Acting
Leon Beaumon
- Born
- Mar 14, 1898 · Aged 83
- Died
- Dec 1, 1981
- Place of birth
- Youngstown, Ohio, USA
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 10
- TV credits
- 0
Also known as (4)
- Leon Beauman
- Leon Beaumont
- Leon Duval
- Herman Bauman
Biography
Leon Beaumon - also credited as Leon Beauman, Beaumont, and Leon Duval - was a minor stage and film actor during the 1920s and 1930s. He wasborn Herman Bauman in 1898 on a farm near Youngstown, Ohio, to German immigrant parents. He worked in steel mills as a youth, and studied with his two brothers near Chicago to be a Catholic priest. However, in 1920 Herman had an argument with one of his superiors in the seminary and set out for California to become a movie star, persuading his younger brother, Marty, to join him. In their migration West, during Prohibition, they worked in a still…
