Edward F. Cline
Directing
Biography
Edward Francis Cline (November 4, 1891 – May 22, 1961) was an American screenwriter, actor, writer and director best known for his work with comedians W.C. Fields and Buster Keaton.
Born: November 4, 1891
Place of Birth: Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
Known For
The Scarecrow
Two farmhands compete for the love of the farmer's daughter.
The Goat
A series of misadventures occur when Buster is mistaken for a criminal on the lam.
Cops
Buster Keaton gets involved in a series of misunderstandings involving a horse and cart. Eventually he infuriates every cop in the city when he accidentally interrupts a police parade.
Neighbors
The Romeo and Juliet story played out in a tenement neighborhood with Buster and Virginia's families hating each other over the fence separating their buildings.
The Play House
Upon waking from the dream of a theater peopled entirely by numerous Buster Keatons, a lowly stage hand causes havoc everywhere he works.
Convict 13
A young golfer is mugged by an escaped convict and finds himself in a prison where he foils a jailbreak.
The Blacksmith
Buster clowns around in a blacksmith's shop until he and the smithy get in a fight which sends the smithy to jail. Buster helps several customers with horses, then destroys a Rolls Royce while fixing the car parked next to it.
The Haunted House
A bank teller becomes involved with a hold-up, counterfeiters and a theatrical troupe posing as spooks in a haunted house.
The Boat
A boat builder and his family attempt to set sail in his handmade boat, 'The Damfino'.
Day Dreams
In order to impress the father of a girl he is keen on, a young man goes to the city in search of work. In his letters home he writes of his various jobs which her imagination expands into much nobler ones than those that he is actually attempting.
Filmography
as Car driver
as The Theater Director
as The Janitor
as Engineer
as Hobo (uncredited)
as SOS Receiver (uncredited)
as Orangutan Trainer (uncredited)
as Cop by Telephone Pole (uncredited)
as Customer in Bank
as The Cop (uncredited)
as Hit-and-Run Truck Driver (uncredited)
as Hangman
as Stock Exchange member (uncredited)
as The Driver (as Eddie Cline)
as The Cop
as Gymnasium Man (uncredited)
as Audience Member (uncredited)
as The Cop
as Doorman (uncredited)
as 2nd Desperado
as The Boss's Business Associate (as Eddie Cline)
as Hotel Guest in Lobby (uncredited)
as Cop (uncredited)