Known for
Acting
Credits
140
Gender
Man
Birthday
26 Feb 1895
Day of death
27 May 1960 (65)
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as
Edward S. Brophy
Ed Brophy
Eddie Brophy
Edward Santree Brophy
Edward Brophy
Biography
Edward Brophy was an American character actor, voice artist, and comedian. Small of build, balding, and raucous-voiced, he frequently portrayed dumb cops and gangsters, both serious and comic. He is best remembered for his roles in the Falcon film series and for voicing Timothy Q. Mouse in Dumbo. His screen debut was in Yes or No. He appeared in The Champ, Freaks, The Thin Man, The Thin Man Goes Home (1944). He also made several appearances in the films of director John Ford.
Known for
Acting roles
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
---|---|---|
1960 | The Slowest Gun in the West | The Bartender |
1958 | The Last Hurrah | Ditto Boland |
1956 | Bundle of Joy | Dance Contest Judge |
1955 | The Millionaire | Preliminary Feeney |
1952 | Mr. & Mrs. North | |
1951 | Danger Zone | Prof. Frederick Simpson Schicker |
1951 | Pier 23 | Prof. Shicker |
1951 | Roaring City | 'Professor' Fredrick Simpson Schicka |
1949 | Arson, Inc. | Pete Purdy |
1949 | The Price of Freedom | Man in restaurant (uncredited) |
1947 | It Happened on Fifth Avenue | Gates Patrolman Cecil Felton |
1946 | Swing Parade of 1946 | Moose |
1946 | The Falcon's Adventure | Goldie Locke |
1946 | Renegade Girl | Bob Crandall |
1946 | Sweetheart of Sigma Chi | Arty |
1946 | Girl on the Spot | Fingers Foley |
1945 | Wonder Man | Torso |
1945 | The Falcon in San Francisco | Goldie Locke |
1945 | I'll Remember April | Shadow |
1945 | See My Lawyer | Otis Fillmore |
1945 | Penthouse Rhythm | Bailey |
1944 | The Thin Man Goes Home | Brogan |
1944 | Cover Girl | Joe - Bartender (uncredited) |
1944 | It Happened Tomorrow | Jake Shomberg |
1944 | A Night of Adventure | Steve |
1943 | Air Force | Marine Sgt. J.J. Callahan |
1943 | Destroyer | Engineer Casey |
1943 | A Scream in the Dark | Eddie Tough |
1943 | Lady Bodyguard | Harry Gargan |
1942 | All Through the Night | Joe Denning |
1942 | Larceny, Inc. | Weepy Davis |
1942 | Broadway | Porky |
1942 | Madame Spy | Mike Reese |
1942 | Breakdowns of 1942 | Self |
1941 | Dumbo | Timothy Q. Mouse (voice) |
1941 | The Bride Came C.O.D. | Hinkle |
1941 | The Gay Falcon | Detective Bates |
1941 | Sleepers West | George Trautwein |
1941 | Nine Lives Are Not Enough | Officer Slattery |
1941 | Steel Against the Sky | Pete Evans |
1941 | Thieves Fall Out | Rork |
1941 | Buy Me That Town | Ziggy |
1941 | A Dangerous Game | Bugsy (misspelled Bugs in on-screen credits) |
1940 | The Invisible Woman | Bill |
1940 | Dance, Girl, Dance | Dwarfie |
1940 | Calling Philo Vance | Ryan |
1940 | The Great Profile | Sylvester |
1940 | Golden Gloves | Potsy Brill |
1940 | Sandy Gets Her Man | Fireman Junior |
1940 | Alias the Deacon | Stuffy |
1939 | Golden Boy | Roxy Lewis |
1939 | You Can't Cheat an Honest Man | Corbett |
1939 | The Amazing Mr. Williams | Buck Moseby |
1939 | Society Lawyer | Max |
1939 | Kid Nightingale | Mike Jordon |
1939 | The Kid from Kokomo | Eddie Black |
1939 | Pardon Our Nerve | Nosey Nelson |
1939 | For Love or Money | Sleeper |
1939 | The Big Guy | Dippy |
1938 | A Slight Case of Murder | Lefty |
1938 | Hold That Kiss | Al |
