Ned Sparks

Actor

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Also Known As

Edward A Sparkman, Ned A. Sparks

Birth Place

Guelph, Ontario, CA

Born

November 19, 1883

Died

April 03, 1957

Biography

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Ned Sparks was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Sparks kickstarted his acting career in various films such as "The Auction Block" (1926), "The Big Noise" (1928) and "The Canary Murder Case" (1929) with William Powell. He also appeared in the adaptation "Love Comes Along" (1930) with Bebe Daniels, "Double Cross Roads" (1930) and "The Devil's Holiday" (1930). He kept w...

Filmography

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Magic Town (1947)

Stage Door Canteen (1943)

For Beauty's Sake (1941)

Jonathan B. Sweet

The Star Maker (1939)

Hawaii Calls (1938)

One in a Million (1937)

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Blessed Event (1932) -- (Movie Clip) The Devil In Southampton

Lady For A Day (1933) -- (Movie Clip) In Your Own Vernacular

Biography

Ned Sparks was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Sparks kickstarted his acting career in various films such as "The Auction Block" (1926), "The Big Noise" (1928) and "The Canary Murder Case" (1929) with William Powell. He also appeared in the adaptation "Love Comes Along" (1930) with Bebe Daniels, "Double Cross Roads" (1930) and "The Devil's Holiday" (1930). He kept working in film throughout the thirties, starring in the Sylvia Sidney dramatic adaptation "The Miracle Man" (1932), the Marion Davies action film "Operator 13" (1933) and the musical "Too Much Harmony" (1933) with Bing Crosby. He also appeared in the Warren William adaptation "Gold Diggers of 1933" (1933). Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in "Marie Galante" (1934), "Imitation of Life" (1934) with Claudette Colbert and the Paul Muni dramedy "Hi, Nellie!" (1934). He also appeared in the musical "George White's 1935 Scandals" (1935) with Alice Faye and the adaptation "Sweet Adeline" (1935) with Irene Dunne. Sparks more recently acted in "Magic Town" (1947). Sparks passed away in April 1957 at the age of 74.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Magic Town (1947)

Stage Door Canteen (1943)

For Beauty's Sake (1941)

Jonathan B. Sweet

The Star Maker (1939)

Hawaii Calls (1938)

One in a Million (1937)

This Way Please (1937)

Wake Up and Live (1937)

The Bride Walks Out (1936)

Two's Company (1936)

Sweet Music (1935)

Ten Percent Nelson

Collegiate (1935)

"Scoop" Oakland [also known as "Bicarb"]

George White's 1935 Scandals (1935)

Elmer [Stubbins]

Sweet Adeline (1934)

Private Scandal (1934)

Hi Nellie! (1934)

Down to Their Last Yacht (1934)

Captain "Sunny Jim" Roberts

Imitation of Life (1934)

Marie Galante (1934)

Servants' Entrance (1934)

Sing and Like It (1934)

Lady for a Day (1933)

Happy [McGuire]

Going Hollywood (1933)

Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

Barney [Hopkins]

Too Much Harmony (1933)

Alice in Wonderland (1933)

42nd Street (1933)

Big City Blues (1932)

The Crusader (1932)

Blessed Event (1932)

The Miracle Man (1932)

Kept Husbands (1931)

The Secret Call (1931)

Iron Man (1931)

Leathernecking (1930)

Reynolds ("Sparks")

Love Comes Along (1930)

The Fall Guy (1930)

Double Cross Roads (1930)

Conspiracy (1930)

Winthrop Clavering

The Devil's Holiday (1930)

Nothing But the Truth (1929)

Clarence Van Dyke

Street Girl (1929)

Strange Cargo (1929)

The Canary Murder Case (1929)

On to Reno (1928)

The Magnificent Flirt (1928)

Tim, an American in Paris

The Big Noise (1928)

Alias the Lone Wolf (1927)

The Secret Studio (1927)

The Small Bachelor (1927)

J. Hamilton Beamish

Oh, What a Night (1926)

Money Talks (1926)

When the Wife's Away (1926)

The Hidden Way (1926)

