Edward Joseph McNamara (19 September 1894 – February 1928) was an Australian

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who made a career on stage in Australia, the United States, and in Hollywood silent films before dying suddenly in 1928. At various times he has credited as Ted McNamara, Teddy McNamara, and Teddie McNamara.

Biography

McNamara was born in Melbourne, Australia. As a juvenile, he appeared on stage in numerous productions while travelling Australia and New Zealand, with great acclaim. In 1905, he joined a long tour by Pollard's Lilliputian Opera Company through Japan, China, Canada and the US, the company achieving considerable renown. He married former company member and Australian actress Phyllis Hill in Canada in 1913, while both were underage. She returned to Australia in 1915, obtaining a divorce nine years later, in 1926, on the grounds of desertion. There was one child of the union. McNamara continued to perform in North America, including on Broadway through 1922–1924. In 1926, Raoul Walsh teamed him with fellow comedian Sammy Cohen for supporting character roles in the war film '' What Price Glory?'' As a comedy duo, McNamara and Cohen would appear together in several films. He died of pneumonia in early 1928. Many of the former Pollard's performers living in Hollywood attended the funeral, including

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.COMEDIAN'S DEATH
''The Daily News'' (Perth), Fri 23 Mar 1928, Page 11, Accessed 23 December 2016 He had remarried by this time.

Filmography

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''(1925) * '' What Price Glory?'' (1926) (with Sammy Cohen) * ''

The Monkey Talks ''The Monkey Talks'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Raoul Walsh and written by Malcolm Stuart Boylan and Elizabeth Pickett Chevalier. The film stars Olive Borden, Jacques Lerner, Don Alvarado, Malcolm Waite, Raymond Hitchc ...

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Rich But Honest ''Rich But Honest'' is a 1927 American silent comedy-drama film, written by Randall H. Faye and directed by Albert Ray and Horace Hough. The film was released on May 22, 1927 by Fox Film Corporation, starring Nancy Nash, John Holland, Charles ...

'' (1927) * '' Colleen'' (1927) (with Sammy Cohen) * '' Chain Lightning'' (1927) * '' The Gay Retreat'' (1927) (with Sammy Cohen) * '' The Gateway of the Moon'' (1928) * ''

Mother Machree ''Mother Machree'' is a 1928 American silent drama film, directed by John Ford, based on the 1924 work ''The Story of Mother Machree'' by Rida Johnson Young about a poor Irish immigrant in America. Rida Johnson Young had invented Mother Machr ...

'' (1928) * ''

Why Sailors Go Wrong ''Why Sailors Go Wrong'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by Henry Lehrman and written by Randall Faye and Delos Sutherland. The film stars Sammy Cohen, Ted McNamara, Sally Phipps, Nick Stuart, E. H. Calvert, and Carl Miller. Th ...

'' (1928) (with Sammy Cohen)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:McNamara, Ted 1894 births 1928 deaths Australian male film actors Male actors from Melbourne 20th-century Australian male actors Deaths from pneumonia in California Australian emigrants to the United States