Edward Thompson (actor)

{{short description|American actor}}

Edward Thompson (1898–1960) was an actor in the United States. He appeared in several films with African American casts. He worked on films with his wife Evelyn Preer, Spencer Williams, and other prominent African American actors including in Al Christie productions.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sTGSCgAAQBAJ&q=james+edward+thompson+film+preer&pg=PA186|title=African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography|first=Larry|last=Richards|date=September 17, 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476610528|via=Google Books}} He played in various theater productions as an actor, including in a musical dancing role in Darktown Follies.{{cite news |title=Edward Thompson: The Lafayette "Raymond Hitchcock" |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/493443882 |accessdate=27 October 2020 |work=The Chicago Defender (Big Weekend Edition) |date=20 November 1920 |page=3|id={{ProQuest|493443882}} }}

He was born James Edward Thompson.

He married fellow actor Evelyn Preer. Her second husband, they were both with the Lafayette Players in Chicago. They married February 4, 1924, in Williamson County, Tennessee, Tennessee (while in Nashville).{{Cite web|url=http://www.silentera.com/people/actresses/Preer-Evelyn.html|title=Silent Era : People|website=www.silentera.com}} The couple had a daughter in 1932.{{cite news |title=Pneumonia Case Fatal to Star |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/226256766 |accessdate=27 October 2020 |work=he New York Amsterdam News |date=23 November 1932 |page=2|id={{ProQuest|226256766}} }}

Thompson starred in the 1929 Al Christie film Oft in the Silly Night,{{Cite web|url=http://www.20sjazz.com/videos/film-archive/oft-in-the-silly-night.html|title = Film Archive Oft in the Silly Night}} as Temus Robinson.