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Edward Brophy is a Actor, Director, Production Manager and Assistant Director American born on 26 february 1895 at New York City (USA)
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.
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Birth name Edward Santree Brophy
Nationality USA
Birth 26 february 1895 at New York City (USA)
Death 27 may 1960 (at 65 years) at Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 26 february 1895 at New York City (USA)
Death 27 may 1960 (at 65 years) at Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles (USA)
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The Last Hurrah (1958)
, 2h1Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter, Basil Rathbone, Dianne Foster, Pat O'Brien, Donald Crisp
Roles Ditto Boland
Rating72%
In "a New England city," Frank Skeffington (Spencer Tracy) plans to run for a fifth term. Skeffington rose from poverty in an Irish ghetto to become mayor and former governor, and is skilled at using the power of his office and an enormous political machine of ward heelers to receive support from his Irish Catholic base and other demographics. Rumors of graft and abuse of power are widespread, however, and the Protestant bishop, newspaper publisher Amos Force (John Carradine), banker Norman Cass (Basil Rathbone), and other members of the city's traditional elite the Irish Catholics replaced oppose Skeffington; so does Martin Burke (Donald Crisp), Catholic cardinal, Skeffington's childhood friend. They support the candidacy of Kevin McCluskey (Charles B. Fitzsimons), a young Catholic lawyer and war veteran with no political experience.
Bundle of Joy (1956)
, 1h38Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Christmas films, Musical films
Actors Eddie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds, Adolphe Menjou, Tommy Noonan, Nita Talbot, Una Merkel
Roles Dance Contest Judge
Rating60%
Roaring City (1951)
, 59minutesDirected by William Berke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors Hugh Beaumont, Edward Brophy, Richard Travis, Joan Valerie, Wanda McKay, Abner Biberman
Roles 'Professor' Fredrick Simpson Schicka
Rating58%
Arson, Inc. (1949)
, 1h3Directed by William Berke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Robert Lowery, Anne Gwynne, Edward Brophy, Marcia Mae Jones, Douglas Fowley, Maude Eburne
Roles Pete Purdy
Rating52%
Joe Martin is a fire fighter in Los Angeles who is assigned by his department chief to the Arson Detail. His first assignment is to investigate a suspicious fur store fire that seems to be set by the store owner himself, Thomas Peyson.
It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
, 1h56Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Christmas films
Actors Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles, Victor Moore, Gale Storm, Johnny Arthur
Roles Gates Patrolman Cecil Felton
Rating75%
Aloysius T. McKeever (Victor Moore), a New York City hobo, makes his home in a boarded-up Fifth Avenue mansion, using the back door, while its owner, multi-millionaire ("the second richest man in the world") Michael J. O'Connor (Charles Ruggles), winters in the South. McKeever winds up taking in homeless ex-G.I. Jim Bullock (Don DeFore), who has been evicted from an apartment building O'Connor is tearing down for a new skyscraper, and runaway 18-year-old Trudy "Smith" (Gale Storm) who is actually O'Connor's daughter. Soon Jim invites war buddies Whitey (Alan Hale, Jr.), Hank (Edward Ryan) and their families to share the vast mansion while they seek permanent homes of their own.
The Thin Man Goes Home (1946)
, 1h40Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller
Actors William Powell, Myrna Loy, Lucile Watson, Gloria DeHaven, Anne Revere, Harry Davenport
Roles Brogan
Rating72%
Nick and Nora visit Nick's parents (Lucile Watson and Harry Davenport) in Nick's hometown, Sycamore Springs, in New England. The residents are convinced that Nick is in town on an investigation, despite Nick's repeated denials. However, when aircraft factory employee Peter Berton (Ralph Brooks) seeks out Nick and is shot dead before he can reveal anything, Nick is on the case.
Renegade Girl (1946)
, 1h5Directed by William Berke
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Edward Brophy, Ann Savage, Jack Holt, Alan Curtis, Harry Cording, Russell Wade
Roles Bob Crandall
Rating48%
Taking place in rural Missouri, 1864, the area is far from the front lines and has been torn apart by partisan and guerrilla warfare, leaving it at the mercy of outlaws. Jean Shelby (Ann Savage) comes from a family of southern sympathizers, herself included. She gets information from Union soldiers and provides it to her brother with hopes of helping the confederacy. The film begins with Shelby riding on the road with her horse, as she passes flaming ruins she is approached by some Union troops who demand they meet with their superior officer, Major Barker (Jack Holt). Shelby attempts to flee, but is corned by more northern soldiers and she complies to meet with Major Barker.
