Leonard Mudie

Leonard Mudie was an English character actor whose career lasted for nearly fifty years. After a successful start as a stage actor in England, he appeared regularly in the US, and made his home there from 1932. He appeared in character roles on Broadway and in Hollywood films.

Mudie was born in a suburb of Manchester in the north west of England. He made his stage debut with Annie Hornimans company at the Gaiety Theatre, Manchester in 1908. He remained with the company for several seasons, in a wide range of roles including Humphrey in The Knight of the Burning Pestle, Verges in Much Ado About Nothing, Alan Jeffcoate in the premiere of Hindle Wakes, Joseph Surface in The School for Scandal, Gordon Jayne in The Second Mrs. Tanqueray and Walter How in Justice. In The Manchester Guardian, James Agate commented on Mudies acting in 1909, has a definite and genuine feeling for the stage. His enunciation is very faulty, his accent not good but the acting instinct is there. With the Horniman company Mudie made his London and American debuts.

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