Lionel Royce(1891-1946)

Actor

Lionel Royce in Les aveux d'un espion nazi (1939)

Acted extensively in German theatre in 1930's until driven out by demonstrators due to being Jewish. Returned to theatre pretending to be German farmer, Nazi press competed to heap praise on him. Eventually he was betrayed by a former colleague (though an actor in the same production also recognised him but kept silent). He then continued working in Vienna until the Anschluss after which he moved to the US. He was married to German Actress Agnes Straub. The story of his impersonation of an Aryan farmer was used as the basis of Austrian Playwright, Felix Mitterer's play "In Der Lowengrube", now translated into English as "In The Lion's Den".

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Known for

Passion sous les tropiques

6.8

Pedro

1940

En route vers Zanzibar

6.7

Monsieur Lebec

1941

1914, fleurs meurtries

7.4

Maklakow(as Leo Reuß)

1931

I.N.R.I.

6.3

Bartholomäus(as Leo Reuß)

1923

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Actor

Gilda
7.6
- German (uncredited)
- 1946
White Pongo
3.1
- Peter Van Dorn
- 1945
Tarzan et les Amazones
6.2
- Basov (uncredited)
- 1945
La septième croix
7.4
- Karl Anders (uncredited)
- 1944
Hitler et sa clique
6.8
- Fritz Thyssen
- 1944
Passport to Destiny
6.2
- Sturmfuehrer Karl Dietrich
- 1944
Pearl Harbour
6.1
- Mr. Hanneman (uncredited)
- 1943
La croix de Lorraine
6.6
- Labor Corps Major (uncredited)
- 1943
Let's Face It
6.0
- Submarine Commander (uncredited)
- 1943
Secret Service in Darkest Africa
7.0
- Baron von Rommler
- Sultan Abou Ben Ali
- 1943
Bomber's Moon
6.2
- Derbitz - German Officer (uncredited)
- 1943
Hitler's Madman
6.5
- Capt. Kleist (uncredited)
- 1943
Un espion a disparu
6.5
- Officer at Border (uncredited)
- 1943
Heavenly Music
6.2
Short
- Pyotr Tchaikovsky (uncredited)
- 1943
Mission à Moscou
5.4
- Herr Schmidt (uncredited)
- 1943