Swing Parade of 1946 (1946)
Directed by Phil Karlson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films, Buddy films
Actors Gale Storm, Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Russell Hicks, Edward Brophy
Roles Moose
Rating52%
The Three Stooges. as dishwashers, help an aspiring singer, Carol Lawrence (Storm), and a nightclub owner, Danny Warren (Regan), find love.
The Falcon's Adventure (1946)
, 1h1Directed by William Berke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Tom Conway, Edward Brophy, Robert Warwick, Myrna Dell, Steve Brodie, Ian Wolfe
Roles Goldie Locke
Rating62%
Tom Lawrence (Tom Conway), The Falcon is about to go on a fishing holiday with his friend Goldie Locke with Goldie getting Tom to swear off thinking of women or crime. He breaks his vow when he sees a woman abducted in a taxi cab. Rescuing the damsel in distress, Louise Bragaza, she tells the Falcon that she is the target of kidnappers due to her father's invention of a process to manufacture synthetic diamonds.
Wonder Man (1945)
, 1h38Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Ghost films, Musical films
Actors Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen, Donald Woods, S.Z. Sakall, Allen Jenkins
Roles Torso
Rating67%
Danny Kaye plays a double role as a pair of estranged "super-identical twins", with very similar looks, but very different personalities. Buster Dingle, who goes by the stage name "Buzzy Bellew", is a loud and goofy performer at a classy nightclub (the Pelican Club), while Edwin Dingle is a studious, quiet bookworm writing a history book. The two brothers have not seen each other for years.
The Falcon in San Francisco (1945)
, 1h6Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Tom Conway, Rita Corday, Edward Brophy, Sharyn Moffett, Fay Helm, Robert Armstrong
Roles Goldie Locke
Rating63%
While travelling by railroad for a vacation in San Francisco, The Falcon witnesses the murder of a wealthy young girl's nurse. His investigation eventually uncovers the relationship between an ex-bootlegger and a wealthy shipping heiress.
See My Lawyer (1945)
, 1h7Directed by Edward F. Cline
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Ole Olsen, Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Alan Curtis, Noah Beery, Jr, Franklin Pangborn
Roles Otis Fillmore
Rating65%
It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
, 1h25Directed by René Clair
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Time travel films
Actors Dick Powell, Linda Darnell, Jack Oakie, Edgar Kennedy, Edward Brophy, Sig Ruman
Roles Jake Shomberg
Rating69%
In the 1890s, Lawrence Stevens (Dick Powell) is an obituary writer unhappy in his job who is given, by a ghostly deceased newspaper man named Pop Benson (John Philliber), a newspaper that has tomorrow's news. He uses the paper to write stories and get the scoop on other reporters, but this also brings him under the suspicion of Police Inspector Mulrooney (Edgar Kennedy), who wants to know how Stevens always seems to know what's going to happen and where, mainly a robbery at a theater's box office during a performance. Stevens and his new girlfriend Sylvia (Linda Darnell) – half of a clairvoyant act with her uncle Oscar Smith (Jack Oakie) – have a number of adventures, until her uncle mistakenly thinks that Stevens has consorted with his niece in her boarding house room. The uncle attempts to intimidate Stevens into marrying her, not knowing that Stevens has come to him to ask for her hand.
Cover Girl (1944)
, 1h47Directed by Budd Boetticher, Charles Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Phil Silvers, Otto Kruger, Eve Arden, Lee Bowman
Roles Joe - Bartender (uncredited)
Rating66%
Rusty (Rita Hayworth), a chorus girl working at a nightclub run by her boyfriend Danny McGuire (Gene Kelly), is given a chance for stardom by the wealthy magazine editor John Coudair (Otto Kruger), who years earlier had been in love with her grandmother, Maribelle Hicks. Offered an opportunity to be a highly paid cover girl, Rusty would faithfully remain with her nightclub act if only Danny would ask her. He doesn't want to stand in her way, so he picks an argument to send her packing. Rusty becomes a star on Broadway after appearing in a musical produced by Coudair's wealthy friend, Noel Wheaton (Lee Bowman), and decides to get married to Wheaton. At the last second she leaves the wedding and reunites with Danny.
A Night of Adventure (1944)
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Crime, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Tom Conway, Audrey Long, Edward Brophy, Louis Borel, Addison Richards, Jean Brooks
Roles Steve
Rating61%
Successful attorney Mark Latham neglects his wife, Erica, so she leaves him. Mark tries to win her back, but finds that she is now dating Tony Clair, an artist.