Edward McWade

Biography

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.

Known For

Gibbs

Arsenic and Old Lace

The Prison Doctor

Two Seconds

The Sheriff

Deserted at the Altar

Confederate Soldier

They Won't Forget

Russell Alger, Secretary of War

Teddy the Rough Rider

Tom Beal the Counterman

The Crowd Roars

Minister in Film (uncredited)

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

Mr. Carr

Stop Thief

Tupper

Frisco Kid

Art Clerk

The Girl from 10th Avenue

Uncle Ira

The Big Shot

Simpson

A Lost Lady

Tom Dugan

Indianapolis Speedway

Clark

The Meanest Gal in Town

Harvey

Comet Over Broadway

Sloan

White Banners

Brother Lamb

The Women Men Marry

Elias

Chad Hanna

Ivan

6 Hours to Live

Mr. Whitney

F-Man

Frank Warren

The Patient in Room 18

Gorn

Darkest Africa

Dr. Haverford

Dangerous Days

Colonel Jackson

The Return of Frank James

Harriman

The Strangers' Banquet

Ticket Seller

Love and Hisses

Trapper

I'll Tell the World

Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

The Goose and the Gander

Minister

Zenobia

Peter McGillicuddy

Garden of the Moon

Harvey

Laughing at Trouble

Bishop Mallory

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

Keene's Apartment Manager (uncredited)

The Case of the Black Cat

Professor Trill (uncredited)

Naughty But Nice

Pawnbroker

Gentlemen Are Born

Dan

Oil for the Lamps of China

Douglas, the Gardener (uncredited)

The Big Noise

Ludwig, Pat’s majordomo (uncredited)

Three Comrades

Chuck - the Old Timer

Mary Jane's Pa

Rigaud

Journal of a Crime

Grouchy Man

One Exciting Adventure

Ticket Seller at Station (uncredited)

Bad Little Angel

Newspaper Editor (uncredited)

The Country Doctor

Charles Mack

The Husband Hunter

Henry Gibson's Valet (Uncredited)

Girl Missing

Ground-Hog

Lady in a Jam

Aged Brother (uncredited)

Brother Orchid

Baldy

Red Salute

'Pi' Kelly

They Asked For It

Pa Dawson

I Married a Doctor

Mr. Arden - Old Man (uncredited)

I Sell Anything

Stage Doorman

Here's to Romance

Second Director (uncredited)

Jezebel

Chemist Who Poisoned Medicine (uncredited)

A Dispatch from Reuters

Elderly Clerk (uncredited)

Nothing But the Truth

Wise Man

Don't You Believe It

Doctor

Life Begins at Forty

City Fathers Committee Member (uncredited)

Satan Met a Lady

The Princess' Father

King of the Islands

Adolph (uncredited)

Woman of the Year

Clement Williams

Murder in the Clouds

Tailor (uncredited)

Shipmates Forever

Old man at library (uncredited)

I Wake Up Screaming

Tim Powers

Stranded

Billiard Ball Tester (uncredited)

Trifles That Win Wars

Crony

Crash Dive

Neighbor

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

Thomas Carlyle (uncredited)

Famous Boners

Lawyer Partington

The Calling of Dan Matthews

Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

If You Could Only Cook

Tom - Dock Watchman (uncredited)

Bureau of Missing Persons

Baggage Master (uncredited)

Big City Blues

Bank Customer Explaining 'NSF' (uncredited)

Money and the Woman

Stationmaster Tucker (uncredited)

She Had to Eat

Stage Doorman (Uncredited)

The Hard Way

Dan Baker (Uncredited)

Murders in the Zoo

Walter Emerson (Uncredited)

Alibi for Murder

Tom

Let's Get Married

Luke Watson

The Monster

Carlton

Hot Steel

Wimms

Hornet's Nest

Jeweler (uncredited)

The Notorious Sophie Lang

Gorn

Bat Men of Africa

Pop Hagen

Our Neighbors - The Carters

Boston Doorman (uncredited)

The Lady Is Willing

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

85

Gender

Male

Birthday

1865-01-14

Place of Birth

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Also Known As

Eddie McWade