Lionel Royce(1891-1946)
- Actor
Acted extensively in German theatre in 1930's until driven out by
demonstrators due to being Jewish. Returned to theatre pretending to be
German farmer, Nazi press competed to heap praise on him. Eventually he
was betrayed by a former colleague (though an actor in the same
production also recognised him but kept silent). He then continued
working in Vienna until the Anschluss after which he moved to the US.
He was married to German Actress Agnes Straub. The story of his
impersonation of an Aryan farmer was used as the basis of Austrian
Playwright, Felix Mitterer's play "In Der Lowengrube", now translated
into English as "In The Lion's Den".
