Career
During the 1930s, Lupino appeared in a successful series of musical comedy films, often based on his already popular stage shows. Lupino began his career as an acrobat. He made his first stage appearance at the age of 6 as a monkey in King Klondyke.
After prize fighting for a while, he toured with the Albert and Edmunds troupe of acrobats, the Brother Luck and other vaude units.
He first became known as a music hall performer and played in pantomimes at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. In 1920 and 1921 he appeared in Wylie & Tate pantomimes at Sheffield and Cardiff with Daisy Burrell.
He appeared with Elsie Janis in Hello, America and wrote the words for Hold My Hand. Lupino wrote and performed in several shows, including Phi-Phi (1922) and From Dover Street to Dixie (1923) at the London Pavilion.
In 1926-"27 he appeared on Broadway in Naughty Riquette and The Nightingale, returning to England to play at the Gaiety Theatre in London, including Love Lies (1929), Hold My Hand (1932), and Sporting Love (1934), which ran for 302 performances.
He also wrote and starred in So this is Love (1929) at Drury Lane and The Love Race. He also performed extensively for British Broadcasting Corporation Radio. Later, he turned to screenwriting and films, although he also continued on stage in works like Lady Behave (1941) which co-starred Sally Gray.
His father was the actor George Lupino.
Lupino wrote a short novel Crazy Days which was published by Herbert Jenkins Limited in 1932 and his autobiography From the Stocks to the Stars: An Unconventional Autobiography which was published in 1934. He is buried in Lambeth Cemetery, London.