Eddie Polo

{{Distinguish|text=Polish insurger Janusz Kulas alias Eddie Polo}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Eddie Polo

| image = Eddiepolo.jpg

| caption = Polo in 1922

| birth_name = Edward W. Wyman / Weimer

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1875|2|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Vienna, Austria-Hungary

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1961|6|14|1875|2|1|df=y}}

| death_place = Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

| othername = Eddie Weimer

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1913–1951

| children = Malvine Polo

}}

Eddie Polo (1 February 1875 – 14 June 1961) was an Austrian-American actor of the silent era. He was of Jewish descent.Siegbert Salomon Prawer, Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933, Berghahn Books (2007), p. 213

Biography

He was born Edward W. Wyman or Weimer in Vienna, Austria-Hungary on 1 February 1875. With his brother Sam he was the trapeze act The Flying Cordovas. Beginning in 1913, he appeared in serials and films in the United States and became an action star in Germany in the late 1920s. After his acting career ended in the mid-1940s he worked as a makeup artist.

He was the father of actress Malvina Polo (1903–2000), best remembered as the mentally handicapped girl preyed upon for rape in Erich von Stroheim's Foolish Wives (1922). His brother was the acrobat, actor and makeup artist Sam Polo (1872–1966).

Polo died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack.

Filmography

class="sortable wikitable"
Year !Title !Role !Notes
rowspan=4\|1915 \|The Broken Coin \|Rolleaux \|
The New Adventures of Terence O'Rourke \|Eddie \|
Graft \| \|Serial
Lord John's Journal \| \|
rowspan=2\|1916 \|The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring \|Polo \|
Liberty \|Pedro \|Serial Alternative titles: The Fangs of the Wolf Liberty, a Daughter of the U.S.A.
rowspan=6\|1917 \|The Bronze Bride \|White Feather \|
Money Madness \|'Harford' Red \|
A Kentucky Cinderella \|Ed Long \|
The Gray Ghost \|Marco \|Serial
The Plow Woman \|Bill Matthews \|
The Bull's Eye \|Cody \|Serial
1918 \|The Lure of the Circus \|Eddie Somers \|Serial
rowspan=2\|1920 \|The Vanishing Dagger \|John Edward Grant \|Serial
King of the Circus \|Eddie King \|Serial
rowspan=3\|1921 \|Do or Die \|Jack Merton \|Serial
The Terror Streak \|Cyclone Smith \|
The Secret Four \| \|Serial
rowspan=2\|1922 \|Captain Kidd \|Edward Davis \|Serial
Der Fluch der Habgier \| \|
rowspan=2\|1923 \|The Knock on the Door \| \|
Prepared to Die \|John Pendleton Smythe \|
rowspan=2\|1927 \|The Owl \|Jack Clifford \|Part 1, 2
Der Geheimtresor \|Eddie \|
rowspan=2\|1928 \|Eddy Polo in the Wasp's Nest \|rowspan=2\|Eddy Polo \|
Hands Up, Eddy Polo \|
rowspan=6\|1929 \|On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight \|Heini Box \|
Hände hoch, hier Eddy Polo \|Eddy Polo \|
The Daredevil Reporter \|Reporter \|
Der gefesselte Polo \|Eddy Polo \|
Geheimpolizisten \|Franz Hayn \|
Rache für Eddy \|Sergeant Eddy Webster \|
rowspan=2\|1930 \|Of Life and Death \|Artist \|
Witnesses Wanted \|Himself \|
1932 \|All is at Stake \| \|
rowspan=5\|1940 \|It's a Date \|Quarter Master \|
La Conga Nights \|Señor Boca \|Uncredited
Son of Roaring Dan \|Charlie Gregg \|
Spring Parade \|Cafe Proprietor \|Uncredited
Law and Order \|Bartender Ed \|Uncredited
1941 \|The Wolf Man \|Churchgoer \|Uncredited
rowspan=4\|1942 \|Don Winslow of the Navy \|Lab Assistant \|Serial, [Chs. 8-9], Uncredited
Gang Busters \|Pilot \|Serial, [Chs. 1-2], Uncredited
The Secret Code \|Special Delivery Messenger \|Serial, [Ch.7], Uncredited
Deep in the Heart of Texas \|Townsman \|Uncredited
rowspan=2\|1943 \|Honeymoon Lodge \|Gas Station Attendant \|Uncredited
Crazy House \|Stooge \|Uncredited
1944 \|The Climax \|Stagehand \|Uncredited
1946 \|Two Sisters from Boston \|Waiter \|Uncredited

class="sortable wikitable"

Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

rowspan=4|1915

|The Broken Coin

|Rolleaux

The New Adventures of Terence O'Rourke

|Eddie

Graft

|Serial