Leo Gratten Carroll (October 25 1886-October 16 1972) was a British character actor, best known for his roles in several Hitchcock films and The Man from U.N.C.L.E..
Born to a wealthy English Catholic family, he was named after the reigning Pope at the time of his birth, Leo XIII (1810 - 1903, reigned 1878 - 1903)
Was one of the first actors to play the same character (Alexander Waverly) on two different television series: "Man from U.N.C.L.E., The" (1964) and "Girl from U.N.C.L.E., The" (1966) and the first to play the same regular character on two different series simultaneously. Others actors who have done this are Richard Anderson (I), Martin E. Brooks, Marla Gibbs, David Hasselhoff and Fred Dalton Thompson.
Made his Broadway debut in K.G. Sowerby's play "Rutherford & Son" at the Little Theatre on December 24, 1912. He last appeared on the Great White Way over 40 years later in Emlyn Williams (II)'s "Someone Waiting" at the John Golden Theatre, a flop which opened and closed after 15 performances in February 1956.
He appeared as Laurence Olivier's manservant in "The Green Bay Tree" at Broadway's Cort Theatre in the 1933-34 season, in which Olivier co-starred with his real-life first wife, Jill Esmond (I). The play, directed by the legendary Jed Harris, was a hit, playing for 166 performances. "The Green Bay Tree," written by Mordaunt Shairp, was one of the first plays to deal with the topic of homosexuality.
Fought in the British army during WW I and was seriously wounded.
