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
- Renegade Girl as Bob Crandall
- Girl on the Spot as Fingers Foley
- Swing Parade of 1946 as Moose
- The Falcon's Adventure as Goldie Locke
- 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
- Madame Spy as Mike Reese
- Larceny, Inc. as Weepy Davis
- Breakdowns of 1942 as Self
- 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
- Buy Me That Town as Ziggy
- Sleepers West as George Trautwein
- Steel Against the Sky as Pete Evans
- Nine Lives Are Not Enough as Officer Slattery
- Thieves Fall Out as Rork
- A Dangerous Game as Bugsy (misspelled Bugs in on-screen credits)
1940
- Dance, Girl, Dance as Dwarfie
- The Invisible Woman as Bill
- Calling Philo Vance as Ryan
- The Great Profile as Sylvester
- Sandy Gets Her Man as Fireman Junior
- Golden Gloves as Potsy Brill
- Alias the Deacon as Stuffy
1939
- Golden Boy as Roxy Lewis
- You Can't Cheat an Honest Man as Corbett
- Kid Nightingale as Mike Jordon
- The Amazing Mr. Williams as Buck Moseby
- The Kid from Kokomo as Eddie Black
- The Big Guy as Dippy
- Society Lawyer as Max
- For Love or Money as Sleeper
- Pardon Our Nerve as Nosey Nelson
1938
- Passport Husband as Spike
- A Slight Case of Murder as Lefty
- Come On, Leathernecks! as Max 'Curly' Maxwell
- Gold Diggers in Paris as Mike Coogan
- Hold That Kiss as Al
- Vacation from Love as Barney Keenan
- Gambling Ship as Cuthbert Innocent
- Romance on the Run as Whitey Whitehouse
1937
- The Last Gangster as Fats Garvey
- Jim Hanvey, Detective as Romo
- The Soldier and the Lady as Packer
- Oh, Doctor as Meg Smith
- The Girl Said No as Pick
- Varsity Show as Mike Barclay
- Trapped by G-Men as Lefty
- The Hit Parade as Mulrooney
- Blossoms On Broadway as Prussic
- The Great Gambini as Butch
1936
- Woman Trap as George Meade (as Ed Brophy)
- Hideaway Girl as Bugs Murphy
- Wedding Present as Squinty
- Great Guy as Pete Reilly
- Strike Me Pink as Killer
- Here Comes Trouble as Crowley
- Spendthrift as Bill McGuire
- Mister Cinderella as Detective McNutt
- Career Woman as Doc Curley
- The Case Against Mrs. Ames as Sid
- Kelly the Second as Ike Arnold
- All American Chump as Pudgy Murphy
1935
- Naughty Marietta as Zeke
- The Whole Town's Talking as 'Slugs' Martin
- China Seas as Wilbur Timmons
- Mad Love as Rollo
- I Live My Life as Pete (Uncredited)
- Shadow of Doubt as Wilcox
- $1,000 a Minute as Benny Dolan
- Remember Last Night? as Maxie
- She Gets Her Man as Flash
- Show Them No Mercy! as Buzz
- People Will Talk as Pete Ranse
- Sequoia as Forest Ranger Pete (uncredited)
1934
- The Thin Man as Joe Morelli
- Evelyn Prentice as Eddie Delaney
- The Poor Rich as Flannigan
- I'll Fix It as Tilly Tilson
- Paris Interlude as Ham
- Death on the Diamond as Grogan
- Hide-Out as Det. Britt
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
- The Beast of the City as Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
- Skyscraper Souls as Man in Elevator (uncredited)
- The Passionate Plumber as Man Outside Beauty Parlor (uncredited)
- Speak Easily as Reno
- Flesh as Dolan
- Prosperity as Ice Cream Salesman (uncredited)
1931
- The Champ as Tim
- A Free Soul as Slouch (uncredited)
- Parlor, Bedroom and Bath as Detective
- Sporting Blood as Newsreel Cameraman (uncredited)
- Buster se marie ... (Director)
- A Dangerous Affair as Nelson
- Casanova Against His Will ... (Director)
1930
- Free and Easy ... (Production Manager)
- Our Blushing Brides as Joe Munsey
- Paid as Burglar (uncredited)
- Estrellados as Assistant Director (uncredited)
- Doughboys as Sgt. Brophy
- 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