Ned Sparks

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1883-11-18 (74 years old)

Deathday

1957-04-03

Place of Birth

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Ned Sparks

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ned Sparks (born Edward Arthur Sparkman, November 19, 1883 – April 3, 1957) was a Canadian-born character actor of the American stage and screen. Sparks was known for his deadpan expression and deep, gravelly voice. Born in Guelph, Ontario, Sparks left home at age 16 and attempted to work as a gold prospector on the Klondike Gold Rush. After running out of money, he won a spot as a singer on a traveling musical company's tour. At age 19, he returned to Canada and briefly attended a Toronto seminary. After leaving the seminary, he worked for the railroad and worked in theater in Toronto. In 1907, he left...

Acting

1933

42nd Street

as Barry

1933

Alice in Wonderland

as Caterpillar

1933

Lady for a Day

as Happy McGuire

1932

Blessed Event

as George Moxley

1934

Sweet Adeline

as Dan Herzig

1934

Imitation of Life

as Elmer Smith

1929

1931

Corsair

as Slim

1920

Nothing But the Truth

as The Monocle Man

1926

1937

This Way Please

as Inky Wells

1929

Street Girl

as Happy Winter

1936

The Bride Walks Out

as Paul Dodson

1937

One in a Million

as Danny Simpson

1932

Big City Blues

as Mr. 'Stacky' Stackhouse

1934

Marie Galante

as Plosser

1930

Conspiracy

as Winthrop 'Little Nemo' Clavering

1935

Sweet Music

as 'Ten Percent' Nelson

1934

Sing and Like It

as Toots McGuire

1931

The Wide Open Spaces

as Sheriff Jack Rancid

1923

The Bond Boy

as Cyrus Morgan

1934

Hi, Nellie!

as Shammy

1932

The Crusader

as Eddie Crane

1937

Wake Up and Live

as Steve Cluskey

1930

1939

The Star Maker

as 'Speed' King

1930

The Fall Guy

as Danny Walsh

1934

Down to Their Last Yacht

as Captain 'Sunny Jim' Roberts

1930

The Devil's Holiday

as Charlie Thorne

1947

1933

Too Much Harmony

as Lem Spawn

1933

Secrets

as Sunshine

1938

Hawaii Calls

as Strings

1932

The Miracle Man

as Harry Evans

1927

The Small Bachelor

as J. Hamilton Beamish

1926

The Hidden Way

as Mulligan

1933

1925

1926

Mike

as Slinky

1934

Servants' Entrance

as Hjalmar Gnu

1934

Private Scandal

as Inspector Riordan

1931

Kept Husbands

as Hughie Hanready

1943

Stage Door Canteen

as Ned Sparks

1930

Double Cross Roads

as Happy Max

1927

1929

Nothing But the Truth

as Clarence van Dyke

1931

Iron Man

as Riley

1927

Alias The Deacon

as Slim Sullivan

1920

Good References

as Peter Stearns

1931

The Secret Call

as Bert Benedict

1925

Faint Perfume

as Orrin Crumb

1925

1930

1926

Money Talks

as Lucius Fenton

1936

Collegiate

as 'Scoop' Oakland

1928

The Big Noise

as William Howard

1925

Bright Lights

as Barney Gallagher

1929

Strange Cargo

as Yacht First Mate

1941

For Beauty's Sake

as Jonathan B. Sweet

1919

A Temperamental Wife

as The Hotel Clerk

1920

The Perfect Woman

as Grimes, the Anarchist

1936

1915

The Little Miss Brown

as Night Clerk

1925

The Boomerang

as Bert Hanks

1924

The Law Forbids

as Clyde Vernon

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