Edward Brophy

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Edward Santree Brophy (born February 27, 1895 in New York City , New York , † May 27, 1960 in Pacific Palisades , California ) was an American actor and comedian as well as intermittent production manager and director.

life and career

After graduating from the University of Virginia , New York native Edward Brophy moved to acting. In 1919 he began his film career with small roles in Hollywood , but he feared that acting alone would not make enough money. In the 1920s, when Brophy was still waiting for his breakthrough as an actor, he was employed as a prop master by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . While he played smaller roles at the same time, he worked as a prop master in the films of Buster Keaton . In Buster Keaton, the Movie Reporter , Brophy also took on the small but distinctive role of a bather who argues with Keaton. This role earned him further acting assignments, including two other early Keaton sound films . In 1931 Brophy directed two films himself, but his acting career was already picking up speed.

The bald-headed character actor with the high voice was cast in comic supporting roles in the following decades and thus achieved a certain degree of popularity among American film audiences. Brophy was often in front of the camera, especially in roles as a goofy gangster, for example in the thriller Great Guy (1936) alongside James Cagney and in the comedy The Wonder Man (1945) with Danny Kaye . Brophy's best-known roles include the loyal boxing trainer Tim in the drama The Champ (1931) and one of the Rollo brothers in the classic horror film Freaks (1932) by Tod Browning ; also his supporting roles in the crime comedies The Thin Man (1934) and The Thin Man Comes Home (1945) alongside William Powell and Myrna Loy . Brophy is also present to Disney fans as the original English voice of the mouse Timothy in the cartoon classic Dumbo . In the 1950s, Brophy withdrew increasingly from acting, but took on a few roles on the newly emerging US television.

Overall, Brophy starred in over 130 films between 1920 and 1960. He died suddenly in 1960 while filming the western Two Ride Together , which is why his role was removed, but in some scenes he can still be seen in the background. From 1925 until his death, Brophy was married to Ann Slater Pallette, Natalie Talmadge's former secretary .

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  1. ↑ AllMovie
personal data
SURNAME Brophy, Edward
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brophy, Edward Santree (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor and comedian and temporary production manager and director
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York
DATE OF DEATH May 27, 1960
Place of death Pacific Palisades , California