Edward Brophy

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1895-02-26 (65 years old)

Deathday

1960-05-27

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Edward Brophy

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.

Acting

1930

Estrellados

as Assistant Director (uncredited)

1936

Hideaway Girl

as Bugs Murphy

1934

The Thin Man

as Joe Morelli

1944

It Happened Tomorrow

as Jake Shomberg

1941

Dumbo

as Timothy Q. Mouse (voice) (uncredited)

1928

The Cameraman

as Man in Bathhouse Stall with Buster (uncredited)

1949

The Price of Freedom

as Man in restaurant (uncredited)

1935

Mad Love

as Rollo

1937

The Last Gangster

as Fats Garvey

1931

The Champ

as Tim

1956

Bundle of Joy

as Dance Contest Judge

1939

Golden Boy

as Roxy Lewis

1941

The Gay Falcon

as Detective Bates

1936

Great Guy

as Pete Reilly

1946

The Falcon's Adventure

as Goldie Locke

1931

1945

1942

Larceny, Inc.

as Weepy Davis

1935

The Whole Town's Talking

as 'Slugs' Martin

1947

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

as Gates Patrolman Cecil Felton

1949

Arson, Inc.

as Pete Purdy

1934

Evelyn Prentice

as Eddie Delaney

1951

Pier 23

as Prof. Shicker

1958

The Last Hurrah

as Ditto Boland

1941

Nine Lives Are Not Enough

as Officer Slattery

1942

Broadway

as Porky

1941

Sleepers West

as George Trautwein

1946

Renegade Girl

as Bob Crandall

1930

Doughboys

as Sgt. Brophy

1951

Danger Zone

as Prof. Frederick Simpson Schicker

1932

Flesh

as Dolan

1938

Gold Diggers in Paris

as Mike Coogan

1937

1937

Varsity Show

as Mike Barclay

1943

A Scream in the Dark

as Eddie Tough

1946

Girl on the Spot

as Fingers Foley

1936

Mister Cinderella

as Detective McNutt

1939

1935

1937

1937

1945

1937

The Hit Parade

as Mulrooney

1931

Sporting Blood

as Newsreel Cameraman (uncredited)

1936

Spendthrift

as Bill McGuire

1942

All Through the Night

as Joe Denning

1944

Cover Girl

as Joe, bartender (uncredited)

1938

Romance on the Run

as Whitey Whitehouse

1938

Vacation from Love

as Barney Keenan

1934

Hide-Out

as Det. Britt

1936

Wedding Present

as Squinty

1938

1945

Wonder Man

as Torso

1934

1932

Skyscraper Souls

as Man in Elevator (uncredited)

1940

The Great Profile

as Sylvester

1939

1933

Broadway to Hollywood

as Joe Mannion

1935

1939

Kid Nightingale

as Mike Jordon

1933

What! No Beer?

as Spike Moran

1936

1928

West Point

as Team Manager (Uncredited)

1935

China Seas

as Wilbur Timmons

1940

1931

1941

1930

Our Blushing Brides

as Joe Munsey

1941

1960

1943

Air Force

as Marine Sgt. J.J. Callahan

1937

1936

1943

Destroyer

as Engineer Casey

1951

Roaring City

as 'Professor' Fredrick Simpson Schicka

1936

All American Chump

as Pudgy Murphy

1936

Kelly the Second

as Ike Arnold

1935

$1,000 a Minute

as Benny Dolan

1938

Come On, Leathernecks!

as Max 'Curly' Maxwell

1939

Pardon Our Nerve

as Nosey Nelson

1941

A Dangerous Game

as Bugsy (misspelled Bugs in on-screen credits)

1937

Oh, Doctor

as Meg Smith

1939

1941

1938

Gambling Ship

as Cuthbert Innocent

1934

The Poor Rich

as Flannigan

1940

1935

Sequoia

as Forest Ranger Pete (uncredited)

1942

Madame Spy

as Mike Reese

1939

The Kid from Kokomo

as Eddie Black

1933

Hello Pop

as Brophy

1930

Paid

as Burglar (uncredited)

1932

The Beast of the City

as Police Dispatcher (uncredited)

1935

I Live My Life

as Pete (Uncredited)

1920

Yes or No

as Tom Martin

1921

The Sign on the Door

as Newspaper Photographer (uncredited)

1936

Career Woman

as Doc Curley

1933

Beer and Pretzels

as Theater Manager (uncredited)

1940

Golden Gloves

as Potsy Brill

1943

Lady Bodyguard

as Harry Gargan

1932

Prosperity

as Ice Cream Salesman (uncredited)

1945

See My Lawyer

as Otis Fillmore

1931

A Free Soul

as Slouch (uncredited)

1935

1945

1940

Sandy Gets Her Man

as Fireman Junior

1932

Freaks

as Rollo Brother

1934

I'll Fix It

as Tilly Tilson

1927

Spring Fever

as Golf Game Spectator (uncredited)

1932

The Passionate Plumber

as Man Outside Beauty Parlor (uncredited)

1932

1935

People Will Talk

as Pete Ranse

1939

The Big Guy

as Dippy

1936

Woman Trap

as George Meade (as Ed Brophy)

Production

1930

Free and Easy

as Production Manager

1928

West Point

as Assistant Director

1921

The Sign on the Door

as Assistant Director

1929

Spite Marriage

as Production Manager

1931

1923

The Dangerous Maid

as Assistant Director

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