Ted Edwards (9 May 1884 – 29 September 1945) was an England-born American film actor of the silent era. Ted Edwards appeared in two of Charlie Chaplin's comedy shorts He was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, as Maurice Edward Burrell. He was an actor, known for ''

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'' (1936). He died on September 29, 1945, in Los Angeles, California, USA. Maurice was one of nine children born to John Willian Burrell and his wife Sarah Ann Burrell. John Burrell was a draper with a shop at 59 Snig Hill, Sheffield. In later life the family lived at 80 Kendal Road in Hillsborough, Sheffield.

Selected filmography

* ''Ambrose's First Falsehood'' (1914) * '' A Bath House Beauty'' (1914) * ''

Dough and Dynamite ''Dough and Dynamite'' is a 1914 American comedy silent film made by Keystone Studios starring Charlie Chaplin. Plot The story involves Chaplin and Chester Conklin working as waiters at a restaurant. Charlie is especially inept and his comic c ...

'' (1914) * '' His Prehistoric Past'' (1914) * ''

Leading Lizzie Astray ''Leading Lizzie Astray'' is a 1914 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as A Farm Boy * Minta Durfee as Lizzie, the Farm Boy's Fiancée * Ed Brady as A City Slicker * Mack Swain a ...

'' (1914) * ''

A Busy Day ''A Busy Day'' is a 1914 short film starring Charlie Chaplin and Mack Swain. Plot In ''A Busy Day'', a wife (played by an energetic Charlie Chaplin) becomes jealous of her husband's interest in another woman during a military parade. On her way ...

'' (1915) * '' Tillie's Punctured Romance'' (1914) * ''

A Submarine Pirate ''A Submarine Pirate'' is a 1915 American short comedy film starring Syd Chaplin and featuring an early uncredited appearance by Harold Lloyd. Cast * Syd Chaplin as Ambitious waiter * Wesley Ruggles as The inventor's accomplice * Glen Cavende ...

'' (1915) * ''

A Dog's Life ''A Dog's Life'' is a 1918 American Comedy short silent film written, produced and directed by Charlie Chaplin. This was Chaplin's first film for First National Films. Chaplin plays opposite an animal as "co-star". "Scraps" (the dog) was the ...

'' (1914) – Unemployed man * ''

Fatty's Faithful Fido ''Fatty's Faithful Fido'' is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. The silent movie, from the Keystone Film Company, has no onscreen cast and crew credits. The copyright credits Mack Sennett. Cast * Roscoe " ...

'' (1915) * ''

Fatty's Plucky Pup ''Fatty's Plucky Pup'' is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. A print of the film survives. Plot Fatty plays a somewhat lazy young man who disrupts his mother's life by causing a fire by smoking in bed, the ...

'' (1915) * ''

Fatty's Tintype Tangle ''Fatty's Tintype Tangle'' is a 1915 comedy short film (2 reel). A man (Fatty), tired of his mother-in-law's henpecking, leaves home in anger and sits on a park bench, where a photographer takes a picture of him sitting next to a married woman, ...

'' (1915) * ''

Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition ''Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition'' is a 1915 American silent black-and-white short comedy film, directed by Fatty Arbuckle and starring Arbuckle and Mabel Normand. It was produced by Keystone Studios. Plot Fatty (Roscoe Arbuckl ...

'' (1915) * '' Hearts and Planets'' (1915) * ''

Fatty's Reckless Fling ''Fatty's Reckless Fling'' is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as Fatty * Edgar Kennedy as Neighbor * Minta Durfee as Neighbor's Wife * Katherine Griffith as Fatty's Wife ...

'' (1915) * ''

Fatty's Chance Acquaintance ''Fatty's Chance Acquaintance'' is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. Plot summary Cast * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as Fatty * Billie Bennett as Fatty's wife * Harry McCoy as Pickpocket * Minta Durfee a ...

'' (1915) * ''

Mabel and Fatty's Simple Life ''Fatty and Mabel's Simple Life'' is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as Roscoe * Mabel Normand as Mabel * Al St. John as The Squire's son * Josef Swickard as Mabel's f ...

'' (1915) * ''

When Love Took Wings ''When Love Took Wings'' is a 1915 short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as Reckless Fatty * Minta Durfee as The Girl * Frank Hayes as The Girl's Father * Joe Bordeaux as Fatty's rival * Al ...

'' (1915) * ''

Are Waitresses Safe? Are Waitresses Safe? is a 1917 silent film short comedy starring Louise Fazenda and Ben Turpin. It was produced by Mack Sennett. The film was possibly rereleased in 1923. The film is preserved in the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings The A ...

'' (1917)

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* * * 1884 births 1945 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors 20th-century American male actors Burials at Rose Hills Memorial Park British emigrants to the United States {{US-film-actor-1880s-stub