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Eric Blore
Catalogued films 77Actor 77
Eric Blore Sr. (23 December 1887 – 2 March 1959) was an English actor and writer. His early stage career, mostly in the West End of London, centred on revue and musical comedy, but also included straight plays. He wrote sketches for and appeared in variety. In the 1930s Blore acted mostly in Broadway productions. He made his last London appearance in 1933 in the Fred Astaire hit Gay Divorce. Between 1930 and 1955 he made more than 60 Hollywood films, becoming particularly well known for playing butlers and other superior domestic servants. He retired in 1956 for health reasons, and died in Hollywood in 1959 at the age of 71.
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Bowery to Bagdad
Fancy Pants
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
The Wind in the Willows
Romance on the High Seas
The Lone Wolf in London
The Lone Wolf in Mexico
Abie's Irish Rose
Winter Wonderland
The Notorious Lone Wolf
Kitty
Men in Her Diary
Easy to Look At
Penthouse Rhythm
San Diego I Love You
Holy Matrimony
Passport to Suez
Submarine Base
The Sky's the Limit
Heavenly Music
Happy Go Lucky
The Moon and Sixpence
Counter-Espionage
One Dangerous Night
The Shanghai Gesture
Sullivan's Travels
Secrets of the Lone Wolf
New York Town
Lady Scarface
Redhead
Road to Zanzibar
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
The Lady Eve
Confirm or Deny
Three Girls About Town
I Was a Criminal
Breakdowns of 1940
South of Suez
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
Earl of Puddlestone
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
'Til We Meet Again
The Lone Wolf Strikes
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Music in My Heart
$1,000 a Touchdown
Island of Lost Men
A Desperate Adventure
Swiss Miss
Joy of Living
Shall We Dance
It's Love I'm After
The Soldier and the Lady
Quality Street
Hitting a New High
Breakfast for Two
Smartest Girl in Town
Swing Time
Piccadilly Jim
Sons o' Guns
Two in the Dark
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Top Hat
The Casino Murder Case
To Beat the Band
The Good Fairy
I Live My Life
Folies Bergère de Paris
Diamond Jim
I Dream Too Much
Old Man Rhythm
Behold My Wife!
The Gay Divorcee
My Sin
Tarnished Lady
Laughter