Edward Brophy
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Edward Brophy | |
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Born | Edward Santree Brophy February 27, 1895 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Pacific Palisades, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor voice artist comedian |
Years active | 1920-1960 |
Spouse(s) | Ann S. Brophy |
Edward S. Brophy (February 27, 1895 – May 27, 1960) was an American character actor, voice artist, and comedian. Small of build, balding, and raucous-voiced, he was known for portraying dumb cops and gangsters, both serious and comic. He was best known for his roles in the Falcon film series, based on suave detective of the same name.
Career
Edward Santree Brophy was born in New York City, American. His screen debut was in Yes or No (1920).[1]
In 1928, with only a few minor film roles to his credit, Brophy was working as a junior production executive for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer when he was chosen to appear with Buster Keaton in one sequence of Keaton's film The Cameraman. As two clients in a bath-house, Brophy and Keaton attempt to undress and put on bathing suits while sharing a single tiny changing room. Each time Keaton attempts to hang his clothes on one hook, Brophy removes the clothes and hands them back to Keaton and gestures to the other hook. He manhandles the smaller, more slender Keaton, at one point picking him up by the feet and dumping him out of his trousers. Appearing only in this one brief scene, Brophy attracted enough attention to receive more and better roles. Though he did appear in a few theatre roles, most of his long and prolific career was in film and was spent at the studio's of MGM.
He played the main character's loyal manager in The Champ (1931), a Rollo Brother circus proprietor in the movie Freaks (1932), Joe Morelli from The Thin Man (1934) and Nick Charles' friend Brogan from The Thin Man Goes Home (1944). Brophy was most famous as the voice behind Timothy the mouse in Dumbo, even though he was uncredited for this role. He also made several appearances in the films of director John Ford.
Death
Edward Brophy died on May 27, 1960 during the production of Ford's Two Rode Together. (One source says Brophy "died while watching a prizefight on television."[2]) He was buried in Santa Monica's Woodlawn Cemetery next to his wife Ann S. Brophy. (Another source listed "widow, Ann" as a survivor.[3])
Partial filmography
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- Something Different (1920)
- The Cameraman (1928) (uncredited)
- Free and Easy (1930)
- Those Three French Girls (1930)
- Doughboys (1930)[4]
- The Champ (1931)
- Freaks (1932)
- Flesh (1932)
- What! No Beer? (1933) (uncredited)
- Beer and Pretzels (1933 short)
- Hello Pop! (1933 short)
- The Thin Man (1934)
- Hide-Out (1934)
- Death on the Diamond (1934)
- Evelyn Prentice (1934)
- 1,000 Dollars a Minute (1935)
- The Whole Town's Talking (1935)
- Naughty Marietta (1935)
- Mad Love (1935)
- China Seas (1935)
- Remember Last Night? (1935)
- Wedding Present (1936)
- Great Guy (1936)
- The Soldier and the Lady (1937)
- The Girl Said No (1937)
- The Last Gangster (1937)
- A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
- Romance on the Run (1938)
- Hold That Kiss (1938)
- Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)
- You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
- Golden Boy (1939)
- The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)
- Golden Gloves (1940)
- Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
- The Invisible Woman (1940)
- Calling Philo Vance (1940)
- The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)
- Dumbo (1941) (voice) (Timothy Q Mouse)
- The Gay Falcon (1941)
- All Through the Night (1941)
- Larceny, Inc. (1942)
- Madame Spy (1942)
- Broadway (1942)
- Air Force (1943)
- Destroyer (1943)
- Cover Girl (1944)
- It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
- The Falcon in San Francisco (1945)
- The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
- Wonder Man (1945)
- Renegade Girl (1946)
- The Falcon's Adventure (1946)
- It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
- Arson, Inc. (1949)
- Roaring City (1951)
- Bundle of Joy (1956)
- The Last Hurrah (1958)
References
- ↑ Katz, Ephraim (1979). The Film Encyclopedia: The Most Comprehensive Encyclopedia of World Cinema in a Single Volume. Perigee Books. ISBN 0-399-50601-2. P.171.
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External links
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- 1895 births
- 1960 deaths
- Male actors from New York City
- American male film actors
- American male voice actors
- American male comedians
- 20th-century American male actors
- Burials at Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery, Santa Monica