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Edward Brophy was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Brophy kickstarted his acting career in various films such as "Yes or No" (1920), the Fifi D'Orsay musical "Those Three French Girls" (1930) and "Our Blushing Brides" (1930). He also appeared in the comedy "Doughboys" (1930) with Buster Keaton, the Norma Shearer drama "A Free Soul" (1931) and the Buster Keaton comedy ...

Filmography

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Buster se marie (1931)

Réalization de [Dir]

Casanova wider Willen (1931)

West Point (1928)

Assistant Director

Mothers of Men (1920)

Assistant Director

Two Rode Together (1961)

The Last Hurrah (1958)

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Slight Case Of Murder, A (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Wash Your Neck

Our Blushing Brides (1930) -- (Movie Clip) Good For The Hips

Biography

Edward Brophy was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Brophy kickstarted his acting career in various films such as "Yes or No" (1920), the Fifi D'Orsay musical "Those Three French Girls" (1930) and "Our Blushing Brides" (1930). He also appeared in the comedy "Doughboys" (1930) with Buster Keaton, the Norma Shearer drama "A Free Soul" (1931) and the Buster Keaton comedy adaptation "Parlor, Bedroom and Bath" (1931). He continued to act in productions like the comedy "The Whole Town's Talking" (1935) with Edward G Robinson, "Woman Trap" (1936) and "Great Guy" (1936). He also appeared in the comedy "Mr. Cinderella" (1936) with Jack Haley. Toward the end of his career, he continued to act in the John Barrymore comedy "The Great Profile" (1940), the romance "Dance, Girl, Dance" (1940) with Maureen O'Hara and the Eddie Albert comedy "Thieves Fall Out" (1941). He also appeared in "The Gay Falcon" (1941) with George Sanders. Brophy was most recently credited in the adaptation "Two Rode Together" (1961) with James Stewart. Brophy's distinctive voice can be heard on "Dumbo" (1941). Brophy passed away in May 1960 at the age of 65.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

Buster se marie (1931)

Réalization de [Dir]

Casanova wider Willen (1931)

West Point (1928)

Assistant Director

Mothers of Men (1920)

Assistant Director

Cast (Feature Film)

Two Rode Together (1961)

The Last Hurrah (1958)

Bundle of Joy (1956)

Dance contest judge

Danger Zone (1951)

Professor Shicker

Roaring City (1951)

Prof. Fredrick Shicker

Arson--Inc. (1949)

It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)

Renegade Girl (1946)

Girl on the Spot (1946)

Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (1946)

The Falcon's Adventure (1946)

Swing Parade of 1946 (1946)

The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)

Wonder Man (1945)

Penthouse Rhythm (1945)

The Falcon in San Francisco (1945)

I'll Remember April (1945)

See My Lawyer (1945)

It Happened Tomorrow (1944)

A Night of Adventure (1944)

Cover Girl (1944)

Air Force (1943)

Lady Bodyguard (1943)

A Scream in the Dark (1943)

Destroyer (1943)

All Through the Night (1942)

Larceny, Inc. (1942)

Broadway (1942)

Madame Spy (1942)

Thieves Fall Out (1941)

Steel Against the Sky (1941)

The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)

Buy Me That Town (1941)

Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)

Officer Slattery

The Gay Falcon (1941)

A Dangerous Game (1941)

Sleepers West (1941)

George Trautwein

Voice of Timothy Q. Mouse

Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)

Sandy Gets Her Man (1940)

The Invisible Woman (1940)

Alias the Deacon (1940)

Calling Philo Vance (1940)

The Great Profile (1940)

Golden Gloves (1940)

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)

The Big Guy (1939)

Pardon Our Nerve (1939)

For Love or Money (1939)

The Kid from Kokomo (1939)

The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)

Society Lawyer (1939)

Kid Nightingale (1939)

Golden Boy (1939)

A Slight Case of Murder (1938)

Romance on the Run (1938)

Whitey Whitehouse

Come On, Leathernecks (1938)

Hold That Kiss (1938)

Vacation from Love (1938)

Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)

Gambling Ship (1938)

Passport Husband (1938)

Blossoms on Broadway (1937)

The Great Gambini (1937)

Oh, Doctor (1937)

The Soldier and the Lady (1937)

Trapped by G-Men (1937)

The Girl Said No (1937)

The Hit Parade (1937)

Great Guy (1937)

The Last Gangster (1937)

Jim Hanvey, Detective (1937)

Varsity Show (1937)

Strike Me Pink (1936)

Hideaway Girl (1936)

Mister Cinderella (1936)

Detective McNutt

The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936)

Wedding Present (1936)

All American Chump (1936)

Kelly the Second (1936)

Spendthrift (1936)

Here Comes Trouble (1936)

Career Woman (1936)

Woman Trap (1936)

The All-American Chump (1936)

Remember Last Night? (1935)

China Seas (1935)

[Wilbur] Timmons

Naughty Marietta (1935)

Zeke [Ezekial Cramer]

Shadow of Doubt (1935)

People Will Talk (1935)

The Whole Town's Talking (1935)

Mad Love (1935)

She Gets Her Man (1935)