The Auction Block (1926)

Love's Blindness (1926)

Seven Keys to Baldpate (1925)

The Boomerang (1925)

Bright Lights (1925)

Barney Gallagher

His Supreme Moment (1925)

Faint Perfume (1925)

Soul Mates (1925)

Tancred's chauffeur

The Only Thing (1925)

The Bond Boy (1922)

A Wide-Open Town (1922)

Good References (1920)

In Search of a Sinner (1920)

The Perfect Woman (1920)

Grimes, the anarchist

Nothing But the Truth (1920)

The Monocle Man

A Temperamental Wife (1919)

The Hotel Clerk

The Social Pirate (1919)

A Virtuous Vamp (1919)

Little Miss Brown (1915)

Life Events

1948

Retired from show business

Videos

Blessed Event (1932) -- (Movie Clip) The Devil In Southampton Columnist Moxley (Ned Sparks) returns from vacation to chew out his substitute (Lee Tracy as Alvin Roberts) for printing outrageous society gossip, Miss Stevens (Ruth Donnelly) steering clear, when the editor Miller (Walter Walker) arrives with a surprise ruling, in director Roy Del Ruth’s Blessed Event, 1932, from Warner Bros.

Lady For A Day (1933) -- (Movie Clip) In Your Own Vernacular We’ve just met Guy Kibbee as “Judge” Blake, engaged in a pool hustle (Irving Bacon the dupe) when Shakespeare (Nat Pendleton) arrives, representing Dave the Dude (Warren William), to recruit him as a stand-in husband for dolled-up Apple Annie (May Robson), with Ned Sparks as Happy and Glenda Farrell as Missouri, in Frank Capra’s Lady For A Day, 1933, from a Damon Runyon story.

Lady For A Day (1933) -- (Movie Clip) She Thinks I'm In High Society Dave (Warren William) and crew (Ned Sparks, Nat Pendleton) drop in on Annie (May Robson) who's in a panic over her daughter's visit, in Frank Capra's Lady For A Day, 1933.

Bride Walks Out, The (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Unfair To Chorus Girls Part-time model Carolyn (Barbara Stanwyck) has just caved and married striving Michael (Gene Raymond), pal Ned Sparks their witness, when he slugs a cop (Edgar Deering), resulting in their meeting bon vivant Hugh (Robert Young) in court, in RKO's The Bride Walks Out, 1936.

Bride Walks Out, The (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Just Enough Model Carolyn (Barbara Stanwyck) is not pleased when suitor Michael (Gene Raymond), scamming the management, visits her at work to propose again, Ned Sparks his sidekick, in The Bride Walks Out, 1936. kick, in The Bride Walks Out, 1936.

42nd Street (1933) -- (Movie Ciip) It's The Tight Shoes Guy Kibbee is Dillon the financier, swooning over Broadway diva star Dorothy (Bebe Daniels) at a party in her apartment, Ginger Rogers (as "Anytime Annie") with the best line, in 42nd Street, 1933.

Magic Town (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Hunting For That Shortcut First scene for top-billed James Stewart as “Rip” Smith, independent Manhattan opinion pollster whose radical business model is failing, with assistants (Ned Sparks, Donald Meek) and his big shot office building neighbor (Selmer Jackson) dangling a job offer, in Magic Town, 1947, from producer Robert Riskin’s story and screenplay.

Magic Town (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Evils Of The Modern Era Newcomer pollster “Rip” Smith (James Stewart), with sidekick (Ned Sparks), claiming they’re just insurance salesmen, intervenes on the town council meeting where he’s overheard Mary (Jane Wyman) advocating for big changes, which could ruin what he believes is the ideal sample American town, in Magic Town, 1947.

Imitation Of Life (1934) -- (Movie Clip) The Pancake Queen At the 10th anniversary party for her pancake-mix empire, Claudette Colbert as Bea has noted the arrival of handsome Warren William as Archer, as it turns out induced to attend by her wiseacre marketing genius Elmer (Ned Sparks), in Imitation Of Life, 1934, from the Fannie Hurst novel.

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