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Leon Errol

b. 3 July 1881, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, d. 12 Oct 1951, Hollywood, California, USA. Going to the united states as a man, Errol worked well in vaudeville like a comedian. He liked considerable achievement on Broadway, showing up within the Ziegfeld Follies from 1911, including directing the editions for 1915 and 1916. He worked well in additional of Florenz Ziegfeld’s displays including Sally (1920), which starred Marilyn Miller, and in addition made an appearance in dramatic productions. He started making movies, like the film edition of Sally (1925) and made an appearance in additional musical movies, including Paramount On Parade (1930) and CREATE A Want (1937). Errol discovered his métier in two-reel comedies. Balding and rubber-faced, and frequently rubber-legged as well, Errol specific in eccentric personas which the bewildered (and frequently cuckolded) spouse was evoked with masterly simplicity. In 1939 he co-starred with Lupe Velez in THE LADY From Mexico, the achievement of which quickly resulted in Mexican Spitfire (with an increase of or less exactly the same cast and script), that was followed by an additional six movies in ‘The Mexican Spitfire’ series. In the mean time, he done other movies including Never PROVIDE A Sucker A STRAIGHT Break (1941, with W.C. Fields), and Follow The Music group (1943). The series with Velez finished in 1943 with Mexican Spitfire’s Blessed Event and thereafter he made an appearance in other movies including Higher And Higher (1943), Mama Enjoys Papa (1945), Abbott And Costello’s The Noose Hangs Large (1948) and Footlight Types (1951). A lot of his movies were immediately forgettable, something Errol himself by no means was. During his loss of life he was in negotiation with tv professionals for his personal series.

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