Eddie Polo is a Actor and Director American born on 1 february 1875 at Los Angeles (USA)
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Birth name Edward W. Wyman / WeimerNationality USABirth 1 february 1875 at Los Angeles (
USA)
Death 14 june 1961 (at 86 years) at Hollywood (
USA)
Eddie Polo (1 February 1875 – 14 June 1961) was an Austro-American actor of the silent era. He was born Edward W. Wyman or Weimer in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. With his brother Sam he was the trapeze act The Flying Cordovas. Beginning in 1913, he appeared in serials and films in the USA and became an action star in Germany in the late 1920s. After his acting career ended in the mid-1940s he worked as a makeup artist. Polo died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack.
He was the father of actress Malvina Polo (1903-2000), best remembered as the mentally handicapped girl preyed upon for rape in Erich von Stroheim's Foolish Wives (1922). His brother was the acrobat, actor and makeup artist Sam Polo (1872-1966). Biography
Jeune, il travailla comme artiste de cirque (trapéziste) et commença sa carrière au cinéma en 1913 en tant que cascadeur avant d'avoir régulièrement des rôles deux ans plus tard.
En 1915, il aurait réussi un saut en parachute depuis la Tour Eiffel.
À la fin des années 1920, il était une star du cinéma d'action en Allemagne.
Sa carrière d'acteur prit fin au milieu des années 1940 à Hollywood, et il devint ensuite maquilleur.
Il est le père de l'actrice Malvina Polo et le frère de l'acteur Sam Polo.
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