Leo Gratten Carroll (October 25, 1892 – October 16, 1972) was an English actor, best known for his roles in several Hitchcock films and The Man from U.N.C.L.E..
He was born in Weedon Bec, Northamptonshire, to William and Catherine Carroll. His Roman Catholic parents named him after the reigning pope Leo XIII. In the 1901 Census for West Ham, London his occupation is listed as a Wine Trade Clerk. In 1897 he is in York, where his Irish born father ...
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Leo Gratten Carroll (October 25, 1892 – October 16, 1972) was an English actor, best known for his roles in several Hitchcock films and The Man from U.N.C.L.E..
He was born in Weedon Bec, Northamptonshire, to William and Catherine Carroll. His Roman Catholic parents named him after the reigning pope Leo XIII. In the 1901 Census for West Ham, London his occupation is listed as a Wine Trade Clerk. In 1897 he is in York, where his Irish born father was a foreman in an ordnance store.
Carroll made his stage debut in 1912. However, his acting career was on hold during World War I, when he served in the British Army. He then performed in London and Broadway, until he moved to Hollywood to appear in films. He made his film debut in Sadie McKee (1934).
Carroll often played doctors or butlers, but he made notable appearances as Marley's ghost in A Christmas Carol (1938) and as Joseph in Wuthering Heights (1939). In Father of the Bride, he played an unctuous wedding caterer. In the 1951 film...
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