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