Leon Errol

Biography

Career Overview

Leon Errol has 140 screen credits in a career dating back to 1921. Their work spans 3 cinematic universes — most prominently Joe Palooka series with 6 titles. Signature works include Mama Loves Papa, Dear! Deer!, Major Difficulties. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

140

Birth Date

1881-07-02 00:00:00

Birth Place

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Known For

• 

  Mama Loves Papa
• 

  Dear! Deer!
• Major Difficulties
• Let's Go Stepping
• Home Work
• 

  Lord Epping Returns

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 3 universes

• Joe Palooka series (6 titles)
• Mexican Spitfire Collection (5 titles)
• The Invisible Man (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Harry Harvey (3 collaborations)
• Dorothy Granger (3 collaborations)
• Vivian Tobin (2 collaborations)
• Elisabeth Risdon (1 collaborations)
• Edwin Maxwell (1 collaborations)
• Emory Parnell (1 collaborations)
• Charles Halton (1 collaborations)
• Paul Harvey (1 collaborations)
• Charlotte Wynters (1 collaborations)
• Ruth Lee (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (140 credits)

  • Major Difficulties

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Let's Go Stepping

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Home Work

    Leon

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Bob Hope's World of Comedy

    Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • Lord Epping Returns

    Leon Errol / Lord Epping

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Footlight Varieties

    Leon Errol (segment "He Forgot To Remember") (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Spooky Wooky

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance

    Knobby Walsh

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey

    Knobby Walsh

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Shocking Affair

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Sweet Cheat

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch

    Knobby Walsh

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Oil's Well That Ends Well

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Make Mine Laughs

    (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Joe Palooka in the Big Fight

    Knobby Walsh

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Dad Always Pays

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Backstage Follies

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Bachelor Blues

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Variety Time

    Leon Errol (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Secretary Trouble

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • The Noose Hangs High

    Julius Caesar 'J.C.' McBride

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Don't Fool Your Wife

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad

    Knobby Walsh

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Bet Your Life

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Joe Palooka in the Knockout

    Knobby Walsh

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Hired Husband

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • In Room 303

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Wife Tames Wolf

    Leon

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Borrowed Blonde

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Gentleman Joe Palooka

    Knobby Walsh

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Follow That Blonde

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • I'll Take Milk

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Joe Palooka, Champ

    Knobby Walsh

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Twin Husbands

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Oh, Professor Behave!

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Riverboat Rhythm

    Matt Lindsay

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Maid Trouble

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Beware of Redheads

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Mama Loves Papa

    Wilbur Todd

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Birthday Blues

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • What a Blonde

    F. Farrington Fowler

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Under Western Skies

    Willie Wells

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • She Gets Her Man

    Officer Mulligan

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Babes on Swing Street

    Malcolm Curtis

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • He Forgot to Remember

    Leon

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Triple Trouble

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Girls! Girls! Girls!

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • The Invisible Man's Revenge

    Herbert Higgins

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Twilight on the Prairie

    Cactus (Ranch Foreman)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Slightly Terrific

    James P. Tuttle

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Prices Unlimited

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Hat Check Honey

    'Happy' Dan Briggs

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Say Uncle

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Higher and Higher

    Cyrus Drake

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Double Up

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Wedtime Stories

    Leon Errol Sr.

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Family Feud

    The Father

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Cutie on Duty

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event

    Uncle Matt Lindsay

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Gals, Incorporated

    Cornelius Rensington lll

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Cowboy in Manhattan

    Hank

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Radio Runaround

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Follow the Band

    Big Mike O'Brien

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Gem-Jams

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Pretty Dolly

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Strictly in the Groove

    Durham

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Dear! Deer!

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

    Uncle Matt Lindsay / Lord Basil Epping

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Mail Trouble

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost

    Uncle Matt Lindsay / Lord Basil Epping

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Framing Father

    Leon Errol sr.

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Wedded Blitz

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Mexican Spitfire at Sea

    Uncle Matt Lindsay / Lord Basil Epping

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Home Work

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Melody Lane

    McKenzie

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

    Matt Lindsay / Lord Basil Epping

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Who's a Dummy?

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

    His Rival

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Moonlight in Hawaii

    Walter Spencer

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Man-I-Cured

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • A Panic in the Parlor

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Hurry, Charlie, Hurry

    Daniel Jennings Boone

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • A Polo Phony

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga

    Mike Clancy / Papa Alvarez

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Where Did You Get That Girl?

    Alex MacDevin

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Mexican Spitfire Out West

    Uncle Matt Lindsay / Lord Basil Epping

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • He Asked for It

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Golden Fleecing

    Uncle Waldo Burke

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Bested by a Beard

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Pop Always Pays

    Henry Brewster

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Mexican Spitfire

    Uncle Matt Lindsay / Lord Basil Epping

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Truth Aches

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Dancing Co-Ed

    Sam "Pops" Marlow

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Wrong Room

    Prof. Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Career

    Mudcat

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Girl from Mexico

    Matthew Lindsay

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Moving Vanities

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Home Boner

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Crime Rave

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Stage Fright

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • The Jitters

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Berth Quakes

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • His Pest Friend

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • The Dummy Owner

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • A Rented Riot

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Should Wives Work?

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Make a Wish

    Brennan

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Hollywood Party

    The Drunk

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • One Live Ghost

    Henry Morton / Philpot (valet) / Ghost of Henry Morton

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Wholesailing Along

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Down the Ribber

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Coronado

    Otto Wray

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Counselitis

    Leon

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Pirate Party on Catalina Isle

    Pirate

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Honeymoon Bridge

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Hit and Rum

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Princess O'Hara

    Last Card Louie

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • One Too Many

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Perfectly Mismated

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • The Captain Hates the Sea

    Layton

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Fixing a Stew

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Good Morning, Eve!

    Adam

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Service with a Smile

    Walter Webb

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • The Notorious Sophie Lang

    Stubbs

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • We're Not Dressing

    Hubert

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Autobuyography

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Alice in Wonderland

    Uncle Gilbert

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Hold Your Temper

    Leon Errol

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Her Majesty, Love

    Baron von Schwarzdorf

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 4: 'The Mashie Niblick'

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Finn and Hattie

    Finley P. Haddock

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • One Heavenly Night

    Otto

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Only Saps Work

    James Wilson

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • The Lunatic at Large

    Sam Smith

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Clothes Make the Pirate

    Tremble-at-Evil Tidd

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • Sally

    Duke of Checkergovinia

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • Yolanda

    Innkeeper

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Nearly Spliced

    actor

    actors
    1921