Edward McWade

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
January 14, 1865 (78 years old)
Died
May 17, 1943
Place of Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Popular Genres
Comedy Drama Crime
Career Span
1919 – 1966

Edward McWade

4 wins
8 nominations
4 Oscars
84 credits

Edward McWade was an American writer and stage and screen actor. He appeared in more than 132 films from 1919 to 1944, mostly in secondary roles. He also wrote 15 stage plays and silent film scenarios.

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Personal Info

Born
Jan 14, 1865
From
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
1919 – 1966

Award Recognition

4
Wins
8
Nominations
4
Oscars

Complete Filmography

1966

Bat Men of Africa as Gorn

1944

Arsenic and Old Lace as Gibbs Award

1943

The Hard Way as Stage Doorman (Uncredited) Award
Crash Dive as Crony Award
Don't You Believe It as Wise Man
Trifles That Win Wars as Billiard Ball Tester (uncredited)

1942

Lady in a Jam as Ground-Hog Award
Woman of the Year as Adolph (uncredited) Award
Famous Boners as Thomas Carlyle (uncredited)

1941

Nothing But the Truth as Elderly Clerk (uncredited) Award
I Wake Up Screaming as Old man at library (uncredited) Award

1940

The Return of Frank James as Colonel Jackson Award
Brother Orchid as Aged Brother (uncredited) Award
Chad Hanna as Elias
Money and the Woman as Bank Customer Explaining 'NSF' (uncredited)
A Dispatch from Reuters as Chemist Who Poisoned Medicine (uncredited)
Teddy the Rough Rider as Russell Alger, Secretary of War
Hot Steel as Carlton

1939

Naughty But Nice as Professor Trill (uncredited) Award
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President as Neighbor Award
Zenobia as Minister
Bad Little Angel as Ticket Seller at Station (uncredited)
Indianapolis Speedway as Tom Dugan
They Asked For It as 'Pi' Kelly
Our Neighbors - The Carters as Pop Hagen

1938

Jezebel as Second Director (uncredited) Award
Three Comrades as Ludwig, Pat’s majordomo (uncredited) Award
The Patient in Room 18 as Frank Warren
Comet Over Broadway as Harvey
Garden of the Moon as Peter McGillicuddy
White Banners as Sloan

1937

Love and Hisses as Ticket Seller Award
They Won't Forget as Confederate Soldier
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop as Bishop Mallory
Let's Get Married as Tom
The Women Men Marry as Brother Lamb
She Had to Eat as Stationmaster Tucker (uncredited)

1936

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford as Minister in Film (uncredited) Award
The Big Noise as Douglas, the Gardener (uncredited)
Satan Met a Lady as City Fathers Committee Member (uncredited)
King of the Islands as The Princess' Father
The Country Doctor as Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
Alibi for Murder as Walter Emerson (Uncredited)
Laughing at Trouble as Harvey
The Case of the Black Cat as Keene's Apartment Manager (uncredited)
I Married a Doctor as Pa Dawson
Darkest Africa as Gorn
F-Man as Mr. Whitney

1935

Frisco Kid as Tupper Award
The Goose and the Gander as Justice of the Peace (uncredited) Award
The Girl from 10th Avenue as Art Clerk
The Calling of Dan Matthews as Lawyer Partington
Mary Jane's Pa as Chuck - the Old Timer
Oil for the Lamps of China as Dan
Shipmates Forever as Tailor (uncredited)
If You Could Only Cook as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Stranded as Tim Powers
Here's to Romance as Stage Doorman
Red Salute as Baldy
Life Begins at Forty as Doctor

1934

A Lost Lady as Simpson Award
The Notorious Sophie Lang as Jeweler (uncredited)
Journal of a Crime as Rigaud
Murder in the Clouds as Clement Williams
One Exciting Adventure as Grouchy Man
Gentlemen Are Born as Pawnbroker
The Meanest Gal in Town as Clark
I'll Tell the World as Trapper
I Sell Anything as Mr. Arden - Old Man (uncredited)

1933

Murders in the Zoo as Dan Baker (Uncredited)
Bureau of Missing Persons as Tom - Dock Watchman (uncredited)
Girl Missing as Henry Gibson's Valet (Uncredited)

1932

Two Seconds as The Prison Doctor Award
Big City Blues as Baggage Master (uncredited)
The Crowd Roars as Tom Beal the Counterman
6 Hours to Live as Ivan

1931

The Big Shot as Uncle Ira

1925

The Monster as Luke Watson Award

1922

Deserted at the Altar as The Sheriff
The Strangers' Banquet as Harriman

1920

Stop Thief as Mr. Carr
Dangerous Days as Dr. Haverford
The Husband Hunter as Charles Mack

1919

Hornet's Nest as Wimms

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

The Return of Frank James
Arsenic and Old Lace
Nothing But the Truth
Brother Orchid
The Hard Way
Frisco Kid
Crash Dive

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