Edward Brophy
American actor and comedian (1895-1960) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 65
Edward Santree Brophy was an American character actor and comedian, as well as an assistant director and second unit director during the 1920s. Small of build, balding, and raucous-voiced, he frequently portrayed dumb cops and gangsters, both serious and comic.
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1960Died27 May 19601958
The Last HurrahFilm, Ditto Boland1956
Bundle of JoyFilm, Dance Contest Judge1955
The MillionaireSeries, Preliminary Feeney1952
Mr. & Mrs. NorthSeries1945
The Falcon in San FranciscoFilm, Goldie Locke1944
Cover GirlFilm, Joe, bartender (uncredited)1942
All Through the NightFilm, Joe Denning1941
DumboFilm, Timothy Q. Mouse (voice) (uncredited)1940
Dance, Girl, DanceFilm, Dwarfie1938
A Slight Case of MurderFilm, Lefty1937
The Last GangsterFilm, Fats Garvey1936
Great GuyFilm, Pete Reilly1934
Evelyn PrenticeFilm, Eddie Delaney1932
FreaksFilm, Rollo Brother1930
Our Blushing BridesFilm, Joe Munsey1928
The CameramanFilm, Man in Bathhouse Stall with Buster (uncredited)1895Born27 February 1895
The Last HurrahFilm, Ditto Boland1956Bundle of JoyFilm, Dance Contest Judge1955The MillionaireSeries, Preliminary Feeney1952Mr. & Mrs. NorthSeries1945The Falcon in San FranciscoFilm, Goldie Locke1944Cover GirlFilm, Joe, bartender (uncredited)1942All Through the NightFilm, Joe Denning1941DumboFilm, Timothy Q. Mouse (voice) (uncredited)1940Dance, Girl, DanceFilm, Dwarfie1938A Slight Case of MurderFilm, Lefty1937The Last GangsterFilm, Fats Garvey1936Great GuyFilm, Pete Reilly1934Evelyn PrenticeFilm, Eddie Delaney1932FreaksFilm, Rollo Brother1930Our Blushing BridesFilm, Joe Munsey1928The CameramanFilm, Man in Bathhouse Stall with Buster (uncredited)1895Born27 February 1895Known for
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Freaks 1932
The Cameraman 1928
The Thin Man 1934
The Last Hurrah 1958
It Happened on Fifth Avenue 1947
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Buster Keaton Produced Spite Marriage and Speak Easily
Hal B. Wallis Produced Air Force and All Through the Night
Edward Sedgwick Directed The Cameraman (1929)
Harry Rapf Produced Freaks and The Champ
Irving Thalberg Produced Freaks, The Champ and Prosperity
Hunt Stromberg Produced The Thin Man and Naughty Marietta
John Ford Directed The Last Hurrah (1958)
W. S. Van Dyke Directed The Thin Man and Naughty Marietta
Lewis Seiler Directed The Kid from Kokomo (1939)
Charles Sullivan Also in Air Force and The Last Hurrah
Robert Emmett O'Connor Also in The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
Wallace Ford Also in All Through the Night (1942)
Clarence Wilson Also in Paid and The Whole Town's Talking
John W. Considine Jr. Produced Mad Love and Sequoia
Samuel Goldwyn Produced Wonder Man and Strike Me Pink
Norman Taurog Directed Bundle of Joy and Strike Me Pink
Lloyd Bacon Directed A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
Harry Beaumont Directed Our Blushing Brides (1930)
A. Edward Sutherland Directed The Invisible Woman (1940)
William Keighley Directed The Bride Came C.O.D. and Varsity Show
Edwin L. Marin Directed Sequoia and Society Lawyer
Sidney Bracey Also in Freaks and The Cameraman
William A. Seiter Directed Destroyer and Broadway- Lawrence Weingarten Produced The Cameraman and What! No Beer?
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Television 2
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About this person
Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1895 to 1960 · aged 65
