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Mar 30, 1891 Dolyna, Ivano Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine Died on 01 Apr 1946 (aged 55)
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About Lionel Royce
- Lionel Royce (born Leon Moriz Reiss; March 30, 1891 – April 1, 1946), known also during his European career as Leo Reuss, was an Austrian-American actor of stage and screen.
- He began his career in theater in Vienna, Austria in 1919, before moving to Berlin in 1925.
- Being Jewish, his work began to be restricted in the 1930s in Nazi Germany.
- Fleeing the Nazis he returned to Austria in 1936, where to hide his heritage, he created the persona of Kaspar Brandhofer, a Tyrolian peasant, and became a sensation as a natural actor on the stage in Vienna.
- When he admitted his ruse, he became blacklisted in Austria, after which he emigrated to the United States in 1937.
- He had an active film career in the United States, appearing in almost 40 films between 1938 and 1946.
- While on tour with the USO, he died in Manila in 1946.
