Edward Brophy
Acting
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.
Born: February 26, 1895
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known For
The Cameraman
A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary.
Freaks
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
The Thin Man
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
West Point
Arrogant and wise-cracking Brice Wayne enrolls at the United States Military Academy at West Point and adjusts to life as a plebe. He tries out for the plebe football team, where he excels and shows up the varsity team. However, his ego is unrivaled, especially in competition with upperclassman Bob Sperry. At the same time, Brice meets a local girl named Betty Channing who cheers for him at football practices.
The Last Hurrah
In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.
The Champ
A broken-down alcoholic prizefighter struggles to keep custody of his adoring son.
The Thin Man Goes Home
On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners.
Larceny, Inc.
Three ex-cons buy a luggage shop to tunnel into the bank vault next door. But despite all they can do, the shop prospers...
Mad Love
An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with those of a knife-throwing murderer.
Filmography
as The Bartender
as Ditto Boland
as Dance Contest Judge
as Preliminary Feeney
as Prof. Shicker
as 'Professor' Fredrick Simpson Schicka
as Prof. Frederick Simpson Schicker
as Pete Purdy
as Gates Patrolman Cecil Felton
as Bob Crandall
as Goldie Locke
as Arty
as Moose
as Fingers Foley
as Goldie Locke
as Bailey
as Torso
as Shadow
as Otis Fillmore
as Brogan
as Steve
as Jake Shomberg
as Joe, bartender (uncredited)
as Eddie Tough
as Engineer Casey
as Marine Sgt. J.J. Callahan
as Harry Gargan
as Self
as Mike Reese
as Porky
as Weepy Davis
as Joe Denning
as Pete Evans
as Timothy Q. Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
as Detective Bates
as Ziggy
as Officer Slattery
as Bugsy (misspelled Bugs in on-screen credits)
as Hinkle
as Rork
as George Trautwein
as Bill
as Fireman Junior
as Dwarfie
as Sylvester
as Potsy Brill
as Stuffy
as Ryan
as Dippy
as Buck Moseby
as Mike Jordon
as Roxy Lewis
as Eddie Black
as Max
as Nosey Nelson
as Corbett
as Barney Keenan
as Max 'Curly' Maxwell
as Spike
as Mike Coogan
as Al
as Whitey Whitehouse
as Lefty
as Prussic
as Fats Garvey
as Pick
as Lefty
as Mike Barclay
as Butch
as Mulrooney
as Packer
as Romo
as Meg Smith
as Doc Curley
as Pete Reilly
as Bugs Murphy
as Detective McNutt
as Pudgy Murphy
as Squinty
as Ike Arnold
as Bill McGuire
as George Meade (as Ed Brophy)
as Crowley
as Killer
as Buzz
as Maxie
as Benny Dolan
as Pete (Uncredited)
as Wilbur Timmons
as Flash
as Rollo
as Pete Ranse
as Zeke
as 'Slugs' Martin
as Wilcox
as Forest Ranger Pete (uncredited)
as Tilly Tilson
as Eddie Delaney
as Grogan
as Det. Britt
as Ham
as Joe Morelli
as Flannigan
as Brophy
as Joe Mannion
as Theater Manager (uncredited)
as Spike Moran
as Dolan
as Ice Cream Salesman (uncredited)
as Reno
as Man in Elevator (uncredited)
as Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
as Man Outside Beauty Parlor (uncredited)
as Rollo Brother
as Tim
as Nelson
as Newsreel Cameraman (uncredited)
as Slouch (uncredited)
as Detective
as Burglar (uncredited)
as Al
as Yank
as Sgt. Brophy
as Joe Munsey
as Assistant Director (uncredited)
as Man in Bathhouse Stall with Buster (uncredited)
as Team Manager (Uncredited)
as Golf Game Spectator (uncredited)
as Newspaper Photographer (uncredited)
as Tom Martin