Occupation Actor Spouse Mary Newcomb Role Movie actor | Name Robert Edeson Years active 1912-1931 | |
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Born June 3, 1868 ( 1868-06-03 ) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. Died March 24, 1931, Hollywood, California, United States Movies The King of Kings, The Prisoner of Zenda, The Ten Commandments, Chicago, Danger Lights Similar People James Neill, Jeanie MacPherson, William C deMille, Rex Ingram, Cecil B DeMille | ||
Robert Edeson (June 3, 1868, in New Orleans, Louisiana – March 24, 1931, in Hollywood, California) was an American movie and stage actor of the silent era. Edeson got his first boost in movies in 1914 when he starred in the Cecil B. DeMille directed film, The Call of the North (1914).
Edeson replaced actor Rudolph Christians in Erich von Stroheim's production of Foolish Wives (1922), after Christians died of pneumonia. Edeson famously only showed his back to the camera so as not to clash with shot footage of Christians that was still to be used in the completed film. He also starred in several Broadway productions as well.
Filmography
Actor
1931
Aloha as
James Bradford, Sr.
1930
The Lash as
Don Mariana Delfina
1930
Big Money as
Mr. McCall
1930
A Devil with Women as
General Garcia
1930
Pardon My Gun as
Pa Martin
1930
The Way of All Men as
Swift
1930
Danger Lights as
Tom Johnson - Engineer
1930
Night Work
1930
Swing High as
Doctor
1930
Cameo Kirby as
Colonel Randall
1929
Dynamite as
Wise Fool
1929
Little Johnny Jones as
Ed Baker
1929
Romance of the Rio Grande as
Don Fernando
1929
A Most Immoral Lady as
Bradford-Fish
1929
Marianne as
The General
1929
The Man Higher Up (Short) as
The Victim
1929
Friendship (Short) as
The Manager
1929
The Doctor's Secret as
Dr. Brodie
1928
George Washington Cohen as
Mr. Gorman
1928
The Little Wildcat as
Joel Ketchum
1928
Marriage by Contract as
Winters
1928
The Home Towners as
Mr. Calhoun
1928
The Power of the Press as
City Editor
1928
Tenth Avenue as
Detective Ed Burton
1928
Beware of Blondes as
Costigan
1928
A Ship Comes In as
Judge Gresham
1928
Walking Back as
Edgar Thatcher
1927
Chicago as
William Flynn
1927
The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary as
Judge Hopper
1927
His Dog as
Colonel Marsden
1927
The Heart Thief as
Count Franz Cserhati
1927
The King of Kings as
Matthew - The Publican
1927
The Night Bride as
Adolphe Biggles
1927
Altars of Desire as
John Sutherland
1926
The Blue Eagle as
Chaplain Regan - aka Father Joe
1926
The Clinging Vine as
T.M. Bancroft
1926
Her Man o' War as
Field Marshall
1926
Eve's Leaves as
Captain Corbin
1926
The Volga Boatman as
Prince Nikita
1926
Whispering Smith as
J.S. Bucks
1925
Braveheart as
Hobart Nelson
1925
The Prairie Pirate as
Don Esteban
1925
Keep Smiling as
James P. Ryan
1925
Hell's Highroad as
Sanford Gillespie
1925
The Scarlet West as
Gen. Kinnard
1925
The Danger Signal as
Cyrus Browning
1925
Blood and Steel as
W.L. Grimshaw
1925
Go Straight as
The Hawk
1925
Men and Women as
Israel Cohen
1925
The Rag Man as
Mr. Bernard
1925
The Golden Bed as
Amos Thompson
1925
Locked Doors as
Norman Carter
1924
Feet of Clay as
Dr. Fergus Lansell
1924
Welcome Stranger as
Eb Hooker
1924
The Bedroom Window as
Frederick Hall
1924
Missing Daughters as
Chief of Secret Service
1924
Men as
Henri Duval
1924
Triumph as
Smauel Overton
1924
Mademoiselle Midnight as
Don Pedro de Quiros
1924
Thy Name Is Woman as
The Comandante
1923
Don't Call It Love as
Henry Van Courtlandt
1923
The Ten Commandments as
Redding - An Inspector
1923
To the Last Man as
Gaston Isbel
1923
The Silent Partner as
Ralph Coombes
1923
The Spoilers as
Joe Dextry
1923
You Are Guilty as
Theodore Tennent
1923
Souls for Sale as
Robert Edeson (uncredited)
1923
The Tie That Binds as
Charles Dodge
1923
Luck as
Judge Templeton
1923
Has the World Gone Mad! as
Mr. Adams
1922
The Prisoner of Zenda as
Col. Sapt
1922
Sure-Fire Flint as
Anthony De Lanni
1922
Any Night as
Jim Barton
1922
Foolish Wives as
Andrew J. Hughes (uncredited)
1921
Extravagance as
Richard Vane
1919
Sealed Hearts as
Frank Prentiss
1919
The Mite of Love (Short)
1917
Public Defender as
Arthur Nelson
1916
The Light That Failed as
Dick Hedlar
1916
Fathers of Men as
John Howland / Robert Howland
1916
Big Jim Garrity as
Jim Garrity
1916
For a Woman's Fair Name as
Pierce
1915
The Cave Man as
Hanlick Smagg
1915
Mortmain as
Mortmain
1915
The Absentee as
Nathaniel Crosby - the Absentee / Power
1915
A Man's Prerogative as
Oliver Wade
1915
On the Night Stage as
Austin, the Sky Pilot
1915
The Girl I Left Behind Me as
Lt. Hawkesworth
1914
Where the Trail Divides as
'How' Landor
1914
The Call of the North as
Ned & Graehme Stewart
1914
Love vs Duty (Short)
1913
With Lee in Virginia (Short)
1913
The Mosaic Law (Short)
1913
The Paymaster's Son (Short) as
John Burton - the Paymaster's Son
1912
When Lee Surrenders (Short)
1912
On Secret Service (Short)
1912
On the Firing Line (Short)
1912
The Hidden Trail (Short)
1912
The Colonel's Peril (Short) as
Tom Norman
1912
His Message (Short) as
Holmes - A Miner
Miscellaneous
1922
Foolish Wives (double: Rudolph Christians - uncredited)
Self
1915
How Molly Malone Made Good as
Self
Archive Footage
1931
The House That Shadows Built (Documentary)
References
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