23.12.1887, London, England  1959

After working as an insurance agent, he gained stage experience touring Australia and then appeared in many shows and revues in England. In the US from 1923, he played character roles in scores of Broadway plays and Hollywood films, often as a haughty waiter or petulant butler.

Filmografie Eric Blore

1926   THE GREAT GATSBY 

1930   LAUGHTER    

1931   TARNISHED LADY    

1933   FLYING DOWN TO RIO        

1934   THE GAY DIVORCEE 

1934   LIMEHOUSE BLUES/EAST END CHANT       

1935   CASINO MURDER CASE       

1935   DIAMOND JIM

1935   FOLIES BERGÈRE     

1935   THE GOOD FAIRY     

1935   I DREAM TOO MUCH 

1935   I LIVE MY LIFE        

1935   OLD MAN RHYTHM   

1935   TOP HAT      

1936   THE EX-MRS. BRADFORD    

1936   PICCADILLY JIM      

1936   SMARTEST GIRL IN TOWN  

1936   SONS O' GUNS        

1936   SWING TIME 

1937   HITTING A NEW HIGH        

1937   IT'S LOVE I'M AFTER

1937   QUALITY STREET    

1937   SHALL WE DANCE    

1937   THE SOLDIER AND THE LADY/MICHAEL STROGOFF        

1938   JOY OF LIVING        

1938   SWISS MISS 

1939   ISLAND OF LOST MEN        

1940   THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE

1940   THE LONE WOLF MEETS A LADY    

1940   THE LONE WOLF STRIKES   

1940   THE MAN WHO WOULDN'T TALK    

1940   MUSIC IN MY HEART

1940   'TIL WE MEET AGAIN

1941   CONFIRM OR DENY   

1941   THE LADY EVE        

1941   LADY SCARFACE      

1941   THE LONE WOLF KEEPS A DATE    

1941   THE LONE WOLF TAKES A CHANCE

1941   NEW YORK TOWN    

1941   ROAD TO ZANZIBAR 

1941   SECRETS OF THE LONE WOLF       

1941   THE SHANGHAI GESTURE    

1941   SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS         

1941   THREE GIRLS ABOUT TOWN

1942   COUNTER-ESPIONAGE        

1942   THE MOON AND SIXPENCE  

1943   FOREVER AND A DAY

1943   HAPPY GO LUCKY    

1943   HOLY MATRIMONY   

1943   ONE DANGEROUS NIGHT     

1943   PASSPORT TO SUEZ

1943   THE SKY'S THE LIMIT        

1944   SAN DIEGO, I LOVE YOU     

1945   KITTY

1945   MEN IN HER DIARY   

1946   ABIE'S IRISH ROSE   

1946   THE NOTORIOUS LONE WOLF        

1947   THE LONE WOLF IN LONDON

1947   THE LONE WOLF IN MEXICO

1948   ROMANCE ON THE HIGH SEAS       

1949   THE ADVENTURES OF ICHABOD AND MR. TOAD   

1949   LOVE HAPPY 

1950   FANCY PANTS         

1954   BOWERY TO BAGDAD