Eric Blore

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

Biography

Eric Blore (23 December 1887 - 2 March 1959) was an English actor.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

Finchley, Middlesex, England, UK

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

22 December 1887, 137 years old

Known For

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

Sullivan's Travels

Once Upon a Studio

The Lady Eve

Top Hat

Swing Time

The Gay Divorcee

Shall We Dance

Swiss Miss

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

Once Upon a Studio

Mr. Toad (voice) (archive sound)

2023

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

Self (archive footage)

1997

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

Self (archive footage)

1997

Going Hollywood: The '30s

(archive footage)

1984

Bowery to Bagdad

The Genie

1955

Fancy Pants

Lionel Boswell / Sir Wimbley

1950

Love Happy

Mackinaw

1949

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

Mr. Toad (voice)

1949

The Wind in the Willows

J. Thaddeus Toad (voice)

1949

Romance on the High Seas

Ship's Doctor

1948

The Lone Wolf in London

Claudius Augustus Lucius Jamison

1947

The Lone Wolf in Mexico

Jamison

1947

Abie's Irish Rose

Stubbins, Asst. Hotel Manager

1946

Winter Wonderland

Luddington

1946

The Notorious Lone Wolf

Jameson

1946

Kitty

Dobson

1945

Men in Her Diary

Florist

1945

Penthouse Rhythm

Ferdy Pelham

1945

Easy to Look At

Billings

1945

San Diego I Love You

Nelson, Butler

1944

Holy Matrimony

Henry Leek

1943

Passport to Suez

Llewellyn Jameson

1943

Submarine Base

Spike, Morgan's Aide

1943

The Sky's the Limit

Jackson - Phil's Butler (uncredited)

1943

Heavenly Music

Mr. Frisbie

1943

One Dangerous Night

Jamison

1943

Forever and a Day

Charles

1943

Happy Go Lucky

Betsman

1943

The Moon and Sixpence

Capt. Nichols

1942

Counter-Espionage

Jameson

1942

The Shanghai Gesture

Caesar Hawkins

1941

Confirm or Deny

Mr. Hobbs, Regency Hotel

1941

Sullivan's Travels

Sullivan's Valet

1941

Secrets of the Lone Wolf

Jamison

1941

New York Town

Vivian

1941

Three Girls About Town

Charlemagne, looking for Charlie

1941

Lady Scarface

Mr. Hartford

1941

Redhead

Digby

1941

Road to Zanzibar

Charles Kimble

1941

The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

Jamison

1941

The Lady Eve

Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith

1941

I Was a Criminal

Obermueller, the Mayor

1941

Breakdowns of 1940

Self

1940

South of Suez

Harold 'Limey' Wemsley

1940

The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date

Jamison

1940

Earl of Puddlestone

Horatio Bottomley

1940

The Boys from Syracuse

Pinch

1940

The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady

Jamison

1940

'Til We Meet Again

Sir Harold Pinchard

1940

The Lone Wolf Strikes

Jamison

1940

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

Horace Parker

1940

Music in My Heart

Griggs

1940

$1,000 a Touchdown

Henry

1939

Island of Lost Men

Herbert

1939

A Gentleman's Gentleman

Heppelwhite

1939

A Desperate Adventure

Trump

1938

Swiss Miss

Edward

1938

Joy of Living

Potter

1938

Hitting a New High

Cedric Cosmo

1937

Breakfast for Two

Butch

1937

It's Love I'm After

Digges

1937

Sunday Night at the Trocadero

Eric Blore

1937

Shall We Dance

Cecil Flintridge

1937

The Soldier and the Lady

Henry Blount

1937

Quality Street

Recruiting Sergeant

1937

Smartest Girl in Town

Lucius Philbean

1936

Swing Time

Gordon

1936

Piccadilly Jim

Bayliss, Jim's Butler

1936

Sons o' Guns

Hobson

1936

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

Stokes, Bradford's Butler

1936

Two in the Dark

Edmund Fish

1936

Seven Keys to Baldpate

Prof. Harrison Boulton

1935

I Dream Too Much

Roger Briggs

1935

To Beat the Band

Hawkins

1935

I Live My Life

Grove, Bentley's Butler

1935

Diamond Jim

Sampson Fox

1935

Top Hat

Bates

1935

Old Man Rhythm

'Phil' Phillips

1935

The Casino Murder Case

Currie

1935

Folies Bergère

Francois

1935

The Good Fairy

Doctor Metz

1935

Limehouse Blues

Slummer (uncredited)

1934

Behold My Wife!

Benson

1934

The Gay Divorcee

Waiter

1934

Flying Down to Rio

Head Waiter

1933

My Sin

Barfly

1931

Tarnished Lady

Jewelry Counter Clerk

1931

Laughter

Party Guest in Angel Costume (Uncredited)

1930

The Great Gatsby

Lord Digby

1926