Lionel Pape
English actor (1877-1944) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 67
Edward Lionel Pape was an English-born stage and screen actor. His acting career begun in his native UK with eventual migration to the US. He appeared on the Broadway stage in over 20 productions between 1912 and 1935. The beginning of his screen career goes back to the silent film era.
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Almost MarriedFilm, Mr. Marvin1941
Charley's AuntFilm, Babberly
Scotland YardFilm, 1941Hugh Burnside1940
A Dispatch from ReutersFilm, Stock Exchange Chairman (uncredited)
Arise, My LoveFilm, 1940Lord Kettlebrook1939
Drums Along the MohawkFilm, General (uncredited)1938
Bluebeard's Eighth WifeFilm, Monsieur Potin1937
AngelFilm
Wee Willie WinkieFilm, 1937Major Allardyce1936
Beloved EnemyFilm, Crump1935
Sylvia ScarlettFilm, Sergeant Major1921
NobodyFilm, Noron Ailsworth1920
The New York IdeaFilm, Sir Wilfrid Darby
The Sporting DuchessFilm, 1920Captain Cyprian Streatfield1877Born17 April 1877Known for
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The Philadelphia Story 1940
Midnight 1939
How Green Was My Valley 1941
The Hound of the Baskervilles 1939
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife 1938
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John Ford Directed How Green Was My Valley (1942)
George Cukor Directed The Philadelphia Story and Camille
Darryl F. Zanuck Produced How Green Was My Valley (1942)
Mitchell Leisen Directed Midnight and The Big Broadcast of 1938
Pandro S. Berman Produced Mary of Scotland and Sylvia Scarlett
Lawrence Grant Also in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Alfred Newman Wrote How Green Was My Valley (1942)
Jack Pennick Also in How Green Was My Valley (1942)
Harry Tenbrook Also in The Long Voyage Home (1940)
William Dieterle Directed The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
Katharine Hepburn Also in The Philadelphia Story (1941)
Claudette Colbert Also in Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
Ernst Lubitsch Produced Angel and Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Donald Crisp Also in How Green Was My Valley (1942)
Billy Bevan Also in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Tay Garnett Produced Eternally Yours (1939)
E. E. Clive Also in Camille (1936)
Mary Gordon Also in How Green Was My Valley (1942)
Walter Wanger Produced The Long Voyage Home (1940)
Brandon Hurst Also in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Michael Visaroff Also in Angel and Bluebeard's Eighth Wife- Victor Saville Produced Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Arthur Hornblow, Jr. Produced Midnight and Arise, My Love
Arthur Shields Also in How Green Was My Valley (1942)
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Between the 1930s and early 1940s, he played supporting roles and bit parts in over 50 Hollywood movies. He played in numerous films of directors like John Ford, Ernst Lubitsch and George Cukor. Pape portrayed Katharine Hepburn's butler in The Philadelphia Story (1940) and appeared as the oppressive coal mine owner in How Green Was My Valley (1941).
