Lionel Royce

Lionel Royce

actor

Lionel Royce was born on Mar 30, 1891 in Ukraine]. Lionel Royce's big-screen debut came with What Price Safety! directed by Harold S. Bucquet in 1938, strarring Morris Zuto. Lionel Royce is known for Gilda directed by Charles Vidor, Rita Hayworth stars as Gilda and Glenn Ford as Johnny Farrell. The upcoming new movie Lionel Royce plays is Gilda which will be released on Apr 25, 1946.

Acted extensively in German theatre in 1930's until driven out by demonstrators due to being Jewish. Returned to theatre pretending to be German farmer, Nazi press competed to heap praise on him. Eventually he was betrayed by a former colleague (though an actor in the same production also recognised him but kept silent). He then continued working in Vienna until the Anschluss after which he moved to the US. He was married to German Actress Agnes Straub. The story of his impersonation of an Aryan farmer was used as the basis of Austrian Playwright, Felix Mitterer's play "In Der Lowengrube", now translated into English as "In The Lion's Den".

  • Birthday

    Mar 30, 1891
  • Place of Birth

    Dolina, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Dolyna, Ukraine]

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