Edward S. Brophy

Edward S. Brophy
Born: Mar 27, 1895
New York City, NY
Career: 1920-1960
Countries: USA
Genre/Type: Comedy
Drama
Mystery
Crime
Musical
Biography by Hal Erickson
Born in New York City and educated at the University of Virginia, comic actor Edward Brophy entered films as a small part player in 1919. After a few years, he opted for the more financially secure production end of the business, though he never abandoned acting altogether. While working as property master for the Buster Keaton unit at MGM, Brophy was lured before the cameras for a memorable sequence in The Cameraman (1928) in which he and Buster both try to undress in a tiny wardrobe closet. Keaton saw to it that Brophy was prominently cast in two of the famed comedian's talking pictures, and by 1934 Brophy was once again acting full-time. Using his popping eyes, high pitched voiced and balding head to his best advantage, Brophy scored in role after role as funny gangsters and dyspeptic fight managers (he was less effective in such serious parts as the crazed killer in the 1935 horror film Mad Love). In 1940, Brophy entered the realm of screen immortality as the voice of Timothy Mouse in Walt Disney's feature-length cartoon Dumbo (1940). Curtailing his activities in the 1950s, he did his last work for director John Ford. Brophy died during production of Ford's Two Rode Together (1961); according to some sources, the actor's few completed scenes remain in the final release version of that popular western.

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Filmography

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Two Rode Together 1961 Actor [Starring]
The Last Hurrah 1958 Actor [Starring]
Bundle of Joy 1956 Actor [Starring]
Danger Zone 1951 Actor [Starring]
Pier 23 1951 Actor [Starring]
Roaring City 1951 Actor [Starring]
Arson Inc. 1949 Actor [Starring]
It Happened on Fifth Avenue 1947 Actor [Starring]
Girl on the Spot 1946 Actor [Starring]
Renegade Girl 1946 Actor [Starring]
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi 1946 Actor [Starring]
Swing Parade 1946 Actor [Starring]
The Falcon's Adventure 1946 Actor [Starring]
I'll Remember April 1945 Actor [Starring]
Penthouse Rhythm 1945 Actor [Starring]
See My Lawyer 1945 Actor [Starring]
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Edward Brophy was born in New York City, New York, USA
Edward Brophy (February 27, 1895-May 27, 1960) was an American character actor. Small of build, balding and raucous-voiced, Brophy was known for portraying gangsters, both serious and comic. In 1928, with only a few minor film roles to his ...

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