Snitz Edwards
Los Angeles, California , U.S. | |
Occupation | Actor |
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Spouse(s) | Unknown (1889-??; divorced) Eleanor Taylor (1906-1937; his death) |
Children | 3 |
Snitz Edwards (born Edward Neumann, 1 January 1868 – 1 May 1937) was a stage and character actor of the early years of the silent film era into the 1930s. He acted alongside popular screen actors including Rudolph Valentino, Clara Kimball Young, Douglas Fairbanks, and many others.[1]
Early life
He was born Edward Neumann into a
Career
Edwards immigrated to the United States and became a successful Broadway stage actor during the early twentieth century. His first show was the musical comedy Little Red Riding Hood, which opened on January 8, 1900.
He often appeared in the first decade of the 20th century on Broadway in productions for such prominent stage directors as
Move into films
Edwards transitioned to films rather easily and was quickly lauded as a talented character actor. With his expressive and "homely" face, he was considered by many directors to be well suited to light, comedic roles and often played characters written as a comic foil opposite starring actors. His "homely", pliable features eventually made Edwards a household name during the 1920s.
At his peak in the late 1910s and early 1920s, Edwards appeared with some of the most famous actors of the era, including
.Edwards also was personally chosen by actor and director Buster Keaton to act in three of Keaton's films: 1925's Seven Chances, 1926's Battling Butler, and the extremely popular 1927 film College.
By the early 1930s and the advent of talkies, Edwards was already in his 60s, suffering from crippling
Personal life and death
Edwards was married to actress Eleanor Taylor, and the couple had three daughters: Cricket, Evelyn and Marian. Edwards was a popular Hollywood personality, and he and Eleanor hosted lively parties as well as being guests of Marion Davies at San Simeon Castle.
Edwards died of natural causes on May 1, 1937, in
Partial filmography
- The Price She Paid (1917)
- Going Some (1920)
- Cheated Love (1921)
- The Charm School (1921)
- No Woman Knows (1921)
- Ladies Must Live (1921)
- The Primitive Lover (1922)
- June Madness (1922)
- Love Is an Awful Thing (1922)
- The Gray Dawn (1922)
- Rags to Riches (1922)
- Rosita (1923)
- Modern Matrimony (1923)
- Tarnish (1924)
- The Tornado (1924)
- In Fast Company (1924)
- Passion's Pathway (1924)
- The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
- Seven Chances (1925)
- Heir-Loons (1925)
- Old Shoes (1925)
- The White Desert (1925)
- The Wanderer (1925)
- A Lover's Oath (1925)
- The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
- Made for Love (1926)
- Volcano! (1926)
- Battling Butler (1926)
- The Sea Wolf (1926)
- The Cruise of the Jasper B(1926)
- Night Life (1927)
- College (1927)
- The Mysterious Island (1929)
- A Dangerous Woman (1929)
- The Right of Way (1931)
- The Public Enemy (1931)
- Sit Tight (1931)
References
- Newspapers.com.
External links
- Snitz Edwards at IMDb
- Snitz Edwards at the Internet Broadway Database
- Biography of Snitz Edwards at Profile, AndersonToone.com; accessed March 22, 2015.