Edward Joel Pawley (March 16, 1901 in Kansas City, Missouri – January 27, 1988 in Charlottesville, Virginia) was an American actor of radio, films and Broadway. The full name on his birth certificate is Edward Joel Stone Pawley; he never used the Stone name, which derived from a Stone family in Illinois.

Early years

At maturity, Pawley was 5'10" tall with thick black hair and blue eyes. While in high school, he became interested in both journalism and acting. Acting won out after taking drama classes and appearing in high school plays. He moved to New York City in 1920 to pursue a career in the theater.

Broadway

Pawley began his

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career in 1920 and reached the

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stage in 1923 in '' The Shame Woman''. He went on to star in various well-known Broadway plays, including ''

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'' (1928), '' Processional'' (1928), ''

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'' (1929), ''

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'' (1931), '' Life Begins'' (1932) and '' The Willow and I'' (1942). Pawley's rich, baritone voice was hailed by leading journalists of the day, including

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and

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. Although he was probably best known in the theater for his portrayal of

in the Broadway play of the same name, it was his portrayal of John Allen in ''

'' that brought him to the attention of Hollywood by way of

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. Winchell wrote that Pawley received a standing ovation after his opening night performance in the 1931 play ''

''.

Hollywood

Not long after

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came into vogue, Pawley left the theater in 1932 and went to Hollywood where he performed in over 50 movies during a relatively brief (for Hollywood) ten-year span. He had feature roles in such movies as ''The Hoosier Schoolboy'' with Mickey Rooney, '' G Men'' with James Cagney, ''

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'' with Cagney and Humphrey Bogart, ''

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'' with

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and Louise Henry, '' Each Dawn I Die'' with George Raft and Cagney, ''

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'' with

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and

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and '' Romance on the Range'' with

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and

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. He played mostly "bad guy" roles in

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, horror,

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and

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. He became friends with Cagney (with whom he made five movies), Jackie Cooper (four movies) and

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. One of his earliest friends in the entertainment industry was Arthur Hughes, who played Bill Davidson on the long-running radio show ''

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''. Hughes also acted in some Broadway plays and was Pawley's best man at his wedding in 1922 to stage actress Martina May Martin.

Radio

Pawley became disenchanted with Hollywood during the attempted infiltration by the

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in the late 1930s and early 1940s and left in 1942. He returned briefly to Broadway, where he starred with Gregory Peck in what was Peck's second Broadway play titled '' The Willow and I''. In the 1930s, Pawley had performed leading romantic roles on ''

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'' radio program. He resumed work in radio after returning to New York City. He played opposite

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in the radio soap opera ''

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'' as "Love Story Boy and Girl." Later in 1943, Pawley played Steve Wilson on the radio drama series ''

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'', replacing Edward G. Robinson, who had played the role from 1937–42 when the show was produced in Hollywood. Wilson's sidekick on ''Big Town'' was "girl reporter" Lorelei Kilbourne, played by

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. Pawley had performed with Robinson in 1926 in a comedy play titled " The Stolen Lady" at " Werba's Brooklyn Theater". During Pawley's eight-year reign, ''Big Town'' achieved the number one rating for reporter-type radio drama shows. In the January 1948 Nielson ratings, the show was ranked #12 among all radio programs, ahead of such popular shows as '' Suspense'', '' Sam Spade'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Blondie'' and ''

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''. It also was in the Top 10 of all radio shows more times than any other that year except for

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and

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. His audience was estimated at anywhere from 10 to 20 million radio listeners.

Retirement

Pawley left ''Big Town'' in 1951 and retired near the small village of Amissville in rural

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. He had fallen in love with the state while touring with the 1920 play '' East Is West'', his first professional acting role. Pawley would become the quintessential "Virginia gentleman" and was loved for his

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, patriotism and charm. He was admired for his vocabulary and speaking voice, as well as his status as an entertainer in three different media forms (theater, film, and radio). He raised and sold championship goats, wrote poetry and was a part-time announcer at local radio station WCVA in Culpeper, Virginia. At WCVA, he replaced (Robert Gibson Corder, Ph.D.), who would later write Pawley's biography. Pawley became a member of The Lambs (the actor's club) in 1951. Pawley moved to Rock Mills, Virginia in the mid-1950s and lived on the original site of the Rock Mill near the confluence of the Thornton and Rush rivers, fulfilling a dream of living close to nature. In addition to a goat farm, he and his wife maintained an organic vegetable farm and produced pesticide-free vegetables, goat milk and cheese. They ran a grocery store, the "Cash and Totem Store", where they sold some of their own produce and his wife sold her "Virginia Honey Girl" line of fruits preserved in honey. Pawley and his wife were proponents of "back-to-the-earth living with nature" before it became popular. Pawley died on January 27, 1988 of a heart condition at the

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in Charlottesville, Virginia. He and his second wife had no children, but in his will named Jane, Ross, Kathyrn, Juia, Richard and Robin Rottier as his spiritual children. Both he and his wife, who died in 1984, were cremated and their ashes scattered at their favorite spot, "Roaring Rock", alongside the Rush River, which partially flows through their former estate in Rock Mills. A raised bronze plaque at that site is a memorial to their lives and careers in the entertainment medium. Pawley had two younger brothers who were also actors, William M. "Bud" Pawley and J. Anthony Pawley. Both acted in Broadway plays and in films, though neither achieved the success and acclaim of their older brother.

