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Neely Edwards (born Cornelius Limbach; September 16, 1883 – July 10, 1965) was an American
Edwards appeared in 174 films between 1915 and 1959. The first was as an unbilled player in a
vaudeville
Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment born in France at the end of the 19th century. A vaudeville was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a dramatic compositio ...
performer and film actor.
Biography
Edwards appeared in 174 films between 1915 and 1959. The first was as an unbilled player in a Harold Lloyd
Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was an American actor, comedian, and stunt performer who appeared in many silent comedy films.Obituary '' Variety'', March 10, 1971, page 55.
One of the most influential film c ...
short.
In the early 1920s Edwards and his vaudeville partner Edward Flanagan appeared as the "Hall Room Boys" in some of the earliest short films produced by Cohn-Brandt-Cohn Film Sales, which would develop into Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production studio that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, which is one of the Big Five studios and a subsidiary of the multi ...
. Of his credited film appearances, about 140 are comedy short subjects, notably the "Nervy Ned" one-reelers made for Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Americ ...
from 1922-24, in which he and Bert Roach
Egbert "Bert" Roach (August 21, 1891 – February 16, 1971) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 320 films between 1914 and 1951. He was born in Washington, D.C., and died in Los Angeles, California, age 79.
Selected filmogr ...
played a couple of hoboes who typically get into slapstick trouble.
His later career is marked by bit parts and character work. Edwards was married to actress Marguerite Snow. He was born in Delphos, Ohio
Delphos is a city in Allen and Van Wert counties in the U.S. state of Ohio approximately 14 mi (23 km) northwest of Lima and 13 mi (21 km) east of Van Wert. The population was 7,101 at the 2010 census.
The Allen County p ...
, and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles
Woodland Hills is a neighborhood bordering the Santa Monica Mountains in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California.
Geography
Woodland Hills is in the southwestern region of the San Fernando Valley, which is located east of C ...
.
Vaudeville farces and skits
*"Off and On" - skit of stage life 1917The Independent - Volumes 37-38 1917 - Page 85 "One of the best liked teams in vaudeville is that of Ed. Flanagan and Neely Edwards, who will present their amusing skit of stage life entitled “Off and On.”Partial filmography
* ''The Hungry Actors
''The Hungry Actors'' is a 1915 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.
Cast
* Roy Stewart
* Jane Novak
* Harold Lloyd
* Neely Edwards
* Violet MacMillan
* Martha Mattox
* Bobby Vernon
See also
* Harold Lloyd filmography
Thes ...
'' (1915)
* '' You Never Can Tell'' (1920)
* ''The Little Clown
''The Little Clown'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Thomas N. Heffron and starring Mary Miles Minter, adapted by Eugene B. Lewis from a comedy play by Avery Hopwood. It is one of approximately a dozen of Minter's films which s ...
'' (1920)
* ''Brewster's Millions
''Brewster's Millions'' is a comedic novel written by George Barr McCutcheon in 1902, originally under the pseudonym of Richard Greaves.
The plot concerns a young man whose grandfather leaves him $1 million in a will, but a competing will from a ...
'' (1921)
* ''The Green Temptation
''The Green Temptation'' is a lost 1922 American silent melodrama film directed by William Desmond Taylor and starring Betty Compson. It was written by Julia Crawford Ivers and Monte Katterjohn based upon the short story "The Noose" by Constan ...
'' (1922)
* '' Made for Love'' (1926)
* ''Footloose Widows
''Footloose Widows'' is a 1926 silent film feature comedy produced and distributed by Warner Bros., directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Louise Fazenda and Jacqueline Logan.
A print is preserved in the Library of Congress collection. A 16mm c ...
'' (1926)
* '' The Princess on Broadway'' (1927)
* ''Show Boat
''Show Boat'' is a musical theatre, musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Edna Ferber's best-selling 1926 Show Boat (novel), novel of the same name. The musical follows the lives of the pe ...
'' (1929)
* ''Gold Diggers of Broadway
''Gold Diggers of Broadway'' is a 1929 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Winnie Lightner and Nick Lucas. Distributed by Warner Bros., the film is the second all-talking, all-Technicolor feature-lengt ...
'' (1929)
* '' Dynamite'' (1929)
* ''Scarlet Pages
''Scarlet Pages'' is a 1930 pre-Code American crime drama film with songs starring Elsie Ferguson and directed by Ray Enright. It was produced and distributed by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. The film stars Elsie Fer ...
'' (1930)
* ''Love, Honor, and Oh Baby!
''Love, Honor, and Oh Baby!'' is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film, starring Slim Summerville, ZaSu Pitts, and George Barbier. The 1940 Universal Pictures film with the same title is not a remake. Adapted from the stage play, ''"Oh, Promise M ...
'' (1933)
* '' Strictly in the Groove'' (1942)
* '' Hat Check Honey'' (1944)
* ''Patrick the Great
''Patrick the Great'' is a 1945 American drama film starring Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan, and Frances Dee. This was the last film for O'Connor and Ryan together, who had been a teenage team for the past several years. This was also O'Connor's l ...
'' (1945)
References
External links
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Neely 1883 births 1965 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors Male actors from Ohio Vaudeville performers 20th-century American male actors Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) People from Delphos, Ohio