Leo Reuss
Austrian-American actor (1891-1946) · Austria · On the map · Actors · Died at 55
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.
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GildaFilm, 1946German Man (uncredited)1945
Tarzan and the AmazonsFilm, Basov (uncredited)
White PongoFilm, 1945Peter Van Dorn1944
Passport to DestinyFilm, Sturmfuehrer Karl Dietrich1943
Above SuspicionFilm, Officer at Border (Uncredited)1942
Half Way to ShanghaiFilm, Otto Brinker aka Otto von Schact
Unseen EnemyFilm, 1942German Captain Wilhelm Roering1941
Road to ZanzibarFilm, Monsieur Lebec1940
Charlie Chan in PanamaFilm, Dr. Rudolph Grosser
The Son of Monte CristoFilm, 1940Col. Zimmerman1939
6,000 EnemiesFilm, Dutch Myers1938
Marie AntoinetteFilm, Guillaume (uncredited)
What Price Safety!Film, 1938Morris Zuto1923
I.N.R.I. - A Film of HumanityFilm, Bartholomäus1891Born30 March 1891Known for
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Gilda 1946
Tarzan and the Amazons 1945
Once Upon a Honeymoon 1942
People around Leo
Alexander Granach Also in I.N.R.I. and 1914- Hans Schumm Also in Espionage Agent and The Man I Married
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William von Brincken Also in Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
Martin Kosleck Also in Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
Egon Brecher Also in Espionage Agent and Nurse Edith Cavell
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski Also in I.N.R.I. (1923)
Lucien Prival Also in Espionage Agent and Nurse Edith Cavell
Steven Geray Also in Gilda and Tarzan and the Amazons
Wolfgang Zilzer Also in Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
Ernő Verebes Also in Gilda, Underground and The Hitler Gang
Louis Adlon Also in Espionage Agent and Underground
George Sanders Also in The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)
Robert Wiene Directed I.N.R.I. (1923)
Ernst Deutsch Also in Nurse Edith Cavell and The Man I Married
Henry Brandon Also in The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)
Glen Cavender Also in Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
Sidney Lanfield Directed The Lady Has Plans (1942)
Edward Gargan Also in Pack Up Your Troubles (1939)
Bruno Ziener Also in I.N.R.I. and 1914- Ernst Dernburg Also in I.N.R.I. and 1914
Jean Del Val Also in Gilda and The Lady Has Plans
Georges Renavent Also in Road to Zanzibar (1941)
Kurt Neumann Produced Tarzan and the Amazons (1945)
Ludwig Stössel Also in The Man I Married and Underground
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About this person
Fleeing the Nazis he returned to Austria in 1936, where to hide his heritage, he created the persona of Kaspar Brandhofer, a Tyrolian peasant, and became a sensation as a natural actor on the stage in Vienna. When he admitted his ruse, he became blacklisted in Austria, after which he emigrated to the United States in 1937. He had an active film career in the United States, appearing in almost 40 films between 1938 and 1946. While on tour with the USO, he died in Manila in 1946.
