Eric Blore
Acting
Biography
Eric Blore (23 December 1887 - 2 March 1959) was an English actor.
Born: December 22, 1887
Place of Birth: Finchley, Middlesex, England, UK
Known For
New York Town
Victor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York City studio apartment with Polish immigrant painter Stefan Janowski. The big city doles out joy and misery indiscriminately: In the apartment below Victor and Steve, Gus Nelson learns that his wife has given birth to quintuplets, while the lonely tenant in the apartment below Gus has given up on life and committed suicide.
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.
Once Upon a Studio
Created for Disney's 100th anniversary, the short features Mickey Mouse corralling a gallery of legendary Disney characters for a group photo.
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17 she was a Ziegfeld Girl. At 20 she earned excellent reviews for a bit part in a Broadway play — and she had a new name: Barbara Stanwyck.
Sullivan's Travels
Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" first-hand. When all he finds is a train ride back to Hollywood and a beautiful blonde companion, he redoubles his efforts, managing to land himself in more trouble than he bargained for when he loses his memory and ends up a prisoner on a chain gang.
Forever and a Day
In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble, tries to dissuade him from selling by telling him the 140-year history of the place and the connections between the Trimble and Pomfret families.
Shall We Dance
Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical star he's fallen for but barely knows. By the time the ocean liner reaches New York, a little white lie has churned through the rumour mill and turned into a hot gossip item—that the two celebrities are secretly married.
The Lady Eve
It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.
Top Hat
Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel room, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediately attracted to each other. Complications arise when Dale mistakes Jerry for Horace.
It's Love I'm After
An infatuated debutante renews a Shakespearean actor's running feud with his leading lady.
Filmography
as Mr. Toad (voice) (archive sound)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as The Genie
as Lionel Boswell / Sir Wimbley
as Mackinaw
as Mr. Toad (voice)
as J. Thaddeus Toad (voice)
as Ship's Doctor
as Claudius Augustus Lucius Jamison
as Jamison
as Stubbins, Asst. Hotel Manager
as Luddington
as Jameson
as Dobson
as Florist
as Ferdy Pelham
as Billings
as Nelson, Butler
as Henry Leek
as Llewellyn Jameson
as Spike, Morgan's Aide
as Jackson - Phil's Butler (uncredited)
as Mr. Frisbie
as Jamison
as Charles
as Betsman
as Capt. Nichols
as Jameson
as Caesar Hawkins
as Mr. Hobbs, Regency Hotel
as Sullivan's Valet
as Jamison
as Vivian
as Charlemagne, looking for Charlie
as Mr. Hartford
as Digby
as Charles Kimble
as Jamison
as Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith
as Obermueller, the Mayor
as Self
as Harold 'Limey' Wemsley
as Jamison
as Horatio Bottomley
as Pinch
as Jamison
as Sir Harold Pinchard
as Jamison
as Horace Parker
as Griggs
as Henry
as Herbert
as Heppelwhite
as Trump
as Edward
as Potter
as Cedric Cosmo
as Butch
as Digges
as Eric Blore
as Cecil Flintridge
as Henry Blount
as Recruiting Sergeant
as Lucius Philbean
as Gordon
as Bayliss, Jim's Butler
as Hobson
as Stokes, Bradford's Butler
as Edmund Fish
as Prof. Harrison Boulton
as Roger Briggs
as Hawkins
as Grove, Bentley's Butler
as Sampson Fox
as Bates
as 'Phil' Phillips
as Currie
as Francois
as Doctor Metz
as Slummer (uncredited)
as Benson
as Waiter
as Head Waiter
as Barfly
as Jewelry Counter Clerk
as Party Guest in Angel Costume (Uncredited)
as Lord Digby