Leon Errol's sister, Leda Leon Errol was a personal friend of Ziegfeld Follies star Fanny Brice, and she appeared with him in the Ziegfeld Follies doing one- and two-act plays.
14 Facts About Leon Errol
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Leon Errol appeared every year in the Follies through 1915, when he is credited as director of the show that included W C Fields, Ed Wynn, as well as Marion Davies as one of the Ziegfeld Girls.
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Leon Errol made his first film, a comic short subject called Nearly Spliced, in 1916, for pioneering east-coast producer George Kleine.
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Leon Errol left Broadway and went to Hollywood, appearing in Sally.
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Leon Errol was third-billed for Samuel Goldwyn's One Heavenly Night in 1931.
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The box-office for that film was disappointing, but overall Leon Errol made a smooth transition to films in a variety of comedy roles.
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Leon Errol's comic trademark was a wobbly, unsteady walk, moving as though on rubber legs; this bit served him well in drunk routines.
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Leon Errol starred in a long string of two-reel comedy shorts, which began at Columbia Pictures in 1933.
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Leon Errol is well remembered for his energetic performances in the Mexican Spitfire movies opposite Lupe Velez; Errol had the recurring dual role of affable Uncle Matt and foggy British nobleman Lord Epping.
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Monogram Pictures signed Leon Errol to appear as fight manager Knobby Walsh in eight of its "Joe Palooka" sports comedies, one of which cast Leon Errol as a thinly disguised version of Lord Epping.
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On February 4,1950, Leon Errol appeared on television as a guest on The Ed Wynn Show, broadcast live to the West Coast on CBS.
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Leon Errol died on November 7,1946, in Los Angeles.
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Five years later Leon Errol suffered a fatal heart attack, on October 12,1951, aged 70.
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Leon Errol has a star at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.