Other names Eddie Weimer Role Actor Occupation Actor Children Malvina Polo | Years active 1913-1944 Siblings Sam Polo Name Eddie Polo | |
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Full Name Edward W. Wyman / Weimer Born 1 February 1875 ( 1875-02-01 ) Vienna, Austria-Hungary Died June 14, 1961, Hollywood, California, United States Movies King of the Circus, The Vanishing Dagger, Bull's Eye Spouse Pearl Grant (m. 1908–1923), Alice Finch Similar People J P McGowan, James W Horne, Cedric Gibbons, George Waggner | ||
Eddie Polo (1 February 1875 – 14 June 1961) was an Austrian-American actor of the silent era.
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Biography
He was born Edward W. Wyman or Weimer in Vienna, Austria-Hungary on 1 February 1875. With his brother Sam he was the trapeze act The Flying Cordovas. Beginning in 1913, he appeared in serials and films in the United States 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.
Legacy
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).
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