Eric Blore

Career timeline

1. 1887 · Born

   Born in Finchley, Middlesex, England, UK

2. 1926 · Screen debut

   The Great Gatsby (Movie)

3. 1941 · Breakthrough

   Sullivan's Travels (Movie)

4. 1959 · Died

   March 2, 1959

5. 2023 · Latest release

   Once Upon a Studio (Movie)

Career in numbers

1 1920s

34 1930s

41 1940s

2 1950s

1 1980s

1 2020s

• Comedy50
• Romance35
• Drama25
• Mystery15
• Music14
• Crime13

Highest-rated title Once Upon a Studio 2023 8.3 Most popular title The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad 1949 6.5

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Eric Blore in our catalogue.

Ginger Rogers

6 titles together

Edward Everett Horton

4 titles together

Robert Benchley

4 titles together

Herbert Marshall

3 titles together

E. E. Clive

3 titles together

Robert Greig

3 titles together

Lumsden Hare

2 titles together

Bruce Bennett

2 titles together

Lucille Ball

2 titles together

Basil Rathbone

2 titles together

1. 2023 Once Upon a Studio as Mr. Toad (voice) (archive sound) 8.3 Movie
2. 1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage) Movie
3. 1955 Bowery to Bagdad as The Genie Movie
4. 1950 Fancy Pants as Sir Wimbley Movie
5. 1949 Love Happy as Mackinaw 5.8 Movie
6. 1949 The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad as Mr. Toad (voice) 6.5 Movie
7. 1949 The Wind in the Willows as J. Thaddeus Toad (voice) 6.8 Movie
8. 1948 Romance on the High Seas as Ship's Doctor 6.8 Movie
9. 1947 The Lone Wolf in London as Claudius Augustus Lucius Jamison Movie
10. 1947 The Lone Wolf in Mexico as Jamison Movie
11. 1946 Abie's Irish Rose as Stubbins, Asst. Hotel Manager Movie
12. 1946 Winter Wonderland as Luddington Movie
13. 1946 The Notorious Lone Wolf as Jameson Movie
14. 1945 Kitty as Dobson Movie
15. 1945 Men in Her Diary as Florist Movie
16. 1945 Penthouse Rhythm as Ferdy Pelham Movie
17. 1945 Easy to Look At as Billings Movie
18. 1944 San Diego I Love You as Nelson Movie
19. 1943 Holy Matrimony as Henry Leek Movie
20. 1943 Passport to Suez as Llewellyn Jameson Movie
21. 1943 Submarine Base as Spike, Morgan's Aide Movie
22. 1943 The Sky's the Limit as Jackson - Phil's Butler (uncredited) 6.3 Movie
23. 1943 Heavenly Music as Mr. Frisbie Movie
24. 1943 One Dangerous Night as Jamison Movie
25. 1943 Forever and a Day as Charles Movie
26. 1942 The Moon and Sixpence as Capt. Nichols Movie
27. 1942 Counter-Espionage as Jameson Movie
28. 1941 The Shanghai Gesture as Caesar Hawkins 6.2 Movie
29. 1941 Confirm or Deny as Mr. Hobbs, Regency Hotel Movie
30. 1941 Sullivan's Travels as Sullivan's Valet 7.4 Movie
31. 1941 Secrets of the Lone Wolf as Jamison Movie
32. 1941 Three Girls About Town as Charlemagne, looking for Charlie Movie
33. 1941 Lady Scarface as Mr. Hartford Movie
34. 1941 Redhead as Digby Movie
35. 1941 Road to Zanzibar as Charles Kimble 6.4 Movie
36. 1941 The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance as Jamison Movie
37. 1941 The Lady Eve as Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith 7.3 Movie
38. 1940 South of Suez as Harold 'Limey' Wemsley Movie
39. 1940 The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date as Jamison Movie
40. 1940 The Boys from Syracuse as Pinch Movie
41. 1940 The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady as Jamison Movie
42. 1940 'Til We Meet Again as Sir Harold Pinchard Movie
43. 1940 The Lone Wolf Strikes as Jamison Movie
44. 1940 The Man Who Wouldn't Talk as Horace Parker Movie
45. 1940 Music in My Heart as Griggs Movie
46. 1939 $1,000 a Touchdown as Henry Movie
47. 1939 Island of Lost Men as Herbert Movie
48. 1939 A Gentleman's Gentleman as Heppelwhite Movie
49. 1938 Swiss Miss as Edward 6.2 Movie
50. 1938 Joy of Living as Potter Movie
51. 1937 Hitting a New High as Cedric Cosmo Movie
52. 1937 Breakfast for Two as Butch 5.9 Movie
53. 1937 It's Love I'm After as Digges 7.1 Movie
54. 1937 Sunday Night at the Trocadero as Eric Blore Movie
55. 1937 Shall We Dance as Cecil Flintridge 7.3 Movie
56. 1937 The Soldier and the Lady as Henry Blount Movie
57. 1937 Quality Street as Recruiting Sergeant 5.8 Movie
58. 1936 Smartest Girl in Town as Lucius Philbean Movie
59. 1936 Swing Time as Gordon 6.8 Movie
60. 1936 Piccadilly Jim as Bayliss, Jim's Butler Movie
61. 1936 The Ex-Mrs. Bradford as Stokes, Bradford's Butler 6.3 Movie
62. 1936 Two in the Dark as Edmund Fish Movie
63. 1935 Seven Keys to Baldpate as Prof. Harrison Boulton Movie
64. 1935 I Dream Too Much as Roger Briggs Movie
65. 1935 To Beat the Band as Hawkins Movie
66. 1935 I Live My Life as Grove, Bentley's Butler Movie
67. 1935 Diamond Jim as Sampson Fox Movie
68. 1935 Top Hat as Bates 7.2 Movie
69. 1935 The Casino Murder Case as Currie Movie
70. 1935 Folies Bergère de Paris as Francois Movie
71. 1935 The Good Fairy as Doctor Metz 7.1 Movie
72. 1934 Limehouse Blues as Slummer (uncredited) Movie
73. 1934 Behold My Wife! as Benson Movie
74. 1934 The Gay Divorcee as Waiter 6.9 Movie
75. 1933 Flying Down to Rio as Head Waiter 6.3 Movie
76. 1933 Gold Diggers of 1933 as Clubman (uncredited) 7.2 Movie
77. 1931 My Sin as Barfly Movie
78. 1931 Tarnished Lady as Jewelry Counter Clerk Movie
79. 1930 Laughter as Party Guest in Angel Costume (Uncredited) Movie
80. 1926 The Great Gatsby as Lord Digby Movie

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