ 6
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The Sphinx 1933Jerome Breen★ 4.8
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Murders in the Zoo 1933Eric Gorman★ 5.8
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Ivan Eigor★ 6.5
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Aubrey St. John★ 4
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The Vampire Bat 1933Dr. Otto von Niemann★ 5.4
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Doctor X 1932Dr. Jerry Xavier★ 6
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The Silent Witness 1932Sir Austin Howard★ 5.5
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The Knife 1929The Surgeon★ NR
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The Highest Bidder 1921Lester★ NR
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The Marriage Price 1919Kenneth Gordon★ NR
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Eve's Daughter 1918Courtenay Urquhart★ NR