Edward McWade
Acting
Biography
Edward McWade was an American writer and stage and screen actor. He appeared in more than 132 films from 1919 to 1944, mostly in secondary roles. He also wrote 15 stage plays and silent film scenarios.
Born: January 14, 1865
Place of Birth: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Known For
Darkest Africa
A 15-episode serial in which Beatty goes to darkest Africa to rescue the Goddess of Joba, who is being held by the high priest.
Arsenic and Old Lace
Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!
If You Could Only Cook
An auto engineer and a professor's daughter pose as married servants in a mobster's mansion.
Oil for the Lamps of China
An American oil company representative risks sacrificing his marriage for his career in the rural lands of China.
Three Comrades
A love story centered on the lives of three young German soldiers in the years following World War I. Their close friendship is strengthened by their shared love for the same woman who is dying of tuberculosis.
Nothing But the Truth
A stockbroker bets his new partners $10,000 that he can tell the truth, and only the truth, for twenty-four hours.
Jezebel
In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.
Woman of the Year
Rival reporters Sam Craig and Tess Harding fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.
I Wake Up Screaming
A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip columnist Larry Evans.
Frisco Kid
After a roustabout sailor avoids being shanghaied in 1850s San Francisco, his audacity helps him rise to a position of power in the vice industry of the infamous Barbary Coast.
Filmography
as Gibbs
as Billiard Ball Tester (uncredited)
as Wise Man
as Crony
as Stage Doorman (Uncredited)
as Thomas Carlyle (uncredited)
as Ground-Hog
as Boston Doorman (uncredited)
as Adolph (uncredited)
as Old man at library (uncredited)
as Elderly Clerk (uncredited)
as Elias
as Chemist Who Poisoned Medicine (uncredited)
as Bank Customer Explaining 'NSF' (uncredited)
as Colonel Jackson
as Aged Brother (uncredited)
as Carlton
as Russell Alger, Secretary of War
as Neighbor
as Pop Hagen
as Ticket Seller at Station (uncredited)
as Tom Dugan
as Professor Trill (uncredited)
as Minister
as Harvey
as Peter McGillicuddy
as Sloan
as Ludwig, Pat’s majordomo (uncredited)
as Second Director (uncredited)
as Frank Warren
as Ticket Seller
as Brother Lamb
as Confederate Soldier
as Stationmaster Tucker (uncredited)
as Bishop Mallory
as Tom
as Harvey
as Keene's Apartment Manager (uncredited)
as Walter Emerson (Uncredited)
as City Fathers Committee Member (uncredited)
as Douglas, the Gardener (uncredited)
as Mr. Whitney
as Pa Dawson
as Minister in Film (uncredited)
as Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
as The Princess' Father
as Gorn
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
as Lawyer Partington
as Tupper
as Tailor (uncredited)
as Stage Doorman
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
as Baldy
as Tim Powers
as Art Clerk
as Chuck - the Old Timer
as Doctor
as Clement Williams
as Pawnbroker
as Mr. Arden - Old Man (uncredited)
as Simpson
as Grouchy Man
as Jeweler (uncredited)
as Trapper
as Rigaud
as Clark
as Tom - Dock Watchman (uncredited)
as Dan Baker (Uncredited)
as Henry Gibson's Valet (Uncredited)
as Moyle (uncredited)
as Ivan
as Baggage Master (uncredited)
as The Prison Doctor
as Tom Beal the Counterman
as Uncle Ira
as Luke Watson
as Avery Crawford
as Harriman
as The Sheriff
as Wong
as Mr. Carr
as Williams
as Dr. Haverford
as Charles Mack
as Wimms