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
- The Price of Freedom as Man in restaurant (uncredited)
- Arson, Inc. as Pete Purdy
1947
- It Happened on Fifth Avenue as Gates Patrolman Cecil Felton
1946
- Girl on the Spot as Fingers Foley
- The Falcon's Adventure as Goldie Locke
- Sweetheart of Sigma Chi as Arty
- Renegade Girl as Bob Crandall
- Swing Parade of 1946 as Moose
1945
- Wonder Man as Torso
- The Falcon in San Francisco as Goldie Locke
- I'll Remember April as Shadow
- See My Lawyer as Otis Fillmore
- 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
- A Scream in the Dark as Eddie Tough
- Destroyer as Engineer Casey
- Lady Bodyguard as Harry Gargan
1942
- All Through the Night as Joe Denning
- Breakdowns of 1942 as Self
- Larceny, Inc. as Weepy Davis
- Broadway as Porky
- Madame Spy as Mike Reese
1941
- Dumbo as Timothy Q. Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
- Steel Against the Sky as Pete Evans
- The Bride Came C.O.D. as Hinkle
- Buy Me That Town as Ziggy
- Nine Lives Are Not Enough as Officer Slattery
- The Gay Falcon as Detective Bates
- Thieves Fall Out as Rork
- A Dangerous Game as Bugsy (misspelled Bugs in on-screen credits)
- Sleepers West as George Trautwein
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
- Alias the Deacon as Stuffy
- Golden Gloves as Potsy Brill
1939
- You Can't Cheat an Honest Man as Corbett
- The Amazing Mr. Williams as Buck Moseby
- The Kid from Kokomo as Eddie Black
- Golden Boy as Roxy Lewis
- Society Lawyer as Max
- For Love or Money as Sleeper
- The Big Guy as Dippy
- Pardon Our Nerve as Nosey Nelson
- Kid Nightingale as Mike Jordon
1938
- A Slight Case of Murder as Lefty
- Passport Husband as Spike
- Gold Diggers in Paris as Mike Coogan
- Romance on the Run as Whitey Whitehouse
- Hold That Kiss as Al
- Vacation from Love as Barney Keenan
- Come On, Leathernecks! as Max 'Curly' Maxwell
- Gambling Ship as Cuthbert Innocent
1937
- The Soldier and the Lady as Packer
- Trapped by G-Men as Lefty
- The Last Gangster as Fats Garvey
- The Girl Said No as Pick
- Varsity Show as Mike Barclay
- Jim Hanvey, Detective as Romo
- Oh, Doctor as Meg Smith
- The Great Gambini as Butch
- The Hit Parade as Mulrooney
- Blossoms On Broadway as Prussic
1936
- The Case Against Mrs. Ames as Sid
- Hideaway Girl as Bugs Murphy
- Woman Trap as George Meade (as Ed Brophy)
- Wedding Present as Squinty
- Great Guy as Pete Reilly
- Here Comes Trouble as Crowley
- Strike Me Pink as Killer
- Spendthrift as Bill McGuire
- Career Woman as Doc Curley
- Mister Cinderella as Detective McNutt
- Kelly the Second as Ike Arnold
- All American Chump as Pudgy Murphy
1935
- Mad Love as Rollo
- I Live My Life as Pete (Uncredited)
- The Whole Town's Talking as 'Slugs' Martin
- Naughty Marietta as Zeke
- China Seas as Wilbur Timmons
- $1,000 a Minute as Benny Dolan
- Show Them No Mercy! as Buzz
- She Gets Her Man as Flash
- People Will Talk as Pete Ranse
- Remember Last Night? as Maxie
- Shadow of Doubt as Wilcox
- Sequoia as Forest Ranger Pete (uncredited)
1934
- The Thin Man as Joe Morelli
- Evelyn Prentice as Eddie Delaney
- Death on the Diamond as Grogan
- I'll Fix It as Tilly Tilson
- Hide-Out as Det. Britt
- The Poor Rich as Flannigan
- 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
- 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)
- Flesh as Dolan
- Prosperity as Ice Cream Salesman (uncredited)
- Speak Easily as Reno
1931
- Parlor, Bedroom and Bath as Detective
- The Champ as Tim
- A Free Soul as Slouch (uncredited)
- Casanova Against His Will ... (Director)
- Sporting Blood as Newsreel Cameraman (uncredited)
- Buster se marie ... (Director)
- A Dangerous Affair as Nelson
1930
- Our Blushing Brides as Joe Munsey
- Those Three French Girls as Yank
- Free and Easy ... (Production Manager)
- Paid as Burglar (uncredited)
- Doughboys as Sgt. Brophy
- Remote Control as Al
- Estrellados as Assistant Director (uncredited)
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