Lionel Pape, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lionel Pape

English actor

Date of Birth: 17-Apr-1877

Place of Birth: Brighton, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 21-Oct-1944

Profession: stage actor, film actor

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Edward Lionel Pape (17 April 1877 – 21 October 1944) was an English born stage and screen actor.
His acting career begun in his native UK with eventual migration to the US.
He appeared on the Broadway stage in over 20 productions between 1912 and 1935.
The beginning of his screen career goes back to the silent film era.
Between the 1930s and early 1940s, he played supporting roles and bit parts in over 50 Hollywood movies.
He played in numerous films of directors like John Ford, Ernst Lubitsch and George Cukor.
Pape portrayed Katharine Hepburn's butler in The Philadelphia Story (1940) and appeared as the oppressive coal mine owner in How Green Was My Valley (1941).