Lionel Pape
English actor (1877-1944)
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. 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).
Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 12 films (1920–1941) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field.
| Year ▲ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | The fatal hour. | Metro Pictures Corp. | 6 reels | 16mm | B&W | silent |
| 1920 | THE SPORTING DUCHESS. | Vitagraph Co Of America | 7 reels | B&W | ||
| 1937 | Slave ship. | Fox Film Corp | 3150 | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1938 | Bluebeard's eighth wife | Inc.: Publisher | 12000 | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1938 | THE RAGE OF PARIS. | Universal Pictures Co. Inc. | 9 reels | 16mm | B&W | Sound |
| 1939 | Drums Along the Mohawk | Teaching Film Custodians | 1200 ft. | Color & B&W | ||
| 1939 | Drums Along The Mohawk. | John Ford | 9 303 ft. | Color & B&W | ||
| 1939 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Learning Corporation of America | 80 | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1940 | The Philadelphia Story. | George Cukor | 12 reels | B&W | sound | |
| 1940 | Tin Pan Alley. | Walter Lang | 9 000 ft. | B&W | ||
| 1941 | A woman's face | Loew's Inc. (Publisher) | Metro Goldwyn Mayer: Publisher | 1:45:00 | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1941 | A Woman's Face. | George Cukor | 12 reels | B&W | sound |