Edward Earle

{{About|the Canadian-American actor | the American historian | Edward Mead Earle}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Edward Earle

| image = Edward Earle c. 1920 (extracted).jpg

| image_size = 220px

| caption = Earle {{circa}} 1920

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1882|7|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1972|12|15|1882|7|16|df=y}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, United States

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1914–1966

}}

Edward Earle (16 July 1882 – 15 December 1972) was a Canadian-American stage, film and television actor.{{Cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/20969/Edward-Earle |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080125042209/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/20969/Edward-Earle |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 January 2008 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2008 |title=Edward Earle |access-date=2 March 2013}} In a career which lasted from the 1910s to 1966, he appeared in almost 400 films between 1914 and 1956. He was born in Toronto and died in Los Angeles, aged 90.

Partial filmography

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" \|+ Film
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1913 \|An Hour Before Dawn \|Professor Wallace-the Inventor \|
rowspan="3"\|1915 \|Through Turbulent Waters \|Frank Wentworth \|
Eugene Aram \|Walter Lester \|
Ranson's Folly \|Lieutenant Ranson \|
rowspan="3"\|1916 \|data-sort-value="Innocence of Ruth, The" \| The Innocence of Ruth \|Jimmy Carter \|
data-sort-value="Light of Happiness, The" \| The Light of Happiness \|Lowell Van Orden \|
data-sort-value="Gates of Eden, The" \| The Gates of Eden \|Rodney \|
rowspan="4"\|1917 \|data-sort-value="Great Bradley Mystery, The" \| The Great Bradley Mystery \|Collier \|
God's Man \|Archie Hartogensis \|
data-sort-value="Beautiful Lie, The" \| The Beautiful Lie \|Paul Vivian \|
For France \|Edward Ackland \|
rowspan="3"\|1918 \|data-sort-value="Blind Adventure, The" \| The Blind Adventure \|Geoffrey West \|
data-sort-value="Little Runaway, The" \| The Little Runaway \|Lord Killowen \|
One Thousand Dollars \|Eddie Gillian \|
rowspan="2"\|1919 \|His Bridal Night \|Joe Damorel \|
data-sort-value="Miracle of Love, The" \| The Miracle of Love \|Howard McClintock \|
1920 \| data-sort-value="Law of the Yukon, The" \| The Law of the Yukon \|Morgan Kleath \|
rowspan="2"\|1921 \|Passion Fruit \|Pierce Lamont \|
East Lynne \| Archibald Carlyle \|
1922 \| data-sort-value="Streets of New York, The" \| The Streets of New York \|Paul Fairweather \|
1922 \| False Fronts \| Keith Drummond \|
1923 \| None So Blind \|Sheldon Sherman \|
rowspan="3"\|1924 \| Gambling Wives \|Vincent Forrest \|
data-sort-value="Family Secret, The" \| The Family Secret \| Gary Holmes \|
data-sort-value="Dangerous Flirt, The" \| The Dangerous Flirt \| Dick Morris \| Lost film
rowspan="2"\|1925 \| Her Market Value \| Anthony Davis \|
Why Women Love \|Ira Meers \|
rowspan="3"\|1926 \| data-sort-value="Greater Glory, The" \| The Greater Glory \|Otto Steiner \|
data-sort-value="Woman's Heart, A" \| A Woman's Heart \| Ralph Deane \|
data-sort-value="Captain's Courage, A" \| A Captain's Courage \| \|
1927 \| Twelve Miles Out \|John Burton \|
rowspan=2\|1928 \| Runaway Girls \|Varden \|
data-sort-value="Wind, The" \| The Wind \|Beverly \|
rowspan="3"\|1929 \| Spite Marriage \|Lionel Benmore \|
Smiling Irish Eyes \|Ralph Prescott \|
data-sort-value="Hottentot, The" \| The Hottentot \|Larry Crawford \|
1930 \| Second Honeymoon \| Jim Huntley \|
1931 \| data-sort-value="Woman of Experience, A" \| A Woman of Experience \| Captain Kurt von Hausen \|
1931 \| Forgotten Women \| Sleek Moran \|
1934 \| Mystery Mountain \|Frank Blayden \|
rowspan="3"\|1935 \| data-sort-value="Miracle Rider, The" \| The Miracle Rider \|Christopher Adams \|
Grand Exit \|Optics expert \|
data-sort-value="Revenge Rider, The" \| The Revenge Rider \|Kramer \|
rowspan="2"\|1936 \| Wives Never Know \|Mr. Lawyer \|
Headline Crasher \|Atwood \|
1937 \| Artists and Models \|Flunky \|
rowspan="4"\|1938 \| Her Jungle Love \|Captain Avery \|
Riders of the Black Hills \|Race Track Steward \|
data-sort-value="Marines Are Here, The" \| The Marines Are Here \| Lieutenant Drake \|
data-sort-value="Headleys at Home, The" \| The Headleys at Home \| Van Wyck Schuyler \|
1940 \| data-sort-value="Secret Seven, The" \| The Secret Seven \|Twine Company Manager \|
1941 \| Scattergood Baines \|Crane \|
rowspan="2"\|1943 \| Alaska Highway \|Blair Caswell \|
What a Woman \|Livingstone \|
rowspan="2"\|1944 \| Detective Kitty O'Day \|Oliver M. Wentworth \|
I Accuse My Parents \|Judge \|
rowspan="2"\|1946 \| Dark Alibi \|Thomas Harley \|
data-sort-value="Devil's Mask, The" \| The Devil's Mask \|E. R. Willard \|
1948 \| Command Decision \|Congressman Watson \|
rowspan="4"\|1956 \| Never Say Goodbye \|Colonel Wasburn \|
Francis in the Haunted House \|Professor Anderson \|
data-sort-value="She-Creature, The" \| The She-Creature \|Professor Anderson \|
data-sort-value="Ten Commandments, The" \| The Ten Commandments \|Slave (uncredited) \|

