Emile Boreo (1885 in Poland – 27 July 1951 in New York City, US) was an American actor in theater and film.
[1] Emile Boreo, born in Poland in 1885, achieved success as the Limehouse Actor on Broadway in the 1920s, portraying Pagliacci in revues like Chauve Souris and Parade of the Wooden Soldiers alongside Nelson Keys.
[2] In the spring of 1940, he performed very successfully alongside Lee J. Cobb, Lenore Ulric, Katherine Locke, and Arnold Moss in numerous productions of Ernest Hemingway's play The Fifth Column at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York City.
A year later, director Alfred Hitchcock cast him in his successful crime comedy The Lady Vanishes, where he once again acted alongside Margaret Lockwood.
[6] In Edgar G. Ulmer's musical drama Carnegie Hall, Emile Boreo was seen in 1947 in his final role on screen.