Portrait of Leon Errol

Acting

Leon Errol

Career

Active from 1925 to 1951, busiest in 1941 and 1943 with 11 main titles each.

Leading roles
110
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 4.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Leon Errol Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.8, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.2, average 5.5
  • Catharsis
    2.7, average 5.1
  • Politics
    0.4, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Mistaken Identity 5
  • Classic Hollywood 4
  • Situational Humor 4
  • Classic Comedy 3
  • Eccentric Characters 3
  • Mistaken Identity Plot 3
  • Romantic Comedy 3
  • Escapist Entertainment 3
  • Lighthearted Entertainment 2
  • 1940s 2
  • Slapstick Farce 2
  • Lighthearted Fun 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

129
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

3 titles
Let's Go Stepping
Let's Go Stepping

as Leon Errol

Major Difficulties
Major Difficulties

as Leon Errol

Home Work
Home Work

as Leon

1950s

4 titles
Footlight Varieties
Footlight Varieties (1951)

as Leon Errol (segment "He Forgot To Remember") (archive footage)

Lord Epping Returns
Lord Epping Returns (1951)

as Leon Errol / Lord Epping

Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance (1950)

as Knobby Walsh

Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey (1950)

as Knobby Walsh

1940s

80 titles · average score 58
Mama Loves Papa
Mama Loves Papa (1945)

as Wilbur Todd

Radio Runaround
Radio Runaround (1943)

as Leon Errol

Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event (1943)
GoodWatch score 60

as Uncle Matt Lindsay

Double Up
Double Up (1943)

as Leon Errol

Pretty Dolly
Pretty Dolly (1942)

as Leon Errol

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant (1942)
GoodWatch score 57

as Uncle Matt Lindsay / Lord Basil Epping

Mexican Spitfire at Sea
Mexican Spitfire at Sea (1942)
GoodWatch score 53

as Uncle Matt Lindsay / Lord Basil Epping

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)
GoodWatch score 86

as His Rival

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941)
GoodWatch score 52

as Matt Lindsay / Lord Basil Epping

Hurry, Charlie, Hurry
Hurry, Charlie, Hurry (1941)

as Daniel Jennings Boone

Mexican Spitfire Out West
Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940)
GoodWatch score 55

as Uncle Matt Lindsay / Lord Basil Epping

Mexican Spitfire
Mexican Spitfire (1940)
GoodWatch score 70

as Uncle Matt Lindsay / Lord Basil Epping

1930s

38 titles · average score 60
The Girl from Mexico
The Girl from Mexico (1939)
GoodWatch score 66

as Matthew Lindsay

The Wrong Room
The Wrong Room (1939)

as Prof. Leon Errol

Stage Fright
Stage Fright (1938)

as Leon Errol

The Dummy Owner
The Dummy Owner (1938)

as Leon Errol

Hollywood Party
Hollywood Party (1937)
GoodWatch score 58

as The Drunk

Princess O'Hara
Princess O'Hara (1935)

as Last Card Louie

Service with a Smile
Service with a Smile (1934)

as Walter Webb

Good Morning, Eve!
Good Morning, Eve! (1934)
GoodWatch score 65

as Adam

Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland (1933)
GoodWatch score 58

as Uncle Gilbert

Finn and Hattie
Finn and Hattie (1931)

as Finley P. Haddock

One Heavenly Night
One Heavenly Night (1930)

as Otto

Only Saps Work
Only Saps Work (1930)

as James Wilson

1920s

4 titles
The Lunatic at Large
The Lunatic at Large (1927)

as Sam Smith

Clothes Make the Pirate
Clothes Make the Pirate (1926)

as Tremble-at-Evil Tidd

Sally
Sally (1925)

as Duke of Checkergovinia

Yolanda
Yolanda (1924)

as Innkeeper