Leon Errol (July 3, 1881 - October 12, 1951). Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January was an Australian-born comedian and actor in the United States, popular in the first half of the 20th century. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Born Leonce Errol Sims in Sydney, he managed a traveling vaudeville troupe and gave a young comedian named Roscoe Arbuckle his first professional opportunity. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle ( March 24 1887 &ndash June 29 1933) was an American Silent film Comedian in America Errol became a well-known vaudevillian who appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway, and played skits with such notables as Bert Williams and W. C. Fields. Vaudeville was a Genre of variety entertainment prevalent on the stage in the United States and Canada, from the early 1880s History The Follies were lavish Revues something between later Broadway shows and a more elaborate high class Vaudeville Variety show. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located This is about the Broadway performer Bert Williams For the English footballer see Bert Williams (footballer Early life Williams was W C Fields ( January 29, 1880 &ndash December 25, 1946) was an American Juggler, Comedian, and Actor Errol's sister, Leda Errol (née Sims), appeared with him in the Follies.
Errol made a successful transition to films in a variety of comedy roles (over 150 films from 1923). His comic trademark was a wobbly, unsteady walk, moving as though his legs were made of rubber; this bit served him well in drunk routines.
Leon Errol is well remembered for his energetic performances in the Mexican Spitfire movies opposite Lupe Vélez (1939-43), in which Errol had the recurring dual role of affable Uncle Matt and foggy British nobleman Lord Epping. Lupe Vélez ( July 18, 1908 &ndash December 13, 1944) was a Mexican actress Monogram Pictures signed Errol to appear as fight manager Knobby Walsh in the "Joe Palooka" sports comedies (1946-50). Monogram Pictures Corporation was a Hollywood studio that produced and released films most on low budgets between 1931 and Joe Palooka was an American Comic strip about a heavyweight boxing champion created by cartoonist Ham Fisher Leon Errol's most famous non-series appearance is in the nonsensical comedy feature Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941), starring fellow vaudeville and Ziegfeld alumnus W. Never Give a Sucker an Even Break is a 1941 Universal Pictures Comedy film starring W C. Fields.
Errol concurrently starred in a long string of two-reel comedy shorts, which began at Columbia Pictures in 1933. }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company Moving to RKO Radio Pictures in 1934, he continued to make six shorts per year until his death in 1951. Most of these were marital farces in which Leon would get mixed up with a pretty girl or an involved business proposition, and face the wrath of his wife (usually Dorothy Granger). Dorothy Granger ( November 21, 1912 — January 4, 1995) was an American Actress best known for her roles in Short Errol's last film, Lord Epping Returns, reprised his famous characterization (and some of the gags) from Mexican Spitfire.
Footage from the Leon Errol short subjects was incorporated into RKO's compilation features Variety Time, Make Mine Laughs, Footlight Varieties, and Merry Mirthquakes. RKO kept Leon Errol in the public eye by reissuing his older comedies through the mid-1950s. His RKO shorts soon became a staple of syndicated television.
Errol was married in 1906 to Stella Chatelaine (born in 1886), in Denver, Colorado. She died on November 07, 1946 in Los Angeles. Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Errol died there, five years later, on October 12, 1951). Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January They had no children.
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