Show Them No Mercy! (1935)

$1,000 a Minute (1935)

I Live My Life (1935)

Devil Dogs of the Air (1935)

The Thin Man (1934)

Have a Heart (1934)

Hide-Out (1934)

Death on the Diamond (1934)

Evelyn Prentice (1934)

[Eddie] Delaney

Paris Interlude (1934)

I'll Fix It (1934)

The Poor Rich (1934)

What--No Beer? (1933)

Broadway to Hollywood (1933)

Prosperity (1932)

Ice cream salesman

Beast of the City (1932)

The Passionate Plumber (1932)

Speak Easily (1932)

Skyscraper Souls (1932)

Man in elevator

A Rollo brother

A Free Soul (1931)

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931)

A Dangerous Affair (1931)

The Champ (1931)

Remote Control (1930)

Our Blushing Brides (1930)

Those Three French Girls (1930)

Doughboys (1930)

Sergeant Brophy

The Cameraman (1928)

Man in changing room

Yes or No (1920)

Cast (Short)

Beer and Pretzels (1933)

Life Events

Videos

Slight Case Of Murder, A (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Wash Your Neck Speaking from the original Damon Runyon and Howard Lindsay play, bootlegger Remy Marko (Edward G. Robinson) informs his troops (Edward Brophy, Allen Jenkins, Harold Huber et al) of the new plan, early in Warner Bros.' A Slight Case Of Murder, 1938.

Our Blushing Brides (1930) -- (Movie Clip) Good For The Hips Loads of activity in the opening scene, beginning the work day, introducing Jerry (Joan Crawford), Connie (Anita Page) and Franky (Dorothy Sebastian) at the department store, in MGM's Our Blushing Brides, 1930.

Larceny, Inc. (1942) -- (Movie Clip) We're Going Into The Luggage Business Ex-con Pressure (Edward G. Robinson) informs partners Weepy (Edward Brophy) and Jug (Broderick Crawford) that the plan to tunnel into the bank will work, but they need to raise money to buy the luggage store next door, early in early in Larceny Inc., 1942.

Larceny, Inc. (1942) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Allergic To Badges Ex-cons Pressure (Edward G. Robinson), Weepy (Edward Brophy) and Jug (Broderick Crawford) need to find a way to case the luggage store next door to the bank they're thinking about robbing, young Jackie Gleason the unwitting counter-man, early in Warner Bros.' Larceny Inc., 1942.

Larceny, Inc. (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Godspeed Bigelow! Ex-cons Pressure (Edward G. Robinson), Weepy (Edward Brophy) and Jug (Broderick Crawford) are eager to usher the former owner Bigelow (Harry Davenport) out of the failing luggage shop they've just bought for criminal purposes in Larceny Inc., 1942.

Larceny, Inc. (1942) -- (Movie Clip) You're As Young As You Feel! Dopey Weepy (Edward Brophy), hiding the plan to tunnel into the bank next door to the luggage store, decides to humor the leather salesman (Jack Carson), then head schemer Pressure (Edward G. Robinson) gets rid of a customer and their new neighbor Mademoiselle Gloria (Barbara Jo Allen), in Larceny Inc., 1942.

All Through The Night (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Quite An Attraction Curious Manhattan gambler Gloves (Humphrey Bogart) has tracked somewhat mysterious singer Leda (Kaaren Verne) as he queries the murder of a baker-friend, her accompanist Pepe (Peter Lorre), whom we know is a killer, intruding, in All Through The Night, 1942.

Thin Man, The (1934) -- (Movie Clip) That Makes This Your Party Nick (William Powell) and Nora (Myrna Loy) about to crash, discussing drinks and whether he should take a case offered that day, when Morelli (Edward Brophy) arrives, adding urgency, in the first in the series, The Thin Man, 1934.

You Can't Cheat An Honest Man (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Circus Giganticus Opening scenes having established his semi-normal adult children, and lawmen on his trail, we meet W.C. Fields as Larson E. Whipsnade, with his traveling circus, beset by a crooked union rep (Edward Trophy) and would-be apprentice (Grady Sutton), in You Can’t Cheat An Honest Man, 1939.

Doughboys (1930) -- (Movie Clip) Cold Steel Bloody Business Mostly a riff for Edward Brophy as the manic drill sergeant, given this role after a famous bit in Buster Keaton's first talkie The Cameraman, here in Buster's second showing him (as foppish recruit "Elmer" Stuyvesant) how to use a bayonet, in Doughboys, 1930.

Champ, The (1931) -- (Movie Clip) Ya Big Palooka LA boxing promoters visiting Tijuana rightly conclude that former champ Wallace Beery (title character) is not up to a fight, his posse (Roscoe Ates, Edward Brophy) splitting, leaving son Dink (Jackie Cooper) in an early, intimate scene from director King Vidor, in The Champ, 1931.

Last Hurrah, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) A New England City Opening scene in John Ford's rendering of the Edwin O'Connor novel, Mayor Skeffington (Spencer Tracy) at home assessing re-election, aides arriving including Edward Brophy as "Ditto" and Pat O'Brien as campaign manager Gorman, from The Last Hurrah, 1958.

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