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|+ Film

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" ! class="unsortable" | Notes

1913

|An Hour Before Dawn

|Professor Wallace-the Inventor

rowspan="3"|1915

|Through Turbulent Waters

|Frank Wentworth

Eugene Aram

|Walter Lester

Ranson's Folly

|Lieutenant Ranson

rowspan="3"|1916

|data-sort-value="Innocence of Ruth, The" | The Innocence of Ruth

|Jimmy Carter

data-sort-value="Light of Happiness, The" | The Light of Happiness

|Lowell Van Orden

data-sort-value="Gates of Eden, The" | The Gates of Eden

|Rodney

rowspan="4"|1917

|data-sort-value="Great Bradley Mystery, The" | The Great Bradley Mystery

|Collier

God's Man

|Archie Hartogensis

data-sort-value="Beautiful Lie, The" | The Beautiful Lie

|Paul Vivian

For France

|Edward Ackland

rowspan="3"|1918

|data-sort-value="Blind Adventure, The" | The Blind Adventure

|Geoffrey West

data-sort-value="Little Runaway, The" | The Little Runaway

|Lord Killowen

One Thousand Dollars

|Eddie Gillian

rowspan="2"|1919

|His Bridal Night

|Joe Damorel

data-sort-value="Miracle of Love, The" | The Miracle of Love

|Howard McClintock

1920

| data-sort-value="Law of the Yukon, The" | The Law of the Yukon

|Morgan Kleath

rowspan="2"|1921

|Passion Fruit

|Pierce Lamont

East Lynne

| Archibald Carlyle

1922

| data-sort-value="Streets of New York, The" | The Streets of New York

|Paul Fairweather

1922

| False Fronts

| Keith Drummond

1923

| None So Blind

|Sheldon Sherman

rowspan="3"|1924

| Gambling Wives

|Vincent Forrest

data-sort-value="Family Secret, The" | The Family Secret

| Gary Holmes

data-sort-value="Dangerous Flirt, The" | The Dangerous Flirt

| Dick Morris

| Lost film

rowspan="2"|1925

| Her Market Value

| Anthony Davis

Why Women Love

|Ira Meers

rowspan="3"|1926

| data-sort-value="Greater Glory, The" | The Greater Glory

|Otto Steiner

data-sort-value="Woman's Heart, A" | A Woman's Heart

| Ralph Deane

data-sort-value="Captain's Courage, A" | A Captain's Courage

1927

| Twelve Miles Out

|John Burton

rowspan=2|1928

| Runaway Girls

|Varden

data-sort-value="Wind, The" | The Wind

|Beverly

rowspan="3"|1929

| Spite Marriage

|Lionel Benmore

Smiling Irish Eyes

|Ralph Prescott

data-sort-value="Hottentot, The" | The Hottentot

|Larry Crawford

1930

| Second Honeymoon

| Jim Huntley

1931

| data-sort-value="Woman of Experience, A" | A Woman of Experience

| Captain Kurt von Hausen

1931

| Forgotten Women

| Sleek Moran

1934

| Mystery Mountain

