Leon M. Lion

British actor (1879–1947)

Leon Marks Lion^[2] (12 March 1879 – 28 March 1947) was an English stage and film actor, playwright, theatrical director and producer.^[3][4][5] He starred in Joseph Jefferson Farjeon's 1925 hit play Number 17 as well as its subsequent 1932 film adaptation by Alfred Hitchcock.

Selected filmography

• The Woman Who Was Nothing (1915)
• Hard Times (1915)
• The Chinese Puzzle (1919)
• Chin Chin Chinaman (1932)
• Number Seventeen (1932)
• The Chinese Puzzle (1932)
• The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss (1936)
• Strange Boarders (1938)
• Crackerjack (1938)

References

1. "Probate, Divorce, And Admiralty Division - Decree against a Theatre Manager - Lion vs. Lion". The Times. No. 43925. 1 April 1925. p. 5.
2. "Lion, Leon Marks - RBSCP". www.lib.rochester.edu.
3. "Leon M. Lion". Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
4. League, The Broadway. "Leon M. Lion – Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
5. "Leon M Lion - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.

External links

• Leon M. Lion Papers at the Harry Ransom Center
• Leon M. Lion at IMDb
• Leon M. Lion at the Internet Broadway Database
• Plays by Leon M. Lion on Great War Theatre