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Edward Brophy

 
Actor: Edward S. Brophy
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  • Born: Mar 27, 1895 in New York City, New York
  • Died: May 30, 1960 in Los Angeles, California
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '30s-'40s
  • Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
  • Career Highlights: The Champ, It Happened Tomorrow, Danger Zone
  • First Major Screen Credit: Doughboys (1930)

Biography

Born in New York City and educated at the University of Virginia, comic actor Edward Brophy entered films as a small part player in 1919. After a few years, he opted for the more financially secure production end of the business, though he never abandoned acting altogether. While working as property master for the Buster Keaton unit at MGM, Brophy was lured before the cameras for a memorable sequence in The Cameraman (1928) in which he and Buster both try to undress in a tiny wardrobe closet. Keaton saw to it that Brophy was prominently cast in two of the famed comedian's talking pictures, and by 1934 Brophy was once again acting full-time. Using his popping eyes, high pitched voiced and balding head to his best advantage, Brophy scored in role after role as funny gangsters and dyspeptic fight managers (he was less effective in such serious parts as the crazed killer in the 1935 horror film Mad Love). In 1940, Brophy entered the realm of screen immortality as the voice of Timothy Mouse in Walt Disney's feature-length cartoon Dumbo (1940). Curtailing his activities in the 1950s, he did his last work for director John Ford. Brophy died during production of Ford's Two Rode Together (1961); according to some sources, the actor's few completed scenes remain in the final release version of that popular western. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Edward Brophy
Born February 27, 1895(1895-02-27)
New York City, New York, USA
Died May 27, 1960 (aged 65)
Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, USA

Edward Brophy (February 27, 1895–May 27, 1960) was an American character actor. Small of build, balding and raucous-voiced, Brophy was known for portraying gangsters, both serious and comic.

In 1928, with only a few minor film roles to his credit, Brophy was working as a junior production executive for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer when he was chosen to appear with Buster Keaton in one sequence of Keaton's film The Cameraman. As two clients in a bath-house, Brophy and Keaton attempt to undress and put on bathing suits while sharing a single tiny changing room with only one hook. Each time Keaton attempts to hang his clothes on the hook, Brophy removes the clothes and hands them back to Keaton. Appearing only in this one brief scene, Brophy attracted enough attention to receive more and better roles. Most of his long and prolific career was spent at MGM.

He played the title character's loyal manager in The Champ (1931), a Rollo Brother in the movie Freaks (1932), Joe Morelli from The Thin Man (1934) and Nick Charles' friend Brogan from The Thin Man Goes Home (1944). Brophy was the voice behind the diminutive Timothy Q. Mouse in the Disney animated film Dumbo (1941), though he was uncredited for this role.

Brophy died on May 27, 1960 during the production of Two Rode Together. He was buried in Santa Monica's Woodlawn Cemetery.

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