1938 | Gold Diggers in Paris | Mike Coogan |
1938 | Passport Husband | Spike |
1938 | Come On, Leathernecks! | Max 'Curly' Maxwell |
1938 | Romance on the Run | Whitey Whitehouse |
1938 | Vacation from Love | Barney Keenan |
1938 | Gambling Ship | Cuthbert Innocent |
1937 | The Last Gangster | Fats Garvey |
1937 | The Girl Said No | Pick |
1937 | Jim Hanvey, Detective | Romo |
1937 | Varsity Show | Mike Barclay |
1937 | Blossoms On Broadway | Prussic |
1937 | The Soldier and the Lady | Packer |
1937 | The Hit Parade | Mulrooney |
1937 | The Great Gambini | Butch |
1937 | Trapped by G-Men | Lefty |
1937 | Oh, Doctor | Meg Smith |
1936 | Great Guy | Pete Reilly |
1936 | Wedding Present | Squinty |
1936 | Strike Me Pink | Killer |
1936 | All American Chump | Pudgy Murphy |
1936 | Mister Cinderella | Detective McNutt |
1936 | Kelly the Second | Ike Arnold |
1936 | Career Woman | Doc Curley |
1936 | The Case Against Mrs. Ames | Sid |
1936 | Spendthrift | Bill McGuire |
1936 | Hideaway Girl | Bugs Murphy |
1936 | Here Comes Trouble | Crowley |
1936 | Woman Trap | George Meade (as Ed Brophy) |
1935 | Mad Love | Rollo |
1935 | The Whole Town's Talking | 'Slugs' Martin |
1935 | China Seas | Wilbur Timmons |
1935 | Naughty Marietta | Zeke |
1935 | $1,000 a Minute | Benny Dolan |
1935 | I Live My Life | Pete (Uncredited) |
1935 | Remember Last Night? | Maxie |
1935 | Shadow of Doubt | Wilcox |
1935 | Show Them No Mercy! | Buzz |
1935 | Sequoia | Forest Ranger Pete (uncredited) |
1935 | People Will Talk | Pete Ranse |
1935 | She Gets Her Man | Flash |
1934 | The Thin Man | Joe Morelli |
1934 | Evelyn Prentice | Eddie Delaney |
1934 | Hide-Out | Det. Britt |
1934 | Paris Interlude | Ham |
1934 | Death on the Diamond | Grogan |
1934 | The Poor Rich | Flannigan |
1934 | I'll Fix It | Tilly Tilson |
1933 | What! No Beer? | Spike Moran |
1933 | Broadway to Hollywood | Joe Mannion |
1933 | Beer and Pretzels | Theater Manager (uncredited) |
1933 | Hello Pop | Brophy |
1932 | Freaks | Rollo Brother |
1932 | The Beast of the City | Police Dispatcher (uncredited) |
1932 | Speak Easily | Reno |
1932 | Flesh | Dolan |
1932 | Skyscraper Souls | Man in Elevator (uncredited) |
1932 | The Passionate Plumber | Man Outside Beauty Parlor (uncredited) |
1932 | Prosperity | Ice Cream Salesman (uncredited) |
1931 | The Champ | Tim |
1931 | A Free Soul | Slouch (uncredited) |
1931 | Parlor, Bedroom and Bath | Detective |
1931 | Sporting Blood | Newsreel Cameraman (uncredited) |
1931 | A Dangerous Affair | Nelson |
1930 | Our Blushing Brides | Joe Munsey |
1930 | Paid | Burglar (uncredited) |
1930 | Doughboys | Sgt. Brophy |
1930 | Remote Control | Al |
1930 | Those Three French Girls | Yank |
1930 | Estrellados | Assistant Director (uncredited) |
1928 | The Cameraman | Man in Bathhouse Stall with Buster (uncredited) |
1928 | West Point | Team Manager (Uncredited) |
1927 | Spring Fever | Golf Game Spectator (uncredited) |
1921 | The Sign on the Door | Newspaper Photographer (uncredited) |
1920 | Yes or No | Tom Martin |
Credits
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
---|---|---|
1931 | Casanova wider Willen | Director |
1930 | Free and Easy | Production Manager |
1929 | Spite Marriage | Production Manager |
1928 | West Point | Assistant Director |
1921 | The Sign on the Door | Assistant Director |