Leon M. Lion

Leon M. Lion
Photo by Howard Coster
Born
Leon Marks Lion

(1879-03-12)12 March 1879
Islington, London, England
Died28 March 1947(1947-03-28) (aged 68)
Brighton, Sussex, England
Occupation(s)Actor
Playwright
Stage director
Theatrical producer
Spouse
Kathleen Crighton Symington
(m. 1907; div. 1925)

Leon Marks Lion (12 March 1879 – 28 March 1947) was an English stage and film actor, playwright, theatrical director and producer. He starred in Joseph Jefferson Farjeon's 1925 hit play Number 17 as well as its subsequent 1932 film adaptation by Alfred Hitchcock.