In 1924, Atwill co-starred on Broadway with Helen Hayes in a revival of Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra.
Atwill arrived in the United States and made his American stage debut in 1915.
Atwill's role in 1933's Mystery of the Wax Museum was played by Vincent Price in the 1953 remake House of Wax.
Atwill appeared in seven films with Bela Lugosi: Genius at Work, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, Night Monster, The Gorilla, Ghost of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, and Mark of the Vampire.
Unlike many actors, Atwill preferred acting in films and living in California over acting on the Broadway stage and living in New York.
Sadly, Atwill has no star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Atwill's role as the one-armed police inspector in Son of Frankenstein was parodied by Kenneth Mars in the 1974 film Young Frankenstein.
Atwill's final film was Lost City of the Jungle. He died before his scenes were completed and they were finished using a double.
Atwill was educated as Mercer's School in London.
Atwill had one son, John Anthony, with first wife Phyllis Ralph and a second son, Lionel Anthony, with fourth wife Mary Paula Pruter.
Atwill was married four times: to Phyllis Ralph from 1913 to 1919, to Poppy Wyndham from 1920 to 1928, to Henrietta Louise Cromwell MacArthur from 1930 to 1943, and to Mary Paula Pruter from 1944 until his death in 1946.
Atwill was nicknamed Pinkie due to his reddish colored hair.
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