Personal life

In 1922, Pawley married his high school sweetheart, Martina May Martin, a professional stage actress. They had one child, Martin Herbert Pawley. They divorced, only to remarry and divorce again. In 1937, Pawley married the then-popular Broadway singer, dancer and actress

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. They remained married for 47 years until her death on April 13, 1984.

Partial filmography

* ''

Thirteen Women ''Thirteen Women'' is a 1932 American pre-Code psychological thriller film, produced by David O. Selznick and directed by George Archainbaud. It stars Myrna Loy, Irene Dunne and Ricardo Cortez. The film is based on the 1930 bestselling novel of ...

'' (1932) – Chauffeur Burns * '' Tess of the Storm Country'' (1932) – Ben Letts * ''

Footlight Parade ''Footlight Parade'' is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film starring James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell and featuring Frank McHugh, Guy Kibbee, Hugh Herbert and Ruth Donnelly. The film was written by Manuel Seff and Ja ...

'' (1933, unbilled) * ''

Olsen's Big Moment ''Olsen's Big Moment'' is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair and written by Henry Johnson and James J. Tynan. The film stars El Brendel, Walter Catlett, Barbara Weeks, Susan Fleming, John Arledge and Joe Sawyer. ...

'' (1933) – Joe 'Monk' West (uncredited) * ''

Murders in the Zoo ''Murders in the Zoo'' is 1933 pre-Code horror film directed by A. Edward Sutherland, written by Philip Wylie and Seton I. Miller. Particularly dark, even for its time, film critic Leonard Maltin called the film "astonishingly grisly." Plot Bi ...

'' (1933) – Bob Taylor (uncredited) * ''

Bureau of Missing Persons ''Bureau of Missing Persons'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film with comic overtones directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Bette Davis, Lewis Stone, Pat O'Brien and Glenda Farrell . The screenplay by Robert Presnell is based on the book ' ...

'' (1933) – Waterfront Diner Wanting Sugar (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1934) – Pirate of the Spanish Main * '' Helldorado'' (1935, unbilled) – Miner (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1935) – Joe Patterson * '' G Men'' (1935) – Danny Leggett * ''

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'' (1935, unbilled) – Clinton – Ship's Officer (uncredited) * ''

'' (1935) – John 'Ice' Larson * '' Tough Guy'' (1936) – Tony – Gangster * ''

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'' (1936) – 'Dutch' McTurck * ''

Sinner Take All ''Sinner Take All'' is a 1936 murder mystery film directed by Errol Taggart and starring Bruce Cabot and Margaret Lindsay. Plot When millionaire New York City businessman Aaron Lampier ( Charley Grapewin) receives a death threat in the mail, he ...

'' (1936) – Royce * ''

Dangerous Number ''Dangerous Number'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and written by Carey Wilson. The film stars Robert Young, Ann Sothern, Reginald Owen, and Cora Witherspoon, and features Dean Jagger. The film was released on Janu ...

'' (1937, unbilled) – Second Detective (uncredited) * '' Mountain Justice'' (1937) – Tod Miller * ''

Hoosier Schoolboy ''Hoosier Schoolboy'' is a 1937 American film directed by William Nigh and starring Mickey Rooney, Anne Nagel and Frank Shields.Halliwell p.480 Plot Mary Evans (Anne Nagel) moves to a small town in Indiana to take a teaching job in the local ...

'' (1937) – Captain Fred Carter * ''

It Can't Last Forever ''It Can't Last Forever'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and starring Ralph Bellamy, Betty Furness, and Robert Armstrong.Etling p.179 It is also the debut film for an unbilled 11-year-old Donald O'Connor, who would ...

'' (1937) – Cronin * ''

The Last Gangster ''The Last Gangster'' (also called ''Another Public Enemy'') is a 1937 American crime drama film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring Edward G. Robinson and James Stewart. The supporting cast features Rose Stradner, Lionel Stander and John C ...

'' (1937) – Brockett (uncredited) * ''

White Banners ''White Banners'' is a 1938 Warner Bros. drama film directed by Edmund Goulding and starring Claude Rains, Fay Bainter, Jackie Cooper, Bonita Granville, Henry O'Neill, and Kay Johnson. Produced by Henry Blanke and Hal B. Wallis, the screenp ...

'' (1938) – Bill Ellis * ''

Dangerous to Know ''Dangerous to Know'' is a 1938 American crime film and starring Anna May Wong, Akim Tamiroff and Gail Patrick. The movie was directed by Robert Florey. Bosley Crowther of ''The New York Times'' called the film a "second-rate melodrama, hardly ...