|Frank Blayden

rowspan="3"|1935

| data-sort-value="Miracle Rider, The" | The Miracle Rider

|Christopher Adams

Grand Exit

|Optics expert

data-sort-value="Revenge Rider, The" | The Revenge Rider

|Kramer

rowspan="2"|1936

| Wives Never Know

|Mr. Lawyer

Headline Crasher

|Atwood

1937

| Artists and Models

|Flunky

rowspan="4"|1938

| Her Jungle Love

|Captain Avery

Riders of the Black Hills

|Race Track Steward

data-sort-value="Marines Are Here, The" | The Marines Are Here

| Lieutenant Drake

data-sort-value="Headleys at Home, The" | The Headleys at Home

| Van Wyck Schuyler

1940

| data-sort-value="Secret Seven, The" | The Secret Seven

|Twine Company Manager

1941

| Scattergood Baines

|Crane

rowspan="2"|1943

| Alaska Highway

|Blair Caswell

What a Woman

|Livingstone

rowspan="2"|1944

| Detective Kitty O'Day

|Oliver M. Wentworth

I Accuse My Parents

|Judge

rowspan="2"|1946

| Dark Alibi

|Thomas Harley

data-sort-value="Devil's Mask, The" | The Devil's Mask

|E. R. Willard

1948

| Command Decision

|Congressman Watson

rowspan="4"|1956

| Never Say Goodbye

|Colonel Wasburn

Francis in the Haunted House

|Professor Anderson

data-sort-value="She-Creature, The" | The She-Creature

|Professor Anderson

data-sort-value="Ten Commandments, The" | The Ten Commandments

|Slave (uncredited)

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" \|+ Television
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Notes
1953–1956 \| You Are There \|Charles G. Ross/General Macy/President Woodrow Wilson/Mr Hale \|4 episodes
rowspan="3"\|1954 \| I Led Three Lives \| Randall Milton \| "Rest Home" (season 2, episode 15)
Annie Oakley \|Priest \| "Annie Trusts a Convict" (season 1, episode 2)
My Little Margie \|Dr. Farrell \| "Vern's Winter Vacation" (season 4, episode 13)
1955 \| Science Fiction Theatre \| Dr. Joel Kerwin \| "Sound of Murder" (season 1, episode 37)
1956 \| Broken Arrow \| Secretary of Interior \| "The Conspirators" (season 1, episode 11)
1958 \| M Squad \| Doctor \| "The Chicago Bluebeard" (season 1, episode 25)
1960 \| data-sort-value="Texan, The" \| The Texan \|Mr Mead \| "The Nomad" (season 2, episode 32)
1966 \| Camera Three \| Man I \| "In Search of Ezra Pound: Part 1" (season 11, episode 22)

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|+ Television

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

1953–1956

| You Are There

|Charles G. Ross/General Macy/President Woodrow Wilson/Mr Hale

|4 episodes

rowspan="3"|1954

| I Led Three Lives