Edward Brophy
Born: 1895-02-26 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1960-05-27
Known For: 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.
Filmography
1960
- The Slowest Gun in the West as The Bartender
1958
- The Last Hurrah as Ditto Boland
1956
- Bundle of Joy as Dance Contest Judge
1955
- The Millionaire as Preliminary Feeney
1952
1951
- Danger Zone as Prof. Frederick Simpson Schicker
- Pier 23 as Prof. Shicker
- Roaring City as 'Professor' Fredrick Simpson Schicka
1949
- Arson, Inc. as Pete Purdy
- The Price of Freedom as Man in restaurant (uncredited)
1947
- It Happened on Fifth Avenue as Gates Patrolman Cecil Felton
1946
- Renegade Girl as Bob Crandall
- Girl on the Spot as Fingers Foley
- The Falcon's Adventure as Goldie Locke
- Swing Parade of 1946 as Moose
- Sweetheart of Sigma Chi as Arty
1945
- Wonder Man as Torso
- The Falcon in San Francisco as Goldie Locke
- See My Lawyer as Otis Fillmore
- I'll Remember April as Shadow
- Penthouse Rhythm as Bailey
1944
- Cover Girl as Joe, bartender (uncredited)
- The Thin Man Goes Home as Brogan
- It Happened Tomorrow as Jake Shomberg
- A Night of Adventure as Steve
1943
- Air Force as Marine Sgt. J.J. Callahan
- Destroyer as Engineer Casey
- Lady Bodyguard as Harry Gargan
- A Scream in the Dark as Eddie Tough
1942
- All Through the Night as Joe Denning
- Breakdowns of 1942 as Self
- Larceny, Inc. as Weepy Davis
- Madame Spy as Mike Reese
- Broadway as Porky
1941
- Dumbo as Timothy Q. Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
- The Bride Came C.O.D. as Hinkle
- The Gay Falcon as Detective Bates
- Thieves Fall Out as Rork
- Sleepers West as George Trautwein
- Steel Against the Sky as Pete Evans
- Buy Me That Town as Ziggy
- Nine Lives Are Not Enough as Officer Slattery
- A Dangerous Game as Bugsy (misspelled Bugs in on-screen credits)
1940
- Dance, Girl, Dance as Dwarfie
- The Invisible Woman as Bill
- Golden Gloves as Potsy Brill
- The Great Profile as Sylvester
- Calling Philo Vance as Ryan
- Sandy Gets Her Man as Fireman Junior
- Alias the Deacon as Stuffy
1939
- Golden Boy as Roxy Lewis
- Society Lawyer as Max
- You Can't Cheat an Honest Man as Corbett
- The Big Guy as Dippy
- The Amazing Mr. Williams as Buck Moseby
- Pardon Our Nerve as Nosey Nelson
- For Love or Money as Sleeper
- The Kid from Kokomo as Eddie Black
- Kid Nightingale as Mike Jordon
1938
- Passport Husband as Spike
- Gambling Ship as Cuthbert Innocent
- A Slight Case of Murder as Lefty
- Come On, Leathernecks! as Max 'Curly' Maxwell
- Hold That Kiss as Al
- Vacation from Love as Barney Keenan
- Gold Diggers in Paris as Mike Coogan
- Romance on the Run as Whitey Whitehouse
1937
- The Last Gangster as Fats Garvey
- Oh, Doctor as Meg Smith
- The Great Gambini as Butch
- The Soldier and the Lady as Packer
- Varsity Show as Mike Barclay
- Jim Hanvey, Detective as Romo
- The Hit Parade as Mulrooney
- Trapped by G-Men as Lefty
- Blossoms On Broadway as Prussic
- The Girl Said No as Pick
1936
- Woman Trap as George Meade (as Ed Brophy)
- Wedding Present as Squinty
- Hideaway Girl as Bugs Murphy
- Great Guy as Pete Reilly
- The Case Against Mrs. Ames as Sid
- Career Woman as Doc Curley
- Spendthrift as Bill McGuire
- Strike Me Pink as Killer
- Kelly the Second as Ike Arnold
- Mister Cinderella as Detective McNutt
- Here Comes Trouble as Crowley
- All American Chump as Pudgy Murphy
1935
- Naughty Marietta as Zeke
- China Seas as Wilbur Timmons
- The Whole Town's Talking as 'Slugs' Martin
- Mad Love as Rollo
- I Live My Life as Pete (Uncredited)
- Show Them No Mercy! as Buzz
- Sequoia as Forest Ranger Pete (uncredited)
- Shadow of Doubt as Wilcox
- Remember Last Night? as Maxie
- $1,000 a Minute as Benny Dolan
- People Will Talk as Pete Ranse
- She Gets Her Man as Flash
1934
- The Thin Man as Joe Morelli
- Evelyn Prentice as Eddie Delaney
- Hide-Out as Det. Britt
- Death on the Diamond as Grogan
- The Poor Rich as Flannigan
- I'll Fix It as Tilly Tilson
- Paris Interlude as Ham
1933
- What! No Beer? as Spike Moran
- Broadway to Hollywood as Joe Mannion
- Beer and Pretzels as Theater Manager (uncredited)
- Hello Pop as Brophy
1932
- Freaks as Rollo Brother
- Skyscraper Souls as Man in Elevator (uncredited)
- The Beast of the City as Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
- Flesh as Dolan
- The Passionate Plumber as Man Outside Beauty Parlor (uncredited)
- Speak Easily as Reno
- Prosperity as Ice Cream Salesman (uncredited)
1931
- The Champ as Tim
- A Free Soul as Slouch (uncredited)
- Sporting Blood as Newsreel Cameraman (uncredited)
- Parlor, Bedroom and Bath as Detective
- A Dangerous Affair as Nelson
- Casanova Against His Will ... (Director)
- Buster se marie ... (Director)
1930
- Our Blushing Brides as Joe Munsey
- Free and Easy ... (Production Manager)
- Doughboys as Sgt. Brophy
- Estrellados as Assistant Director (uncredited)
- Paid as Burglar (uncredited)
- Remote Control as Al
- Those Three French Girls as Yank
1929
- Spite Marriage ... (Production Manager)
1928
- The Cameraman as Man in Bathhouse Stall with Buster (uncredited)
- West Point as Team Manager (Uncredited)
1927
- Spring Fever as Golf Game Spectator (uncredited)
1923
- The Dangerous Maid ... (Assistant Director)
1921
- The Sign on the Door as Newspaper Photographer (uncredited)
1920
- Yes or No as Tom Martin