Actor

Edward Earle

July 16, 1882 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Edward Earle (16 July 1882 – 15 December 1972) was a Canadian-American stage, film and television actor. In a career which lasted from the early 1900s to 1966, he appeared in almost 400 films between 1914 and 1956. He was born in Toronto and died in Los Angeles, aged 90.

Notable work

7.8
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
as Reporter (uncredited)
7.7
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
as Steese - Bank (uncredited)
7.5
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
as Bank Manager (uncredited)
7.1
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
as Doctor (uncredited)

Often works with

Edward Arnold
5 titles together
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, You Can't Take It with You, Meet John Doe
Jean Arthur
3 titles together
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, You Can't Take It with You, History Is Made at Night
Pierre Watkin
3 titles together
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Meet John Doe, I Love You Again
Spring Byington
3 titles together
You Can't Take It with You, Meet John Doe, The Blue Bird
Morris Ankrum
3 titles together
The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Harvey Girls, Flight to Mars
James Stewart
2 titles together
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, You Can't Take It with You

Full filmography · 150

The She-Creature
as Professor Anderson
19564.1
Francis in the Haunted House
as Howard Grisby
1956
Never Say Goodbye
as Colonel Washburn
19566.4
One Desire
as Mr. Hathaway
1955
Vice Squad
as Vault Teller (uncredited)
19536.1
The Stranger Wore a Gun
as Jeb
19535.5
Hangman's Knot
as Union Captain
19526.6
The Merry Widow
as Chestnut Vendor (uncredited)
1952
The Rose Bowl Story
as Dr. Thompson
1952
Flight to Mars
as Justin (uncredited)
19515.2
The Big Gusher
as Oil Man
1951
The Texas Rangers
as Lowden (uncredited)
1951