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Edward McWade

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Edward McWade

Born January 14, 1865 in Washington, District of Columbia, USADied May 17, 194388 films

Edward McWade was an American writer and stage and screen actor. He appeared in more than 132 films from 1919 to 1944, mostly in secondary roles. He also wrote 15 stage plays and silent film scenarios.

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Arsenic and Old Lace posterFirst watchArsenic and Old Lace19447.6as GibbsMortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home…View film

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Jezebel poster7.0Jezebel1938Woman of the Year poster7.0Woman of the Year1942The Return of Frank James poster6.4The Return of Frank James1940I Wake Up Screaming poster6.9I Wake Up Screaming1941

Filmography

88 films as actor
  1. 1966Bat Men of AfricaGorn
  2. 1944Arsenic and Old LaceGibbs
  3. 1943Trifles That Win WarsBilliard Ball Tester (uncredited)
  4. 1943Crash DiveCrony
  5. 1943The Hard WayStage Doorman (Uncredited)
  6. 1942Famous BonersThomas Carlyle (uncredited)
  7. 1942Lady in a JamGround-Hog
  8. 1942The Lady Is WillingBoston Doorman (uncredited)
  9. 1942Woman of the YearAdolph (uncredited)
  10. 1941I Wake Up ScreamingOld man at library (uncredited)
  11. 1941Nothing but the TruthElderly Clerk (uncredited)
  12. 1940Chad HannaElias
  13. 1940A Dispatch from ReutersChemist Who Poisoned Medicine (uncredited)
  14. 1940Money and the WomanBank Customer Explaining 'NSF' (uncredited)
  15. 1940The Return of Frank JamesColonel Jackson
  16. 1940Brother OrchidAged Brother (uncredited)
  17. 1940Hot SteelCarlton
  18. 1939Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the PresidentNeighbor
  19. 1939Our Neighbors - The CartersPop Hagen
  20. 1939Bad Little AngelTicket Seller at Station (uncredited)
  21. 1939Indianapolis SpeedwayTom Dugan
  22. 1939Naughty but NiceProfessor Trill (uncredited)
  23. 1939They Asked For It'Pi' Kelly
  24. 1939ZenobiaMinister
  25. 1938Comet Over BroadwayHarvey
  26. 1938Garden of the MoonPeter McGillicuddy
  27. 1938White BannersSloan
  28. 1938Three ComradesLudwig, Pat’s majordomo (uncredited)
  29. 1938JezebelSecond Director (uncredited)
  30. 1938The Patient in Room 18Frank Warren
  31. 1937Love and HissesTicket Seller
  32. 1937The Women Men MarryBrother Lamb
  33. 1937They Won't ForgetConfederate Soldier
  34. 1937She Had to EatStationmaster Tucker (uncredited)
  35. 1937The Case of the Stuttering BishopBishop Mallory
  36. 1937Let's Get MarriedTom
  37. 1936Laughing at TroubleHarvey
  38. 1936The Case of the Black CatKeene's Apartment Manager (uncredited)
  39. 1936Alibi for MurderWalter Emerson (Uncredited)
  40. 1936Satan Met a LadyCity Fathers Committee Member (uncredited)
  41. 1936The Big NoiseDouglas, the Gardener (uncredited)
  42. 1936F-ManMr. Whitney
  43. 1936I Married a DoctorPa Dawson
  44. 1936The Ex-Mrs. BradfordMinister in Film (uncredited)
  45. 1936The Country DoctorNewspaper Editor (uncredited)
  46. 1936King of the IslandsThe Princess' Father
  47. 1936Darkest AfricaGorn
  48. 1935If You Could Only CookJustice of the Peace (uncredited)
  49. 1935The Calling of Dan MatthewsLawyer Partington
  50. 1935Frisco KidTupper
  51. 1935Shipmates ForeverTailor (uncredited)
  52. 1935Here's to RomanceStage Doorman
  53. 1935The Goose and the GanderJustice of the Peace (uncredited)
  54. 1935Red SaluteBaldy
  55. 1935StrandedTim Powers
  56. 1935Oil for the Lamps of ChinaDan
  57. 1935The Girl from 10th AvenueArt Clerk
  58. 1935Mary Jane's PaChuck - the Old Timer
  59. 1935Life Begins at FortyDoctor
  60. 1934Murder in the CloudsClement Williams
  61. 1934Gentlemen Are BornPawnbroker
  62. 1934I Sell AnythingMr. Arden - Old Man (uncredited)
  63. 1934A Lost LadySimpson
  64. 1934One Exciting AdventureGrouchy Man
  65. 1934The Notorious Sophie LangJeweler (uncredited)
  66. 1934I'll Tell the WorldTrapper
  67. 1934Journal of a CrimeRigaud
  68. 1934The Meanest Gal in TownClark
  69. 1933Bureau of Missing PersonsTom - Dock Watchman (uncredited)
  70. 1933AdorableValet (uncredited)
  71. 1933Murders in the ZooDan Baker (Uncredited)
  72. 1933Girl MissingHenry Gibson's Valet (Uncredited)
  73. 1932Lawyer ManMoyle (uncredited)
  74. 19326 Hours to LiveIvan
  75. 1932Big City BluesBaggage Master (uncredited)
  76. 1932Two SecondsThe Prison Doctor
  77. 1932The Crowd RoarsTom Beal the Counterman
  78. 1931The Big ShotUncle Ira
  79. 1925The MonsterLuke Watson
  80. 1923The Town ScandalAvery Crawford
  81. 1922The Strangers' BanquetHarriman
  82. 1922Deserted at the AltarThe Sheriff
  83. 1921Wing ToyWong
  84. 1920Stop ThiefMr. Carr
  85. 1920The Great AccidentWilliams
  86. 1920Dangerous DaysDr. Haverford
  87. 1920The Husband HunterCharles Mack
  88. 1919Hornet's NestWimms