Lemuel Hooper Atchley (April 30, 1887 – November 17, 1943) was an American film actor.
Atchley was the son of Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Atchley. He was a 1908 graduate of the Knoxville, Tennessee, school system.
Atchley's first professional acting occurred with a
stock theater company in
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Fort Wayne is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Indiana, United States. Located in northeastern Indiana, the city is west of the Ohio border and south of the Michigan border. The city's population was 263,886 as of the 2020 Censu ...
. He appeared in 214 films between 1929 and 1944 and is known for his appearance as the inconsiderate father in the ''
Our Gang'' film ''
Birthday Blues'' (1932). Atchley's Broadway credits included ''Jarnegan'' (1928), ''Across the Street'' (1924), and ''Marie Dressler's "All Star Gambol"'' (1913).
Death
Atchley died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on November 17, 1943, aged 56, in
Hollywood.
Partial filmography
* ''
The Santa Fe Trail'' (1930)
* ''
Branded Men'' (1931)
* ''
Men in Her Life'' (1931)
* ''
Birthday Blues'' (1932)
* ''
Hell's House'' (1932)
* ''
The Three Musketeers'' (1933)
* ''
Queen Christina'' (1933) (uncredited)
* ''
Big Time or Bust'' (1933)
* ''
The Westerner'' (1934)
* ''
Mystery Mountain'' (1934)
* ''
The Prescott Kid'' (1934)
* ''
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty'' (1935)
* ''
Behind the Green Lights'' (1935)
* ''
Unknown Woman
''The Unknown Woman'' ( it, La sconosciuta, ; also known as ''The Other Woman'') is a 2006 Italian psychological thriller mystery film, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore that depicts a woman alone in a foreign country, haunted by a horrible past.
...
'' (1935)
* ''
Hearts in Bondage
''Hearts in Bondage'' is a 1936 American black-and-white war drama film directed by Lew Ayres for Republic Pictures. Set during the American Civil War, the film depicts the Union Navy's deliberate sinking of , the Confederate States Navy's salva ...
'' (1936)
* ''
Love and Hisses'' (1937)
* ''
Mr. Wong, Detective'' (1938)
* ''
Cipher Bureau'' (1938)
* ''
The Mystery of Mr. Wong'' (1939)
* ''
The Fatal Hour'' (1940)
* ''
The Gay Caballero'' (1940)
* ''
Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc.'' (1941)
* ''
Black Hills Express'' (1943)
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1887 births
1943 deaths
1943 suicides
19th-century American male actors
American male stage actors
20th-century American male actors
American male film actors
Male actors from Hollywood, Los Angeles
Male actors from Tennessee
People from Marion County, Tennessee
Suicides by firearm in California
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