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Leonard Mudie

 
Actor: Leonard Mudie
  • Born: Apr 11, 1884 in England
  • Died: Apr 14, 1965 in Hollywood, California
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '30s-'50s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Adventure
  • Career Highlights: African Treasure, British Intelligence
  • First Major Screen Credit: British Intelligence (1940)

Biography

Gaunt, rich-voiced British actor Leonard Mudie made his stage bow in 1908 with the Gaiety Theater in Manchester. Mudie first appeared on the New York stage in 1914, then spent the next two decades touring in various British repertory companies. In 1932, he settled in Hollywood, where he remained until his death 33 years later. His larger screen roles included Dr. Pearson in The Mummy (1932), Porthinos in Cleopatra (1934), Maitland in Mary of Scotland (1936), and De Bourenne in Anthony Adverse (1936). He also essayed dozen of unbilled bits, usually cast as a bewigged, gimlet-eyed British judge. One of his more amusing uncredited roles was as "old school" actor Horace Carlos in the 1945 Charlie Chan entry The Scarlet Clue, wherein he explained his entree into the new medium of television with a weary, "Well, it's a living!" Active well into the TV era, Leonard Mudie showed up memorably in a handful of Superman video episodes and was a semi-regular as Cmdr. Barnes in the Bomba B-picture series. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Leonard Mudie (11 April 1883–14 April 1965) was a British-born character actor whose career ran many decades.

His first film appearance was in 1921, and his last on-screen performance was in the Star Trek classic TV series.

Fans of the TV series Adventures of Superman remember him for several diverse roles:

  • Drums of Death, playing a generally good but somewhat devious archeologist.
  • A Ghost for Scotland Yard, as a maniacal, vengeful magician.
  • The Magic Necklace, an archeologist again, perhaps sporting the same pith helmet he wore in Drums of Death
  • The Jolly Roger, as the leader of a comical group of pirates stranded on an island a la Mutiny on the Bounty.

He also played in an episode of the 1950s TV series, Science Fiction Theater.

He was one of several actors, including Peter Brocco, Elisha Cook Jr., Jeff Corey and Vic Perrin to have appeared in both Superman and Star Trek. According to his IMDB entry, he was the oldest actor to have appeared in Trek, in the pilot episode The Cage, which was actually not released until after his death.

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