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Lionel Alfred William Atwill was an English stage and screen actor. He began his acting career at the Garrick Theatre. After coming to the U.S., he subsequently appeared in various Broadway plays and Hollywood films. Some of his more significant roles were in Captain Blood (1935), Son of Frankenstein (1939) and To Be or Not to Be (1942).
Birth Name
Lionel Alfred William Atwill
Born
Sunday, 01 March 1885
Died
Monday, 22 April 1946
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss | Ivan Igor | 2010 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Police Inspector Holtz / Mayor / Krogh / Inspector Arnz / Dr. Paul Rigas / Doctor Theodore Bohmer | 2007 |
| Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb | Dr. Xavier | 2007 |
| The Naked Archaeologist | Dr. von Niemann | 2005 |
| Universal Horror | (archive footage) | 1998 |
| Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook | Doctor Bohmer / Krogh / Krogh (archive footage) | 1991 |
| The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes | Professor Moriarty | 1985 |
| The Horror of It All | Dr. Otto von Niemann / Dr. Otto von Niemann (archive footage) | 1983 |
| The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979 |
| Tri plyus dva | Mystery Novel Character | 1964 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss | Ivan Igor | 2010 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Police Inspector Holtz / Mayor / Krogh / Inspector Arnz / Dr. Paul Rigas / Doctor Theodore Bohmer | 2007 |
| Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb | Dr. Xavier | 2007 |
| The Naked Archaeologist | Dr. von Niemann | 2005 |
| Universal Horror | (archive footage) | 1998 |
| Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook | Doctor Bohmer / Krogh / Krogh (archive footage) | 1991 |
| The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes | Professor Moriarty | 1985 |
| The Horror of It All | Dr. Otto von Niemann / Dr. Otto von Niemann (archive footage) | 1983 |
| The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979 |
| Tri plyus dva | Mystery Novel Character | 1964 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Actor in mad scientist movies | 1963 |
| Genius at Work | The Cobra / Latimer Marsh | 1946 |
| Lost City of the Jungle | Sir Eric Hazarias | 1946 |
| House of Dracula | Police Inspector Holtz | 1945 |
| Crime, Inc. | Pat Coyle | 1945 |
| Fog Island | Alec Ritchfield | 1945 |
| House of Frankenstein | Inspector Arnz | 1944 |
| Secrets of Scotland Yard | Waterlow | 1944 |
| Raiders of Ghost City | Erich von Rugen, alias Alex Morel / Erich von Rugen - alias Alex Morel | 1944 |
| Lady in the Death House | Charles Finch | 1944 |
| Captain America | Cyrus Maldor | 1944 |
| Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man | Mayor / Mayor of Vasaria | 1943 |
| Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon | Moriarty (as Moriarity) / Moriarty | 1942 |
| Night Monster | Dr. King | 1942 |
| Cairo | Teutonic Gentleman | 1942 |
| Pardon My Sarong | Varnoff | 1942 |
| Junior G-Men of the Air | The Baron | 1942 |
| The Strange Case of Doctor Rx | Dr. Fish | 1942 |
| The Ghost of Frankenstein | Doctor Theodore Bohmer / Dr. Bohmer | 1942 |
| To Be or Not to Be | Rawitch | 1942 |
| The Mad Doctor of Market Street | Dr. Ralph Benson / Graham / Dr. Ralph Benson, posing as Graham | 1942 |
| Man Made Monster | Dr. Paul Rigas | 1941 |
| The Great Profile | Dr. Bruce | 1940 |
| Boom Town | Harry Compton | 1940 |
| Girl in 313 | Russell aka Henry Woodruff | 1940 |
| Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise | Dr. Suderman | 1940 |
| Johnny Apollo | Jim McLaughlin | 1940 |
| Charlie Chan in Panama | Cliveden Compton | 1940 |
| Balalaika | Prof. Marakov / Professor Marakov | 1939 |
| The Mad Empress | General Bazaine | 1939 |
| The Secret of Dr. Kildare | Paul Messenger | 1939 |
| Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation | Professor Hildebrand / Professor Roger Chauncey Hilderbrand | 1939 |
| The Sun Never Sets | Zurof / Hugo Zurof | 1939 |
| The Gorilla | Walter Stevens | 1939 |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | James Mortimer M.D. / Dr. James Mortimer | 1939 |
| The Three Musketeers | De Rochefort | 1939 |
| Son of Frankenstein | Inspector Krogh | 1939 |
| The Great Waltz | Count Hohenfried / Count Anton 'Tony' Hohenfried | 1938 |
| Three Comrades | Breuer | 1938 |
| The Great Garrick | Beaumarchais / M. Beaumarchais | 1937 |
| The Wrong Road | Mike Roberts | 1937 |
| Lancer Spy | Col. Fenwick | 1937 |
| The High Command | Maj. Gen. Sir John Sangye, VC / Maj. Gen. Sir John Sangye | 1937 |
| The Last Train from Madrid | Col. Vigo | 1937 |
| The Road Back | Prosecutor | 1937 |
| Absolute Quiet | G.A. Axton / Gerald A. Axton | 1936 |
| Till We Meet Again | Ludwig | 1936 |
| Lady of Secrets | Mr. Whittaker / Mr. Stephen Whittaker | 1936 |
| Captain Blood | Colonel Bishop | 1935 |
| Rendezvous | Major William Brennan / Maj. William Brennan | 1935 |
| The Murder Man | Captain Cole | 1935 |
| Mark of the Vampire | Inspector Neumann | 1935 |
| The Devil Is a Woman | Capt. Don Pasqual 'Pasqualito' Costelar | 1935 |
| The Man Who Reclaimed His Head | Henry Dumont | 1934 |
| The Firebird | John Pointer | 1934 |
| The Age of Innocence | Julius Beaufort | 1934 |
| One More River | Brough | 1934 |
| Stamboul Quest | Herr Von Sturm | 1934 |
| Beggars in Ermine | John 'Flint' Dawson aka John Daniels | 1934 |
| Nana | Colonel André Muffat | 1934 |
| The Solitaire Man | Inspector Wallace | 1933 |
| Secret of the Blue Room | Robert von Helldorf | 1933 |
| The Song of Songs | Baron von Merzbach | 1933 |
| The Sphinx | Jerome Breen | 1933 |
| Murders in the Zoo | Eric Gorman | 1933 |
| Mystery of the Wax Museum | Ivan Igor | 1933 |
| The Secret of Madame Blanche | Aubrey St. John | 1933 |
| The Vampire Bat | Dr. Otto von Niemann | 1933 |
| Doctor X | Dr. Jerry Xavier | 1932 |
| The Marriage Price | Kenneth Gordon | 1919 |
| Eve's Daughter | Courtenay Urquhart | 1918 |
