(October 25, 1892-October 16, 1972)
Acted in 'A Christmas Carol (1938),' 'Wuthering Heights (1939),' 'Rebecca (1940),' 'Suspicion (1941),' 'Spellbound (1945),' 'The Paradine Case (1947),' 'Father of the Bride (1950),' 'Strangers on a Train (1951),' 'The Desert Fox (1951),' 'The Bad and the Beautiful (1952),' 'North by Northwest (1959)' and 'The Parent Trap (1961)'
Portrayed Alexander Waverly in seven 'Man from U.N.C.L.E.' films (1965-1968)
Starred on TV in 'Topper' and 'Man from U.N.C.L.E.'

He was named after Pope Leo XIII.
He worked as a wine merchant's apprentice when he was only fifteen.
He was typecast as authority figures (usually in Alfred Hitchcock movies).
He was never exactly a household name.

He was a respectable character actor.
He was wounded on the front during World War I.
He appeared in more Hitchcock films than any other performer (six).
He was allegedly Hitchcock's favorite actor.
He voiced the ghostly narrator on the 'Haunted Mansion' ride at Disney theme parks.
He died of pneumonia caused by cancer.

Credit: Ratman

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