LEO G. CARROLL BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:

Leo G. Carroll was born on October 25th, 1886 in Weedon, England with the birth name Leo Gratten Carroll to parents William and Catherine Carroll.  In 1912, he made his stage debut and then took a brief break from acting to serve during World War I.
 
After he finished his military service he returned back to acting and then began working on stage productions in London and soon was appearing on Broadway in such plays as, "The Green Bay Tree" and "Angel Street". 
 
Carroll then decided to relocate to Hollywood and began working in the film industry.  His film debut was on, "Sadie McKee" (1934) followed by appearances in such films as, "A Christmas Carol" (1938), "Wuthering Heights" (1939), "Father of the Bride" (1950), and "The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel" (1951).
 
Leo is most remembered for his role in six of the Alfred Hitchcock films, "Rebecca" (1940), "Suspicion" (1941), "Spellbound" (1945), "The Paradine Case" (1947), "Strangers on a Train" (1951) and "North by Northwest" (1959).  He also had a recurring role on the television series, "Topper" (1953-1956) co-starring Robert Sterling and Anne Jeffreys and "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (1964-1968) co-starring Robert Vaughn and David McCallum.
 
Carroll married only one time throughout his life, to Edith Nancy de Silva in 1926 and they had one child together and remained married until he passed away on October 16th, 1972 in Hollywood, California after a bout from pneumonia due to him suffering from cancer. He was interred in the Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

Filmography

1970 Ironside
1969 From Nashville with Music
1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1964-1968 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 
1966-1967 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966 One Spy Too Many
1965 That Funny Feeling
1964 Hazel
1963 The Prize
1962-1963 Going My Way 
1962 Kraft Mystery Theater
1962 Thriller
1961 The United States Steel Hour
1961 Alcoa Premiere
1961 One Plus One
1961 The Parent Trap
1960 Insight
1959 North by Northwest 
1959 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1949-1958 Studio One in Hollywood 
1958 The Shirley Temple Theatre
1958 Matinee Theatre
1957 Studio 57 
1956 Star Tonight
1956 The Swan 
1955 Tarantula 
1955 We're No Angels 
1953-1955 Topper 
1954 Cavalcade of America
1953 Young Bess 
1953 Rogue's March
1953 Treasure of the Golden Condor 
1952 The Bad and the Beautiful
1952 The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1951 The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel 
1951 Strangers on a Train 
1951 The First Legion 
1951 Danger 
1950 The Billy Rose Show 
1950 The Happy Years 
1950 Father of the Bride 
1949 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse 
1949 The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre 
1948 Enchantment 
1948 So Evil My Love 
1947 The Paradine Case
1947 Forever Amber 
1947 Song of Love 
1947 Time Out of Mind 
1945 Spellbound 
1945 The House on 92nd Street 
1941 Bahama Passage
1941 Suspicion 
1941 This Woman Is Mine 
1941 Scotland Yard
1940 Waterloo Bridge 
1940 Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise 
1940 Rebecca 
1939 Tower of London 
1939 Charlie Chan in City in Darkness 
1939 Essex and Elizabeth
1939 Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police 
1939 Wuthering Heights 
1938 A Christmas Carol 
1937 London by Night 
1937 Captains Courageous 
1936 The Man I Marry
1935 The Casino Murder Case 
1935 Murder on a Honeymoon 
1935 The Right to Live
1935 Clive of India
1934 Outcast Lady
1934 The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1934 Stamboul Quest 
1934 Mr. W's Little Game
1934 Sadie McKee