Edward Fielding
Edward Fielding (born March 19, 1875 in Brooklyn , New York as Edward B. Elkins , † January 10, 1945 in Beverly Hills , California ) was an American theater and film actor.
life and career
The tall actor played in nearly 40 Broadway productions between 1905 and 1939 , including leading roles. He played with theater greats such as Olga Nethersole, Grace George and Ethel Barrymore as well as Laura Hope Crews . He played particularly often in pieces by Henrik Ibsen . In 1916 Fielding made his film debut as Dr. Watson in the silent film Sherlock Holmes with William Gillette , the first famous Holmes actor, in the title role. This film was long thought to be lost, but has recently been rediscovered. In the next twenty years, however, he only made a few appearances in films.
It was only in the last years of his life that Fielding regularly starred in films. He became a favorite actor of Alfred Hitchcock , who used him in four films including Frith, Manderley Castle's butler , in Rebecca . He also took on a major supporting role in The Major and the Girl who portrayed Billy Wilder's first directorial work in Hollywood. Most of the time, the gray-haired character actor embodied respectable or distinguished figures such as officers, butlers, priests, politicians or doctors. Fielding worked as an actor until his death and appeared in over 80 films.
Fielding died of a heart attack two months before his 70th birthday while he was mowing his lawn. He had been married to Elizabeth Sherman Clark, a former singer at the Metropolitan Opera , from 1913 until his death . They had a child.
Filmography (selection)
- 1916: Sherlock Holmes
- 1917: The Beautiful Adventure
- 1930: Seeing Things
- 1940: Abe Lincoln in Illinois
- 1940: Rebecca
- 1940: Hell, Where's Your Victory (All This and Heaven too)
- 1940: Gallop into Luck (Down Argentine Way)
- 1940: South of Suez
- 1940: Miss Kitty (Kitty Foyle)
- 1941: So Ends Our Night
- 1941: I Wanted Wings
- 1941: Dangerous Love (Rage in Heaven)
- 1941: Blossoms in the Dust (Blossoms in the Dust)
- 1941: The Golden Gate (Hold Back the Dawn)
- 1941: suspected (Suspicion)
- 1941: Marriage Posse (Skylark)
- 1942: Mabok, the horror of the jungle (Beyond the Blue Horizon)
- 1942: Pride of the Yankees (The Pride of the Yankees)
- 1942: The Major and the Minor (The Major and the Minor)
- 1942: 10 lieutenants from West Point (Ten Gentlemen from West Point)
- 1942: Star Spangled Rhythm
- 1942: I want to live my life (In this Our Life)
- 1943: Flight for Freedom
- 1943: Shadow of a Doubt (Shadow of a Doubt)
- 1943: The Second Face (Flesh and Fantasy)
- 1943: The Song of Bernadette (The Song of Bernadette)
- 1943: Higher and Higher
- 1944: A Woman's Dreams (Lady in the Dark)
- 1944: The Life of Mrs. Skeffington (Mr. Skeffington)
- 1944: Dead Man's Eyes
- 1944: Leather Neck (Marine Raiders)
- 1944: Ministry of Fear (Ministry of Fear)
- 1944: Belle of the Yukon
- 1945: A Medal for Benny
- 1945: His wife is my wife (Guest Wife)
- 1945: I fight for you (Spellbound)
- 1945: Playing with Fate (Saratoga Trunk)
Web links
- Edward Fielding in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Edward Fielding in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Edward Fielding | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos | AllMovie. Retrieved July 2, 2018 .
- ^ Edward Fielding | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos | AllMovie. Retrieved July 2, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fielding, Edward |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Elkins, Edward B. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 1945 |
| Place of death | Beverly Hills , California |