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Arnold Lucy
Arnold Lucy
	With Constance Talmadge in The Love Expert (1920)
Born	Walter George Campbell; 8 August 1865; Tottenham, Middlesex, England
Died	15 December 1945 (aged 80); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1912–1937

Arnold Lucy (born Walter George Campbell, 8 August 1865 – 15 December 1945) was a British theatre and film actor, best known as Professor Kantorek in All Quiet on the Western Front (1930).

Life and career

Born in Tottenham on 8 August 1865,,^[1] Lucy was the youngest of the six sons of architect and surveyor Donald Campbell and his wife Lucy Elizabeth (née Speak) of Church Lane, Hornfield Lodge, Tottenham. His parents got married in 1853. Their youngest child and only daughter, Rose Lucy, was born in 1871. Arnold Lucy started his acting career in the late 19th century at the theatre.^{[citation needed]}

Lucy worked for an accounting firm in London for five years before going to Australia in 1887. There he gained recognition for reciting prose monologues and humorous and dramatic poetry. He returned to England and studied under Hermann Vezin. He went on to recite at a number of venues thereafter. In 1895 he began acting as an understudy in The Passport at Terry's Theatre.^[1]

He said that he performed on the London West End stage over 1,200 times before making his film debut in the silent film The Devil's Toy (1916).^[2]

Lucy played in over 40 British and American movies between 1916 and 1938, mostly in small roles. He often portrayed authoritarian and dignified roles, most notable as Professor Kantorek, the nationalistic school teacher in All Quiet on the Western Front, who persuades his students to go into a horrible and deadly war.^{[citation needed]} Beside his film career, he also performed in 15 plays on Broadway between 1912 and 1927. Lucy died on December 15, 1945, in Los Angeles, California, aged 80.^[3]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1916	The Devil's Toy	Simon Cunningale	Lost film
1917	In Again, Out Again	Amos Jennings
1918	A Nymph of the Foothills	Old Man	Lost film
1920	In Search of a Sinner	Henry	Lost film
	The Cost	Minor Role	Uncredited
	The Love Expert	Mr. Hardcastle
	Good References	The Bishop
1921	You Find It Everywhere	Charles Simpson	Lost film
1921	School Days	The Valet	Incomplete film
1922	Fair Lady	Uncle Bernie Drew	Lost film
1923	Modern Marriage	Elihu Simpson
1929	The Ghost Talks	Julius Bowser	Lost film
	The One Woman Idea	Ali
	Masquerade	Bannerman
1930	City Girl	Cafe Patron	Uncredited
	All Quiet on the Western Front	Professor Kantorek
	Manslaughter	Piers
	Scotland Yard	Mc Killop	Uncredited
	The Princess and the Plumber
1931	Unfaithful	Bishop
	Young Sinners	Butler
	Merely Mary Ann	Vicar Smedge
	Five Star Final	Dr. Bevins	Uncredited
	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Utterson	Uncredited
1932	Lady with a Past	Butler	Uncredited
	Alias the Doctor	The Deacon	Uncredited
	Skyscraper Souls	Banker	Uncredited
	Guilty as Hell	Dr. Sully
	Sherlock Holmes	Chaplain	Uncredited
	The Match King	Board of Directors Spokesman	Uncredited
1933	Loyalties	Googie
1933	The Wandering Jew	Andrea Michelotti
1934	The Rise of Catherine the Great	Minor Role	Uncredited
	Rolling in Money
	The Luck of a Sailor
	The Man Who Knew Too Much	Minor Role	Uncredited
1935	Midshipman Easy
1935	The Morals of Marcus
1936	Laburnum Grove
1936	Spy of Napoleon	Minor Role	Uncredited
1937	Victoria the Great
1937	Member of the Jury	Uncle	(final film role)

References

^ ^a ^b "Mr. Arnold Lucy". The Era. England, London. September 2, 1899. p. 11. Retrieved January 2, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Wollstein, Hans J. "Arnold Lucy". AllMovie. Archived from the original on June 11, 2022. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
^ "Arnold Lucy". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved June 11, 2022.