'' (1938) – John Rance * ''

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'' (1938) – The Raven * '' You and Me'' (1938, unbilled) – Dutch (uncredited) * ''

Romance of the Limberlost ''Romance of the Limberlost'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by William Nigh and starring Jean Parker, Eric Linden, and Marjorie Main. Plot Laurie is reprimanded by her Aunt Nora and Chris being beaten by his adopted father Corson. Wh ...

'' (1938) – Corson * '' Prison Break'' (1938) – Joe Fenderson * ''

Little Tough Guy ''Little Tough Guy'' is a 1938 crime film that starred several of the ''Dead End Kids''. In the follow-up films, the studio began using the group name '' The Little Tough Guys'', and later '' The Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guys''. This was ...

'' (1938) – Jim Boylan * ''

Smashing the Rackets ''Smashing the Rackets'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by Lew Landers, written by Lionel Houser, and starring Chester Morris, Frances Mercer, Rita Johnson, Bruce Cabot and Edward Pawley. It was released on August 19, 1938, by RKO Pict ...

'' (1938) – Chin Martin * ''

Sons of the Legion ''Sons of the Legion'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by James P. Hogan and starring Lynne Overman, Evelyn Keyes and Tim Holt. Its plot concerns a group of boys looking to start a S.A.L. squadron. However, because a boy's father wrongf ...

'' (1938) – Gunman Baker * ''

Angels with Dirty Faces ''Angels with Dirty Faces'' is a 1938 American crime drama film directed by Michael Curtiz for Warner Brothers. It stars James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, The Dead End Kids, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, and George Bancroft. The screenplay was wri ...

'' (1938) – Edwards * ''

'' (1938) – Brace Dunlap * ''

'' (1939) – Doolin * '' Money to Loan'' (1939, Short) – Calumette (uncredited) * ''

The Lady's from Kentucky ''The Lady's from Kentucky'' is a 1939 film directed by Alexander Hall and starring George Raft and Ellen Drew. It was written by Malcolm Stuart Boylan from a story by Rowland Brown. The screenplay involves a failing bookie (Raft) who becomes hal ...

'' (1939) – Spike Cronin * ''

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'' (1939) – Swade * '' Help Wanted'' (1939, Short) – Harry * '' Each Dawn I Die'' (1939) – Dale * ''

The Big Guy ''The Big Guy'' is a 1939 American drama crime film directed by Arthur Lubin starring Victor McLaglen and Jackie Cooper. Plot A prison warden (Victor McLaglen) can either keep loot for his family or save an innocent youth ( Jackie Cooper) cond ...

'' (1939) – Buckhart * ''Old Hickory'' (1939, Short) – Minor Role (uncredited) * ''

Castle on the Hudson ''Castle on the Hudson'' (UK title: ''Years Without Days'') is a 1940 American film noir drama directed by Anatole Litvak and starring John Garfield, Ann Sheridan, and Pat O'Brien. A thief is sent to Sing Sing Prison, where he is befriended by t ...

'' (1940) – Black Jack * '' River's End'' (1940) – Frank Crandell * '' Flowing Gold'' (1940) – Collins * ''

Texas Rangers Ride Again ''Texas Rangers Ride Again'' is a 1940 American Western film directed by James P. Hogan, written by William R. Lipman and Horace McCoy, and starring Ellen Drew, John Howard, Akim Tamiroff, May Robson, Broderick Crawford, Charley Grapewin, and ...

'' (1940) – Palo Pete * '' San Francisco Docks'' (1940) – Monte March * '' Riders of Death Valley'' (1941, Serial) * '' Hit the Road'' (1941) – Spike the Butcher * ''

Hold That Ghost ''Hold That Ghost'' is a 1941 horror comedy film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello and featuring Joan Davis, Evelyn Ankers and Richard Carlson. On August 1, 1941, Abbott and Costello performed a half-hour live version of the film ...

'' (1941) – High Collar (uncredited) * '' Treat 'Em Rough'' (1942) – Martin * ''

True to the Army ''True to the Army'' is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Albert S. Rogell, written by Art Arthur, Bradford Ropes, Edmund L. Hartmann and Val Burton, and starring Judy Canova, Allan Jones, Ann Miller, Jerry Colonna, Clarence Kolb, Edwar ...

'' (1942) – Junior * '' Romance on the Range'' (1942) – Jerome Banning * '' Flight Lieutenant'' (1942) – Larsen (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1943) – Lance Merlin * ''

The Desperadoes ''The Desperadoes'' is a 1943 American Western film directed by Charles Vidor and starring Randolph Scott, Claire Trevor, Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes and Edgar Buchanan. Based on a story by Max Brand, the film is about a wanted outlaw who arriv ...

'' (1943) – Blackie (uncredited) (final film role)

References

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