Leon Boedels

Date of birth
28-02-1866
Date deceased
06-04-1930

Biography

The humorist and music-hall singer Leon Boedels was one of the most popular artists of his time in Amsterdam. He began his career in 1883. From 1893 until his death in 1930, he worked at the Variété Flora, as narrator, director, and, beginning in 1908, as general manager.

Boedels was also a cameraman and director at Filmfabriek F.A. Nöggerath. He made e.g. newsreels and film inserts for theatrical revues including 'Amsterdam op hol!' In the early 1910s, Boedels directed a number of F.A. Nöggerath Jr.-produced feature films, including De Bannelingen and Graaf Willem IV van Holland. He made these films together with Caroline van Dommelen.

filmography

  1. 1899
    Director
  2. 1899
    Camera, Director
  3. 1900
    Camera
  4. 1901
    Actor
  5. 1905
    Camera, Director
  6. 1909
    Director
  7. 1911
    Camera, Director
  8. 1911
    Director
  9. 1912
    Director
  10. 1912
    Director
  11. 1912
    Director
  12. 1912
    Camera, Director
  13. 1913
    Director
  14. 1915
    Director

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