He had a limited acting career appearing in just three films; The Street Singer (1937), Music-Hall Cavalcade: Stars of Yesterday and Today (1937), Carnegie Hall (1947) and most notably The Lady Vanishes in 1938. In the Lady vanishes, he played the part of The Hotel Manager (pictured) who struggles to make himself understood to Charters and Caldicott.
Emile Boreo was also an entertainer and appeared as himself in Emil Boreo (1929), Cabaret (1937) and Comedy Cabaret (1938).
He died on 27th July 1951 in New York, USA.