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The Lupino family was the surname of a British theatre family tradition that could trace their roots back to an Italian émigré of the early 17th century. This family tradition comprised two actual families:

• the earlier Luppino or Lupino family
• the later Hook family who assumed the Lupino surname

c.1870 Sarah Lane The Queen of Hoxton

Several of the Hook family also adopted the surname Lane from Sarah Lane (1822-1899, née Borrow), the director of the Britannia Theatre, Hoxton, to whom they were related.

More recent members of this family have included Lupino Lane (Henry George Lupino, 1892-1959), Ida Lupino (1918-1995) and Rita Lupino

Lupino Lane's wife was actress Violet Blythe, and their son was also an actor, Lauri Lupino Lane (1921-1986). Lupino Lane's brother, Wallace Lupino (1898 - 1961) was an actor, as was Wallace's son, Richard (Dickie) Lupino. Henry and Wallace Lupino's nieces were Ida Lupino and her sister Rita Lupino, the daughters of actors Stanley Lupino (1894 - 1942) and Connie Emerald (1892 - 1959).

Georgius Lupino came from a family of Italian puppet makers. He fled to England as a political refugee

George William Luppino (1632-1693), son of Georgius, a singer, reciter and puppet master

George Charles Luppino (1662-1???), son of George William, a performer and puppeteer from age of 8

George Charles Luppino (1683-1723), son of George Charles, a dancer, known as The Motion Master of Long Acre

George Richard Eastcourt Luppino (1710-1787), son of George Charles, a dancer, an apprentice to John Rich, the founder of English Pantomime. He married Rosina Volante

Thomas Frederick Luppino (1749-1845), son of George Richard Eastcourt, a dancer and scenic artist. He married Elizabeth.

Samuel George Lupino (1766-1830), son of Thomas Frederick, an acrobatic dancer

Harry Lupino and Lupino Lane, in Jack and Jill, 1907-8 at The Prince's Bristol

George Hook (George Hook Lupino, 1820-1902), a dancer, assumed the surname Lupino after working with members of the Lupino family. He became famous in the role of Harlequin and married Rosina Sophia Proctor (1831-1908) and had 16 children, at least 10 of whom became professional dancers, 2 of them marrying into the family of Sara Lane, manager of the Britannia Theatre Hoxton

Of George Hook Lupino's 16 children:

• George Lupino (1853-1932), performed in Drury Lane pantomimes of the 1890s, with Dan Leno and was the father of George Barry (Barry) Lupino (1884-1962), Mark Lupino (1889-1950) and Stanley Lupino (1893-1942)^[1] (who was father of Ida)
• Arthur Lupino (1864-1908) created the role of Nana in Peter Pan in 1904
• Harry Charles Lupino (1867-1925), married into the Lane family and was the father of Lupino Lane (Henry William George Lupino, 1892-1959)^[2] and Wallace Lupino (1898-1961).

• Ida Lupino (1914-1995) Camberwell, London, England, UK. Died in Los Angeles, California. Actress^[3].
• Giacamo Luppino (1902-1984) Unknown, Italy. Died in Ontario, Canada. Italian Mafia Godfather.

• "The name Lupino was not the family name, but was adopted by George Hook (1820-1902) who appropriated the name Luppino - his one-time partner. (George Barry Lupino) Barry's family history adopted the antecedents of the real Italian Luppino and grafted them onto the Hook family tree." taken from: Pantomime, A Story in Pictures (Theatrical History collection, 1973)