Edward Connelly

{{short description|American actor (1859–1928)}}

{{for-multi|the American military officer and politician|Edward J. Connelly|the federal prosecutor|Edward M. Connelly|other people|Edward Connolly (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Edward Connelly

| image = Edward Connelly 001.jpg

| caption = Connelly, c. 1909

| birth_date = {{birth date|1859|12|30}}

| birth_place = New York, New York, US

| death_date = {{death date and age|1928|11|21|1859|12|30}}

| death_place = Hollywood, California, US

| yearsactive = 1914–28

| occupation = Actor

}}

Edward Connelly (December 30, 1859 – November 21, 1928) was an American stage and film actor of the silent era.

Biography

Connelly had a Broadway theater career going back to the Victorian era. His Broadway credits include The Wild Duck (1918), The Great Adventure (1913), A Good Little Devil (1913), The Dollar Princess (1909), Twiddle-Twaddle (1906), Bird Center (1904), Babette (1903), and The Belle of New York (1900).{{cite web|title=Edward J. Connelly|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/edward-j-connelly-67138|website=Internet Broadway Database|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=March 31, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331005938/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/edward-j-connelly-67138|archivedate=March 31, 2018}}

Connelly appeared in 69 films between 1914 and 1929. His last film was The Desert Law.

He was born in New York, New York and died of influenza{{cite news|title=Edward Connelly Gone|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18787409/edward_connelly/|work=Tampa Bay Times|date=December 30, 1928|location=Florida, St. Petersburg|page=20|via = Newspapers.com|access-date= March 30, 2018}} {{Open access}} in Hollywood, California. He was survived by his wife.{{cite news|title=(untitled brief)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18787540/edward_donnelly/|work=The Montana Standard|date=December 23, 1928|location=Montana, Butte|page=37|via = Newspapers.com|access-date= March 30, 2018}} {{Open access}}

Selected filmography

File:Wild-Duck-1918-2.jpg, Alla Nazimova and Connelly in the original Broadway production of Ibsen's The Wild Duck (1918)]]

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