On this day, October 25, 1886, Leo G. Carroll was born.

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Leo G. Carroll


Carroll in 1951

Born: Leo Grattan Carroll; 25 October 1886; Weedon Bec, Northamptonshire, England
Died: 16 October 1972 (aged 85); Hollywood, California, U.S.
Resting place: Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California
Other names: Leo Carroll

Leo Grattan Carroll (25 October 1886 – 16 October 1972) was an English actor. In a career of more than 40 years, he appeared in six Hitchcock films including Spellbound, Strangers on a Train and North by Northwest and in three television series, Topper, Going My Way, and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

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Films and television

Carroll, who had moved to Hollywood, made his film debut in Sadie McKee (1934). He often played doctors or butlers, but he made appearances as Marley's ghost in A Christmas Carol (1938) and as Joseph in Wuthering Heights (1939). He appeared in two Charlie Chan films, City in Darkness (1939) as a shady French locksmith, followed by a role in Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940) as a passenger on a ship. In the original version of Father of the Bride (1950), he played an unctuous wedding caterer. In the 1951 film The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel he played a sympathetic German field marshal, Gerd von Rundstedt, presenting him as a tragic, resigned figure completely disillusioned with Hitler.


Carroll as Alexander Waverly on The Man from U.N.C.L.E., with guest star Diana Hyland.

Carroll is perhaps best known for his roles in six Alfred Hitchcock films: Rebecca (1940), Suspicion (1941), Spellbound (1945), The Paradine Case (1947), Strangers on a Train (1951) and North by Northwest (1959). He appeared in more Hitchcock films than anyone other than Clare Greet (1871–1939) (who appeared in seven) and Hitchcock himself, whose cameos were a trademark. As with earlier roles, he was often cast as doctors or other authority figures (such as the spymaster "Professor" in North by Northwest). Carroll eventually played a character based on Hitchcock himself in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952).

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This isn't the best clip. I'm trying to find a clip where Leo G. Carroll and the other people behind the ruse are discussing what to do with the unexpected involvement of Roger O. Thornhill. I'll keep looking.

North by Northwest | Cary Grant | Funny Auction Scene | HD

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Presenting this hilarious and very clever scene from the Hitchcock classic, "North by Northwest", where Cary Grant's character dodges the bad guys, by being an idiot at the auction event.

no_hypocrisy brought up Cosmo Topper, so let's add a clip of that.

Topper Meets the Ghosts (1953)

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Season One, Episode 1