Leon M. Lion(1879-1947)
- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Leon Marks Lion was an English actor, primarily of stage but also of
screen; playwright, theatrical manager and producer. His first
professional performance was in 1897, and he went on to enjoy a
successful and varied career on the stage (including touring with light
opera and Shakespeare companies), regularly performing in London's West
End; as well as writing and producing for the theatre. He played in and
produced a number of plays by Nobel laureate
John Galsworthy, whose letters to Lion
were published in book-form in 1969 (and whose play "The Skin Game" was
adapted to film by
Alfred Hitchcock).
Lion appeared in a total of thirteen films between 1915 and 1939, most notably receiving top billing as bumbling, comic tramp "Ben" in Hitchcock's Number 17 (1932). He also appeared in some of England's earliest television broadcasts in 1938/9.
Lion appeared in a total of thirteen films between 1915 and 1939, most notably receiving top billing as bumbling, comic tramp "Ben" in Hitchcock's Number 17 (1932). He also appeared in some of England's earliest television broadcasts in 1938/9.
